Literary awards and honors: November 5, 2025

Posted on November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Check out these posts about literary awards that we found Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, History, Nonfiction

Writer's Digest craft tips: November 5, 2025

Posted on November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best craft advice from Writer's Digest that we came across Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Memoir, Motivational, Writing advice

Amazon's First Reads for November 2025

Posted on November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are Amazon's First Reads book picks for November 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

Today in history: T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel prize

Posted on November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature on November 4, 1948.
 

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bookish anniversaries, Excerpt, Poetry, Pop culture

Business and marketing updates for authors: November 4, 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best business and marketing news and advice for writers that that we came across Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Kindle Unlimited, Lawsuit, Social media and websites, The business of writing, Writer Beware / scams

News of note for readers: November 4, 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Tuesday, November 4, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Children's literature, Excerpt, Horror, Libraries, Memoir, Movie adaptation, Obituary, Short story, TV adaptation, Women in literature

Craft tips for authors: November 4, 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best craft advice for writers that that we came across Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, First lines and first chapters, Plot / narrative, Writing advice

Bookshop.org bestsellers: November 3, 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the ten bestselling books from last week at Bookshop.org, a website that enables shoppers to purchase books online and send the proceeds to an independent bookstore.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, Bookstore

IndieReader bestsellers: October 31, 2025

Posted on November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie books as of October 31, 2025, as compiled by IndieReader.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of November 2, 2025

Posted on November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A girl blows out the candles on a birthday cake, with the phrase "Bookish birthdays: Week of November 2, 2025.”

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of November 2, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries