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NPR’s Books We Love 2023 launches today
Andrew Limbong is a reporter for NPR’s Arts Desk, where he does pieces on anything remotely related to arts or culture, from streamers looking for mental health on Twitch to Britney Spears’ fight over her conservatorship. He’s also covered the near collapse of the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic. He’s the host of…
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Understanding Rabbi Shook’s literary evolution as a novelist
What the ‘DaVinci Code’ did for the Catholic Church, Rabbi Shook’s book does for Judaism – St. Louis Jewish Light Close Modal Window
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Graphic Novels Take Two: Is This is the Year?
I know we already had a graphic novel round-up a in September, but I think in a year of so many strong titles- it deserves a revisit. We haven’t had a graphic novel win a medal or honor since 2019, so maybe now is the time. I’ll revisit my top three here along with their…
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SLJ
SLJ’s Best Books lists are posting over the next few days. Today? Our poetry, transitional books, and Manga selections are up first. TONI MORRISON WROTE, “Efforts to censor, starve, regulate, and annihilate us are clear signs that something important has taken place. The thought that leads me to contemplate with dread the erasure of other voices,…
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Rebecca Yarros to Write Two More Romance Novels for Montlake
Author Rebecca Yarros has inked a two-book deal with Montlake, a romance imprint of Amazon Publishing. Lauren Plude, acquiring editor at Montlake, acquired world rights for two standalone contemporary romance books by Yarros slated for publication in fall 2025 and fall 2026. The deal was brokered by Louise Fury of the Fury Agency. Montlake previously…
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Bob Mortimer wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for his ‘mischievous’ debut novel
A pig will be named after Bob Mortimer’s debut novel, The Satsuma Complex, as the comedian’s book has been announced as the winner this year’s Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction. Mortimer, who found fame as one half of Reeves and Mortimer alongside Vic Reeves, said he was “really chuffed” to have won the…
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Saudi literary agency to transform children’s book publishing
JEDDAH: In a bid to address challenges faced by artists and creatives in Saudi Arabia, Layal Idriss, founder of Radish House Agency, has embarked on a mission to provide support, guidance, and exceptional creative services. With a focus on the publishing industry, Idriss aims to elevate the local creative scene and contribute to the growth…
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An Open Letter on the Misuse of Holocaust Memory
We the undersigned are scholars of the Holocaust and antisemitism from different institutions. We write to express our dismay and disappointment at political leaders and notable public figures invoking Holocaust memory to explain the current crisis in Gaza and Israel. Particular examples have ranged from Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan donning a yellow…
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Eddie Linden obituary
Eddie Linden, who has died aged 88, was the editor of the poetry magazine Aquarius, the author of two books of poems, and the subject of a biography. Yet there has seldom been a less likely literary figure. Abandonment stalked Eddie throughout his life, together with Catholic guilt – not least over his homosexuality –…
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My First Trip to ‘Rubyfruit Jungle’
Molly Bolt may not be as renowned as Holden Caulfield, but to those who know her name, she is as much (if not more) of a literary hero. The precocious and fearless protagonist of Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel “Rubyfruit Jungle” has served as a model of possibility for generations of young women, lesbians and…