Posted on February 18, 2025 at 8:11 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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Matt Damon will play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of The Odyssey, expected in theaters July 17, 2026; other stars include Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and John Leguizamo (Variety).
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Theatergoers are consistently fainting while watching an abortion scene in the play The Years, an adaptation of the eponymous autobiographical book by Annie Ernaux; the scene serves as a reminder of the importance of legal abortion, which wasn't available in France at the time Ernaux had the procedure (The New York Times).
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Read an excerpt of Evie Wyld's new novel, The Echoes; this combination love story and ghost story follows the recently deceased Max as he watches his girlfriend grieve ... and uncover much of her life that he hadn't ever seen (Literary Hub).
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Geoff Nicholson, author of such novels as Bleeding London and What We Did on Our Holidays (which later became the movie Permanent Vacation), has died at age seventy-one (The Guardian).
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British publisher Tilted Axis, which specializes in translating experimental works into English, is bringing its authors and titles to the US market this year (The New York Times).
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