I would have stopped to talk to Ethan anyways but when I tell you my 7 year old reader fond of fantasy GNs beelined for this booth...

Thanks to MUTHA magazine editor for mentioning A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE in this roundup! My memoir is forthcoming soon from
@uwapress.uw.edu 4/28/26.

People getting laid off is not the same thing as getting fired. Can headline writers get that straight?

"fact checking"

a regular part of my job is asking publicists, "is this a bit?"

Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2026: Gray Skies Are Gonna Clear Up Despite a rainy forecast and the overwhelming gloom of international politics, the attendees of this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair are focusing on weathering challenges as a community.

"Comics and graphic novels remain a booming category even in light of the global decline in reading rates." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

An image of Greedy Reads in Fells Point, a corner bookstore with stained glass windows and an iron gate, lit up at night

We’re a little bit in shock to have been named a finalist for Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year! It’s a joy to share books and stories with all of you who visit and support us. And it’s a dream to work with such an incredible group of booksellers that make the stores better every day.

Yen Press Launches New Translation Imprint, Avocado House The new imprint is dedicated to fiction and nonfiction in translation, curated by publisher and editor-in-chief JuYoun Lee. It aims to publish approximately 12 titles per year, with the first titles, ...

hooray books www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A picture of a library shelf with a small rolled up note on it. The note says “read this” in child’s handwriting.

A picture of the note unrolled. In the same child’s handwriting it reads “beware of the future!!”

Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…

spoiler: Sattouf is back

like obviously this one is real in my comics sweet spot -- PW picks are out, get the newsletter if you don't yet! pubwkly.omeclk.com/portal/publi...

"[Riad] Sattouf’s exuberant cartooning and blunt humor belie the thorny psychological complexity beneath—his trademark deadpan dispatches of a perpetual outsider remain, but deepen into probing ruminations." —Publishers Weekly

The End of the Arab of the Future is out 5/19! https://ow.ly/iZ7c50YGPNf

Publishers Weekly cover with an ad for The Dissidents.

Check it out! Abrams sprung for the front cover ad on this week's Publishers Weekly! Thanks dudes!

the beachiest: best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...

I mean:

Schools are like "hey lock up your cell phones they're too damaging to the learning process. now please open up your lying plagiarism machine and start generating content"

This is from our weekly PW picks newsletter featuring April releases out now--you can also check out our summer reads staff picks (which are for May-Aug titles :) here! hint, mine is another title comics folks have been waiting for for ages! - best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...

review: www.publishersweekly.com/9780762468287

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PW summer staff picks! best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...

the beachiest: best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...

Bury Me Already comes out next week and some people said some nice things about it if you need some extra convincing to check it out. Here are some screengrabs from Publisher's Weekly, KQED and the AV Club. And if you're in NYC, come see me next week!! event details at juliawertz.com/events

2026 SI MoCCA Arts Festival Brings Politics to the Page PW was on the scene at this year’s festival, which took place against a background of protest marches and a missile war.

For @publisherswkly.bsky.social, I reported from this year's SI MoCCA Arts Fest, as the longstanding comics convention brought together panel grids and politics.

The End of the Arab of the Future: A Youth in the Middle East, 1992–94 by Riad Sattouf Angouléme Grand Prix award winner Sattouf returns with the excellent first of a two-volume conclusion to his Arab of the Future ...

"Brooding and introspective, this accomplished installment turns the series’ keen satirical eye inward." Publishers Weekly gave a starred review to The End of the Arab of the Future: A Youth in the Middle East Vol. 1 by Riad Sattouf! https://ow.ly/IgFX50YEM6K

I'm at my parents & the small one of children is focing me to play air hockey repeatedly so open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

"This is adventure storytelling with disarming emotional heft—a taut study of wounded pride, precarious camaraderie, and words that can't be taken back." — Publishers Weekly

The Lights of Niterói by Marcello Quintanilha is out today! https://ow.ly/95ki50YBsLu

"Simply told but powerful, it’s an evocative work." — Publishers Weekly

In Tiodora's Letters, Marcelo D'Salete reconstructs a forgotten part of Brazil's dark history of slavery and pays tribute to the strength of a woman who fought for her rights--out 4/7! https://ow.ly/f7VS50YBy8o

We’re in good company! 💕 Thank you, Simon and Schuster!

Simon & Schuster on Instagram: "All of the women-identifying writers in your life deserve to be supported (and read!) so we’ve compiled just some of the many platforms and communities that exist to ch... 1,813 likes, 78 comments - simonandschuster on March 27, 2026: "All of the women-identifying writers in your life deserve to be supported (and read!) so we’ve compiled just some of the many platforms ...

yes please come over, sorry it's messy but it's always that way
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“Boy protagonist in search of home. Serial killers - they are just not fun anymore. All of the news.”

New from Rebecca Katz.