Posted on September 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Meet the next US poet laureate, Arthur Sze, who will take over from Ada Limón on October 9 (NPR).
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The first winner of the RSL Pioneer Prize, funded by author Bernardine Evaristo's own literary-award victory, has been announced as Maureen Duffy, author of The Microcosm among other novels, plus poems, plays, and nonfiction (The Guardian).
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Marilyn Diamond, co-author of the bestselling diet book Fit For Life, which was among the first to tout veganism, died Sunday at age eighty-one (The New York Times).
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After four months of speculation, we now know the authors behind the pseudonym Evelyn Clarke and "her" debut novel, The Ending Writes Itself: Cat Clarke and VE Schwab (Stylist).
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Read an excerpt of The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym; this posthumous release comes out tomorrow (Literary Hub).
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Take a look back at the storied career of Robert Munsch, author of such beloved tales as The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever, as illness and isolation close the book on his writing career (The New York Times).
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