The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, October 26, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 23, 2022). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
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IBPA Names New CEO
(Manhattan Beach, CA – October 26, 2022) – Following a three-month search, the Board of Directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) announced today that it has hired Andrea Fleck-Nisbet as the association’s new CEO effective November 1, 2022. She...
Astra Publishing Acquires DAW Books
Astra Publishing House has acquired DAW Books, the science fiction and fantasy publisher founded in 1971, according to a report in Shelf Awareness. DAW Books was founded in 1971 by veteran paperback editor Donald A. Wollheim, along with his wife, Elsie B. Wollheim,...
Sri Lankan Wins Booker Prize for Second Novel
Winner The Booker Prize 2022 Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Published by Sort Of Books (August 2022) Shehan Karunatilaka has won The Booker Prize of 2022 for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The novel is a searing, mordantly...
French writer Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in literature
French Writer Annie Ernaux has won the Nobel Prize in literature for 2022, it was announced by the Nobel Foundation on October 6, 2022. The 82-year-old writer is known for works that blur the line between memoir and fiction. The Prize was given “for the courage and...
Books to Read: Boldly Go by William Shatner
Boldly Go, William Shatner, Atria Books – The beloved star of Star Trek, recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects on the interconnectivity of all things . . .
Books to Read: Uncanny Times by Laura Anne Gilman
Uncanny Times, Laura Anne Gilman, Gallery/Saga Press – Huntsmen, according to the Church, were damned, their blood unclean, unholy.
The Indie Bestseller List
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, September 28, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 25, 2022). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Wolf Hall Author Dame Hilary Mantel Dies
Dame Hilary Mantel, the author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, her publisher has confirmed. Her longtime agent Bill Hamilton said she died days after suffering a stroke on Monday, September 19, but that has not been confirmed. According to the...
Portland Book Festival Due November 5
This year's Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America, returns to Portland Art Museum and neighboring venues on November 5, 2022. Join writers and book lovers for this all-ages, daylong celebration of books and storytelling in all forms, including author...
