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The Week in Books LIVE: George R.R. Martin Buys a Railway, and Other Book News

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

Featuring the good news and the bad news from the week in books, the big titles everyone is talking about, the best reviewed books, adaptation news, and more… From Book Marks editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee.

Discussed in this episode:

George R. R. Martin is buying a historic New Mexico railway

J. K. Rowling: cancelled, charitable, or both?

The best reviewed books of the week.

Eels: as delicious as they are mysterious

Joyce Carol Oates wins France’s richest book prize

Katie watches The West Wing for the first time

The Bookstore at the End of the World


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Launched during the coronavirus pandemic as virtual literary communities began emerging in vital and unexpected ways, The Virtual Book Channel seeks to provide the best possible platforms for writers to reach their readers. The VBC (aka “The Veeb”) is a curated channel that archives live-streamed programming through partnerships with independent bookstores, literary festivals, authors' WFH spaces, and more.





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