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The 2023 RUSA Book & Media Awards are announced, including the Notable Books List, Reading List, the Listen List, the Sophie Brody Medal, Essential Cookbooks, and the Outstanding References Sources list. Julie Otsuka and Ed Yong are named Andrew Carnegie Medal winners. Colleen Hoover’s Heart Bones tops holds lists. Two LibraryReads selections and two Indie Next picks publish this week. Plus, People’s book of the week is Twelve Months and a Day by Louisa Young.
Carolina De Robertis wins the John Dos Passos Prize. The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize longlist is out. The Authors Guild is supporting an antitrust action against Google. Interviews feature Hua Hsu, Pamela Anderson, Davon Loeb, Eleanor Shearer, Rebecca Rukeyser, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Vauhini Vara, Angie Cruz, Aubrey Gordon, Margaret Heffernan, and Zachary Shore. There is adaptation news for Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us and Stephen King’s short story “Children of the Corn.”
There are awards announcements for the 2023 AJL Jewish Fiction Award, with Omer Friedlander winning for his book, The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land; also honored are Rachel Barenbaum for Atomic Anna and GennaRose Nethercott for Thistlefoot. Beginning their debuts on the best-seller lists are The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, How To Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes by Stephen A. Smith, and Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo. There are author interviews with George McCalman, Frank Vogl, Jeff Guinn, Sam Lipsyte, and Kevin Maloney.
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John Scalzi wins the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The Oregon Book Awards finalists are announced. The Bram Stoker Awards preliminary ballot is released. The International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s longlist is announced, featuring the highest number of women authors in the prize’s history. The Evergreen Award finalists are announced. Ian Williams is named chair of the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Kate Clayborne’s Georgie, All Along. Interviews arrive with Ilyon Woo, Kathryn Ma, Rachel M. Harper, N.K. Jemisin, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Ruby Tandoh, and Saket Soni. Plus, more coverage and analysis of this year’s Oscar nominations.
The 2023 Oscar nominations are announced, including nods for literary adaptions All Quiet on the Western Front, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and Women Talking. The 2022 Sarton Awards and Gilda Prize shortlists are announced. This Other Eden by Paul Harding gets reviewed. Apple TV+’s Dear Edward, based on the novel by Ann Napolitano, gets a trailer. Plus, a new online exhibit offers a close-up look at L.M. Montgomery’s original Anne of Green Gables manuscript.
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Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn, leads holds this week. The 2023 PEN American Literary longlists are announced. Two LibraryReads and three Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey. New memoirs by Pamela Anderson, Lisa Guerrero, Anne Heche, Mike Pompeo, and Jinger Vuolo get buzz. Arnold Schwarzenegger will write a motivational book for Penguin Press. NYT explores the appeal of the Elin Hilderbrand Bucket List Weekend. Judy Blume Forever debuts at Sundance. Stephen King’s The Boogeyman will get a theatrical release. Plus, on its 30th anniversary, NPR declares: “The Stinky Cheese Man is aging well.”
The NAACP Image Awards nominees are announced in the Outstanding Literary Works category. Nominees are also out for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. There are interviews with authors including Adriana Herrera, Liz Harmer, Jinger Dugger Vuolo, Kristin Chenoweth, Lauren Fleshman, Jessica Johns, Matthew Connelly, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Monica Heisey, and Matthew Salesses. There is adaptation news for Yomi Adegoke’s Slay In Your Lane and Henry James’s The Beast In The Jungle.
There is news about upcoming book bans in North Dakota, the launch of Parapraxis, a new magazine on the subject of psychoanalysis, and on the proceedings of the HarperCollins Union. Starting at the top of the best-seller lists are Hell Bent, by Leigh Bardugo, The House of Wolves, by James Patterson and Mike Lupica, Spare, by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, by Brad Meltzer. There are interviews with authors such as Amina Cain, Heather Radke, and Bruce Wagner. There is adaptation news for Hunter’s Run by George R. R. Martin, Daniel Abraham, and Gardner Dozois.
Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo is an International Latino Book Award–winning and three-time Bram Stoker Awards–nominated poet and author. She talks with LJ about her writing process, writing history, and the horror genre.
Library of Congress names Cuban American writer Meg Medina as the new National Ambassador For Young People’s Literature. Ten librarians receive the 2023 I Love My Librarian Award. Mariana Enríquez, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Tiffany Tsao are named judges for the 2023 Desperate Literature Prize. The January and February Loanstars list is out, featuring top pick Spare by Prince Harry. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Canada Reads winner Michelle Good will publish a new essay collection in May. Interviews arrive with John Hendrickson, Stephen A. Smith, Matthew Salesses, Bonnie Bartlett Daniels, Kai Thomas, and Ilyon Woo. BookRiot reflects on the future of libraries. Plus, a new PBS American Experience documentary, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space, gets buzz.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child leads library holds this week. Anthony Joseph wins the T.S. Eliot Prize for his poetry collection Sonnets for Albert. The February LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz. Three LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter by John Hendrickson. Also getting attention is Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo. Plus, Boris Johnson will write a memoir about his time as British prime minister.
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Caroline Frost, Shadows of Pecan Hollow, wins the Crook’s Corner Book Prize. The Mystery Writers of America announces the Grand Master, Raven, and Ellery Queen Award winners for 2023. Topping the best-seller lists are The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes, Without a Trace by Danielle Steel, Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor, The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, and Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. There are interviews with authors such as Deena Mohamed, Kelcey Ervick, Iris Yamashita, and Kashana Cauley.
The 2023 Walter Awards winners & honorees are announced. Colin Channer, Reyna Grande, and Celeste Ng will receive the 2023 Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers. The Golden Globes winners include several book-related films and series. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, as it becomes the “UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book.” Stephen Markley, Captain Sandy Yawn, V. Ganeshananthan, Jessica Johns, and Lauren Fleshman discuss their new books. Plus, John Maxim’s “Bannerman” spy novels will be adapted for television.
The Story Prize announces finalists Andrea Barrett, Ling Ma, and Morgan Talty. Book previews for 2023 abound, including The Millions’ “Most Anticipated: The Great 2023A Book Preview.” The National Endowment for the Humanities announces grants. Prince Harry’s memoir Spare officially releases today. Interviews arrive with Pico Iyer, Deepti Kapoor, Li Zi Shu, Jim Popkin, and Jonathan Escoffery. And Pulitzer-winning former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic has died at the age of 84.
Prince Harry’s memoir Spare leads library holds lists this week and dominates book news. New books by James Patterson and Mike Lupica, Stacy Willingham, Leigh Bardugo, and Mary Kubica also get attention. Six LibraryReads picks and 15 Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Allegra Goodman’s Sam. February’s Indie Next preview is out, featuring as #1 pick Grady Hendrix’s How To Sell a Haunted House. Remembrances pour in for novelist Russell Banks, who has died at the age of 82.
The 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Awards are announced. More leaked details from Prince Harry’s memoir are out. Apple Books is launching a line of audiobooks narrated by AI. Romance writer Susan Meachen returns from the dead. Plus, author interviews abound and feature conversations with Nicole Morse, Amanda Oliver, Laura Zigman, Kashana Cauley, and David Sedaris.
News sources report on the acquisition of Fletcher & Company by United Talent Agency and announcements regarding the 2023 Silvers-Dudley Prize winners. Authors Maia Kobabe, Shahan Mufti, Chris Belcher, and V.V. Ganeshananthan discuss their books in interviews. There is adaptation news for Jessica Simpson’s memoir Open Book and for the essay “How To Murder Your Husband” by indie romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who was recently convicted of killing her husband.
January book club picks include The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes, Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, and Sam by Allegra Goodman. Publicity ramps up for Prince Harry’s memoir, which publishes next week. The 2021 Emeka Walter Dinjos Awards for Disability in Speculative Fiction are announced. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Danielle Steel’s latest buzzy book, Without a Trace. The Guardian reviews Bret Easton Ellis’s forthcoming novel. Plus, Filippo Bernardini will plead guilty to wire fraud in manuscript theft case.
Without a Trace by Danielle Steel leads library holds this week. Audiofile announces the January 2023 Earphones Award winners. Four LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is The Circus Train by Amita Parikh. #1 Indie Next pick Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor gets reviewed. January’s Costco Connection is out, featuring The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes and new paperback releases: The Maid by Nita Prose and The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. EarlyWord’s GalleyChat migrates to Mastodon. NYT reports on librarians reaching readers on TikTok. Plus, Arthur Conan-Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes book enters the public domain.
BookMarks collates the major award-winning novels and finalists of 2022. B&N issues “Challenge Your Reading With These Books in 2023.” The U.S. Department of Education investigates the removal of LGBTQ+ books from a Texas school district. Donna Tartt answers 11 questions about The Secret History. Robert Caro is still working on the long-awaited fifth installment of his LBJ biography. Variety lists “The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time,” including several iconic adaptations of books. Plus, Anthony Almojera’s memoir Riding The Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic will be adapted as a series.
Tiya Miles wins Schomburg Center’s 2022 Harriet Tubman Prize for All That She Carried. PW names its 2022 People of the Year, including librarians on the front lines of book-banning resistance. LitHub rounds up the biggest literary stories of the year. Hulu’s docu-series The 1619 Project, adapted from essays in The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, ed. by Nikole Hannah-Jones with the New York Times Magazine, will premiere January 26. The Deep by Nick Cutter will be adapted as a series. Plus, Deadline shares the screenplay for White Noise, based on the novel by Don DeLillo, whom the BBC calls “America’s greatest living writer.”
Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair leads library holds this week. It is also a Library Reads pick. People’s book of the week is The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. LitHub collates “The Ultimate Best Books of 2022 List.” Time looks forward to the most anticipated books of 2023. Alice Oseman tops the The Bookseller 150 list in the author/illustrator category.
The 2022 Canopus Awards finalists and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award winners are announced. Looking back, more end-of-the-year book lists abound. Looking forward, more new books arrive. Plus, there is an author interview with Rolf Potts and more author-powered book recommendations.
Awards announcements abound, including the Porchlight Business Book of the Year shortlist, Xingyun Awards, and the Prix Goncourt des détenus. Other winners include Praveen Herat with the Restless Book Prize for New Immigrant Writing for Between This World and the Next and Maria Adolfsson with the 2022 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year for Fatal Isles, tr. by Anges Broomé. Starting their debuts on the best-seller lists are Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy and Tom Clancy: Red Winter by Marc Cameron. Author interviews explore literary and historical topics with Evette Dionne, Harris Faulkner, Sam Lipsyte, Octavia Butler, and Marijane Meaker. Lastly, adaptation news for Tsukasa Hojo’s manga City Hunter, which will be adapted into a live-action film.
The 2022 Premio Italia winners are announced. Esi Edugyan is named chair of the 2023 Booker Prize jury. “Best of the Year” lists continue to arrive. RBmedia will publish Lee & Low audiobooks. NYT reports “A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans.” LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for buzzy book Into the West by Mercedes Lackey. LA Times touts Jenna Bush Hager’s stature in publishing. The Guardian considers the popularity of romance novels. Plus, Jason Reynolds finishes his term as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
Francesca Stavrakopoulou wins the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022. The 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist is announced. USA Today’s best-seller list is on hiatus after layoffs. Bookforum announces its closure. There is adaptation news for Kohei Horikoshi’s popular manga series My Hero Academia, and Nicola Dinan’s forthcoming debut LGBTQ+ novel Bellies. Plus, the Golden Globe nominations are out.
Into the West by Mercedes Lackey leads library holds this week. People names its top 10 books of the year, including #1 pick Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng. “Best books” lists abound from LJ, NYT, WSJ, the New Yorker, CrimeReads, and NYPL. Finalists are named for the This Is Horror Awards. The National Book Foundation looks ahead in a new strategic plan for 2022–25. One LibraryReads selection publishes this week. Plus, more on Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle’s surprise resignation.
The National Book Critics Circle Barrios Books in Translation Prize longlist is out. The Goodreads Choice Awards winners are announced. The Swedish-English Translators Association wins the Culture Abroad Award. Author interviews feature conversations with Jessica Grose, Jane Smiley, Tegan Nia Swanson, Rachel Kapelke-Dale, Ryan Lee Wong, Andrew Morton, Rachel Kushner, and Ottessa Moshfegh. There is adaptation news for Tom Perrotta’s Tracy Flick Can’t Win and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” series.
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End-of-the-year lists include CrimeReads’s best crime novels, author curations, and also articles about fiction, reading, and writing. New to the best-seller lists are A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny and A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney. There is an interview with Allegra Hyde, author of Eleutheria, and adaptation news for Don Winslow’s “Cartel Trilogy” books.
Noor Naga wins the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize for If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English. The 2023 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award finalists are announced. “Best of the Year” lists arrive from Vulture, Time, and NYT. Loanstars’s “Best of the Brightest 2022” list features Emily Henry’s Book Lovers at the top. December’s EarlyWord GalleyChat spreadsheet is out now. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy. Daisy Jones & The Six, based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, gets a trailer and release date.
Year-end booklists arrive, including the top 10 favorites of 2022 from LibraryReads. Reese Witherspoon picks The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell for her book club. GMA picks The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. The Read with Jenna pick is Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller wins the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. The Harper Collins strike continues. Interviews with Louise Penny, Sabrina Imbler, Evette Dionne, and Jane Smiley arrive.
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Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy leads holds this week. Waterstones names Katy Hessel’s The Story of Art Without Men Book of the Year, and Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Author of the Year. Lots of year-end lists arrive, including those from Amazon, NYT, LA Times, and Audiofile. Ten LibraryReads and ten Indie Next picks publish this week. People's book of the week is A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney. December’s Costco Connection is out featuring buyer’s pick The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies. Beloved Sesame Street actor and author Bob McGrath has died.
Tiya Miles has won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for All That She Carried. The 2022 Banipal Prize shortlist is announced, and there is a plethora of reading lists for the end of the year. Author interviews feature the voices of Mithu Sanyal, Stephanie LaCava, Allie Rowbottom, Buki Papillon, Alyssa Songsiridej, Heather Radke, and Clint Smith. Adaptation news arrives for H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness and David Baldacci’s “Atlee Pine” series.
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End-of-the-year booklists abound, and there is more reporting on the HarperCollins strike. Debuting at the top of the best-seller lists are The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3, by Nora Roberts; A Christmas Memory, by Richard Paul Evans; The Whittiers, by Danielle Steel; and The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book, by Jerry Seinfeld. There are explorations of work by and about Lucy Ives, Patti Smith, Jean Stafford, and Maria Ressa. Lastly, Kevin Wilson’s short story “Grand Stand-In” will receive a television adaptation.
John Lorinc wins the 2022 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for his book Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias, and Henry Gee wins the Royal Society Science Book Prize for his book A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters. The longlist for the 2022/2023 Wingate Prize includes Gabrielle Zevin, Omer Friedlander, and Linda Kinstler. CBC celebrates L.M. Montgomery’s birthday. EW previews Sasha Velour’s forthcoming book, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag, due out from Harper on April 4. Tess Gunty’s National Book Award–winning debut, The Rabbit Hutch, will be adapted for the big screen. Plus, there are remembrances for sci-fi author Greg Bear, who died last week.
The New York Times Book Review revealed their top 10 books of the year in a virtual event for subscribers. More best-of-the-year lists arrive. Comedian Rob Delaney’s new memoir, A Heart That Works, gets reviewed and buzz. SFWA Names Robin McKinley the 39th Damon Knight Grand Master. Colm Tóibín will be awarded the Bodley Medal in 2023. Ulrika O’Brien wins 2022 Rotsler Award. Bob Dylan’s autopen flap causes a stir. NYT features Tanya Holland’s California Soul: Recipes from a Culinary Journey West. Plus, Merriam-Webster chooses its 2022 word of the year.
Julie Kirsch, senior vice president and publisher of Rowman & Littlefield, shines a light on notable titles, both past and upcoming, and shares the changes and challenges that this independent publisher has seen over the past few years.
Barbara Olson, ProQuest’s director of product marketing for historical collections and primary sources, spoke with LJ about new content that ProQuest has added to its offerings.
Timothy L. Fields, senior associate dean of admissions at Emory University, and Shereem Herndon-Brown, founder and chief education officer of Strategic Admissions Advice, share their insights into the college admissions process and speak with LJ about their book, The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race (Johns Hopkins University Press).
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny leads holds this week. Four Indie Next picks publish this week, including Winterland by Rae Meadows, which gets buzz. People’s book of the week is A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents by Mary-Alice Daniel. Bren Simmers wins the CBC Poetry Prize. NPR’s Books We Love and NYT’s 100 Notable Books of 2022 are out now.
The 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction shortlist is announced. Katherine Rundell has won the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne. The Porchlight Business Book Awards longlist is announced. News reports cover banned books, the HarperCollins Union strike, and indictments related to the Z-Library ebook archives. There are interviews delving into conversations with Prince Shakur, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Aliza Kelly, Pauline Dakin, Dan Chaon, Zosia Mamet, and Bono.
The 2022 National Book Award winners are announced. The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize shortlist is released. Desert Star by Michael Connelly, Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger, and Charm by Tracy Wolff top the best-seller lists. Author interviews are out with Alison Mariella Désir, Lauren Graham, and Pete Hsu.
Canada's Governor General’s Literary Awards are announced. Winners of the Polari book prizes are announced, including Joelle Taylor for her collection, C+nto & Othered Poems. Nominations and shortlists for the Andrew Carnegie Medal, Scotland's National Book Awards, the Tasmanian Literary Awards, and the Grammy Awards are also announced. December’s LibraryReads features top pick, The Circus Train by Amita Parikh. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama.
Time releases “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2022.” The Center for Fiction’s Annual Awards Benefit will take place December 6. The Rhysling Award Long Poem winners are announced. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama and So Help Me God by Mike Pence get reviews and attention. Vox reads and reviews all of the 2022 National Book Award finalists. Patti Smith discusses her new book of photographs. Plus, Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Shuggie Bain will be adapted for TV.
Biographies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Winnie and Nelson Mandela, plus parking, NFTs, and a son lost in Russia.
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama leads library holds this week. One LibraryReads and 10 Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger. Andrew Morton’s biography, The Queen: Her Life, is reviewed. University Press Week begins today. Caroline Kepnes teases a new Joe Goldberg novel, due out in April. Plus, the subject of Michael Lewis’s new book appears to be the former head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried.
The World Fantasy Awards winners and Golden Poppy finalists are out. The court decision regarding the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster is released. Flying to the top of the best-sellers lists are Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich, Triple Cross by James Patterson, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono, and The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan.
The December Loan Stars list is out, with A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley in the #1 spot. Christian Léourier wins the Prix Joël-Champetier Award. A U.S. judge explains why she blocked the PRH/S. & S. merger. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Desert Star by Michael Connelly. Interviews arrive with the 2022 National Book Award finalists. Interviews with Joanna Gaines, Dani Shapiro, Percival Everett, Joe Meno J. Hope Stein, Tracy Deonn, Andrew Weiss, and Matthew F. Delmont make the news.
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Suzette Mayr wins the $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for The Sleeping Car Porter. The World Fantasy Award winners are announced. Harper Collins union and management plan to strike on Thursday. USA Today gives Now Is Not the Time To Panic by Kevin Wilson a 4-star review. The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters by Joanna Gaines arrives with buzz. British comic artist and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen co-creator Kevin O’Neill dies at 69. Plus, Nikki Giovanni discusses love and radicalism on Generational Anxiety, which airs on PBS.
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Desert Star by Michael Connelly leads holds this week. Shortlists for the Voss Literary Prize, Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, and the Oddest Book Title of the Year for the Diagram Prize are announced. Four LibraryReads and seven Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Foster by Claire Keegan.
There are awards announcements for the Southern Book Prize finalists, Writers’ Trust of Canada Awards winners, and the winner of Prix Goncourt. Many interviews plumb the thoughts of authors such as Percival Everett, Zosia Mamet, Shaun Ta, Ralph Macchio, Veronica Roth, Nick Drnaso, Tom Perrotta, and Stephen King. Also, adaptations for film and television will be made from Catherine Lacey’s The Answers, Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal, and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
The best-seller lists feature No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diaper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, Radio’s Greatest of All Time by Rush Limbaugh with Kathryn Adams Limbaugh and David Limbaugh, Waypoints: My Scottish Journey by Sam Heughan, and Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten. There are interviews with authors Dani Shapiro, Maureen Lee Lenker, Ramona Emerson, Javier Zamora, and Bono. An adaptation of Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education is in the works. Plus, there is a new version of A Christmas Carol on the way, starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell.
A veteran journalist, Denise Crittendon has been writing for so long that she sometimes wonders if she has ink in her blood. Her career includes two major metropolitan daily newspapers and stints as editor-in-chief of two magazines, one national and one based in her hometown, Detroit. Kristi Chadwick, LJ’s co-columnist for SFF, talks with her about writing, reading, and the SFF genre.
November book club picks arrive. Audiofile announces the November Earphones Award Winners. The Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the $60K Weston Prize for nonfiction will be announced today. Emily Post’s Etiquette gets an update for its centennial edition. Food writer Julie Powell, who wrote Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, has died at age 49.
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Readying the United States for war, learning about the women who fought, and preserving the music of a concentration camp.
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