August 28, 2026
Dolly Parton’s Children’s Literacy LegacyThe children’s book community remembers the beloved entertainment icon, who died at age 80 on August 25, and who took particular pride in her role as a fierce literacy advocate and founder of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. more
Skip Dye to Receive BISG Lifetime Achievement AwardThe trade association is recognizing the Penguin Random House SVP’s decades of advocacy defending the freedom to read as part of the PRH Intellectual Task Force and beyond with the 2026 Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service. more
OverDrive Appoints Liz Carrasco CTOCarrasco, who previously held high-level roles at Paramount and CBS Interactive, has joined the digital content provider as chief technology officer, succeeding Jeff Sterling, who will take over OverDrive Labs. more
Google Launches AI Tool to Add Interactivity to E-booksThe Expert Intelligence tool lets readers query e-books bought from the Google Play store and covers more than 100,000 titles, mostly trade nonfiction. Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya called it “an example of how AI use cases can be developed responsibly.” more
Former Bookseller Launches Book Event PlatformLit Circle, a digital platform aimed at connecting consumers with bookstores hosting authors and other literary programming, is available in Chicago and Philadelphia so far. Co-founder and longtime bookseller Rebecca George plans to take it nationwide. more
A New (Shorter) Chapter for Middle GradeEducational surveys, sales data, and anecdotal evidence point to the same discouraging fact: the share of kids ages nine and up reading for pleasure is at a record low. Publishers hope to hook new readers with lower page counts and more visual formats. more
Seeing the National Book Festival Through a Pre-Teen’s EyesPW trailed 11-year-old podcaster and book lover Ishara Lacsina through her day of interviews and experiences at the Library of Congress event on August 22. more
Highlights of Next Week's Stars
Dams Irene Solà, trans. from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem. Graywolf, $17 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-64445-423-7
The Man with Many Names Georgi Gospodinov, trans. from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel. Liveright, $27.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-324-09731-0
Thousands of Eyes Maximiliano Barrientos, trans. from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead. Counterpoint, $27 (256p) ISBN 978-1-6400-9750-6
Shelter is Necessary for Existence Brenda Iijima. Two Dollar Radio, $18.95 trade paper (248p) ISBN 978-1-953387-59-2
The Complete Stories Ingeborg Bachmann, trans. from the German by Philip Boehm and Tess Lewis. New Directions, $29.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-8112-3879-3
Murder in Paris ’68: A True Story of Death and Glamour Edward Chisholm. Pegasus Crime, $32 (384p) ISBN 979-8-89710-218-1
Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann Sarah Fritz. Pegasus, $35 (400p) ISBN 979-8-89710-188-7
Freedom’s Gate: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone Live at the New York Nightclub That Shaped the Civil Rights Movement Soyica Diggs Colbert. Norton, $35 (368p) ISBN 978-1-324-08664-2
Children's Books
Have You Ever Heard a Horse Sing? Pauline Barzilaï, trans. from the French by Lindsay Turner. Transit, $20.95 (42p) ISBN 979-8-89338-088-0
I Paint My World Esther Novak, illus. by Susan Gal. Apples & Honey, $19.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-6811-5653-8
Fire in Your Belly Rebecca LaFond, illus. by Aly McKnight. Chronicle, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-7972-2678-1
The Necklace of Seven Souls Hooda Shawa, trans. from the Arabic by Sawad Hussain and Nour Jaljuli, illus. by Nada Esmaeel. Yonder, $18 (176p) ISBN 978-1-63206-407-3
We Christelle Dabos, trans. from the French by Hildegarde Serle. Europa, $22 (480p) ISBN 979-8-88966-204-4
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
8 Books on Celebrity for Readers of ‘Life of M’Rachel Cusk’s slippery novel, about an author’s friendship with an actor who bears similarities to Natalie Portman, is the latest in a long line of literature on the nature of celebrity. more
How ‘Sunrise’ by Téa Obreht Got MadeAn inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest novel. more
History Repeats: PW Talks with John Manuel AriasThe author’s second novel, Crocodilopolis, chronicles a sibling rivalry rooted in a Costa Rican political dynasty. more
To Watch or Not to Watch: August 2026This month’s book-to-screen adaptations include Ryan Murphy’s take on Bret Easton Ellis’s The Shards, a True Detective–style Green Lantern series, and a quiet film featuring Willem Dafoe as a poet. more
Teachers and Librarians Share Tips for ‘Genrefying’ Your ShelvesThree educators told PW how they organize their school collections by genre, making books more discoverable for their students. more
Voracious Appetites: PW Talks with Katherine Rundell The U.K. author of children’s fiction and adult nonfiction has two books due out from Knopf on September 1: The Neverfear, book three in her Impossible Creatures series, and the extended essay Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise. more
‘The Light I Needed’: Picture Book ‘On Fridays’ Started with a Special SparkWe spoke with author Winsome Bingham and Caldecott Honor artist Jason Griffin about their collaboration for On Fridays, a reverse-engineered picture book based on Griffin’s paintings that explores loss, community, and found families. more
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Theo of Golden
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Pardon My Book: Ten Years of the Best (and Worst) in Sports from Pardon My Take
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Brain Damage
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The Poison Daughter
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Delusional: A Michael Bennett Thriller
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Verity
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