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    Dr. Ruha Benjamin and Ocean Vuong have won the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 23, 2020
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    Decades of Alan Rickman’s diaries will be published as a book in 2022.

    By Walker Caplan  November 23, 2020
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    When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

    By Hilary Holladay  November 23, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Nov. 23rd to Nov. 29th

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    The title of Yannick Haenel’s novel came from none other than Marcel Proust.

    By Literary Hub  November 20, 2020
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    Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

    By Book Marks  November 20, 2020
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    And the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize is . . .

    By Emily Temple  November 19, 2020
    On Race

    Read Walter Mosley’s Incredible Speech From Last Night’s National Book Awards

    By Walter Mosley  November 19, 2020
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    J.R.R. Tolkien’s previously unseen essays about Middle-earth will be published in June.

    By Walker Caplan  November 19, 2020
    The Antibody Reading Series

    Antibody: Starring Ayad Akhtar, Nicole Krauss, and Jonathan Lethem

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    Olga Tokarczuk is publishing an illustrated, all-ages book about finding fulfillment.

    By Corinne Segal  November 18, 2020
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    Hilary Mantel’s next book will be a short story collection about her childhood.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 18, 2020
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    Browse excerpts from The Book of Homelessness, a new graphic novel by unhoused creatives.

    By Walker Caplan  November 18, 2020
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    Here’s every winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and Nonfiction during the 21st century.

    By Book Marks  November 18, 2020
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    Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Booker Prize.

    By Emily Temple  November 18, 2020
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    Announcing the Winner of Restless Books 2020 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

    By Literary Hub  November 18, 2020
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    Tory-shaming Manchester United star Marcus Rashford is launching a children’s book club.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 17, 2020
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    The future is depressing: a new app distills books into 12-minute-long audio summaries.

    By Walker Caplan  November 17, 2020
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    Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 17, 2020
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    Attention: the principal from Buffy just wrote a novel. It’s called Illyria.

    By Emily Temple  November 17, 2020
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    What do President Barack Obama and Rachel Bloom have in common?

    By Katie Yee  November 17, 2020
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    Quentin Tarantino is publishing a novel based on . . . his own movie.

    By Emily Temple  November 17, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Nov. 16th to Nov. 22nd

    By Kiki Nicole  November 16, 2020
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    Scholastic is publishing three new books by Ruby Bridges.

    By Walker Caplan  November 13, 2020
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