Anita Mechler

The National Book Critics Circle Awards finalists are announced. Colm Tóibín is named the 2022–2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. Celeste Ng is coming out with a new novel, Our Missing Hearts, in October. Interviews abound with Chloe Gong of Foul Lady Fortune, Jessi Klein of I’ll Show Myself Out, William Barr of One Damn Thing After Another, Ella Baxter of New Animal, Bernardine Evaristo of Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, Silvia Moreno-Garcia of Velvet Was the Night, Lindsey Vonn of Rise, Michael Schur of How To Be Perfect, and Carl Erik Fisher of The Urge: Our History of Addiction. There is adaptation news for Stan Parish’s Love and Theft and Anthony Veasna So’s Afterparties.

The 2022 Edgar Award nominations are announced by the Mystery Writers of America. There is news about the Huntington Library’s exhibit on literary maps, Gabriel García Márquez’s secret daughter, and a cease-and-desist letter from Britney Spears to her sister Jamie Lynn Spears on the promotion of her new book, Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out. Topping the best sellers lists are: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara, Something To Hide by Elizabeth George, The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica, The Great Reset by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins, and How Civil Wars Start: And How To Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter. Interviews feature Eve Rodsky of Find Your Unicorn Space and Stephanie Land of Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. There is adaptation news for Edward Ashton’s Mickey7.

The Mystery Writers of America announce the 2022 Grand Master, Raven, and Ellery Queen Award recipients. Laurie R. King wins the Grand Master Award. The Raven Award goes to librarian and LJ mystery columnist Lesa Holstine. Juliet Grames wins the Ellery Queen Award. Eric Nguyen wins the 9th Annual Crook's Corner Book Prize for Things We Lost to the Water. Topping the best sellers list are Invisible by Danielle Steel, The Maid by Nita Prose, and Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy by Jamie Raskin. Interviews feature authors Nikki May of Wahala, Rachel Roasek of Love Somebody, Jamie Lynn Spears of Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out, and Lindsey Vonn of Rise. There is adaptation news for Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone.

More 2022 reading lists arrive. The best reviewed books of the week and award news. Cookbook author Alison Roman gets a show on CNN Plus. Interviews abound with the viewpoints of Judith Gurewich about the Eduardo Arroyo illustrated Ulysses, Maggie Shipstead of Great Circle, Brené Brown of Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, Lindsey Vonn of Rise, Dave Housley of The Other Ones, Masha Rumer of Parenting With an Accent, Matt Gabriele of The Bright Ages, Xochitl Gonzalez of Olga Dies Dreaming, and Sharon Gless of Apparently There Were Complaints.

The 2021 Silvers-Dudley Prize winners are announced. Topping the best sellers lists are Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland, Annihilation Road by Christine Feehan, Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods, The Comfortable Kitchen by Alex Snodgrass. Interviews reveal the thoughts of Thrity Umrigar of Honor, Jessamine Chan of The School for Good Mothers, Valerie Bertinelli of Enough Already, Erika T. Wurth of You Who Enter Here, Margaret Verble of When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky, Amartya Sen of Home in the World, and Christopher Mims of Arriving Today. Adaptation news for James Swanson’s Manhunt.

In this time of continuing uncertainty, it has become increasingly important to establish and maintain a sense of peace for ourselves and those closest to us. You can create your own grounding, even while riding waves of change, through practicing acceptance and being fully present in the moment. One of the best ways to incorporate these principles is through the daily practice of meditation.