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Awards & News

Emmy nominations are out, with nods for several adaptations including Dopesick, based on the book by Beth Macy, The Flight Attendant, based on the book by Chris Bohjalian, Under the Banner of Heaven, based on the book by Jon Krakauer, Inventing Anna, and more.  People has the full list.

The Royal Society of Literature announces the 2022 fellows. The Guardian has coverage. 

The 2022 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards are announced.

T&C has a guide to U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's poetry.

The Booker prize launches a book club challenge. The Guardian reports. 

“PRH UK Names Preena Gadher to Lead Penguin General.” Publishing Perspectives reports.

Reviews

The Washington Post reviews Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton (Little, Brown; LJ starred review): “For Bilton’s mother, Debra, a cult-prone lesbian, Harrison was more than a sperm donor. He was a living specimen of what she wanted in a child.” And, The Great Man Theory by Teddy Wayne (Bloomsbury): “Even as Paul’s life changes mid-novel, Wayne patronizes his protagonist, reducing him to a cultural cliche which, while rooted in truth, stays flat on the page.” Plus, Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (Flatiron): “Armfield exercises an exquisite — even sadistic — sense of suspense. She’s cleverly designed this story so that we only gradually become aware of how little we know.”

NYT reviews Carnality by Lina Wolff, trans. by Frank Perry (Other Pr.): “this novel is mostly concerned with the social category of the stranger. It won’t ruin the plot to say that Bennedith and Mercuro become entwined as deeply as two people can: sexually, spiritually, criminally, and all without performing the initial cyberstalking that is now a condition of human interaction.”

The Guardian reviews Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World by Karen Armstrong (Knopf): “Armstrong has written a rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity that comes from a lifetime spent studying religious thought.”

Briefly Noted

LJ’s Barbara Hoffert has new Prepub alerts for Historical Fiction, History, and Contemporary Fiction.

Blake Crouch talks about the inspiration behind his latest thriller, Upgrade (Ballantine), and tells Entertainment Weekly which part of himself he would upgrade if given the chance.

TV’s Jane the Virgin writer Rafael Agustin discusses his new memoir, Illegally Yours (Grand Central), and what it means to be an American with USA Today. Plus, Chrysta Bilton reflects on her unusual upbringing in the memoir, Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings (Little, Brown; LJ starred review).

LA Times talks with Ingrid Rojas Contreras about her new memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds (Doubleday), “the gifts of amnesia and the necessity of writing for ‘the front row’.”

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert talk about her new book, My American Life (Bombardier Books), and her journey to conservatism with FoxNews.

Ruth Ware, The It Girl (Scout; LJ starred review), takes Elle's shelf life literary survey.

Chris Belcher, author of the new memoir Pretty Baby (Avid Reader Pr.: S. & S.), annotates what’s on her nightstand to LitHub.

AP News reports that ex-Scientologist Mike Rinder has a forthcoming memoir, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology (Gallery), due out September 27th.

NYT recommends newly published books.

Buzzfeed shares 20 Queer graphic novels.

CrimeReads shares "top ten thrillers to put you off traveling,"

Mattel releases a new Barbie based on author and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall.  GMA has the story. 

Authors On Air

Rafael Agustin talks about his new memoir, Illegally Yours (Grand Central), and growing up undocumented, with NPR’s Fresh Air.

NPR’s Morning Edition talks with Elisa Albert about her new book, Human Blues (Avid Reader Pr.: S. & S.), and the “fertility industrial complex.”

NPR’s All Things Considered chats with Carmen Rita Wong about her new memoir, Why Didn't You Tell Me? (Crown), and how she learned of and reckoned with the long hidden secret about her identity.

Jenny Mollen, City of Likes (NacelleBooks: Ingram) will be on Live with Kelly and Ryan tomorrow.

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