Crivvens! Good news has come in on the morning winds for fans of Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart. He has already teamed up with studio A24 on a TV adaptation of his 2020 Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain, about a Read more >
Yes, that’s right, for the birds!! In a new video for PETA, Jonathan Franzen—speaking from what I can only assume is his own kitchen (pardon, could that be a new manuscript next to the stove? BE CAREFUL)—pops up yet again Read more >
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Bryan Washington’s latest novel, Family Meal, coming this fall from Riverhead Books. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: From the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, Read more >
Today, President Joe Biden will award 12 Americans a National Humanities Medal at the White House. Dr. Jill Biden, a woman of letters, will watch on, as can you via a live stream beginning at 4:30 pm EDT. The medals, Read more >
It’s the 21st of March, a Tuesday, which means a whole bunch of good, new books hitting shelves today. We hope you’ll add a few to your TBR pile. * Catherine Lacey, Biography of X (FSG) “A] staggering achievement . Read more >
There is a Banshees of Inisherin video game and it is a goddamn delight. Created by marketing concern Cogs & Marvel, the game—which has a classic late 80s 8-bit aesthetic—is a Pac-Manesque collect-and-escape adventure in which you play as Colm Read more >
Today, The New Yorker published “Minority Report,” a new short story by Mary Gaitskill in which she “revisits” her classic short story “Secretary,” originally published in her 1988 collection Bad Behavior, and adapted (loosely) into a movie in 2002, starring Maggie Read more >
A petition organized by advocacy group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) has been delivered to publisher Simon & Schuster. The petition alleges that the forthcoming The Real AIDS Epidemic: How the Tragic HIV Mistake Threatens Us All (March Read more >
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games, edited by Carmen Maria Machado and J. Robert Lennon, which will be published by Graywolf in November. Graywolf executive editor Yuka Igarashi shared the table Read more >
Olivia Colman’s mother characters have often concealed a spike beneath their smiley, feminine exteriors. There was the stepmother from hell in Fleabag—the kind of monster who mounts a sexhibition with a wall of plaster penises showcasing those of both your Read more >
Lit Hub is pleased to share the cover for K-Ming Chang’ new novel, Organ Meats, which will be published by One World in October. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: Best friends Anita and Rainie have made Read more >
Fans of Ling Ma’s Severence, rejoice: Ling Ma’s Bliss Montage: Stories, her second book, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, last night won The Story Prize, which comes with a $20,000 purse. The judges praised Ma’s achievements in the short Read more >
At Point Break Live, they give the people sitting in the front few rows raincoats to wear. I mention it because reviews of the stage adaptation of Hanya Yanigahara’s bestseller A Little Life make it sound both emotionally wrenching and Read more >
Yep, that’s right—not NFTs! Shocking, I know. According to a Forbes Advisor analysis, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Google Trends, bookstores are projected to be the most recession-proof type of U.S. business in 2023, Read more >
In FBI documents recently acquired by Unicorn Riot, a left-leaning independent media outlet, Chicago’s worker-owned Pilsen Community Books was said to be a meeting place for “anarchist violent extremists, or ‘AVEs,’ environmental violent extremists, or ‘EVEs’ and pro-abortion extremists.” As Read more >
Must be nice! We are happy for her! So glad that publishing can support artists with a livable wage! This week, Publisher’s Lunch dropped the news of Leigh Bardugo’s 8-figure 12-book deal with Macmillan Publishers. Bardugo published YA fantasy Shadow Read more >
It has been a busy week for banning books about, well, seemingly anything—“adult romance that should not be on school shelves,” for example. Jodi Picoult wrote a piece in The Daily Beast following Florida’s removal from library shelves of several Read more >
A Florida school board (run!) has banned James Patterson’s YA fantasy series, Maximum Ride, from its school shelves—and the mega-bestselling author isn’t happy about it. In a sort-of open letter (a Tweet), Patterson writes If you find this kind of Read more >
Literary Hub is very pleased to reveal the cover for Naomi Alderman’s new novel The Future, which will be published by Simon and Schuster this November. Here’s more about the book from the publisher: A compulsive technological thriller, The Future is Read more >
If you thought last month’s casting of Helen Mirren as Patricia Highsmith was a sexy choice, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Everyone’s favorite smoldering short king, Oscar Isaac (recently seen playing the Handsomest Divorced Professor in the World in the Ingmar Read more >
