The Week in Books LIVE: Sexy Bedtime Stories and Star-Studded Literary Adaptations
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:
HBO Max assembling a sexy dream team—ft. Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves—to read you bedtime stories
Shakespeare’s Anne Hathaway vs. The Devil Wears Prada‘s Anne Hathaway
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Raven Leilani’s Luster
The brand new $50,000 Gotham Book Prize
Upcoming star-studded literary adaptations
Lori Feathers on the novels of Maggie O’Farrell
Donna Tartt and Peter Dinklage battle it out for the title of Bennington College’s Favorite Alum
The disturbing brilliance of Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings
Justified, My Cousin Vinny, and the high school friendship (and possible romance) between Marisa Tomei and Katie’s dad
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.
