1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (202+ words) The historian’s The Rush examines the California gold rush’s impact on American society from the Civil War to today. This book goes beyond the typical gold rush narrative. How did you determine its parameters? You write about how the gold…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (452+ words) “Families are diligent about balancing digital learning with tactile activities that encourage focus, creativity, and independence,” says Karen Edwards, editorial director of educational resources at Workman Kids. “Activity books are portable, accessible, and can be used at home or in…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (469+ words) For years, Korean cuisine has occupied a modest corner of the cookbook shelf; this fall, it commands an entire season. The moment has been decades in the making: the global rise of K-pop, K-dramas, and Korean film has fueled widespread…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (534+ words) “This is the last hurrah,” Fforde says. “The Thursday Next series is a celebration of reading, writing, and novels. I think novels are the greatest art form known to humankind.” Juliet Grames, Fforde’s editor, has been working with the author…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (254+ words) In We Thought They’d Never Leave, the actor and his daughter share heartfelt memories of their family’s summer reunions. How did you approach writing this book? Did the book change at all from your initial conception? Yes. Our original plan…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (140+ words) Publishers Weekly In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Jodi Picoult's Hollow Bones, a dual-narrative novel following a mother and daughter building new lives for themselves in response to trauma. In its review, PW says, "This…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (280+ words) Publishers Weekly This Week’s Bestsellers: August 10, 2026 Romantasy heroine Evie Sage has been an assistant, an apprentice, an accomplice, and now, in the fourth installment of TikTok fave Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s series, she’s Adversary to the Villain. The…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (323+ words) Publishers Weekly Cook Like a K-Pop Idol K-pop and K-dramas are not only driving music and streaming charts—they’re inspiring a mini hallyu of cookbooks. In addition to serving as a fan keepsake, the book offers a friendly introduction…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (379+ words) Religion publishers and academic press editors say today’s memoirs and biographies can’t be simple stories sprinkled with lessons drawn from faith and spirituality. The modern religious memoir has a job to do, ideas to propound, messages to deliver, and people…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (190+ words) Historian, author, and social justice advocate Jemar Tisby’s Notes from an Evangelical Reject (Convergent, Jan. 2027) is a memoir of personal transformation fused with a social, theological, and political critique of how evangelicalism was consumed by white nationalism and became a…...