2023 in books: Protests, bannings and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing
The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves
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The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves
December 08, 2023Her book is called ‘My Name is Barbra’ and it runs nearly 1,000 pages
December 05, 2023Britney Spears’ “The Woman in Me” remained the country’s top-selling book in its second week of publication, although the pace of sales fell substantially
November 09, 2023Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward
October 24, 2023On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions, including one that sells for $1,500
October 23, 2023Paul Harding’s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres' multi-generational “Blackouts” are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards
October 03, 2023For her latest book club pick, Oprah Winfrey broke the news to author Nathan Hill in modern style
September 19, 2023This week, a Truman Capote story from early in his career will be published for the first time
September 22, 2023Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s next book will be one for music lovers
September 14, 2023Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C
March 29, 2024Oscar-winning composer John Williams has joined a new academy: the American Academy of Arts and Letters
February 29, 2024Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home
September 20, 2023Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” has died
April 16, 2024Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect
October 18, 2023For his first all-new book of nonfiction in nearly a decade, Ta-Nehisi Coates traveled the world
May 30, 2024Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has commented upon often, the volume of laws in the U.S. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that ”Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law” will be released Aug. 6
May 08, 2024Six years after being forced out as as national security adviser, H
April 30, 2024One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Yoko Ono
April 22, 2024Nearly two years after the shocking knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same
April 19, 2024Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life
April 18, 2024Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains
April 16, 2024As PEN America begins its annual spring tradition of high-profile events, the organization faces criticisms from numerous writers who are unhappy with its stance on the war in Gaza
April 12, 2024Former President Bill Clinton has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving public office in 2001
April 03, 2024Author Don Winslow has announced that his new novel, “City in Ruins,” will be his last
April 02, 2024A prize-winning author from Guadeloupe who was known as the ‘Grande Dame' of Caribbean literature has died
April 02, 2024