Mureall Hebert
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The National Book Critics Circle Longlist for Nonfiction Is Here: Here are the works of nonfiction that the National Book Critics Circle have placed on their longlist.
The National Book Critics Circle Longlist for Nonfiction Is Here
Here are the works of nonfiction that the National Book Critics Circle have placed on their longlist.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The National Book Critics Circle Longlist for Nonfiction Is Here: Here are the works of nonfiction that the National Book Critics Circle have placed on their longlist.
Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2025! lithub.com/here-are-all...
Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2025!
Percival Everett won the Pulitzer and Rabih Alameddine took home the National Book Award, but who else added a shiny new trophy to their mantle this year? From the Booker to the Giller, the Kirkus …
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December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2025! lithub.com/here-are-all...
After John le Carré's death, his son had the 'daunting' task to revive George Smiley www.npr.org/2024/10/23/n...
After John le Carré's death, his son had the 'daunting' task to revive George Smiley
Nick Harkaway grew up hearing his dad read drafts of his George Smiley novels. He picks up le Carré's beloved spymaster character in the new novel, Karla's Choice.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
After John le Carré's death, his son had the 'daunting' task to revive George Smiley www.npr.org/2024/10/23/n...
How 3,000-year-old poems landed in a top literary magazine news.uchicago.edu/story/how-30...
How 3,000-year-old poems landed in a top literary magazine
With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay tablets to "The Paris Review"
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December 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
How 3,000-year-old poems landed in a top literary magazine news.uchicago.edu/story/how-30...
11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary Canon observer.com/list/11-esse...
11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary Canon
Let’s give these landmark texts the recognition they deserve.
observer.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary Canon observer.com/list/11-esse...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists pen.org/announcing-t...
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone
Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect gift
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December 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
The trouble with idioms: How they can leave even fluent English speakers behind theconversation.com/the-trouble-...
The trouble with idioms: How they can leave even fluent English speakers behind
Idioms are an often invisible barrier to understanding and inclusion for second-language speakers because their meanings rely on shared culture as well as language.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The trouble with idioms: How they can leave even fluent English speakers behind theconversation.com/the-trouble-...
Paging through literary sites in and around Copenhagen www.travelweekly.com/Europe-Trave...
Paging through literary sites in and around Copenhagen
Visitors will be pleasantly surprised to discover several literary attractions in Copenhagen and its nearby towns as well as numerous bookstores and libraries.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Paging through literary sites in and around Copenhagen www.travelweekly.com/Europe-Trave...
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@cartoonkate.bsky.social looks at how Jane Austen’s family (and their socioeconomic status) nurtured the iconic author’s writing.
How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors
________________________________ From Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans. Copyright © 2025. Available from Verso Books.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@cartoonkate.bsky.social looks at how Jane Austen’s family (and their socioeconomic status) nurtured the iconic author’s writing.
‘Stay tuned’: new Anne Rice film could foretell release of unpublished work by late author www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
‘Stay tuned’: new Anne Rice film could foretell release of unpublished work by late author
Documentary series of Interview with the Vampire writer available to stream with potential for further releases
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December 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
‘Stay tuned’: new Anne Rice film could foretell release of unpublished work by late author www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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These Literary "Jeopardy" Questions Stumped Some Super Smart Contestants, So I'll Be Impressed If You Can Get At Least 80% www.buzzfeed.com/angelicaamar...
If You Can Get 80% On This Bookish "Jeopardy" Quiz, You're Smarter Than The Average Person
From YA to classics, this quiz has it all.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
These Literary "Jeopardy" Questions Stumped Some Super Smart Contestants, So I'll Be Impressed If You Can Get At Least 80% www.buzzfeed.com/angelicaamar...
Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature
The British-Turkish writer was elected after a vote among the society’s fellows, with outgoing president Bernardine Evaristo describing her selection as ‘terrifically inspired’
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting. Plus, if you submit today, you can get a response before the next episode of Pluribus!
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting. Plus, if you submit today, you can get a response before the next episode of Pluribus!
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025
According to 52 Book Cover Designers lithub.com/the-173-best...
According to 52 Book Cover Designers lithub.com/the-173-best...
The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025
Per Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 52 designers to share their fa…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025
According to 52 Book Cover Designers lithub.com/the-173-best...
According to 52 Book Cover Designers lithub.com/the-173-best...
Sophie Kinsella, author behind Confessions of a Shopaholic books, dead at 55 www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Sophie Kinsella, author behind Confessions of a Shopaholic books, dead at 55 | CBC News
Sophie Kinsella was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2022, and revealed the diagnosis in 2024. In a social media post announcing her death, the author’s family said she “took...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sophie Kinsella, author behind Confessions of a Shopaholic books, dead at 55 www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
The KELLMAN Prize for Immigrant LITERATURE restlessbooks.org/prize-for-im...
Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature — Restless Books
Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature
restlessbooks.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The KELLMAN Prize for Immigrant LITERATURE restlessbooks.org/prize-for-im...
Last Words: 10 Great Closing Lines From Literature www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 2 - 500 Words - Last Words: 10 Great Closing Lines From Literature
closing lines in stories
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December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Last Words: 10 Great Closing Lines From Literature www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
6 writers remember Joan Didion, L.A.’s literary prophet who ‘remains full of surprise’ www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
6 writers remember Joan Didion, L.A.'s literary prophet who 'remains full of surprise'
Lili Anolik, Hilton Als, David Ulin, Evelyn McDonnell, Cory Leadbeater and Steffie Nelson share thoughts about author Joan Didion for what would have been her 91st birthday.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
6 writers remember Joan Didion, L.A.’s literary prophet who ‘remains full of surprise’ www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept theconversation.com/impossible-t...
Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept
If Danish speakers experience hygge, then they should have a word to talk about it; if English speakers don’t, then we won’t.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept theconversation.com/impossible-t...
'Rage bait' named Oxford word of the year 2025 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press
The phrase - meaning to get angry scrolling through social media - beats aura farming and biohack to the title.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
'Rage bait' named Oxford word of the year 2025 www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Black List will grant $10,000 to seven writers for its inaugural Unpublished Novel Award lithub.com/the-black-li...
The Black List will grant $10,000 to seven writers for its inaugural Unpublished Novel Award.
Today, the Black List, which originated as a yearly list of Hollywood’s most-admired but still-unproduced screenplays, announced the seven winners of its inaugural Unpublished Novel Award. Ea…
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December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Black List will grant $10,000 to seven writers for its inaugural Unpublished Novel Award lithub.com/the-black-li...
Hugo House announces new permanent executive director — and says the book almost closed on the Capitol Hill literary arts center in 2024 www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/11/hugo...
Hugo House announces new permanent executive director — and says the book almost closed on the Capitol Hill literary arts center in 2024
Capitol Hill literary arts center Hugo House announced a new leader this week. The 11th Ave nonprofit announced Pepe Montero has accepted the position of permanent executive director. The appointme…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hugo House announces new permanent executive director — and says the book almost closed on the Capitol Hill literary arts center in 2024 www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/11/hugo...
Tokyo to Host “Voices From Ukraine,” First-Ever Ukrainian Literary Festival in Japan united24media.com/latest-news/...
Tokyo to Host “Voices From Ukraine,” First-Ever Ukrainian Literary Festival in Japan
Tokyo hosts the inaugural Ukrainian literary festival, Voices from Ukraine, from December 12–14, featuring prominent writers and engaging events for all.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Tokyo to Host “Voices From Ukraine,” First-Ever Ukrainian Literary Festival in Japan united24media.com/latest-news/...