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BookCon 2017: Desperate for Good Conversation: Marc Maron and Brendan McDonald
Marc Maron craves good conversation. Since 2009, he has had hundreds of them from his garage, where he hosts his popular WTF podcast.
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BookCon 2017: Back to Her Beginnings: Marie Lu
Despite two bestselling series under her belt—Legend and the Young Elites, both from Putnam—YA author Marie Lu hasn’t been to BookCon before.
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BookCon 2017: Gregg Hurwitz Gruesomely Engages with the Rains Brothers
Last year, with the launch of the Rains Brothers, an alien-meets-zombie series from Tor Teen, Gregg Hurwitz, author of the bestselling Orphan X series for adults, made his YA debut.
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BookCon 2017: Colleen Hoover: Different Endings
It takes courage to ground a book in your family’s private story, especially one involving an abusive relationship.
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BookCon 2017: Tomorrow Reimagined: Cory Doctorow
Dystopian novels of the future weigh down our bookshelves, and adaptations of those same stories increasingly dominate our cinemas.
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BookCon 2017: Cassandra Clare’s Fans Want More Than Their MTV
Cassandra Clare’s Fans Want More Than Their MTV
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BookCon 2017: P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast Build a World Together
When the mother-daughter writing team P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast realized that 2017 would be the 10th anniversary of the publication of Marked, the first book in their bestselling vampyre-themed YA fantasy series, House of Night, they decided they wanted to do something special to celebrate.
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BookCon 2017: Dan Brown Shares His Secrets
Dan Brown fans have waited four years for a new book to decode.
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BookCon 2017: Dystopia Now: Margaret Atwood
This year’s much-buzzed 10-episode adaptation of "The Handmaid’s Tale," which was streamed on Hulu in collaboration with MGM Television, rocketed Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel back onto bestsellers charts.
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A Different Feel at BookExpo 2017
A slimmed-down show still provided something for every part of the industry, from a mad rush for adult galleys to a visit from Hillary Clinton.
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BookExpo 2017: On Race, Reviewing, and Responsibility
Issues of fairness, fact-checking, and reviewing diverse books were the subject of a BookExpo panel held on June 2.
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BookExpo 2017: Children's Authors Say That Storytelling Saves Lives
The Children’s Book & Author Breakfast speakers emphasized that books don’t just provide escape: reading can save lives.
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BookExpo 2017: At PEN America First Amendment Panel, Different Takes On Protecting Speech
BookExpo and PEN America's joint panel on Thursday afternoon, "The First Amendment Resistance," found activists and speech advocates debating the ethical and civil responsibilities of writers and publishers.
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Dan Brown Cancels BookCon Appearance
Bestselling author Dan Brown, who was to have been one of the headliners at BookCon, was forced to bow out due to a family emergency.
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BookExpo 2017: Hillary Clinton Receives Warm Bookselling Welcome
In front of a packed main stage crowd, Hillary Rodham Clinton chatted for an hour with Cheryl Strayed about politics, what books mean to her, and her upcoming works.
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BookExpo 2017: Picks of the Day: Must Do’s!
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BookExpo 2017: PubMatch in Deal with Beijing Book Fair
PubMatch has reached an agreement with the Beijing International Book Fair to promote Chinese content worldwide. PubMatch is the global rights trading platform owned by Combined Book Exhibit and PWxyz, the parent company of Publishers Weekly.
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BookExpo 2017: Don’t Miss the Star Watch Deadline
Nominations for Publishers Weekly’s third annual Star Watch program will be accepted until June 15.
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BookExpo 2017: The Future Is Now at Galaxy Press
For 33 years, Galaxy Press has been promoting the work of science fiction and fantasy writers and illustrators through the annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests.
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BookExpo 2017: Pannell Awards Celebrated Today
At today’s Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, two bookstores—the Bookworm of Edwards in Edwards, Colo., and Children’s Book World in Los Angeles—will receive the 2017 WNBA Pannell Award.