The 2025 Young Lions Fiction Award goes to Alexander Sammartino.

The 2025 Young Lions Fiction Award goes to Alexander Sammartino.

By James Folta | June 13, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: To Be or Not To Be? To Rec or Not to Rec?

On the Lit Hub Podcast: To Be or Not To Be? To Rec or Not to Rec?

featuring Jeremy McCarter, James Folta, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 13, 2025

Here are the winners of the 2025 Women's Prizes in Fiction and Nonfiction.

Here are the winners of the 2025 Women's Prizes in Fiction and Nonfiction.

By Literary Hub | June 12, 2025

Oregon has passed a bill to protect school libraries from book bans.

Oregon has passed a bill to protect school libraries from book bans.

By James Folta | June 11, 2025

David Means has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's short story prize.

David Means has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's short story prize.

By Brittany Allen | June 10, 2025

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 6, 2025

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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 6, 2025

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

By Literary Hub | June 5, 2025

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

By Maris Kreizman | June 5, 2025

Writer Edmund White has died at 85.

Writer Edmund White has died at 85.

By James Folta | June 4, 2025

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

From His Keynote Speech from the 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Ocean Vuong | June 4, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Fighting Words and Magical Romance

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Fighting Words and Magical Romance

Jenny Hamilton on romantasy and George M. Johnson on book bans

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 30, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

Featuring Molly Odintz, Calvin Kasulke, Isaac Fellman, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 23, 2025

Michael Crummey’s <em>The Adversary</em> has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.

Michael Crummey’s The Adversary has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.

By James Folta | May 22, 2025

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

By Brittany Allen | May 22, 2025

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

Maris Kreizman on the AI Hallucinations That Made it to the Book Review Section

By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

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