Posted on September 30, 2024 at 3:00 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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Actress Maggie Smith, who starred in the movie adaptations of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks and the Harry Potter books, died Friday at the age of eighty-nine (The Associated Press).
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Elle Kennedy has revealed the cover and plot of The Charlie Method, her final installment in the Campus Diaries series; the book comes out February 25 (TODAY).
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Rebecca Yarros has released the blurb for Onyx Storm, the next installment of her Empyrean series, and you can listen to it as narrated by voice actor Michael Eok; the book hits shelves January 21 (Good Morning America).
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The shortlists for the 2024 Polari Prizes have been released; these awards go to LGBTQ+ literature, and winners will be announced November 29 (The Guardian).
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The new play Giant does a beautiful job of capturing the complexity of Roald Dahl — whose children's literature is widely loved but whose views on Jewish people are roundly condemned — says one reviewer (The New York Times).
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