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Flatiron to debut Pine & Cedar imprint with S.A. Cosby's next book

Aug 05 2024: Flatiron Books will launch a new imprint, Pine & Cedar Books, in summer 2025. Flatiron executive editor Christine Kopprasch has been named VP and publisher of the imprint, which will publish “compulsively readable, story-driven novels” with a focus, per the publisher, ...

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Pope Francis says future priests should read poetry and fiction

Aug 05 2024: Pope Francis has said that reading novels and poems is valuable in “one’s path to personal maturity” and should be encouraged in the training of future priests.

Novelists CS Lewis and Marcel Proust as well as poets TS Eliot and Paul Celan were quoted by the ...

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Freud's writings get an update—30 years in the making

Aug 01 2024: Sigmund Freud is having something of a moment. Psychoanalysis is suddenly everywhere: on such hit shows as Couples Therapy, where troubled lovers probe their unconscious minds; in upstart magazines, including Parapraxis, which applies the tenets of the talking cure to ...

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The 'Southwest Review' launches New Pony Press

Aug 01 2024: The Southwest Review, the literary journal founded in 1915 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, is entering book publishing for the first time in its 108-year history.

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U.S. copyright office releases part one of AI report, calls for new legislation

Aug 01 2024: The U.S. Copyright Office has released part one of wide-ranging report on the impact of the recent artificial intelligence boom—and “digital replicas,” more commonly known as deepfakes, are the first topic of concern.

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Court approves Barnes & Noble’s purchase of Tattered Cover

Jul 31 2024: On July 30, a federal bankruptcy court approved Barnes & Noble’s acquisition of Tattered Cover, setting the stage for the next chapter in the renowned bookstore’s history. The move marks a swift close for B&N’s $1.83 million acquisition bid for the embattled indie, ...

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Deb Futter adds Flatiron to purview, with Megan Lynch up as Bob Miller exits Macmillan

Jul 30 2024: Deb Futter, president and publisher of Celadon Books, has taken on additional responsibilities as president and publisher of Flatiron Books. She succeeds Flatiron founder Bob Miller, who will depart Macmillan Publishers after 11 years with the company. Flatiron SVP and ...

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PEN America Union, management reach tentative agreement

Jul 30 2024: PEN America United, the staff union at PEN America, reached a tentative agreement with management on July 10. Details of the agreement have yet to be disclosed.

The agreement follows 21 months of bargaining and comes less than two weeks after all PAU voting ...

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