The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, May 31, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 28, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Editorial Staff
News: Authorlink’s Birkett Morris’ Novel Due in 2024
Congratulations to our own Authorlink Columnist Ellen Birkett Morris. Her novel, "Beware the Tall Grass," has been chosen by Lan Samantha Chang as the winner of this year's Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence. DLJ Books will publish the novel in spring,...
News: Literary Mag Focuses on Life-giving Water
Latest issue of Conjunctions, Bard College’s Celebrated Literary Magazine, Features New Work by Joyce Carol Oates, Colin Channer, Allegra Hyde, Yxta Maya Murray, Anna Badkhen, Cole Swensen, Can Xue, Frederic Tuten, and Many Others ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON,...
IBPA 2022 Indy Book Award Winners Announced
(San Diego, CA – May 5, 2023) - At a gala dinner ceremony on May 5 in San Diego, CA, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) celebrated 168 Gold and Silver award-winning titles in its prestigious 35th Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ program. The awards...
News: B&N CEO to Talk on State of Bookselling
NEW YORK—May 1, 2023—Literary agents will gather at the U.S. Book Show to discuss the essence of their craft, which is selling book, film and other rights on behalf of writers, authors and rights-holders, and to meet with editors and other publishing professionals...
Books to Read: Only the Dead by Jack Carr
Books to Read: Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that is ripped from the headlines
Books to Read: Lost and Broken by Congressman Adam Smith
Books to Read: Adam Smith, 26-year member of Congress and Chair of the House Armed Services Committee for the last four years, offers a candid memoir about his years-long struggle with anxiety and chronic pain, and the winding path to find the right diagnosis and treatment.
Writer’s Digest Writing Contest Deadline Nears
Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition is now accepting entries. Winners of the 92nd Annual competition will be announced in the Nov/Dec 2023 issue of Writer's Digest. WRITING COMPETITION Early-Bird Deadline: May 5, 2023 Poetry entry—$20 for the first entry; $15...
2023 Guggenheim Fellows Announced
171 scientists, writers, scholars, and artists honored across 48 fields (New York, NY) On April 5, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 171 exceptional...
Books to Read: Quinn by Em Strang
Books to read: From an award-winning Scottish poet, an unforgettable novel about memory and radical forgiveness.
