BTW Articles

07 Feb

Registration Extended for Children’s Book Week Event Locations

The deadline has been extended for bookstores to become official event locations for Children’s Book Week. In addition, 20 finalists were announced for the Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards.

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30 Jan

Wi13 Keynote: Gary Shteyngart on Why Books Matter

“Seeing so many booksellers in one place, it’s like taking a bath with a warm glass of milk in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other,” quipped author Gary Shteyngart at Winter Institute 13.

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30 Jan

Winter Institute Attendees Raise $7,700 for Binc

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s “Heads or Tails” game collected $7,700 for the organization, which ABA chose as the Winter Institute’s first-ever featured charity.

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30 Jan
Susan Burton

“Becoming Ms. Burton” Publisher Encourages Booksellers to Join Prison Distribution Initiative

The New Press seeks to enlist booksellers to help bring Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women to thousands of incarcerated people across the country.

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25 Jan

Wi13 Keynote: Amy Webb on the Future of Bookselling

We all need to stop and think more carefully about our automated future, and that very much includes you,” said quantitative futurist Amy Webb to booksellers attending her Winter Institute keynote. 

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25 Jan

Wi13 Keynote: Junot Díaz on the Importance of Representative Literature

Junot Díaz, author of the forthcoming children’s book Islandborn, appeared as a keynote speaker at the 2018 Winter Institute, where he spoke about the value of featuring people of color in children’s literature.

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25 Jan

Wi13 Keynote: Sarah Jessica Parker on Championing Emerging Writers

In a live conversation at Winter Institute 13, actress Sarah Jessica Parker spoke with New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul about her new publishing imprint, SJP for Hogarth, and her love of reading. 

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23 Jan

Preregister Now for Find Waldo Local 2018

Candlewick Press will provide participating independent bookstores with a toolkit containing everything needed to stage a Find Waldo Local event in their community. The deadline to register is March 1.

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17 Jan

Typewriter Fun Planned for Winter Institute

The first day of Winter Institute will feature fun with typewriters, including an appearance by custom poetry group Typewriter Rodeo and a chance to try out the typewriter from Literati Bookstore.

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16 Jan

A Q&A With Francisco Cantú, Author of February’s #1 Indie Next List Pick

Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Francisco Cantú’s debut, The Line Becomes a River, is indie booksellers’ number-one title for the February Indie Next List.

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