Publishing scams are everywhere right now — and they are getting slicker and harder to detect. As a book publicist who works every day with serious nonfiction authors, I’m seeing more and more writers contacted by people promising exposure, media coverage, and Read more >
Some stunning nonfiction, some scintillating novels: it’s the beginning of a new month, one that promises more sunshine, and more life-giving literature. Rebecca Solnit, Terry Tempest Williams, Benjamin Hale, and Anand Gopal number among our erudite nonfiction authors for the Read more >
Today, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced the five finalists for the 2026 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The judging panel, which this year was comprised of Samantha Hunt, Tania James, and De’Shawn Charles Winslow, selected these finalists from a list of 387 Read more >
The end of February always feels like struggling to fold and force the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube, but with energy and emotions. Plus Mercury is doing something wild up there and going back into Pisces, I’m Read more >
It’s March, and with that comes a new season in a year that has already felt like more than one season has passed by. But even amidst so much bewildering bleakness, there are moments of beauty to be found in Read more >
A group of right-wing Congressional Representatives introduced a federal book banning bill in Congress this week that would give book censors wide latitude to remove books from schools and libraries. The bill also explicitly targets trans people. House Resolution 7661, Read more >
It’s not quite a War of the Worlds freak out, but this week, once again, a piece of eerie speculative fiction made a big, real world impact. On Monday, a blog post imagining an 2028 economy choked by AI agents Read more >
A challenge to a monstrously regressive Florida state law that makes it easier for books to be pulled from school libraries is making its way through a federal circuit court in Atlanta. The appeal was brought by a group of Read more >
Independent publishing great Tyrant Books—which has been dormant since its founder Giancarlo DiTrapano’s death in 2021—is coming back. As Publisher’s Marketplace reports, author and screenwriter Luke Goebel has acquired 50% of the company with an eye toward relaunching; the other Read more >
Looks like President Lincoln’s distinctive stovepipe top hat is about to become a stovepipe Tom hat. According to Variety, Nice Guy Actor Tom Hanks is set to play the mourning President Lincoln in the film adaptation of Nice Guy Author Read more >
Today, Netflix released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming six-part adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, written by bestselling author and screenwriter Dolly Alderton (Good Material) and directed by Euros Lyn (Heartstopper). Emma Corrin appears as Elizabeth Bennet Read more >
image © India Hobson for Booker Prize Foundation Today, the Booker Foundation announced the 2026 longlist for the International Booker Prize, which recognizes international literature in translation. The shortlist of 13, whittled down from 128 novels and short story collections Read more >
A surefire way to escape the winter doldrums lies in store: today marks the release date of not only a collection of Lauren Groff stories, but a novel by Tayari Jones, and a new, eye-opening journey through self-expansion by Michael Read more >
Michael Silverblatt, the dedicated host of KCRW’s Bookworm, died last Friday at 73. Bookworm ran from 1989-2022, and was nationally syndicated. Over his thirty years on the airwaves, Silverblatt interviewed almost all your favorite authors. Everyone from William Vollmann to Read more >
Fitting that a few days after Valentine’s Day, New Yorkers may be reaching the end of their Mamdani honeymoon. Earlier this week, the Mayor released his preliminary budget for the 2027 fiscal year, and New Yorkers and library advocates were Read more >
In most situations when I say “I need the data,” I’m referring to gossip, and it’s less of a “need” than what some would call a “messy curiosity.” But recently, I came across a Substack post analyzing a set of Read more >
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