It’s a big week for literacy advocates all around the country in light of a federal appeals court ruling that enshrines the constitutional right “to a basic minimum education.” The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals handed its precedent-making decision Read more >
Quarantine: not just a thing for humans and those tigers at the Bronx Zoo. It turns out the New York Public Library may choose to quarantine its books between borrowers to make sure they’re not transmitting COVID-19, New York Public Read more >
As people around the world revisit classic examples of “lockdown literature” and writing about plagues, including, most obviously, Albert Camus’ 1947 novel, it’s worth remembering that even during protracted periods of global uncertainty and pain, people like Camus were just, well, Read more >
121 years ago today, Vladimir Nabokov was born in Saint Petersburg. Some time later, he became one of the best—and most opinionated—writers of the 20th century. So to celebrate his birthday, I thought it might be time to revisit this Read more >
Whether or not you live in a place where you can safely be outside for Earth Day, you can celebrate it with US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, who will hold a live-streamed reading and discussion tonight at 8:30 pm ET. Read more >
The Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize) shortlist has just been announced with a special video announcement on Twitter. The Women’s Prize is presented annually to a female author for the best original full-length novel written in English and Read more >
If you’ve reached the point in your stay-at-home life where re-watching every season of The Real Housewives of New York (it’s just an example, okay?) feels more like a punishment than a treat, perhaps it’s time to stream something a bit more Read more >
Small Press Distribution, which has brought titles from hundreds of independent publishers to readers for more than 50 years, is in urgent need of financial help to keep from folding. A GoFundMe campaign is aiming to raise $100,000 to cover Read more >
The days in quarantine would all blend together if it weren’t for TUESDAY, which is the day new books hit the (now metaphorical) shelves. Here are a few of the titles dropping today. Get stoked, get them from your local Read more >
Here’s some news to mix up your quarantine-driven online shopping life: the MoMA Design Store has just released a selection of rare books from its archive, and they’re now on sale at its website. The books include seminal texts like Read more >
Here at Literary Hub, we enjoy telling people what to read. We’ve offered you personalized recommendations, our picks for the best books of the decade, long books to read, short books to read, and many more lists and suggestion-filled features. Read more >
Today, the shortlist for the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize was announced. This £10,000 prize is awarded every year to a book—be it fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—that best evokes the spirit of a place. In other words: here’s a Read more >
A month ago we launched The Virtual Book Channel as a way to help writers with new books find readers during an otherwise awful time for publishing. And while it continues to be a work very much in progress, we’re Read more >
On “Mondays With Michelle Obama,” which begins today at 12pm EST, and will run from through May 11, the former first lady will livestream a reading of a classic children’s book as part of the PBS Kids Read-Along series. She Read more >
The American Library Association has released its annual list of the most frequently challenged books, and while Harry Potter (and the Order of the Godless Friends) and The Handmaid’s Tale (hold on now, you’re saying this is a dys-topia?) managed to Read more >
On June 19, 2019, photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba encountered a young man in Khartoum, Sudan, reciting poetry in the middle of a protest calling for civilian rule. The result, titled “Straight Voice,” is a stunning portrait of political uprising and won Read more >
An hour’s drive away from my sleepy college town, there is a magical place. It is the place my friends and I would run away to whenever we were having a rough go of it, or quite frankly, whenever we Read more >
This is the 40th year of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (which celebrates excellence in the following twelve categories as well as champions new writers), but it is the first time the winners were announced on Twitter. You can Read more >
One British comedian has found a great way to keep herself and her fans entertained amid stay-at-home orders: an audience-based novel-writing project. In March, as performance venues around the world were being shuttered, Laura Lexx dredged up an old writing project Read more >
Feeling grateful and a little wistful the other day, listening to Bob Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate,” I hadn’t expected him to release a second previously unheard song less than a month after he dropped a 17-minute ballad about JFK. But the Read more >
