Posted on February 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM 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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The sixteen titles on the Women's Prize for Nonfiction longlist have been revealed; a shortlist comes out March 26, and the winner will be announced June 12 at the same time as the Women's Prize for Fiction (The Guardian).
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Publishers Weekly released a deep dive into the bestselling books of 2024; takeaways from the (abridged) online version of the article include that the Big Five dominated hardcover sales but that Sourcebooks — driven by Freida McFadden — took over the lead in paperback sales (Book Riot).
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Maria Teresa Horta, the final living member of the writing trio behind the groundbreaking feminist book Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), died February 4 at age eighty-seven (The New York Times).
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Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood will finally release a memoir; Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts comes out November 4 (The Guardian).
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Verso Books has launched a virtual reading group dedicated to studying Fredric Jameson, a Marxist political theorist and literary scholar, and anyone can join (Literary Hub).
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