Posted on June 10, 2025 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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Meet the nominees for the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards, which will be handed out on July 19 (Book Riot).
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Frederick Forsyth, a thriller author best known for The Day of the Jackal, died Monday at age eighty-six (NPR).
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Valmik Thapar, a leading tiger conservationist who wrote several books including Living with Tigers, died May 31 (The New York Times).
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Watch a teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro's movie Frankenstein, set to release on Netflix sometime in November (The Hollywood Reporter).
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We also have a teaser trailer for the star-studded movie adaptation for The Thursday Murder Club, which hits Netflix on August 28 (Crime Reads).
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Poet Hanif Kureishi will be among the speakers at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which runs from August 9-24 (The Guardian).
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