Posted on January 20, 2026 at 12:00 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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Canadian poet Karen Solie's collection Wellwater has won the 2025 TS Eliot Poetry Prize and its prize of £25,000 (about $33,650) (The Guardian).
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Eugene Lim, whose books include Search History and Dear Cyborgs, has received the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize, which honors an American writer who "experiments with form, explores a range of voices and merits further recognition" (Literary Hub).
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Read an excerpt of the new novel Crux by Gabriel Tallent (Literary Hub).
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Kelly Jensen shares the results of her survey on librarians' mental health nowadays (Book Riot).
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