Industry Events

Author Sim Kern Launches #TransRightsReadathon
March 20, 2023

More than 2,100 participants will spotlight books by trans authors and raise funds for trans rights organizations via TikTok and Instagram this week under the #TransRightsReadathon hashtag.

AWP23 in Seattle Showcases Presses, Journals, and Authors
March 9, 2023 at 11:00 pm

The opening days of this year's Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference featured the presentation of its Small Press Publisher Award to Dzanc Books and a discussion between famed Seattle librarian and 'Book Lust' author Nancy Pearl with novelist Min Jin Lee.

Wi2023: Only Legislation Can Curtail Amazon's Power
February 21, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Cory Doctorow, author of the new book "Chokepoint Capitalism," and Stacy Mitchell, co-executive director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, discussed the ways in which Amazon and other digital platforms exploit the creative industries and identified state and national legislators as the ones in a position to force changes.

Remainder Book Show Returns to Dallas in March
February 14, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Texas Bookman, a division of Half Price Books, will hold its second annual Texas Remainder Expo (T-Rex), March 7-9, in Carrollton, Tex., just outside Dallas.