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    We’re getting a poetry collection from Akwaeke Emezi in 2022.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
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    Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
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    Brit Bennett is one of EW’s Entertainers of the Year.

    By Walker Caplan  December 3, 2020
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    These are the most popular romantic novels from each of the last six decades.

    By Emily Temple  December 3, 2020
    Book Fairs

    What a New Book Expo Could Learn From the Helsinki
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    By Bethanne Patrick  December 3, 2020
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    Look inside Jamie Hood’s how to be a good girl, forthcoming from Grieveland Press.

    By Walker Caplan  December 2, 2020
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    A special issue of The Volta honors the life and work of poet Molly Brodak.

    By Walker Caplan  December 2, 2020
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    Sarah Frier’s No Filter has won the 2020 FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 1, 2020
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    We’re getting a new Lauren Groff novel (about nuns!) in 2021.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 1, 2020
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    Look inside a new series of Jane Austen novels, rewritten and illustrated for children.

    By Walker Caplan  December 1, 2020
    Unions

    Verso Books just announced a union—and they have advice for other publishing workers.

    By Corinne Segal  November 30, 2020
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    Read the earliest reviews of The Talented Mr. Ripley, which turns 65 today.

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Nov. 30th to Dec. 6th

    By Kiki Nicole  November 30, 2020
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    Lorde is publishing a book about Antarctica called GOING SOUTH.

    By Walker Caplan  November 25, 2020
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    A whistle-stop tour of W. B. Yeats quotations in popular culture.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 25, 2020
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    The first wave of TikTokers-turned-writers is here: Charli D’Amelio’s book comes out December 1.

    By Walker Caplan  November 25, 2020
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    Here is the shortlist for the 2020 Costa Book Awards.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 25, 2020
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    Craig Brown has won the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 24, 2020
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    The biggest book tour in history is taking place on . . . Roblox?

    By Walker Caplan  November 24, 2020
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    Here’s the shortlist for the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 24, 2020
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    12 new books to get from your local bookstore today.

    By Katie Yee  November 24, 2020
    Booker Prize

    Talking to the Editor Behind Back-to-Back Booker Prizes

    By Katie Yee  November 24, 2020
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    Want to own an art book on the Sistine Chapel? That’ll be $22,000—and you can’t return it.

    By Walker Caplan  November 23, 2020
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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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