Children’s Publishing & Literacy: First Book and One Word at a Time are launching “Story Showdown,” a new online game show hosted by Kwame Alexander with authors Jerry Craft, Jennifer L. Holm and Tiffany D. Jackson, premiering Sept. 22 on the First Book Community Platform. Author News (Pop Culture): Kentucky author Kim Michele Richardson says Dolly Parton wrote and recorded a 15-song album inspired by Richardson’s novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek—unreleased so far, but possibly coming. New Orleans Comics: A new biography, “Bunny Matthews: His Life, Art, and Obsessions,” revisits the life and mythmaking of the late New Orleans cartoonist behind Vic and Nat’ly. YA/Children’s Books: A 15-year-old baseball player turned his stutter into a children’s book, “Finding My Voice,” aiming to help kids embrace speech differences. Publishing Industry: Faber has acquired Lillian Fishman’s Women and Children in an eight-way auction. Book Culture & Events: Kildare Readers Festival returns Oct. 1–11 with panels, author talks and children’s workshops, including comic creation and Roald Dahl Story Day programming. International Rights: John Green’s new adult novel “Hollywood, Final” is set for a Belarusian release on Sept. 22. Publishing & War Impact: Ukraine’s Kharkiv Literary Fair highlights how Russian attacks have damaged warehouses and printing capacity, threatening book sales and production.