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Awards & News

The 2022 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award short list is announced, including works by Ash Davidson, Hermione Hoby, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and Dawnie Walton.

Claire Oshetsky, Chouette (Ecco: HarperCollins; LJ starred review), and Wayétu Moore, The Dragons, the Giant, the Women (Graywolf; LJ starred review), win the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize.

Ron Charles announces that Book World, The Washington Post’s standalone book section, will return September 25. Lithub has more.

The 2022 Seiun Awards winners are announced.

The Toronto International Festival of Authors begins September 22. CBC has details.

According to the latest NPD Book Scan, the US book market is stable in print sales. Publishing Perspectives reports. 

NPR explores how Gen Z is driving sales of romance books.

Reviews

NYT reviews The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton (Bloomsbury): “Burton still has a way of drawing us into her world — she’s particularly adept at navigating between different points of view — and of giving us Old Amsterdam in all its luxurious severity.” And, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club; LJ starred review): “There is plenty here for mystery readers, whether well-versed in the genre’s history or not — and mystery writers will welcome this book as a resource.” Plus, short reviews of three essay collections, and three historical fiction novels.

Datebook reveiws On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Ecco): “a powerhouse novel that reflects both how high we can fly and how quickly we can be knocked down. But Sexton’s message is clear: ‘Oh, yes, change (blows) in like the wind,’ she writes. The best we can do is lift our arms up, steer when we can, and make the most out of the ride.”

NPR reviews 5 translated books from Japan.

Briefly Noted

LA Times talks with Anisfield-Wolf Award winning author Percival Everett about his forthcoming novel, Dr. No (Graywolf), due out November 1, and his fascination with nothing.

The Rumpus talks with David Santos Donaldson about his debut novel, Greenland (Amistad; LJ starred review).

Shondaland talks with Rio Cortez about her new poetry collection, Golden Ax (Penguin Pr.), “what Afropioneerism and Afrofrontierism mean, archives, Black Mormonism, and finding a kind of knowing in liminal space.”

NYT features Maggie O’Farrell and her latest novel, The Marriage Portrait (Knopf), and her interest in overlooked narratives.

Bustle shares an excerpt from Jasmine Guillory’s forthcoming romance, Drunk on Love (Berkley; LJ starred review), due out September 20th.

Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker (Flatiron), recommends locked room mysteries at CrimeReads.

LaToya Watkins, Perish (Tiny Reparations), writes an essay on motherhood for The Millions.

NYT highlights the new book, Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak by Maurice Sendak, ed. by Jonathan Weinberg (DelMonico Books/The Columbus Museum of Art), a companion to the first major Sendak retrospective at Columbus Museum of Art.

Vanity Fair explores "The Unapologetic Ambitions of Taylor Jenkins Reid."

BBC looks at the ancient sources and symbols that infuse J.R.R. Tolkein's Middle Earth.

Bustle has 10 must-read books of the week. 

The Millions shares notable new releases. 

LitHub highlights 11 new books this week. 

Parade has “What to Read Based on the Fall TV Shows You Love.”

LitHub provides a flowchart to answer the question "Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?"  

BookRiot recommends audiobooks for fans of Agatha Christie, 12 culinary romances, and new releases for the week. Plus, a review of  the “state of the beach read.”

Authors On Air

Ahead of the midterm election, PBS Canvas speaks with Elisabeth Griffith, author of Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020 (Pegasus; LJ starred review).

Madison Lawson's forthcoming novel The Registration (CamCat Books), which publishes September 2, is being adapted for film. Deadline reports.  

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