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Literary Hub quizzes the National Book Awards finalists

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re a week away from the National Book Awards, given to outstanding work in young people’s literature, translation, poetry, nonfiction,...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Awards, Book lists, Literary Hub

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday was not only Veterans Day; it was also the birthday of two significant writers: Kurt Vonnegut and Fyodor Dostoevsky....

Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary Hub, Literature in translation

Posted on 11/06/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday, newswire readers met Bernardine Evaristo, author of the Booker Prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other. Today, they can meet her acclaimed...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Diversity, Excerpt, Literary Hub, Women in literature

Posted on 11/05/2019 at 08:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You don’t have to admit it if you were among the readers who thought “who?” upon learning that Bernardine Evaristo...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Awards, Book club, Literary Hub

Posted on 10/26/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We suspect that your weekend to-do list involves some sort of shopping. And if the best kind of shopping —...

Tagged As: Bookstore, Literary Hub

Posted on 10/21/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve heard plenty about author John Steinbeck’s literary estate these past few months. So now here’s some news about his...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Memorabilia

Posted on 10/17/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub has another free short story for us today, written by Eka Kurniawan and translated by Annie Tucker. “Caronang”...

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Literature in translation, Short story

Posted on 10/16/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub has a free short story from Benjamin Percy today. “The Uncharted” comes from Percy’s newest collection, Suicide Woods,...

Tagged As: Free reads, Literary Hub, Short story

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With several young-adult authors and books hitting the news this week, from anniversaries to birthdays to upcoming releases, a speech...

Tagged As: Children's literature, Excerpt, Literary Hub

Posted on 10/05/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Wish you were elsewhere this weekend? We’re probably not going to make it any easier for you with this post....

Tagged As: Libraries, Literary Hub, Literary tourism