After an extended search, the American Library Association has found its new executive director: Daniel J. Montgomery, ...

Wrapping up a hurly-burly session, the U.S. Supreme Court today announced two decisions that influence the teaching of books ...

The National Book Award finalist talks about Portis's appeal as the “patron saint of journalists who become novelists” and ...

Control of the U.S. Constitution as a “living” and inevitably changing text has passed from the hands of the people to those ...

Gillian Blake and Matthew Inman picked up North American rights to Matthew McConaughey’s latest book, Poems & Prayers, from Matthew Elblonk at DeFiore and Company. Publication is slated for Sept. 16.

An Arizona author-illustrator, who has self-published dozens of children’s books that use humor to ignite kids’ interest in ...

Dan Gill taught middle school social studies in New Jersey for more than five decades. In his picture book debut, 'No More ...

While presses of all stripes are glad that James Daunt has put the largest bricks-and-mortar bookstore chain in the U.S. back ...

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted summary judgment to Meta in a copyright case brought by 13 authors, saying they offered virtually no proof of how they were harmed by Meta's use of their ...

Lori Benton has left Scholastic after 14 years as VP and group publisher to head the children's publishing program at Abrams, which publishes children's books under three imprints, including the ...

The Oxbelly Fiction Writers program has selected 10 emerging writers to attend its 10th annual retreat, slated for June 28–July 6 in Messinia, Greece. Featured guests and advisors include Katie ...

The new prize will include a $5,000 advance and a simultaneous book deal with New Directions, the U.K.’s Fitzcarraldo, and Australia’s Giramondo. The program will run alongside the three publishers’ ...