News of note for readers: April 11, 2024

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days!

• The late Cormac McCarthy's works and personal items are up for auction (Literary Hub).

• The posthumous memoir from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny comes out October 22 (The New York Times).

• Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten's long-awaited memoir has a release date: October 1 (Associated Press).

• See which ten authors received a 2024 Whiting Award and its $50,000 grant (NPR).

• You can also read excerpts of the Whiting Award winners' work (NPR).

• PEN America is facing ever more protests and award withdrawals over the Israel-Gaza war (Literary Hub).

• Trina Robbins, an artist, writer, and editor of comics, has died at the age of eighty-four (The New York Times).

• Embattled comics artist and author Ed Piskor has died at the age of forty-one (The New York Times).