Unseen Tennessee Williams radio play published in literary magazine www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Writing rewires the brain www.the-independent.com/life-style/h...

This is true.

Book Riot’s 2026 Read Harder Challenge bookriot.com/read-harder-...

‘Suddenly, it was everywhere’: why some books become blockbusters overnight www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

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...

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...

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...

‘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-...

Paging through literary sites in and around Copenhagen www.travelweekly.com/Europe-Trave...

@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‘Stay tuned’: new Anne Rice film could foretell release of unpublished work by late author www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

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...

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

The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025 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...

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...

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...

'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...

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/...

From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

A Book Vending Machine is Bringing Literary Voices to Washington DC www.goodnet.org/articles/boo...

James Patterson and Bookshop.org Announce New Literary Prize for Debut Authors people.com/james-patter...

£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n....

Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is more complicated www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

After six rounds of voting, you’ve finally chosen Literary Twitter’s greatest icon! Congratulations to Joyce Carol Oates.

One of my favorite awards!

‘Outlander’ author donates literary archive to Texas A&M stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/11...

UK Joins Poland, Germany, France and Ireland as Europe’s New Literary Powerhouses Driving the Bookbound Revolution, Here is Everything Bibliophiles Need to Know about these Unmissable Destinations for Readers www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

Poetry Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Grants www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/174...

Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony www.nationalbook.org/winners-of-t...

Children’s Literature News November 2025. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-li... #kidlit Children’s book news for November 2025: prizes from the Carnegies to the Children’s Booker, new reading campaigns, curriculum changes and bestselling ...

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'Flesh' wins 2025 Booker Prize: 'We had never read anything quite like it' www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

The 10 most beautiful libraries in the world www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/t...

The European cities most written about in literature www.timeout.com/news/the-eur...

New Mr Poirot and Little Miss Marple books to be published www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Buy Books And Never Read Them? There's A Japanese Term For That. www.huffpost.com/entry/tsundo...

Meet the 2025 National Book Award Finalists lithub.com/meet-the-202...

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏