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Book Critics 2021-2022 Fellowship Applications Now Open
April 28, 2021
By Heather Scott Partington The National Book Critics Circle is seeking applications for the 2021-2022 Emerging Critics Fellowship. The fellowship seeks to identify, nurture, and support the development of the next generation of book critics. ELIGIBILITY Critics of all ages who seek to review and write about books for print and digital outlets are eligible for… View Article
Anna Dewdney Read Together Award Winner and Honor Books Announced
April 28, 2021
APRIL 28, 2021 New York, NY – April 28, 2021 – Penguin Young Readers, the Children’s Book Council, and Every Child a Reader are proud to announce that Brown Baby Lullaby, written by Tameka Fryer Brown and illustrated by AG Ford (Macmillan Children’s Publishing), is the winner of the fifth annual Anna Dewdney Read Together Award. This… View Article
HarperCollins Acquires HMM for $349 Million
March 31, 2021
HarperCollins, owned by News Corp., is acquiring the trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for $349 million. The cash deal is expected to be concluded within the next three months. Under the agreement, all HMH Books & Media employees will join HarperCollins. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which had put the HMH Books & Media division up… View Article
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William Saroyan Writing Prize Picks 2020 Winners
December 9, 2020
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Jennifer Croft awarded the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing by Stanford Libraries Adjei-Brenyah and Croft were selected as winners, among 247 eligible submissions, for their ability to evoke raw emotion and masterfully leverage the power of language with their writing. Stanford, CA–Friday Black (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) by Nana Kwame… View Article
“Where Reasons End” Wins PEN 2020 Novel Award
September 3, 2020
In March 2020, PEN America announced, the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards winners in a ceremony in New York City, hosted by Seth Meyers. The top prize for a full-length novel was awarded to Yiyun Li for the book, Where Reasons End, (Random House) Hudson | IndieBound. We are just now catching up on some of the… View Article
WNBA Names Literary Award Winners
July 14, 2020
The Women’s National Book Association San Francisco Chapter is pleased and proud to debut the first-ever Effie Lee Morris WNBA Literary Award. Ms. Morris was a pioneering Black librarian and the founder of this chapter of the Women’s National Book Association in 1968. The Virtual Awards Ceremony will take place on July 24th, 5pm PST (see link… View Article
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How to Get a Book Published
April 2, 2021
About eighty percent of humans who answered various surveys in recent years say that someday they would like to write a book and get published. Perhaps half of those will start writing. Maybe five percent of the forty percent will finish, and far fewer will find a publisher for a book. You may be asking,… View Article
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Too Chinese for America, Too American for China
November 1, 2020
By Carol Van Den Hende When I was eight years old, my family moved to rural Maryland. I showed up for my first day at the low brick schoolhouse in my best frock, patent leather shoes and matching braids. A pale skinny boy locked eyes with mine. A new friend? I smiled. “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees,… View Article
Two Reasons Why Some Readers are NOT Allowed to Post Reviews on Amazon!
October 1, 2020
So, your book has been published and your readers are (virtually) lined up for their coveted copies! Yea!! And, you are asking (begging!) your readers to leave reviews for your book because, as we all know, more sales and positive reviews mean better exposure on Amazon! However, did you know that some people aren’t allowed… View Article








