Fussy’s favorites: Week of October 30, 2022

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.  

Trad-pub updates 

• Judge blocks Penguin Random House’s deal to buy Simon & Schuster 

• Penguin Random House: We're still publishing Justice Barrett's book

Quick reads

• The short story "Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep" 

• An excerpt from Judy Blume's essay for Our Red Book 

• Check out Blair Braverman's new fiction (and her retelling of nonfiction)

Obituaries

• Writers we lost in October 2022 

• Writer Julie Powell, of Julie & Julia fame, has died

Controversial content

• What the Books Unbanned bus tour organizers want voters to know

• We're getting a modern and musical take on A Christmas Carol 

• Big UK booksellers are selling Harry's memoir at half-price