Fussy’s favorites: Week of December 9, 2019

Posted on 12/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards, Just for fun, Scandal, TV adaptation

Sarajevo tells author Peter Handke: Stay out of our city

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

Sarajevo officials have officially declared Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke unwelcome in their city. Reuters reports that the cantonal assembly...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Scandal

Congratulations to the Goodreads Choice Awards winners of 2019!

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The winners of the 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards were revealed today. Congratulations to the following authors, whose books made...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists

Political figures and war journalists condemn Peter Handke's Nobel prize

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 12:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Protests and boycotts piled up Tuesday as author Peter Handke officially accepted his Nobel Prize in literature, reports the Guardian....

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, Scandal

Fiction prize judge: No one on the panel read the entire shortlist

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Nobel Prize isn’t the only book award causing a stir. A judge for one of Scotland’s most prestigious book...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Scandal, The Guardian

Nobel literature laureates deliver their inaugural lectures

Posted on 12/09/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2018 and 2019 Nobel literature laureates gave their inaugural lectures over the weekend. Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, who received...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Scandal, The Guardian

"The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" is the B&N Book of the Year

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

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy, has been chosen as Barnes & Noble's inaugural...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Barnes & Noble / Nook

Controversial Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke criticizes the media

Posted on 12/06/2019 at 09:28 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Peter Handke, the controversial winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, has broken his media silence to criticize...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Politics

BBC apologizes for only mentioning 1 Booker Prize winner by name

Posted on 12/04/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The dual Booker Prize continues to make waves in the media world. This time, it’s because of a BBC broadcaster...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Diversity, Scandal

2 authors receive the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Posted on 12/03/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Literary Review, in a nod to other more prestigious prizes that were shared among multiple winners, has given its...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, The Guardian