Literary awards and honors: December 17, 2025

Posted on December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Check out these posts about literary awards and honors that we found Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Book reviews, Libraries, Nonfiction, Podcast

News of note for readers: August 13, 2025

Posted on August 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary news of note from Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards, Book lists, Book reviews, Children's literature, Graphic novel / comics, Poetry, Politics, Pop culture

Literary Hub’s look back at 2024

Posted on December 17, 2024 at 8:36 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub has a few lists to sum up the book world in 2024. On the positive side is Emily...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Book reviews, Literary Hub

Authors beyond the page

Posted on October 29, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We know our favorite writers because of the words they put down on page, but they of course have lives...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book reviews, Classic literature, Just for fun, Nonfiction

Revisiting "The Tipping Point" and "Power Brokers"

Posted on September 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two well-known and influential nonfiction books hit publication milestones this year. The fiftieth anniversary of Robert Caro's The Power Broker...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book reviews, Bookish anniversaries, Excerpt, Nonfiction

Mindset tips for authors: August 13, 2024

Posted on August 13, 2024 at 10:07 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of mindset advice to offer. Here are three that we thought were can't-miss...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Book reviews, Motivational, Publishing, The business of writing

News of note for readers: May 21, 2024

Posted on May 21, 2024 at 2:21 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book reviews, Excerpt, Literature in translation, Publishing

News of note for readers: February 22, 2024

Posted on February 22, 2024 at 7:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book reviews, Obituary, Poetry, Politics

Read the earliest written review of "Frankenstein"

Posted on January 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On this day in 1818, Mary Shelley's now-classic novel Frankenstein was published. Her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, had (correctly) anticipated...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book reviews, Bookish anniversaries, Classic literature, Literary Hub, Science fiction, Women in literature

News of note for readers: December 19, 2023

Posted on December 19, 2023 at 8:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book reviews, Classic literature, Fantasy, Lawsuit, Libraries, Politics, Pop culture