The host of the Faith Adjacent podcast and author of the popular “The Swipe Up” newsletter is now putting it all out there in book form with 'I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God,' publishing in February (Baker Books).
The American Academy of Religion celebrated former AAR president Plaskow's trailblazing scholarship including her 1990 monograph 'Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective,' and presented awards to authors for excellence in the study of religion, history and the arts.
Yolanda Pierce, a scholar on Black religion, tells PW her new book, ‘The Wounds are the Witness,’ explores how learning about the legacy of harms of slavery and the Jim Crow era can pave a way to a more joyful and just future.
The film distributor, production company, and streaming service will launch a publishing arm, Mubi Editions, next April, focusing on titles on cinema and the arts.
The annual award, given by Barcelona-based publisher Editorial Anagrama, was shared by two authors this year—Xita Rubert (l.) and Cynthia Rimsky—for only the second time in its history.
The Strand Union resumed contract negotiations with the management at Strand Book Store in New York City on November 27, calling off a planned Black Friday strike. Bargaining is set to continue on December 4.
Bloxson, who was named SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK in April, will now also lead talent development, recruitment, retention, training, office culture, and business processes at HBG while continuing to spearhead DEI efforts.
Putnam signs a time-bending new novel by bestselling writing duo—and real-life couple—Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, Crown takes YA author Kelly McWilliams’s adult debut, and more.
This year, established manga publishers jostled on the shelves with prestige graphic novel publishers, prose publishers venturing into comics, and more. The result was a great year for manga. Here are 10 titles you shouldn’t miss.
The annual joint meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion was a forum for hot-button issues and a weekend of opportunities for academic religion publishers.
Edited by Budjette Tan and Charis Loke, ‘Sound: A Comics Anthology’ uses the broad theme of sound as a platform to showcase an appealing and diverse group of South Asian comics creators. An 11-page excerpt.
The authors of the 2005 picture book ‘And Tango Makes Three’ argue that the book’s removal from school library shelves is rooted in unconstitutional, anti-LGBTQ+ “viewpoint discrimination.” County officials insist that it is “government speech.”
Spotify for Authors, an analytics and promotion platform for the company's audiobook division, will offer demographic data about listeners, author profile pages, and redemption codes for reviewers, among other features.
The 7% increase in the first nine months of 2024 came despite a modest 2.4% increase in September at the publishers who report to AAP's StatShot program. Strong showings in the religion and adult fiction categories drove the nine-month gains.
Tregarthen spent more than 29 years as Disney Publishing, where she was known for her leadership skills and creative Disney-themed Halloween costumes. She also held production roles at Paragon House and Watson Guptill. She died of cancer on October 31.
After word spread that Costco was planning to sell books in only the final three months of each year beginning in 2025, various sources now say the mass merchandiser has committed to keeping bookstore sections year-round in 100 of its more than 600 locations.