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“Weather” author Jenny Offill comes to UB for a free reading, conversation
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo Department of English will host a free reading by Jenny Offill, The New York Times bestselling author and writer in residence at Bard College, as part of its Exhibit X Fiction Series, which for nearly 20 years has been showcasing the work of innovative writers through public readings…
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Bookstore magic: Local shop shares love of physical books
NEWPORT, Ky. — October is National Book Month, a celebration that highlights the importance of reading, writing and literature. Local bookstore Roebling Books & Coffee in Newport is sharing the importance of reading physical books. What You Need To Know October is National Book Month and celebrates the importance of reading, writing and literature According to…
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At Frankfurt: Salman Rushdie’s News Conference
The author Salman Rushdie is in Frankfurt as the recipient of the Buchmesse-closing Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Salman Rushdie. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘One of the Great Joys of Literature Is That It’s Useless’ When Publishing Perspectives asked Salman Rushdie today in his press conference…
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This Week in Books: Louise Glück Wrote With Authority
This is an edition of the revamped Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Last week, Louise Glück, one of America’s most celebrated poets, died at the age of 80. Glück was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama; she won a National Book…
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Deep Vellum Published This Year’s Nobel Prize Winner, Adding to Dallas’ Growing Literary Scene
Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature earlier this month, which is big news in a little corner of Deep Ellum. While a Norwegian author recognized by a Swedish organization might be notable in Scandinavian geopolitics, a literary pocket of Dallas is celebrating alongside him. Deep Vellum, the nonprofit publisher of…
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Author Andrea Carlisle reflects on aging as she looks for the ‘Old Woman’ in literature and life
Author Andrea Carlisle says people tend to focus on the downsides of aging and forget the positives. “Our inner lives can become remarkably richer as we age,” she says, “including an expansion of compassion, curiosity, understanding, and acceptance, including self-acceptance.” Photo by Michael Mathers, courtesy of Andrea Carlisle Andrea Carlisle’s mother, Alice, was 93 when…
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As I See It: Book banners not welcome in Newburyport
As someone who has substituted in Newburyport now over 200 times, I can say the teachers are among the finest I have ever seen. I have seen this both at the middle school and the high school. Peter Hill’s history class is a joy to be in. If you want to learn physics, watch Ken…
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‘I thought it was me alone’: how the Black British book festival has grown
As a child, Selina Brown had a Saturday routine: her mother would go shopping and leave her at the library, where she would speed her way through novels by Jacqueline Wilson and RL Stine’s Goosebumps series. Yet, as a Black girl, she rarely saw herself represented in the books on the library’s shelves. Years later,…
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LitAg Short Takes: Kalem Agency and Italian Literary Agency
Quick snapshots from two long-time Frankfurt veterans, Kalem Agency and Italian Literary Agency, on their latest projects. Merve Diler, left, and Nermin Mollaoğlu, Kalem Agency. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Olivia Snaije By Olivia Snaije See also: Nermin Mollaoğlu Opens a Press in the United Kingdom Kalem Celebrates 20 Years at Frankfurt Book Fair This is is…
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To Write Her Debut Novel, Molly McGhee Had to Leave Publishing
On March 11, 2022, Molly McGhee shared a resignation letter on Twitter. She was quitting her job as an assistant editor at Tor, despite the fact that her first acquisition, The Atlas Six, had debuted at number three on the New York Times Bestseller List. She cited “systemwide prejudice against junior employees, rooted in the…
