Posted on October 28, 2026 at 8:03 AM 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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Those of us who can't stay up late very well can still experience the excitement of a "Midnight Maas" — that is, a midnight release of A Court of Splintered Harmony, the latest book from Sarah J. Maas — vicariously (NPR).
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Pip Adam’s Audition has won the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction (Literary Hub).
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The 2026 Cundill History Prize has gone to John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law by Beth Lew-Williams (Literary Hub).
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Peter May, author of nearly thirty thrillers including The Blackhouse and Lockdown, died September 25 at age seventy-four (The New York Times).
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