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Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and more.

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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy by Ben MacIntyre

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (45+ words) Publishers Weekly Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy Ben Macintyre. Crown, $35 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-72812-3 Compact Disc - 979-8-217-53449-4 Hardcover - 416 pages - 978-0-7710-1049-1 Paperback - 688 pages - 979-8-217-41134-4...

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Rise Literary Taps Diana Ventimiglia

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (143+ words) Rise Literary, the hybrid publishing company founded by author Kristen McGuiness, has tapped Diana Ventimiglia, most recently executive editor at Hachette Book Group’s mind-body-spirit imprint Balance, as publisher. Prior to joining HBG in 2024, Ventimiglia was executive editor at wellness and…...

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‘The Oldest Joke in the Book’: PW Talks with Pete Holmes

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (326+ words) What made you want to write for kids after devoting much of your career to adult comedy? How else did your relationship with your daughter inspire this book? I made this book for her. My daughter is the sort of…...

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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of September 14, 2026

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (511+ words) Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a YA novel following a teen’s adjustment after juvenile detention, a picture book reminder to always have hope, a speculative middle grade novel following an android carrying on a late…...

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‘A Vehicle for Play’: Daniel Kwan and Collaborators on Their New Picture Book

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1012+ words) Daniel, this is your third picture book—again playing with the form in surprising ways. What initially drew you to the medium, and what’s kept you excited about it? Daniel Kwan: Growing up, I always loved children’s books, and I…...

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Book Club Picks: September 2026

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (339+ words) Alta Journal’s California Book Club The book: Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga Our reviewer says: “Activist Moraga (coeditor, This Bridge Called My Back) tells the story of her mother, Elvira, in this compassionate memoir that explores family…...

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David Walter Launches Study of American Book Buyers

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (212+ words) After more than a decade in business and client development with Nielsen, NPD Group and Circana, David Walter struck out on his own this year with BookInsights.ai, a consultancy aimed at helping publishers turn data into decisions. Walter talked…...

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Publishing Industry Sales Up in First Half of 2026

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (354+ words) Helped by an especially strong June, in which total sales were up 11% over a year ago, revenue for the 1,416 publishers that report results to AAP’s StatShot program increased 3.9% for the first half of 2026. Adult fiction sales were up 8.2% for the…...

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Perri Klass to Receive National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (233+ words) Publishers Weekly Perri Klass to Receive National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award The National Book Foundation has named Perri Klass, the longtime national medical director of the children’s literacy nonprofit Reach Out and Read, as the recipient of the…...

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Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance by Laura Thompson

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (42+ words) Publishers Weekly Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance Laura Thompson. St. Martin’s, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-1-250-46126-1 More By and About this Authorchevron_right...