Publishers Weekly

The winners of the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year were announced on Monday at a ceremony at the historic Palazzo Re Enzo.

Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31.

Mohr, who translated such German novelists as Alina Bronsky, chronicled the Berlin music scene in a 2018 book, and helped bring to life a number of musicians’ memoirs, died at his home in Brooklyn on March 31.

Pfund comes to Yale University Press from Oxford University Press, where he most recently served as global academic publisher and president of its U.S. division. He succeeds the retiring John Donatich, who has led Yale UP since 2003.

French author Marion Brunet is the winner of the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize. The award was announced live from Stockholm on April 1 and broadcast simultaneously at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

These new titles for Pesach give young ones a taste of the holiday’s history and traditions, from tales of adventure to a board book shaped like a Seder plate.

McKinstry, who worked as a bookseller at a number of prominent indies in London, Denver, New York City, and Seattle, as well as a communications manager for the American Booksellers Association, died in Seattle on March 8.

Two music lovers bring a contemporary spin—and sound—to the Haggadah, the handbook that guides a Passover Seder, with The Rock ‘n’ Roll Haggadah (Simon Element, out now).

Picture books on God’s love for kids, a guide to Judaism, and devotionals tailored to specific audiences are among the titles involved in recent deals.

Picture books on God’s love for kids, a guide to Judaism, and devotionals tailored to specific audiences are among the titles involved in recent deals.

Authors challenge misconceptions about the sacred text and apply biblical perspectives to abortion, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and other contemporary issues in four new works.

A bounceback year at Penguin Random House US, which included several acquisitions, helped to increase sales and profits at the world's largest trade book publisher.

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services has been placed on 90-day administrative leave as the Trump administration continues to work towards the elimination of the IMLS “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

Suzanne Collins has the #1 book in the country, Jefferson Fisher’s The Next Conversation nabs the #2 spot on our hardcover nonfiction list, Stephen Graham Jones’s The Buffalo Hunter Hunter lands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and more.

The 250-year-old U.K.-based chain of 480 outlets has been sold for £76 million to private equity firm Modella Capital and will operate under a new name. The WH Smith brand name and travel divisions were not included in the sale.

The married couple will assume ownership of the online literary publication from Alyson Sinclair, who has served as its publisher since 2022. Gay, who is a founding editor of the Rumpus, called the acquisition “a truly full-circle moment.”

An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest collection of essays.

The lead authors of the 2018 Museum and Library Services Act—two Democrats and two Republicans—wrote to Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling to remind him of his “obligation to faithfully execute the provisions of the law.”

A new series from the University of Georgia Press will focus on English translations of classic and contemporary works originally written in indigenous African languages.

The Booker Prize–winning author will publish a collection of stories and novellas, The Eleventh Hour, with Random House on November 4.