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The Week in Books LIVE:
Sesame Street, Slenderman, and DJ Murakami

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 week’s episode:

Haruki Murakami’s lockdown radio show
Barnes & Noble reopening select stores around the US
Bryan Washington winning the 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize
Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs in the first trailer for Showtime’s upcoming adaptation of The Good Lord Bird


The Virtual Book Channel
The Virtual Book Channel
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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