Posted on April 10, 2025 at 8:23 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 ten recipients of the 2025 Whiting Awards for emerging writers have been announced (NPR).
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Thomas Pynchon will publish his first novel in more than a decade this fall; Shadow Ticket, which comes out October 7, is described as a noir novel about a private eye (The Guardian).
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Already out this year, no pun intended: a number of YA books that explore the complexity of being a queer person who's also part of the Christian faith (Book Riot).
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The covers of medieval French books previously believed to have been made of deer or boar skin are, in fact, made of sealskin (The Guardian).
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It's common to observe that the publishing industry's workforce is not especially diverse; Laura B. McGrath looks at the data, but more notably, compares its racial and gender makeup to the US in general and the potential job applicant pool (Text Crunch).
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