Month: November 2020

Romance Authors And Readers Raised Almost $400,000 To Help Stacey Abrams Turn Georgia Blue

Never underestimate the power of the romance community! In just twelve hours, romance writers organized an auction to benefit Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams’ voting rights organization, as well as the New Georgia Project and Black Voters Matter. These organizations are hoping to support a Democratic win in the Senate during the runoff election, and they raised almost $400,000 in a matter of days. Then, for a nice little epilogue, Stacey Abrams, a romance writer herself, donated a signed first edition of her first novel written as Selena Montgomery, which you can bid on until December 1st!

Picador Wins Four-Way Auction For 10 Books From Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid is widely considered to be one of the greatest living authors, and ten of her books have found a new home with Picador, including Lucy, Annie John, and At the Bottom of the River. The publishing house will be re-releasing a selection of her backlist in summer 2022, followed up by the rest of her titles in summer 2023. The new editions will receive a “significant marketing and publicity campaign.”

Clifford the Big Red Dog Is Coming To The Big Silver Screen

Hey Clifford fans, your favorite big red dog will be making his debut on the silver screen in a new live-action adaptation of the beloved children’s book Clifford the Big Red Dog. A teaser trailer was released earlier this week, so you can get a peek at the most adorable giant puppy. Look for the movie in 2021, when we can (fingers crossed) hopefully return to movie theaters.

New Online Bookstore For LGBTQ+ Readers Across UK & Ireland

Readers of LGBTQ+ books across the UK and Ireland now have a new online bookstore to shop at: Queer Lit. The store’s managing director, Matthew Cornford, was inspired to open the shop after visiting a store in Manchester describing itself as the biggest book shop in the North. “I was shocked to be told ‘We don’t have an LGBTQ section. You’ll need to go home and search the internet for gay books then come and find it in its relevant category.’”

Smithsonian Magazine’s Best Food Books of 2020

Here’s a delicious 2020 “best of” list: Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best Books About Food of 2020. A few of the titles for food lovers include Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley’s Falastin: A Cookbook; How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet by Sophie Egan; and Mely Martínez’s The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico.

Mom Starts Indie Publishing House To Bring More South Asian Voices To Kid’s Lit

After realizing that her daughters were not going to be able to see themselves often in children’s books, let alone on the covers, Sailaja Joshi decided to start an independent publishing house. Mango and Marigold Press’ mission “is to bridge the diversity gap and the accessibility gap in children’s literature” by centering the South Asian experience in its stories.

Where’s Waldo Style Photo Book But For Cat Lovers

Marcel Heijnen, a Hong Kong-based Dutch photographer, and Stephen Case, a Hong Kong-based Australian illustrator, have come together to put out a book that fans of Where’s Waldo and cats will love: Spot the Shop Cat. “With ‘where’s the cat?’ as the unifying theme, each photo requires a long look to find the animal amid a messy and chaotic shop or market scene in old areas of Hong Kong and mainland China – the kind that might soon disappear as a result of gentrification.”

Pope’s Book Supports BLM & Science

Pope Francis has written a book during the pandemic, Let Us Dream, that expresses his feelings on many current issues, including support for racial justice, criticizing COVID-19 skeptics, “populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s,” hypocritical conservative Catholics, and more. Ghost-written by Austen Ivereigh, the book is set to release on December 1st.

The Obamas + Adam Conover Adapting The Fifth Risk To Netflix Sketch Comedy

Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions is working with the creator and host of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything, Adam Conover, to loosely adapt Michael Lewis’ The Fifth Risk into a Netflix sketch comedy series. The G Word with Adam Conover is slated to start production in 2021 and “will ask whether government is a dirty word or a trusted institution.”

Food and Travel (Through Books) During a Pandemic

Books at that magical intersection of food and travel, perfect for your pandemic wanderlust.