Posted on March 25, 2025 at 8:00 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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Read an excerpt from Gregory Maguire’s new prequel (of sorts) to Wicked; Elphie catches us up on Elphaba’s childhood (Literary Hub).
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L.J. Smith, author of the Vampire Diaries and Night World series, died March 8 at age sixty-six (Locus).
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See the winners of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes, which give out a combined $1.4 million to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama so that they can pursue their craft without financial worry (The Guardian).
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Learn which book genres are tops in each state in the US (Cloudwards).
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We previously shared news that the world's best-loved bookstore is in London, but here's a bigger list of the most popular shops (Preply).
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Today is writer Flannery O'Connor's 100th birthday, prompting Catherine Taylor to examine the racism revealed in O'Connor's personal papers and what it means for the modern view of her work (The Guardian).
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