Congratulations to the Books and Authors Who Made the PEN/Faulkner 2023 Longlist!

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious award honoring the best published works of fiction penned by an American author within the calendar year. Every year, three writers are chosen by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board of Directors, free from commercial influence. The judges this year include Christopher Bollen, R.O. Kwon, and Tiphanie Yanique. The

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Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast Coming to a Platform Near You!

On February 1st, First Lady Michelle Obama announced through her social media posts that her new podcast, The Light Podcast, will be set to release on March 07. The podcast will feature notable moderators from her The Light We Carry tour, rounding out the themes explored in The Light We Carry. The eight-episode project is

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Watch the Official Trailer for the Apple TV Adaptation of Dear Edward!

If you’re a fan of redemptive stories, a cast of deeply layered characters, and TV adaptations, you’re in luck! Ann Napolitano’s bestselling fiction title, Dear Edward, has been adapted to the screen by Apple TV. It’s produced by the people who brought you critically acclaimed TV show Friday Night Lights and stars Connie Britton and Taylor

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Watch the Official Amazon Prime Teaser for Daisy Jones and the Six!

Vanity Fair released the first official look at the Daisy Jones & The Six TV series. Coupled with their first look, the Amazon Prime date announcement, released December 06, already has 400,000+ views! You can watch that announcement here:   The show is scheduled to release on Amazon Prime in March 03, 2023, with weekly

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Reese Witherspoon Announces January Book Club Pick: Ana Reyes’ The House in the Pines!

Early into January, Reese Witherspoon announced on Instagram that the first book club pick of the year is Ana Reyes’ The House in the Pines. In the Instagram video announcement, Reese raves of the books ‘un-put-down-ability’ and that she was flipping through chapters. The House in the Pines is Ana’s first book (most definitely of many)

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Eat Your Books Lists 13 PRH Titles as Their Best Cookbook of the Year for 2022

If one of your New Year’s resolutions this year includes making more time and space to cook at home, you’re in for a treat. From the release of Claire Saffitz’s newest dessert cookbook to Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein’s celebration of the African diaspora in My America: Recipes from a Black Chef, 2022 marked the

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2022 Pulitzer Prize Winners: THE NETANYAHUS & INVISIBLE CHILD

On Monday, May 9th, the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced from Columbia University. Notable winners from the Books, Drama, and Music category were THE NETANYAHUS for fiction and INVISIBLE CHILD for nonfiction. Both books delve into certain ugly truths, whether by taking a comedic approach to point them out or by using a heart-wrenching narrative.

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Anchor to Publish Bestselling YA Author Nicola Yoon’s First Novel for Adults in 2024

Anchor Books will publish #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, ONE OF OUR KIND, in 2024. The announcement was made by Anchor Books EVP, Publisher Suzanne Herz.  US rights were acquired from Jodi Reamer, Senior Agent at Writers House Literary Agency in a heated auction. The book will be published in hardcover and as an ebook, and

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ALA Award Winners!

Wonderful news from the January 25 session of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, an annual convocation, held virtually this year, dear to the nation’s library community. One of its most anticipated highlights is the bestowal of numerous prizes and recognition for previous year’s children’s and young adult fiction and nonfiction deemed to be of resonant literary and cultural importance. Chief among them is the Newbery Medal, awarded yearly to “the most distinguished American children’s book.” This year’s Newbery Medal went to WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER by Tae Keller.

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