Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Wei Tchou’s Little Seed, “an experimental memoir that braids together the narrative of the author’s relationship with her brother and family with a deeply personal field guide to ferns,” which will Read more >
The middle of August is here, and, that means that we have at least two things to look forward to: a few more weeks of summer, and this week’s release of a veritable cornucopia of new, exciting books to read Read more >
The Kānaka Maoli literary scene is asking for help from authors, illustrators, publishers, and agents as they embark on the slow road to recovery following the deadly wildfires of August 8th on Maui, Hawai’i. If you are a writerly sort, Read more >
Fast-moving wildfires damaged much of Lahaina, the capital of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, this week, as well as locales up and down the west coast of Maui. Priceless cultural artifacts and buildings were destroyed or damaged, including Lahaina Public Library, Read more >
What do you even do with a caul? That’s a question that The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy (“July, July, Julaaaaaaay”) asked himself while reading the beginning of David Copperfield, in which David is born en caul—in his amniotic sac—and the Read more >
It’s August. It’s hot. You can smell everybody’s trash, you accidentally wiped sweat on your crush, and worst of all, your therapist is on vacation, or about to be. How will you manage? I won’t presume to prescribe books to Read more >
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Crystal Hana Kim’s “hauntingly poetic” latest novel, The Stone Home, which will be published by William Morrow in April. Here’s a bit more about the book from the publisher: In 2011, Eunju Read more >
In big news for bodies keeping the score and also bibliotherapy, Simon & Schuster have announced the November 7 release of actor Megan Fox’s debut poetry collection, Pretty Boys Are Poisonous, with imprint Gallery Books. Per the press release: “These Read more >
One of the most hotly-anticipated literary adaptations of the year, Apple TV+’s The Changeling, now has a hair-raising trailer. Looks pretty damn cool, eh? Adapted from Victor LaValle’s bestselling 2017 fantasy horror novel of the same name, The Changeling stars Read more >
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for DéLana R. A. Dameron’s debut novel-in-stories Redwood Court, which will be published by Dial Press in February. Here’s a little more about the book from the publisher: “Mika, you sit at Read more >
Jenny Han and Stephen King: welcome to your new home. Simon & Schuster, the 99-year-old publishing house, has been sold by Paramount to KKR for $1.62 billion, the New York Times reports. This came after a deal between Paramount and Read more >
As the second week of August rolls around, there’s much to potentially direct your attention to, from political news to plans for that vacation you might have been saving for the end of summer, but you also, as always, have Read more >
Good news for Carley Fortune, who put just the right mix of trauma (a parent lost in a deadly car crash, postpartum depression) and love (love) in her bestselling 2023 romantic novel Meet Me At The Lake, and has reportedly Read more >
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Glitter Road, January Gill O’Neil’s latest poetry collection, which will be published by CanvanKerry Press in February. Here’s a bit about the collection from the publisher: “My poems brought me to Oxford, Read more >
We are in the countdown to the Joyce Carol Oates documentary (September 8, for those playing along at home), and JCO has given the Financial Times, of all people, a neat dose of her thoughts on life, the cosmos, and Read more >
Michael Chabon—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Wonder Boys, and The Yiddish Policeman’s Union—spent his Covid quarantine taking a trip…through time! Well, not literally, but in an emotional and curatorial sense, the speculative fiction Read more >
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