April 3, 2026
PLA 2026: ‘Librarians of the World, Unite!’The Public Library Association met in Minneapolis April 1–3, with first-day registrations of 6,359. At the opening session, mayor Jacob Frey and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson praised librarians as democracy warriors and “truth-tellers.” more
Citing War, Sharjah Book Authority Cancels EventsThe U.A.E.-based organization has indefinitely postponed its Children’s Reading Festival, Booksellers Conference, Conference for School Librarians, and the NYU SPS Executive Publishing Program, all previously slated for later this month. more
Barriers to ReentryPrison libraries are struggling to deliver resources and prepare incarcerated people to transition home. New federal legislation may change that. more
Ingram Library Teams with RialtoRialto, the e-book marketplace of information services provider Clarivate, has partnered with Ingram Library Services to add print books to Rialto’s offerings for libraries. more
Harlequin to Co-Produce AI-Generated ‘Microdramas’The romance publisher is partnering with Dashverse, an AI video company based in Bengaluru, India, to adapt 40 of its titles into animated shortform video series, beginning in April with Catherine Mann’s A Fairy-Tail Ending. more
Macmillan Children’s Dissolves Roaring Brook, Forms New ImprintMacmillan Children’s Publishing Group announced the launch of a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint for nonfiction and illustrated books, while Roaring Brook Press has been shuttered, resulting in layoffs and moves within the children’s division. more
‘Taxation in the Middle East and North Africa’
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Highlights of Next Week's Stars
Some Sort of Justice: A DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation Peter Grainger. Union Square, $30 (448p) ISBN 978-1-4549-6884-9
1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World Liaquat Ahamed. Penguin Press, $32 (368p) ISBN 978-1-59420-417-3
The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers Carlos Barragán. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-0-374-60930-6
I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World Sarah Wilson. Penguin Life, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-99499-3
The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI Kevin Hartnett. Quanta, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-374-62005-9
Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register Ann Larson. One Signal, $29 (272p) ISBN 978-1-6680-9450-1
Children's Books
If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean Brooke McIntyre, illus. by Gordy Wright. Chronicle, $19.99 (50p) ISBN 978-1-79722-651-4
Bad Queer Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, illus. by Chi Nwosu. Faber & Faber, $14.95 paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-571-39066-3
Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Candlewick, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-3507-4
How to Lose Yourself Completely Peter Bognanni. Macmillan/Balzer + Bray, $20.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-40934-8
Rebellious: The Story of Keith Haring in 12 Pictures Michael G. Long. Norton, $19.99 (264p) ISBN 978-1-324-08394-8
New Books and More
Starred Reviews Releasing This WeekHere’s a handy roundup of all the books that received starred reviews in PW that are hitting shelves this week. More
All Aboard with Emma StraubThe bestselling author went on a New Kids on the Block cruise in 2023 and based her new novel on the experience. more
Patrick Radden Keefe Hunts for Ugly TruthsIn his sixth work of nonfiction, London Falling, the bestselling author explores the blurry lines between good and evil and fact and fiction. more
Beauty in the Broken: PW Talks with Gaelynn LeaThe musician, who won NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk Contest and scored the 2022 Broadway production of Macbeth, writes of accomplishing her dreams while living with brittle bone disease in her memoir, It Wasn’t Meant to Be Perfect. more
The Ethics of Family Vlogging: PW Talks with Fortesa LatifiThe journalist’s Like, Follow, Subscribe investigates the family vlogger industry. more
Shifa Saltagi Safadi on the Things AI Can Never DoThe National Book Award-winning author of Kareem Between and the Amina Banana series reflects on the joys and struggles of the writing process, and all that is lost when we surrender our creative acts to AI. more
‘I Guess I’m Going Back’: PW Talks with Patrick NessA two-time Carnegie Medalist, and recently shortlisted for this year’s award, Patrick Ness is just as surprised as readers to be returning to the world of his Chaos Walking books with Piper at the Gates of Dusk, the first in a new trilogy. more
Jenny Han’s ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Gets the Graphic Novel TreatmentAfter more than 10 years since its debut in print, and following up on the blockbuster Netflix films, Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before has been reimagined as a graphic novel, debuting May 5. Han told PW, “When I first wrote this book, I never imagined all the different lives it would have.” more
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