FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY ANNOUNCE SHORTLIST FOR 2016 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Financial Times and McKinsey & Company today publish the shortlist for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Now in its twelfth year, the...
Humanities Tennessee has announced a lineup of award-winning, bestselling authors who will headline the 28th annual Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, taking place Oct. 14-16. The roster includes such notables as Megan Abbott, Cat Cora, Gayle Forman, John Hart,...
The Board of Directors of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today announced the departure of its Chief Executive Officer, Ronald D. Boire. The Board of Directors determined that Mr. Boire was not a good fit for the organization and that it was in the best interests...
The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University today announced the launch of the Jim Bettinger Challenge Fund for Newsroom Innovation, which will support U.S.-based fellowship alumni who initiate disruptive, innovative journalism experiments inside...
PEN America announced today the revival of the illustrious PEN/Nabokov Award, which honors a writer whose works "evoke to some measure Nabokov's brilliant versatility and commitment to literature as a search for the deepest truth and the highest pleasure." The...
With the August 15 deadline for submitting to the 2017 PEN Literary Awards just two weeks away, PEN is reminding publishers and literary agents to submit their authors' books for PEN's prestigious awards which will confer over $250,000 to writers and translators...
Effective August 27, 2016, Red Hen Press will begin US and Canadian distribution through Ingram Publisher Services (IPS).With more than twenty years of excellence in literature, community engagement, and a passion for great stories, Kate Gale and Mark E. Cull have...
PEN America announced today the establishment of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, a literary honor that will be conferred annually on a book that has broken new ground and signals strong potential for lasting influence.The new award will recognize a book-length work of...
Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth, Jim Rendon, Touchstone – Through cutting-edge research and thoughtful personal stories comes a “compassionate, friendly, and empathetic” (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of post-traumatic growth—
The Fifth Gospel, Ian Caldwell, Simon & Schuster – The #1 Indie Next Pick and instant, long-running New York Times bestseller from Ian Caldwell, coauthor of the international sensation The Rule of Four: The Fifth Gospel is a masterful intellectual thriller that “will change the way you look at organized religion, humanity, and perhaps yourself” (David Baldacci).
