The long-time president of Minneapolis-based Consortium Book Sales & Distribution will retire in June 2026. Schaper has worked for the company since 1994 and has been at the helm since 2001.

In response to Alberta schools banning The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood has written a satirical short story "suitable for 17-year-olds."

Prolific author and social critic Roxane Gay, who is writing a sexy novel with Channing Tatum, will receive a lifetime achievement honor at the National Book Awards in November.

Every book has passed through several hands and sets of eyes, sometimes across multiple agencies or publishing houses, before ending up on shelves. The publishing process can be complicated, but the...

The bestselling novelist and true crime writer launched a "Go Finish Your Book" initiative to support emerging authors.

Since Bucknell provost Wendy F. Sternberg announced plans to shutter the university press next summer, AUPresses has reached out to university officials in the hopes of coming up with “a mutually...

The deal would allow the chain to keep its historic name and neighborhood stores while modernizing operations with the backing of Barnes & Noble.

In the French poet’s later writings, now available in an English translation, his ideas about the movement he founded begin to mingle with our own.

The ever-pragmatic Shakespeare added witches to the Scottish play to please his new patron, King James I of England.

The Chicago Public Library said its 2025 One Book selection, by Xochitl Gonzalez, feels like a quintessential Chicago story with its themes of neighborhood activism and the pursuit of the American...

This weekend's event will feature children’s programs, political discussions, dance performances and more. "It's a book lover's paradise," an organizer said.

Exhibitions and books commemorating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday call attention to the ways in which she transmuted the ephemera of her life into the precious treasures that figure in her novels.

1. the apartment came with a table attached to the wall. 2. the center point of my mother’s body. 3. i sit in bed, clean laundry lotused around me.

This morning, when he wakes, I will redeem myself in our garden.