The books featured in this installment of Literary Links feature a cast of ne'er-do-wells and grifters, including some from ...

Queer books are having a moment. In 2022, sales of LGBTQ+ fiction doubled those of two years prior. Increased mainstream interest in queer stories has transformed what book publishing data analyst ...

As an event name, “Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest” works on more than one level. In publishing, a proof is a document used to confirm final corrections before a work goes to press. A more universal ...

The strangely short history of a publishing niche. Ad Policy The smallest book in the world is on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1961. (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images) As an English professor, ...

You might think founding a legendary local indie bookstore chain, creating one of the top book fairs in the nation, and backing that up with a successful side hustle in major motion picture production ...

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...

But here I am, writing about the publicity machine behind My First Book, writing about Honor Levy. Even her name is literary gold. Did her parents plan it? Were they in on it from the jump? Perhaps ...