Fussy’s favorites: Week of July 19, 2020

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

Author interviews

• Josh Malerman discusses sequel to Birdbox

• Why Alex Trebek decided to write a memoir after years of refusing

• Author Q&A: J.M. Buckler

• Hamnet author: Think of Shakespeare as a person

Big deals

• Netflix acquires rights to Leave The World Behind before it's published

• Meet the 4-year-old poet whose work will be published next year

Topics to debate

• 2 websites call Clueless the best Jane Austen adaptation

• Mark Dawson's time on the bestseller list has come to an end

Honors

• Watch U.S. Rep. John Lewis accept the National Book Award

• Nominate a book for the 2020 Not The Booker Prize