Posted on November 12, 2026 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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Author Simbarashe Kundizeza is "relieved" to have been cleared of suspicion that he used AI in his Caine Prize-winning short story; the award organizers say they're rolling out new measures to guard against its use in all future submissions (The Associated Press).
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Award-winning children's author Peggy Rathmann, best known for Good Night, Gorilla, died November 3 at age seventy-three (People).
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Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor Giancarlo Esposito is publishing the graphic novel The Venetian on June 29; he previously announced he was writing and had sold a memoir (People).
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The fifth and sixth episodes of Heated Rivalry — the TV show based on Rachel Reid's gay hockey romance series — will be available at Regal Theaters in 4DX (Variety).
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Here's a first look at the Netflix limited-series adaptation of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (Deadline).
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M. John Harrison, author of 2026 Booker Prize-winning novel The End of Everything, says there's been some recent interest in adapting his sci-fi work into a movie (Deadline).
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