The Vida New Adult launch, Waiting in the Wings illustrated cover, the PBBY-Salanga Prize, and Luigi Mangione in this week’s edition.
Vida New Adult book collection launch
If you’ve got this Saturday free, why not head over to the Ramada by Wyndham Manila Central in Binondo, Manila Vida New Adult book collection launch? As the Romance Class Instagram post says, the event is free BUT with limited slots, so make sure to message them if you want to be added to the wish list!
‘Waiting in the Wings’ illustrated cover
Fans of Tara Frejas are in for a treat as the Romance Class author is re-releasing her book, Waiting in the Wings, with a special illustrated cover. Check out Tara’s blog to preorder!
AI companies sued by Canadian author
AI and publishing continue to be at odds as another class action lawsuit has been filed against the companies Nvidia, Meta, Anthropic, and Databricks Inc. The lawsuit has been filed by Canadian author and representative plaintiff J.B. MacKinnon, and alleges that the four companies “illegally used copyrighted works by Canadian writers to train artificial intelligence systems”.
This new lawsuit comes after U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled that “three writers suing the AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement can represent all other authors whose books the AI company allegedly pirated to train its AI model as part of a class action lawsuit.”
Publishers Weekly reports that MacKinnon is asking for an injunction to prevent Nvidia from continuing to infringe on the copyrights of Canadian authors, an accounting of profits, and punitive damages from Nvidia, which MacKinnon claims used his work without asking for consent or securing licensing fees.
PBBY accepting entries for Salanga Prize
The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2026 Salanga Prize, with winners set to receive P25,000.00, a medal, and an opportunity to be published. Check out the Facebook post above for details.
James Patterson to write non-fiction book on Luigi Mangione
There’s very few people online who don’t know who Luigi Mangione is, and for those who want to know even more about him, there’s an upcoming book that might just be what they need.
The Guardian reports that author James Patterson and investigative journalist Vicky Ward will be coming out with a book that tells the story “of one young man’s descent from Ivy League graduate to notorious accused killer to so-called political martyr.” No title and publishing date has been set as of now, but at least interested readers now have a heads up.
National Competition on Storybook Writing accepting manuscripts
Teachers, educators, and students can now submit their manuscripts to the National Competition on Storybook Writing for the 2025 Gawad Teodora Alonso. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know about this competition before but it seems like a good opportunity for these students and educators.
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