Posted on June 17, 2026 at 3:00 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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Author Ann Patchett has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation's Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award; the honor goes to “a writer whose body of work reflects the Prize’s mission of fostering peace, social justice, and global understanding" (The Associated Press).
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Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro will publish a spy novel set in 1938 next spring; Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger is his ninth novel and his first since 2021's Klara and the Sun (The Guardian).
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Grand: The Autobiography of Gromit, out October 27, will tell the story of the canine half of the Wallace and Gromit animations (The Guardian).
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Renée Watson, an educator and the author of novels including Piecing Me Together and All the Blues in the Sky, has been named a TIME Visionary (TIME magazine).
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Jordan Harrison, a Pulitzer-nominated playwright, is publishing his first novel; Miss Archer is a Gothic-inspired speculative fiction work and comes out January 6 (People).
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