In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is accepting donations.: The queen is dead, long live the queen! Dolly Parton—perhaps the most universally beloved American—died at 80 yesterday. She went peacefully, surrounded by family. Known as a formidable… #Biography #BookNews

Sharing a teaser from my upcoming second collection of #historicalfiction #shortstories and #poetry over on my blog today...

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Alexander Maksik’s Passengers made the 2026 National Book Award longlist. At LAX, an estranged father and daughter face repeated delays, tightening security, and a world collapsing outside. https://www.nationalbook.org/longlist-for-the-2026-national-book-award-for-fiction/ #SciFi #BookNews

Long Live Dolly Parton, Giver of Books: I signed my first baby up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library when she was one week old, at the advice of her pediatrician. It was May 2020, and the pandemic was just beginning to close its fist around the world. #Biography #BookNews

Everything we know (so far) about Billie Eilish’s Bell Jar.: Earlier this year, we got wind that Billie Eilish—that reigning maestra of youthful melancholy—will star in a new film adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.  Directed by the brilliant Sarah Polley, this project… #BookNews #FilmandTV

Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.: The Mechanics’ Institute, one of the oldest cultural institutions on the West Coast, is now home to a thrilling archive of LGBTQ+ children’s literature. The Tarpey–Schwed LGBT Families… #BookNews #BookstoresandLibraries

Kennedy Cole's debut There Used to Be People Here arrives Nov. 3. In 1970s Mississippi, a detective probes a death at a gay bar and a covered-up crash. The wreck was no plane. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799473/there-used-to-be-people-here-by-kennedy-cole/ #SciFi #BookNews

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize.: This morning, Kirkus Reviews announced the 18 finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, which recognizes excellence in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature. Books are selected by a panel of… #BookNews #NewsandCulture

In John Chu's The Subtle Art of Folding Space, engineers maintain machinery that keeps the laws of physics working in each universe. The paperback arrives Feb. 2, 2027. #SciFiBooks #BookNews https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250382078/thesubtleartoffoldingspace/

E. K. Johnston’s The Murder at the End of This Book (Apr. 6, 2027): At a hotel for time travelers, an apprentice investigates a murder—then meets the victim alive.

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Chris Gerrib's Gunmaker sends a legal consultant to investigate an officer killed by bullets aboard a space station with no projectile weapons. https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/gunmaker #SciFi #BookNews

Sherri L. Smith's Candace, the Universe, and Everything gets a paperback Sept. 22. A school locker is a wormhole linking three generations of Black girls. #SciFi #BookNews https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551456/candace-the-universe-and-everything-by-sherri-l-smith/

Dungeon Crawler Carl’s Nov. 17 deluxe hardcover makes the book itself part of the game: its illustrated case contains a solvable maze.

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Here it is, the beautiful cover for the upcoming LA MODISTE by @reneeknicholson.bsky.social. Preorders are open!
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RELEASE DAY!

Half Human is released today.

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Watch my Livestream later today to celebrate www.youtube.com/live/gPn393J... 7pm GMT

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Here’s what’s making us happy this week.: Summer isn’t over—in fact, we rue the hater who throws in the beach towel before Labor Day. But there is a definite wind down spirit to late August. Afternoon storms gather steam on a dime, scuttling picnic plans. In New #Biography #BookNews

Alma Katsu’s Incarnate (Sept. 22) recasts Dorian Gray for the deepfake age: a failed influencer joins an AI startup, and her quest to be seen curdles into body horror.

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Tony Tulathimutte has won one America’s largest (and newest) literary prizes.: Tony Tulathimutte, the dark wizard behind 2025’s seismic Rejection, has won a new (and massive!) literary prize. As the inaugural recipient of the Jack Galef Literary Arts Award, Tulathimutte will… #Biography #BookNews

🙄When this story does the rounds, you know it's a slow news day in the bookish world 📰
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The Submitters: On the Literary Economy of Unreadness: For the true beginner, there can be no end. From the moment they sit at the desk, the unemerged writer faces a step-by-step gauntlet of workshopping, applying, contesting; of liking screenshots of Publishers Weekly… #BookNews #CraftandCriticism