Posted on July 13, 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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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards, which were announced Saturday (Book Riot).
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Read the short story "The Rival" by Sophie Mackintosh (Literary Hub).
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Academics are raising questions about the accuracy of historian Kerri K. Greenidge's 2022 book, The Grimkes — an allegation that the author disputes — and the book is no longer available on the publisher's website (The New York Times).
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There's very little controversy surrounding the Christopher Nolan adaptation of The Odyssey in the story's homeland of Greece, as it turns out (The Associated Press).
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All Things Considered's Don Gonyea spoke with The Atlantic's Rose Horowitch about why she believes that, unlike the other times in history in which technological developments stirred up concerns about the future of reading, we are now truly heading into a post-literate society (NPR).
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