Now in its eighth day, the devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening, with Israel cutting off access to food, water, fuel and electricity for the besieged enclave’s 2.3 million residents and unleashing wave after wave of air strikes that Read more >
According to PEN America, Florida is one of the worst states in the country for those who care about the freedom to read: 13 school districts in Florida banned books in the second half of 2022—more than in any other Read more >
On Wednesday, at a ceremony at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York, Kirkus Reviews announced the three winners of the 10th annual Kirkus Prize: one each in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature. The winners were chosen from a list Read more >
As reported by Publishers Weekly earlier this morning, Random House will publish Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, on April 16, 2024. The book will mark Rushdie’s first time speaking at length about the brutal attack he Read more >
Today, the American Literary Translators Association announced the shortlists for the the 25th annual National Translation Awards. The NTAs are awarded, in both poetry and prose, to “literary translators who have made an outstanding contribution to literature in English by Read more >
Today is the sixty-sixth publication anniversary of Ayn Rand’s 1100-page magnum opus of unreadable doggerel libertarian science fiction, Atlas Shrugged. Set in a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations (isn’t it always Atlas Shrugged.">Read more >
Last week, Norwegian novelist and playwright Jon Fosse was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, “for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable.” No one was overly surprised—Fosse has long been considered a worthy contender Read more >
As we get deeper into October, the weather prepares to cool, and some of us prepare, in turn, the very (or very not) cool costumes we will wear on Halloween. In-between all of this preparation, you might be on the Read more >
Yesterday, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the UK’s most prestigious annual prize for nonfiction, announced their 2023 shortlist. “I’m delighted with the range, originality and relevance of this year’s short-list,” said Frederick Studemann, this year’s chair of judges. “While each title Read more >
Last Sunday, the 44th Annual American Book Awards were presented at the Koret Library in San Francisco, with Maxine Hong Kingston, Darryl Pinckney, and the late bell hooks among the recipients. Administered by the Before Columbus Foundation, which prides itself Read more >
The Royal Society of Literature, in partnership with Lit Hub, presents Michael Imperioli and Ocean Vuong in conversation about their writing and the importance of literature in their lives. They will discuss the experience of writing and releasing novels when you’re Read more >
Today, the Swedish Academy awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature to Norwegian writer and perennial contender Jon Fosse, “for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable.” The incredibly prolific and often heralded Jon Fosse, born Read more >
Earlier today, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the 2023 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the “genius grant”—an $800,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential. Each Read more >
Sofia Cheliack, Bookforum program director, at the 2022 Opening Ceremony. While this year’s Lviv BookForum will be our 30th edition, we have chosen to mark the milestone by looking to the future with purpose. This weekend, 5–8 October, we gather Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced their finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. Five winners will be selected from the twenty-five finalists and announced on Wednesday, November Read more >
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for C. Michelle Lindley’s debut novel, The Nude, which will be published by Atria in June. Here’s a little bit about the book from the publisher: A gripping, provocative, and sensual debut novel Read more >
It’s officially October, a month that can mean many things to many people. It may represent a turn in the wheel of the year, when the seasons once again shift, and there is a curious mix of abundance and loss, Read more >
Netflix has released a teaser trailer for Leave the World Behind, a star-studded psychological thriller based on Rumaan Alam’s 2020 novel. Directed by Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), the film stars Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke as Amanda and Clay, a Read more >
Literary Hub is pleased to announce the winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, which each year awards $10,000 and publication to a first-time, first-generation immigrant author, alternating yearly between fiction and nonfiction. The 2023 nonfiction prize Read more >
Starting this weekend, to coincide with Banned Books Week, The New Republic and their partners will be kicking off a month-long Banned Books Tour—sending a bookmobile around the country to share books, celebrate reading, and fight book banning. If you Read more >
