News of note for readers: June 25, 2025

Posted on June 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM 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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Tagged As: Book lists, Excerpt, NPR

Book bans and challenges: July 31, 2024

Posted on July 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two more posts about attempts to restrict what we read came up in our RSS feed today. One is from...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, NPR, Politics

The themes among NPR’s author interviews

Posted on June 26, 2024 at 7:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Of course, the primary theme with author interviews tends to be that a book is either about to come out...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Bans and challenges, Children's literature, Nonfiction, NPR, Young adult literature

Memoirs of note: Spring 2024

Posted on May 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two nonfiction authors recently appeared on NPR to promote their new memoirs. Basketball star Brittney Griner, who spent almost ten...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Politics

Long reads on authorial anxieties

Posted on April 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two deep dives on challenges that face authors and how they interact with creativity came across our desk this morning....

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Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Excerpt, Literary Hub, NPR

Picture books for all ages: Spring 2024

Posted on April 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR had three interviews over the past few days with authors of image-dominant fiction. Two of them are for children;...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, Graphic novel / comics, History, NPR

Short- and long-term literary destinations

Posted on April 17, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Looking to celebrate literature by getting out of your house? Kansas City and Los Angeles have two new spots that...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Literary tourism, NPR, Poetry, Pop culture

Pop culture's obsession with Tom Ripley

Posted on April 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley novels has hit Netflix and, thus, headlines. But it's not the first time...

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Tagged As: Movie adaptation, NPR, Pop culture, The New York Times, Thriller, TV adaptation

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Salman Rushdie get personal

Posted on April 15, 2024 at 7:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two personal pieces of nonfiction come out tomorrow from long-established authors. Author Salman Rushdie's memoir Knife: Meditations After an Attempted...

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Tagged As: Author interview, History, Memoir, NPR, The New York Times

Nonfiction of note: April 11, 2024

Posted on April 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two nonfiction authors recently appeared on NPR's Fresh Air to promote their April releases. Full disclosure, I'm a fan of...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Excerpt, History, Nonfiction, NPR