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ALA’s Inaugural Comics Awards Celebrate Fiction, Nonfiction, and Series

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 01/29/2026 @ 10:00AM

The American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table named its first-ever slate of Outstanding Comics Awards, with winners in the adult, YA, and children’s categories including Sophie Escabasse and Anders Nilsen.
When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2026 Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Winners

| 01/27/2026 @ 04:30PM

The annual Youth Media Awards were announced on January 26 by the American Library Association. See our interviews with the winners of the three top prizes about their initial reactions to the life-changing news.
Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Printz Win: ‘Genuinely Gobsmacked’

By Sally Lodge | 01/27/2026 @ 03:00PM

Smith describes her delight and surprise at winning the Printz Medal for 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,' a compendium written by 17 Indigenous authors, which she edited.
Cátia Chien’s Caldecott Win: ‘Wait, Is This What I Think It Means?’

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 01/27/2026 @ 03:00PM

For newly anointed Caldecott Medalist Cátia Chien, the past few days have been worthy of party sparklers and confetti cannons: her illustrations for the picture book Fireworks, written by Matthew Burgess and published by Clarion Books, earned the coveted prize at the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards on January 26.
Renée Watson’s Newbery Win: ‘Tears of Joy’

By Shannon Maughan | 01/27/2026 @ 03:00PM

When Renée Watson arrived home to New York City this past weekend, she had plenty of things on her mind—and hearing from the Newbery Committee wasn’t one of them.
Watson, Chien, Smith Win 2026 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards

By Emma Kantor, Iyana Jones, and Nathalie op de Beeck | 01/26/2026 @ 02:30PM

Renée Watson has won the 2026 John Newbery Medal for her novel 'All the Blues in the Sky'; Cátia Chien has won this year’s Randolph Caldecott Medal 'Fireworks', written by Matthew Burgess; and 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In,' edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith, has won the Michael L. Printz Award.
NBCC Announces Award Finalists

By Eva Baron | 01/20/2026 @ 11:01AM

The National Book Critics Circle has unveiled the finalists for its annual awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on March 26 in New York City.
Mary Anne Carter Returns to Chair NEA

By Sam Spratford | 12/19/2025 @ 10:00AM

Carter, who also led the National Endowment for the Arts during President Donald Trump’s first term, has historically supported the agency’s literacy initiatives as well as funding for creative arts therapies.
NBCC Announces Award Longlists

by Sophia Stewart | 12/18/2025 @ 11:01AM

The National Book Critics Circle has unveiled the seven longlists for its annual awards. Finalists will be announced on January 20, with winners to follow at a ceremony on March 26 in New York City.
NBCC Announces Award Longlists

by Sophia Stewart | 12/18/2025 @ 11:01AM

The National Book Critics Circle has unveiled the seven longlists for its annual awards. Finalists will be announced on January 20, with winners to follow at a ceremony on March 26 in New York City.
Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss

By Sam Spratford | 12/16/2025 @ 10:00AM

Employees of the foundation and community members say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to retain the jobs of two staffers set to be laid off.
Brian O’Leary Receives 2025 Melcher Award

By Jim Milliot | 12/12/2025 @ 07:00PM

The recipient of PW’s third annual lifetime achievement award is being recognized for his successful 10-year tenure as the head of BISG, in an era when the industry has grappled with massive and near constant change.
PW Notables 2025: Mary Rasenberger

By Jim Milliot | 12/12/2025 @ 07:00PM

The longtime Authors Guild CEO has been a leader in the fight against AI companies’ use of copyrighted materials without compensating authors, as well as the ongoing surge in book bans.
PW Notables 2025: Julie Schaper

by Claire Kirch | 12/12/2025 @ 07:00PM

The Consortium president, who has been with the company for 30 years and will retire in 2026, is changing book culture one client publisher at a time.
PW Notables 2025: Mychal Threets

by Sophia Stewart | 12/12/2025 @ 07:00PM

The social media star and PBS “resident librarian” is continuing to spread “library joy” as the host of a Reading Rainbow reboot and, soon, as a children’s book author.
PW Notables 2025: Carla Hayden

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 12/12/2025 @ 07:00PM

Modeling fortitude and resilience, the former librarian of Congress—who was fired without cause by the White House in March—says “it’s time to regroup” amid uncertain federal funding for literature and the arts.
PW Notables 2025: Eileen Dengler

by Claire Kirch | 12/12/2025 @ 07:00PM

The longtime executive director of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association leaves her mark on the entire industry.
PW’s 2025 Person of the Year: Nihar Malaviya

By Jim Milliot | 12/12/2025 @ 09:00AM

The Penguin Random House CEO has gone all in on protecting the First Amendment and the freedom to read. For his efforts and those of PRH, he is Publishers Weekly’s Person of the Year.
Whiting Expands Publicity Training for Nonfiction Grantees

By Sam Spratford | 12/09/2025 @ 09:45AM

Recipients of the Whiting Foundation’s $40,000 Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress will receive publicity training through the Brooklyn-based firm Press Shop PR. The 2025 grantees were announced today.
Restless Books’ Immigrant Writing Prize Turns 10

By Sam Spratford | 11/26/2025 @ 09:00AM

The recently renamed Kellman Prize, which got a new underwriter in September, has served as a launchpad for immigrant writers for nearly a decade.

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