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In Conversation: Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
We asked the duo behind Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales to discuss their new spinoff chapter book series, which kicks off with 'Troubling Tonsils,' and striking the right tone for kids.
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Q & A with Jeanne Birdsall
Penderwicks series author Jeanne Birdsall returns with 'The Library of Unruly Treasures,' a lightly fantastical contemporary middle grade novel illustrated by Matt Phelan.
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Bookseller Andrew Laties on Championing Banned Books
We spoke with Andrew Laties, longtime activist bookseller, author, and publisher of the Rebel Bookseller imprint, about his latest title to focus on banned books, 'You’re Telling My Kids They Can’t Read This Book?'
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Four Questions for Charlene Chua
A grieving girl finds the ideal way to honor her late aunt in Charlene Chua’s 'The Pink Pajamas: A Story About Love and Loss,' the second picture book Chua has both written and illustrated (after 2020’s 'Hug?').
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Four Questions for Elizabeth Scully
We spoke with reading specialist and former classroom teacher Elizabeth Scully about her experience creating decodable books.
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Hip-Hop Is the Medium: PW Talks with Jeff Pearlman
In ‘Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur’ (Mariner, Oct.), the biographer unpacks Shakur’s origins, contradictions, and artistic legacy.
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Hot as Hell: PW Talks with Alexandria Bellefleur
A heartbroken woman makes a deal with a sexy demon to win back her ex-girlfriend in the Lambda Award winner’s 'The Devil She Knows' (Berkley, Oct.).
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Four Questions for Jeannine Atkins
Jeannine Atkins, the writer of several biographies of remarkable women in history, grapples with her own past and the impact of a sexual assault she suffered during college in her new memoir in verse 'Knocking on Windows.'
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Paging ‘Dr. Werthless’: PW Talks with Harold Schechter and Eric Powell
The duo takes on the famed psychiatrist and anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham in their new graphic novel, which offers a multifaceted portrait of a complex man who claimed that reading comics led to violence.
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Four Questions for I.V. Marie
I.V. Marie makes her entrance onto the YA scene with her debut fantasy novel Immortal Consequences, set at a school in the afterlife that acts as purgatory for its students.
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PW Close-Up: Vault and Aethon Make Partnership Official, Releasing Major Collaborations
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Censorship from Both Directions: PW Talks with Ira Wells
The author of On Book Banning, a literary critic and associate professor at the University of Toronto, spoke about censorship battles in North America and book banning efforts from the political right and left.
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The ‘Mythical Existence’ of Frank Stanford: PW Talks with James McWilliams
McWilliams, author of The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, discusses the larger-than-life Southern poet who died in 1978 at age 29 and why his work deserves wider recognition beyond its cult following.
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Astra House’s Five-Year Journey: PW Talks with Ben Schrank
Five years after launching, Astra House has established itself as a literary force, winning major prizes and building a reputation for debut fiction and narrative nonfiction. Publisher Ben Schrank reflects on the company’s evolution, current strategy, and future plans.
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Q & A with Dawn Quigley
We spoke with Quigley about her teaching career, what drives her to write stories featuring Indigenous characters, and why she believes there need to be many voices representing Native people.
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Blind Spots: PW Talks with Souvankham Thammavongsa
The author’s first novel, ‘Pick a Color’ (Little, Brown, Sept.), explores the rich and mysterious inner life of a nail salon owner.
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Be Like Bruce: PW Talks with Jeff Chang
In Water Mirror Echo (Mariner, Sept.), the journalist tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee’s rise to fame alongside the cultural history of Asian America.
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Four Questions for Lisa Brown
We spoke with author, illustrator, and cartoonist Lisa Brown about her most recent picture book, The Moving Book—which was created in the same vein as The Airport Book and The Hospital Book—and her multifaceted artistic journey.
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In Conversation: Chelsea Lin Wallace and Thyra Heder
We asked author Chelsea Lin Wallace and illustrator Thyra Heder to discuss their new book, On Our Way with Mr. Jay, kicking off a series of picture books celebrating school heroes.