Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Roundup with PW

Paul Beatty Wins 2016 Man Booker Prize
Paul Beatty has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 'The Sellout,' making him the first American author to win the award.
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Andrew Carnegie Medals Shortlist Announced
The American Library Association has announced the six books shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
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SMP to Publish Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope's Book on Climate Change
'Overheated: How Cooler Heads Can Cool the World' will release on April 18, 2017, in hardcover, e-book, and audio editions.
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Penguin Random House Focuses on Social Responsibility
Following the release of Bertelsmann's new Corporate Responsibility Report, Penguin Random House has announced its 2020 Social Responsibility Commitments.
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Amazon Execs 'Pleased' With Stores: Amazon’s plan to open physical bookstores is an experiment going well so far, according to Amazon Web Services head Andy Jassy.

HTMLGIANT Returns, Lit Hub Expands: A beloved old literary blog boots back up, and Literary Hub adds new editors including poet Tommy Pico.

Roth's Books Come Home: Philip Roth has given the Newark Public Library his book collection, to be commemorated on Oct. 27 at the inaugural Philip Roth Lecture by Zadie Smith.

David Cameron's £800,000 Memoir Deal: The former U.K. prime minister promises a "frank" account of his successes and failures in a book to be published by William Collins.

How Media Can Learn from Librarians: Journalists could learn a lot from hanging around with successful librarians, who face technological disruptions of their own.
 
The Big Deal at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Free Speech
World events--particularly those in Turkey, where thousands of journalists, authors and academics have been jailed or dismissed--drew lots of attention at the annual event. more » »

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IN THE MEDIA

From the Hollywood Reporter:
Six of Crows Author Leigh Bardugo Nabs Seven Figures for Next Two Books.
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From the Hollywood Reporter:
Peter Jackson to Adapt Sci-Fi Fantasy Mortal Engines.
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From the New York Times:
Are You There? It's Me, Reality: Grit Returns to Young-Adult Novels.
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From BBC News:
Man found guilty of murdering a book dealer over a £50,000 first edition of The Wind in the Willows.
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From the S.F. Chronicle:
Raina Telgemeier relates to her growing young audience.
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From the Horn Book:
A Kerlan Fellow Inspired by Two Particular Fellows: Arnold Lobel and James Marshall.
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From the Telegraph:
Emoji quiz: Can you identify these classic children's books?
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From Deadline:
Fox Animation Picks Up Kelly Barnhill's novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon.
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From Deadline:
China's Alibaba Pictures Takes Film Rights to Warriors Series.
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From the Huffington Post:
Twilight Fans, You Can Soon Own Beloved Props and Costumes.
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From the Irish Independent:
Reading to children is "more effective than technology at boosting science skills."
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From the Huffington Post:
A Peek Inside Elena Ferrante's Chilling Children's Book.
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From the Onion:
Third-Grader Clearly Biting Off More Than He Can Chew at Elementary School Book Fair.
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From BuzzFeed:
A Roald Dahl–Inspired Clothing Collection for Kids.
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