Award-winning writer and human-animal bond advocate Susan Hartzler is bringing her popular memoir to a new audience with the Audible release of I’m Not Single, I Have a Dog: Dating Tales from the Bark Side. Published by McFarland, the candid and often humorous memoir examines Hartzler’s experiences with dating, relationships, heartbreak and independence while chronicling…
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Hachette Book Group (HBG) brought employees, authors, and industry experts together for its second annual Changing the Story Festival: Inclusion for Success, an all-staff event focused on inclusion, publishing and reaching new audiences. Held September 10, 2026, the full-day festival featured conversations about the future of publishing and the ideas and perspectives that can help…
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Finding a holiday gift that gets a laugh can be harder than it looks, but Quirk Books has a lineup of offbeat titles designed for readers who appreciate humor, unusual hobbies and a little irreverence. Among the publisher’s 2026 offerings are books and games that turn everything from masculinity and conversation starters to cat hair…
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New York City has always been a place where history unfolds on crowded streets, in neighborhood gathering spots, courtrooms and political halls—but some of its most revealing stories rarely make the headlines. Two books, “Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York” by Jonathan Ezra Goldman and “Confronting Racism: Arthur Garfield Hays and the Fight for…
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At a time when political and cultural divisions often dominate the national conversation, author and educator Carl Nordgren believes Americans may have more in common than they realize. His new book, Common Ground for US: Warning! This Book Makes Folks Optimistic, explores creativity as a shared human quality that can help people approach an uncertain…
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Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK are teaming up with Barnes & Noble and Waterstones for a three-day celebration designed to encourage children and families to rediscover the joy of reading together. The partners will launch Raising Readers Storytimes, an extension of Hachette’s #ReadingIsGolden campaign, from September 18 through September 20. The initiative will bring…
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More than a century after women fought for greater economic and political freedom, author Vicky Oliver is taking readers back to 1908 Manhattan to explore the struggles, ambitions and complicated choices facing women during the Gilded Age. Oliver’s upcoming historical novel, Firebrands, scheduled for release October 15, 2026, transports readers to a sharply divided Manhattan…
Read MoreA routine trip to a local flea market led attorney and author Frank Abrams to an extraordinary discovery—five tintype photographs that would ultimately challenge more than a century of accepted history surrounding one of America’s most legendary outlaws, Billy the Kid. In 2011, Abrams purchased the photographs without knowing their potential historical significance. Five years…
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For people living with the effects of childhood trauma, understanding why certain emotional and behavioral patterns persist can be an important part of the recovery process. Psychotherapist Connie Jones explores that connection in her new book, Green Glitter Girl: A Journey of Hope and Trauma Recovery, combining her personal experience as a trauma survivor with…
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The Enneagram has become a familiar fixture in the wellness and lifestyle world, moving from personality-typing circles to Instagram memes, podcasts and viral TikTok videos. Millions of people now identify themselves as Type Two, Type Seven or one of the system’s other nine personality types. But according to Enneagram expert Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, MA, understanding…
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