Judith Rosen

Penguin Random House and United for Libraries have announced the 51 recipients of a new grant program serving rural and small libraries across the United States. https://t.co/feObFgq3Ic

Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly Trained, argued at a recent forum in Washington, D.C., that AI companies’ unlawful use of creative works to train AI models has had deleterious effects on artists’ incomes, livelihoods, and on the open internet. https://t.co/Yf3nuJf3Av

Two novels from Open Letter Books, both called ‘Attila’ and first published in Spanish 23 years apart, hit shelves on April 1. https://t.co/RO7DpKjWVE

Literal Publishing, a Houston-based bilingual publisher founded by Rose Mary Salum in 2015, is cultivating a sense of literary community for Spanish speakers in the U.S. https://t.co/tvG7WBWdai

Despite fears about English-language editions’ popularity in Europe, independent publishers in Spain have found a winning strategy by bringing the best contemporary American authors into translation. https://t.co/Vrf7BF0tqb

The Whiting Awards—which since 1985 have bestowed more than $10 million on early-career writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama—were announced at a ceremony at the New York Historical on April 9. https://t.co/NsOofp3RYC

Harry Lerner launched his children’s publishing company in 1959 and built it up over the next 50 years into one of the country’s largest independent publishers of books for young people. He died in Minneapolis on April 8. https://t.co/e4oHaIlnVB

Cartoonist Harry Bliss lets it all hang out in this poignant, illustrated graphic memoir, which combines prose and comics in mordantly funny and moving vignettes. Readers won’t need to be dog lovers to appreciate his wit and insights. @CeladonBooks https://t.co/DnOkLa9zKM

An ex-con must come to terms with his past before it destroys him in this haunting graphic novel from Michael Conrad and newcomer Nathan Ooten. It’s a gripping tale of regrets, revenge, and redemption. @darkhorsecomics https://t.co/m79d7Hho9A

The titular protagonist endeavors “to figure out what—and who—she really wants” in Becky Albertalli’s “jam-packed” YA rom-com AMELIA, IF ONLY https://t.co/Yp1jDXVoJH

In ‘Lone Wolf,’ Adam Weymouth recounts following a wolf’s winding journey from Slovenia to Italy. https://t.co/H3sq7LcRcL

The director of literary programs at the Whiting Foundation spoke with PW on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the foundation’s flagship Whiting Awards, given each year to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. https://t.co/bNaAXmotlK

Literary translation and cross-cultural exchange—two themes at the heart of the Bologna Fair—were the focus of several panels at this year’s BCBF, one of which took place on March 31. https://t.co/yWxNuhiaRZ

Audiobook executives from Germany, Poland, and the U.S. discussed the expanding children’s audio market, evolving rights structures, cross-format opportunities, subscription models, and AI concerns at this year’s Bologna Book Fair. https://t.co/i6mS7lSVdo

Vermont Senator Peter Welch and former Virginia Rep Bob Goodlatte were among speakers at an AAP co-hosted event in Washington D.C. that stressed the importance of copyright as a catalyst for U.S. innovation. https://t.co/g3EzjdVU5Y

The 2025 edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair ended on an upbeat note, despite a volatile global political situation, impending tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and concerns over declining readership. https://t.co/wuQTFvKHUO

Prolific children’s author Jean Van Leeuwen, known for a broad oeuvre including her beginning-reader stories following the adventures of Oliver Pig, died on March 3 of cancer. She was 87. https://t.co/m9SB54bNjB