Posted on April 22, 2026 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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The shortlisted titles for the Women’s Prize for Fiction were announced today, and more than half of them are debut works (The Guardian).
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Read an excerpt from Sophie Mackintosh's new novel, Permanence (Literary Hub).
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Caroline Bicks discusses reading the first draft of Pet Sematary in this excerpt from her new book, Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King (Literary Hub).
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Andrew Hacker, a professor, political scientist, and author — notably of Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal; Mismatch: The Growing Gulf Between Women and Men; and The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions — died Tuesday at age ninety-six (The New York Times).
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Here's a first look at the upcoming Peanuts movie, called Snoopy Unleashed (MovieWeb).
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