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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Nonfiction
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Nonfiction
I loved reading all these books. A great list!
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Poetry
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I loved reading all these books. A great list!
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Autobiography
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Autobiography
A great longlist for Criticism, congratulations to the authors.
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Criticism
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A great longlist for Criticism, congratulations to the authors.
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
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Stay tuned… Our highly anticipated longlists are coming out next week!
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Stay tuned… Our highly anticipated longlists are coming out next week!
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Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian novelist, for his “visionary oeuvre.”
Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The award comes with prize money of almost $1.2 million.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian novelist, for his “visionary oeuvre.”
Looking to build a house? Here is some advice from four people who did it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
How to Build a House, From 4 People Who Did It
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August 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Looking to build a house? Here is some advice from four people who did it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
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An excellent look at legislation that protects your right to read, and other book censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
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The Anti-Book Ban Laws Passed in 2025 (& What They Mean): Book Censorship News, August 1, 2025
What does it mean to pass an anti-book ban law in 2025? Here are what states have done it and what these laws mean.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
An excellent look at legislation that protects your right to read, and other book censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
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New Yorker writers on books that changed their lives.
What to Read This Summer
Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, and other New Yorker writers on the classic books that changed their lives.
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August 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New Yorker writers on books that changed their lives.
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The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia. It's the the first-ever planned migration of an entire country.
Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia. It's the the first-ever planned migration of an entire country.
Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
Read more: www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, according to multiple reports. He was 54
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Who Played Son Theo on The Cosby Show, Dies at 54
Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, PEOPLE confirms. The actor, who played Theo on 'The Cosby Show,' was 54.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, according to multiple reports. He was 54
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How did summer reading become “a thing”?
The Invention of the “Beach Read”
A new book unpacks how “summer reading” became a category unto itself.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How did summer reading become “a thing”?
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“People are the beauty and the light and the point and the purpose.” New fiction by Zadie Smith.
“The Silence,” by Zadie Smith
She could sit on a bench in Europe completely unmolested, without a single human being saying a word to her, until the sun fell out of the sky.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“People are the beauty and the light and the point and the purpose.” New fiction by Zadie Smith.
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How music and happenstance worked together to make ABBA a global phenomenon.
The World That ABBA Made
It once seemed unlikely that four Swedes in sequins would become global pop icons. A new biography describes how the band became ubiquitous.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How music and happenstance worked together to make ABBA a global phenomenon.
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The Philadelphia worker strike enters Day 7 without a deal in place between the city and District Council 33. It doesn't appear the work stoppage is ending anytime soon.
We'll have live updates all day. Follow along 👇
We'll have live updates all day. Follow along 👇
Philly strike updates: No deal in sight; trash piling up across the city; updated list of drop-off sites
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker has been unable to come to a deal with DC 33 union leaders.
www.inquirer.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Philadelphia worker strike enters Day 7 without a deal in place between the city and District Council 33. It doesn't appear the work stoppage is ending anytime soon.
We'll have live updates all day. Follow along 👇
We'll have live updates all day. Follow along 👇
I am excited to announce my new literary agency. www.writingafrica.com/wadzanai-mhu...
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July 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I am excited to announce my new literary agency. www.writingafrica.com/wadzanai-mhu...
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TOMORROW: Join NBCC board member Lauren LeBlanc, along with M.T. Anderson, Dr. Raquel Ortiz, and Tracy Hurren "Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children's Literature" at the Brooklyn Book Festival from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Find more information here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/tov...
Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature | Brooklyn Public Library
Authors, illustrators and editors come together to unpack Tove Jansson's influential work and consider the field of children's literature more broadly as an invocation into citizenship. M.T. Anderson,...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
TOMORROW: Join NBCC board member Lauren LeBlanc, along with M.T. Anderson, Dr. Raquel Ortiz, and Tracy Hurren "Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children's Literature" at the Brooklyn Book Festival from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Find more information here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/tov...
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Henry Orik painted quietly—and prolifically—for decades. About a year ago, the 77-year-old’s surrealist work was discovered. Now his paintings are worth millions.
A Forgotten Surrealist’s Paintings Return to New York
Last year, Henry Orlik was living in poverty after being evicted. Now his work is worth millions.
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June 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Henry Orik painted quietly—and prolifically—for decades. About a year ago, the 77-year-old’s surrealist work was discovered. Now his paintings are worth millions.
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After 130 years, the British Library will symbolically reinstate the reader pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde 👇 #BookSky
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British Library to symbolically reinstate Oscar Wilde's reader pass 130 years on
After 130 years, the British Library will symbolically reinstate the reader pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde. The physical pass will be officially handed over to Wilde’s ...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
After 130 years, the British Library will symbolically reinstate the reader pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde 👇 #BookSky
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Breaking News: A Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were fatally shot in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” A separate attack targeted a state senator, he said, and officials warned that the gunman was at large. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Targeted Attack, Governor Says
The lawmaker’s husband was also fatally shot, Gov. Tim Walz said, and in a separate attack, a state senator was shot multiple times. Officials warned that the gunman was at large and may be impersonating a police officer.
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June 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Breaking News: A Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were fatally shot in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” A separate attack targeted a state senator, he said, and officials warned that the gunman was at large. Follow live updates.
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The Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael Van Der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The Safe Keep. The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded to Dr Rachel Clarke for The Story of a Heart 👇
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Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke named Women's Prize 2025 winners
The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael van der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The SafeKeep (Viking). Meanwhile, The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael Van Der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The Safe Keep. The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded to Dr Rachel Clarke for The Story of a Heart 👇
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