54+ min ago   (1193+ words) Publishers Weekly R.J. Palacio on Her Lifelong Connection to the ‘Odyssey’ R.J. Palacio is the author of Wonder, which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 550 weeks, published in 56 languages, and sold more than…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (375+ words) Oseman spoke with PW about figuring out how Charlie and Nick’s story should end, LGBTQ representation, and what’s next for them now that Heartstopper has ended. I was a wreck when I watched Heartstopper Forever. This has been such a…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (207+ words) The 13 books longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize, the U.K.’s highest honor for works of fiction, have been announced. The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize is as follows: This year’s panel of judges was chaired by classicist Mary Beard and rounded…...

19+ hour, 56+ min ago   (192+ words) The winners of the 38th annual Eisner Awards, presented at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, were remarkably spread out, with only two books receiving more than one prize. Those would be Absolute Martian Manhunter by Deniz Camp and Javier…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (105+ words) Publishers Weekly Anne Schwartz Lands Gary Shteyngart’s Children’s Debut Anne Schwartz, who has an eponymous imprint, acquired U.S., Canada, and open market rights to Gary Shteyngart’s children’s debut, A Capybara in New York, illustrated by…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (250+ words) What sparked the idea of a new family on the block bringing this trad energy into the community? It’s never okay for someone to step in and wrestle that control from a town for the sake of their own idea…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (675+ words) Publishers Weekly Cambridge Public Library Celebrates Budding Writers with Youth Poetry Awards This spring, for the 27th year, the city of Cambridge, Mass., awarded poetry prizes to a worthy group of aspiring poets in grades K–8. Of the more than 500 applicants,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (323+ words) The Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) has introduced major revisions to its code of ethics to account for how agents’ roles have expanded in recent years, per a release shared exclusively with PW. In a conversation with PW, AALA…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (404+ words) When World Cup mania descended upon the U.S. in July, the Queens Public Library fanned team loyalties with watch parties and by promoting its global reading collections. QPL wanted its community to access books in world languages, and the tournament provided…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (585+ words) It takes a lot to frighten three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning horror author Sarah Langan. Putting a supernatural gloss on real-world issues is, she says, “the fun part” of writing horror. To her mind, it makes things less scary to…...