French Writer Annie Ernaux has won the Nobel Prize in literature for 2022, it was announced by the Nobel Foundation on October 6, 2022. The 82-year-old writer is known for works that blur the line between memoir and fiction. The Prize was given “for the courage and...
Boldly Go, William Shatner, Atria Books – The beloved star of Star Trek, recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects on the interconnectivity of all things . . .
Uncanny Times, Laura Anne Gilman, Gallery/Saga Press – Huntsmen, according to the Church, were damned, their blood unclean, unholy.
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, September 28, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 25, 2022). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Dame Hilary Mantel, the author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, her publisher has confirmed. Her longtime agent Bill Hamilton said she died days after suffering a stroke on Monday, September 19, but that has not been confirmed. According to the...
This year's Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America, returns to Portland Art Museum and neighboring venues on November 5, 2022. Join writers and book lovers for this all-ages, daylong celebration of books and storytelling in all forms, including author...
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, September 21, 2022 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 18, 2022). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Stanford, CA--Chouette (Ecco, 2021) a novel by Claire Oshetsky, and The Dragons, the Giant, the Women (Graywolf Press, 2020), a memoir by Wayétu Moore, are the recipients of the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing administered by Stanford Libraries...
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, Lucy Worsley, Pegasus Crime – A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley.
The Marsh Queen, Virginia Hartman, Gallery Books – For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, this “marvelous debut” (Alice McDermott, National Book Award–winning author of The Ninth Hour) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces her past
