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Ghostwriting Conference Returns to New York City This Fall
Gotham Ghostwriters, in partnership with the Association of Ghostwriters, has announced that its second annual Gathering of the Ghosts conference will return to New York City with a two-day program November 10–11.
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WI2025: A Historic Winter Institute Kicks Off in Denver
Winter Institute 2025 officially kicked off Monday morning in Denver with close to 1,000 booksellers expected to attend. This year, for the first time, the American Booksellers Association hosted a pre-conference meeting exclusively for BIPOC booksellers.
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London Book Fair 2025: Programming Highlights for Thursday, March 13
Thursday’s top sessions include multiple discussions on encouraging the next generation of publishers, deep dives into AI and sustainability, and more.
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London Book Fair 2025: Programming Highlights for Wednesday, March 12
Wednesday’s top sessions include conversations on the process of bringing books to screen, the current state of literature in Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, and more.
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London Book Fair 2025: Programming Highlights for Tuesday, March 11
Tuesday’s top sessions include a keynote address on current business models and future prospects in academic and professional publishing, a conversation between Hachette’s David Shelley and Barnes & Noble’s James Daunt, and more.
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London Book Fair 2025: Stage Rights
Feel-good fiction and self-help nonfiction remain center stage going into the first major rights fair of the year.
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London Book Fair 2025 to Focus on AI, Developing Readers
The first major rights fair of the year has expanded its programming (and its meeting space) for its March 11–13 run.
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Final PubWest Conference Focuses on Finance, Fostering Best Practices
Publishers Association of the West held its final annual conference in New Orleans February 11–13 before it joins forces with the Independent Book Publishers Association this July.
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WI2025: Children’s Authors to Meet
The forecast for Denver includes a wintry mix of children’s and YA creators, with a flurry of picture books, middle grade reads, and teen novels.
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WI2025: Adult Authors to Meet
This year’s authors range from debut stars to award-winning industry regulars, writing books in a range of categories and all certain to fly off bookstore shelves.
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WI2025: Colorado Is Indie Bookstore Country
New bookstores are thriving in the Centennial State alongside beloved older stores.
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WI2025: ABA Offers Pre-Conference Program for BIPOC Booksellers
BIPOC booksellers will gather before WI2025 for education and networking opportunities.
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WI2025: Indie Booksellers to Gather in Denver for Winter Institute
ABA celebrates its 125th year as booksellers prepare to convene February 23–26 in Denver for the 20th Winter Institute.
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Hub City Press to Host Southern Literary Convening This May
A coalition of Southern literary organizations, led by Hub City Press, has announced the Deep South Convening on the Future Success of American Writers, scheduled for May 24 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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LibLearnX 2025 Preview
As librarians prepare to gather in Phoenix for the ALA’s final LibLearnX conference, this year’s event looks to be going out on a high note.
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Publishers Weekly’s 2025 Book Business Events Calendar
Our annual Google calendar, updated throughout the year and to which readers can subscribe, keeps track of the dates of dozens of book business events of interest.
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Comics Arts Los Angeles Is Back in Business
The independent comics festival, which runs December 14-15 this year, returns live and in-person to the City of Angels for the first time since 2019.
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Educating Global Publishers About BookTok and Meta
Andrea Chambers, associate dean of the Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts at the NYU School of Professional Studies, argues that understanding Facebook and TikTok is an essential element in a publisher's education.
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McConaughey, Gladwell Headline 2024 Texas Book Festival
The Texas Book Festival returns to downtown Austin November 16-17, featuring more than 280 authors across some 220 sessions, including Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell.
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Comics Still Ruled at New York Comic Con 2024
Despite fewer comics companies exhibiting than ever before, comics still stood out amid an ever more pop culture–focused show, with new players hitting the scene, beloved brands getting a refresh, and newcomers emerging from the wings.