"Sea Monsters" wins the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to author Chloe Aridjis, whose novel Sea Monsters has won the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her reward for...

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French authors under fire for posting about their second homes

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two acclaimed French authors have found themselves in eau chaud recently thanks to their posts about quarantine life. Leïla Slimani...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian

Professor identifies main author of 1592 play co-written by Shakespeare

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A literary scholar believes he’s identified the anonymous author of the play Arden of Faversham, the first domestic tragedy in...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

Margaret Atwood launches video series to support authors

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 10:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Margaret Atwood, famous for (among many things) her dystopian fiction, has entered the fight to support authors during the coronavirus...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The New York Times, Women in literature

See reviews of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novels

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On the same day that NPR posted its review of Hurricane Season, it was revealed that the book had made...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Book reviews, Literature in translation

Congrats to the 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards winners!

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The week is ending on a high note for a handful of lucky authors! The Wishing Shelf Book Awards has...

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NY Times: Read these books after finishing "Tiger King"

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If our personal Facebook feed is any indication, the Netflix docuseries Tiger King is the go-to quarantine activity right now....

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Tagged As: Book lists, Pop culture, The New York Times

Julie Andrews is ready to read to your children

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Julie Andrews is joining the children’s-lit party. The actress and singer announced her plans for a new podcast called Julie's...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Podcast, Pop culture

New York Times bestsellers: Week of April 11, 2020

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 07:46 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of April 11,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Letters from Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Hardy's wife become public

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 02:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hey, want to think about the past instead of the present? The Guardian has recently posted about letters either from...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, The Guardian