Fiji-based authors published adventure series for children that talked about critical ocean themes from sea-level rises and pollution to ocean acidification and deforestation to inspire the children of the Pacific to protect an ocean deeply connected to their culture. “The …
A Dutch publishing house has apologized for a new book that claimed to identify a Jewish notary as the prime suspect for the betrayal of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis. “We offer our sincere apologies to anyone …
United States federal agents arrested on Jan. 5 a suspect in a years-long scheme in which he impersonated figures from the publishing industry to steal unpublished book manuscripts. Authorities arrested Filippo Bernardini, a 29-year-old Italian, when he arrived at John …
Frances Haugen, the Facebook Whistleblower who leaked tens of thousands of pages of company documents to the U.S. authorities and the press has secured a book deal. Little, Brown & Company bought on Thursday Frances Haugen’s planned memoir, “Offering a …
Acclaimed author and activist Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, died on Dec. 15 at the age of 69. “The family of Gloria Jean Watkins is deeply saddened at the passing of our beloved sister,” …
The United States Justice Department sued Penguin Random House on Nov. 2 to stop it from purchasing rival publisher Simon & Schuster, arguing that the merge “would likely harm competition in the publishing industry.” In a complaint filed in the …
Frances Haugen, the Facebook Whistleblower who leaked tens of thousands of pages of company documents to the U.S. authorities and the press has secured a book deal. Little, Brown & Company bought on Thursday Frances Haugen’s planned memoir, “Offering a …
Acclaimed author and activist Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, died on Dec. 15 at the age of 69. “The family of Gloria Jean Watkins is deeply saddened at the passing of our beloved sister,” …
The United States Justice Department sued Penguin Random House on Nov. 2 to stop it from purchasing rival publisher Simon & Schuster, arguing that the merge “would likely harm competition in the publishing industry.” In a complaint filed in the …
Acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney has refused an offer from an Israeli publisher to have her new book translated into Hebrew due to her political stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict. In a statement on Oct. 12, Rooney explained that “for …