Friday, August 26, 2016

The Roundup with PW

Penguin Random House Canada Opens Bricks and Mortar Bookstore
On Wednesday, Penguin Random House Canada has opened a new 'Penguin Shop' bookstore on the first floor of the tower that houses the company’s offices in Toronto.
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Beijing Book Fair 2016: Positive Vibes and Surprising Growth
The 23rd edition of the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) kicked off on Wednesday with more than 300,000 titles on display, 1,379 overseas exhibitors, and 16 Central and Eastern European countries as guests of honor.
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Obituary: Jack Lamplough
Jack Lamplough, who served as director in the marketing and publicity departments at Tower Books, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and Quirk Books, and Overlook Press, has died. He was 59.
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Bob Odenkirk to Publish Memoir: The 'Better Call Saul' star will publish his first book of personal essays through Random House.

Bonnie R. Crown Dies at 88: The agent, writer, and lecturer who shepherded the translation of books from Asia died of natural causes on Aug. 17.

N. K. Jemisin Dreams of Sci-Fi: An interview with the author of 'The Fifth Season,' the first black writer to win a Hugo Award for best novel.

The Writing on the Wall: On the best new writing that is blurring the line between literature and visual art.

Welcome to Planet Havana: Cuban science-fiction redefines the future in the ruins of a socialist utopia.

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Children's Books in the media with PW


From IndieWire:
John Oliver Turned a 20-Year-Old Kids' Book into a Bestseller.
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From the Seattle Times:
Children's bookstore Mockingbird Books will close this Saturday.
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From Mental Floss:
Pottermore Releases Original J.K. Rowling Sketches.
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From the Hollywood Reporter:
'Anne of Green Gables' TV Adaptation Picked Up at Netflix.
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From Slate:
A Look at the Great Rooms of Children's Literature, from Goodnight Moon to Richard Scarry.
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From 100 Scope Notes:
The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2016.
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From the Independent:
The Italian government is giving teens €500 on their 18th birthday to spend on books.
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From Slate:
How hard is it to make a picture book? Slate editors and writers tried.
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From the New York Times:
By the Book: author Jacqueline Woodson.
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From the Guardian:
Bloodbaths and bad dreams: Shaun Tan's fairytale sculptures.
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From NPR:
Wisdom from YA Authors on Leaving Home: Veronica Roth.
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From BuzzFeed:
19 Kids Who Completely Nailed Their Book Week Costumes.
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From the Washington Post:
What Ken Burns left out of his new kids' book about presidents and why.
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From the Daily Union:
Wisconsin’' Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop pens its final chapter.
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From the Awl:
How to Read a Picture Book: A Cartoon by Liana Finck.
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From Broadly:
Looking Back on Our Collective Obsession with the Baby-Sitters Club.
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From Look to the Stars:
First Book partners with S&S to distribute 20,000 copies of Jason Reynolds's books to classrooms and programs.
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From the Guardian:
One third of parents avoid reading children scary stories, a study finds.
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From Sydney Morning Herald:
Winners of the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards.
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From Publishing Perspectives:
The "determinedly offbeat" Polish children's publisher Dwie Siostry.
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From Book Riot:
By the Cover: LBYR art director Saho Fujii.
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From the Financial Times:
How Shaun Tan has transformed children's literature.
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From NPR:
Wisdom from YA Authors on Leaving Home: Cynthia Kadohata.
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From the Huffington Post:
This Parody of Little Golden Books Is Hilariously Twisted.
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