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Percival Everett and Tina Fey Are 2023 PEN Lit Award Winners
'Dr. No' by Percival Everett (Graywolf) received the evening's top prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and Tina Fey won the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award at the March 2 event in midtown Manhattan.
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Snow Days 2022: The ABA’s New Show Makes Its Debut
The American Booksellers Association’s virtual bookselling retreat looks to the future.
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BookLife Indie Author Forum Set for March 19
BookLife, PW’s subsidiary devoted to helping self-published authors, will hold the first BookLife Indie Author Forum on March 19 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. The forum will cover the writing and publishing of adult and children’s books.
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Toy Fair New York Canceled
After reiterating its resolve, as recently as January 5, to go ahead with an in-person Toy Fair New York on February 19–22, the Toy Association has canceled the 2022 edition.
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Book Festivals, Fairs, and Conferences: Winter 2022
Though concerns regarding the omicron variant loom, many promoters hope to proceed with in-person events in early 2022.
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A Lasting Literary Legacy: Close-up on the Sharjah International Book Fair
On the occasion of the SIBF’s 40th anniversary, PW spoke with HE Ahmed Al Ameri, chairman of Sharjah Book Authority, the organization responsible for running the SIBF and establishing and acting on its vision and ambitions. (Sponsored)
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PEN America Goes Live Again at 2021 Gala
Literati and Hollywood royalty alike were back at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on October 5 for the PEN America Literary Gala, one of the first major indoor and in-person events held by a literary institution since the pandemic began.
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The Brooklyn Book Festival Comes Back
On a warm and sunny Sunday outside Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, this year's Brooklyn Book Festival—back in person after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic—returned to the borough and to the delight of publishers and the reading public alike.
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For American Agents, It’s Another Year of Managing the Frankfurt Book Fair from Home
For American agents, the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair brings another year of hoping, and waiting, for the real thing.
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Simon & Schuster Launches 'AuthorFest'
Simon & Schuster has announced a new series of virtual author events, AuthorFest. The first event will feature Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of the 'Washington Post,' who will discuss their new book, 'Peril.'
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Heartland Fall Forum Accommodates Busy Booksellers
The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Heartland forum continues to offer virtual educational sessions and author events.
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Regional Bookselling Shows Change It Up
How regional bookselling associations are creating events to bring booksellers, authors, and publishers together.
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When a Sales Call Is Performance Art
Pacific Northwest commission sales rep Kurtis Lowe perfects the art of Zoom.
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The State of Caliba
The California association's new co-executive directors outline their priorities and agenda.
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Indie Bookseller Associations Navigate Uncertain Times
This year's fall regional trade shows will take place as questions abound over how the rest of 2021 will play out.
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Children's Institute 9: Publishers, Booksellers Embrace New Landscape
Both publishers and booksellers are brainstorming on best practices for pivoting to meet customer demand in a new book retailing landscape.
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Bouchercon Calls Off In-Person Convention
Due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant, this year's Bouchercon, the annual mystery fiction convention that was to be held live this August in New Orleans, has been canceled.
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More Declines at Reed Exhibitions
Revenue at Reed Exhibitions declined 40% in the first half of 2021 compared to last year, and parent company RELX gave a tepid forecast for the business for the remainder of the year.
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Select Book Conferences, Fairs, and Festivals in 2021
Most book fairs, festivals, and conferences moved online last year, and although the event schedule for 2021 is still a work in progress, some major shows are starting to plan for in-person events for the second half of the year.
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