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 >
One hundred Februarys back, the Irish justice minister Kevin O’Higgins took it upon himself to “stem the tide of filth” coming into his newly free state. O’Higgins assembled the Committee of Evil Literature, which is unfortunately just what it sounds Read more >
I hope everyone enjoyed a hard-earned three day weekend amidst the relentless winter. At the very least temperatures were not dancing around the -15 range, and for this we must celebrate. This Tuesday we welcome a long-awaited biography of Toni Read more >
Happy Friday the 13th (Ahh!) and Valentine’s Day Eve (Ohh!), dear readers. I wrote a little poem for you all, the Venn fans. Roses are cherry, And violets are blue, If these jokes make you merry, I love you, it’s Read more >
Founded in 1959, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland is home to NASA’s largest research library. For decades, scientists, engineers, students, and a curious public have leaned on the archive to understand the physics and mechanics of space Read more >
In a statement to The Wire, author Arundhati Roy announced she will no longer participate in the 2026 Berlinale film festival. The author of Mother Mary Comes to Me and The God of Small Things was invited to a screening Read more >
We’re having a family-oriented week, here at Lit Hub. We’ve been catching our joy from real and fictional siblings, kids, and that ur-family, the union. To begin with the latter, James Folta is looking forward to a new show out Read more >
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its beloved American Girl Doll empire, Mattel is launching a bevy of new products. Some of them ultra-fresh, like the ladies of the K-Pop Demon Hunter collection. But some of them, very old-school. The Read more >
This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture. It’s a pretty comprehensive list of Read more >
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