Posted on November 3, 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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Basketball star Caitlin Clark's rhyming children's book, EXTRAordinary! A Little EXTRA to Reach BIG Dreams, hit shelves today (The Associated Press).
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Read an excerpt of actor Gary Sinise's memoir about caring for his son, Mac, who eventually died of cancer; Graceful Warrior: The True Story of a Son, a Father and a Family Who Carried Each Other Through comes out November 10, which was Mac's birthday (People).
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Author Andreas Malm, an activist fighting climate change and Israel's attacks on Palestinians, has been denied entry to the United Kingdom; authorities said that his "presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good" (Literary Hub).
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Poet Grace Nichols has received the 2026 Royal Society of Literature Pioneer Prize; the award goes to female writers over sixty who broke through in a time when the literary world was less open to them (The Guardian).
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