A scammer just stole £30k of literary prize money—and is trying to steal more.

A scammer just stole £30k of literary prize money—and is trying to steal more.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of <em>Midnight’s Children</em>, <br>Forty Years Later

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later

“I wanted to write a novel of vaulting ambition, a high-wire act with no safety net, an all-or-nothing effort.”

By Salman Rushdie | April 14, 2021

Eloghosa Osunde has won <em>The Paris Review</em>’s 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction.

Eloghosa Osunde has won The Paris Review’s 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction.

By Walker Caplan | April 13, 2021

Of course Boris Johnson is a huge <em>Tintin</em> fan.

Of course Boris Johnson is a huge Tintin fan.

By Jonny Diamond | April 13, 2021

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel, <em>Beautiful World, Where Are You</em>.

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You.

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2021

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

Ross King on the Laborious Process of Bookmaking in the 15th Century

By Ross King | April 13, 2021

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Cuomo staffers were (illegally) asked to work on Cuomo's memoir as part of their government jobs.

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Announcing Ottessa Moshfegh's next novel, Lapvona, coming next summer.

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Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | April 9, 2021

Time to rewatch this iconic performance of <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em>.

Time to rewatch this iconic performance of Where the Wild Things Are.

By Dan Sheehan | April 9, 2021

Here's the shortlist for NYPL's 2021 Young Lions Fiction award.

Here's the shortlist for NYPL's 2021 Young Lions Fiction award.

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2021

Here are the literary Guggenheim Fellows of 2021.

Here are the literary Guggenheim Fellows of 2021.

By Walker Caplan | April 8, 2021

Deesha Philyaw has won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Deesha Philyaw has won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

By Walker Caplan | April 6, 2021

Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of <em>Lord of the Rings</em>.

Watch this endearingly low-budget Soviet TV adaptation of Lord of the Rings.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 6, 2021

Elizabeth Strout's next novel is coming this fall.

Elizabeth Strout's next novel is coming this fall.

By Walker Caplan | April 6, 2021

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