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Awards & Book News

Biographers International Organization announces the longlist for the Plutarch Award for best biography of 2025.

The shortlist for the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize is announced.

NYT reports that Hachette has cancelled Mia Ballard’s horror novel Shy Girl over the author’s suspected use of AI. NYT also covers the larger issue of AI-written fiction.

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce is advancing the national book ban bill, HR 7661, targeting what they term “sexually oriented materials” in public school libraries, Publishers Weekly reports.

Modern Language Association executive director Paula M. Krebs will be stepping down in 2027.

Page to Screen

March 20

Do Not Enter, based on the novel Creepers by David Morrell. Lionsgate. Reviews | Trailer

Late Shift, based on a German-language novella by Madeline Calvelage. Music Box Films. Reviews | Trailer

The Pout-Pout Fish, based on the children’s book by Deborah Diesen. Viva Pictures. Reviews | Trailer

Project Hail Mary, based on the novel by Andy Weir. Amazon MGM Studios. Reviews | Trailer

Reviews

The Guardian reviews Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age by Ibram X. Kendi (One World): “Because of its vast remit, it is inevitable that aspects of the book feel shallow…. And while Kendi does discuss the troll farms and social networks that have helped the chain of ideas encircle the globe, there could have been a deeper interrogation of technology’s role in all this. Ultimately, though, Kendi has produced a worthwhile and accessible book that not only helps us to interpret current events but also offers a modicum of hope.”

LitHub gathers the best-reviewed books of the week.

Briefly Noted

Florence Knapp, author of The Names (Viking: Pamela Dorman), shares “The Books of My Life” with The Guardian.

LitHub recommends reading Karen Powell’s Fifteen Wild Decembers (Europa) “if you want to understand the enduring appeal of Wuthering Heights.”

Liane Moriarty will publish a Big Little Lies sequel; Big Little Truths is due out from Crown on August 25, People reports.

NYT offers “five new books we love this week.”

Kirkus highlights debut nonfiction that offers “fresh takes on our world.”

Authors on Air

NPR’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn talks to DJ/producer Fab 5 Freddy, author of Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture (Viking; LJ starred review).

NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin interviews actor Christina Applegate, author of You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir (Little, Brown).

Netflix has ordered a limited series based on André Aciman’s novel Enigma Variations (Picador), Deadline reports.

Jane Fonda will star in a film adaptation of Virginia Evans’s The Correspondent (Crown), Kirkus reports.

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