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Sarah Blakley-Cartwright on Five Dollhouse Stories That Informed Her Latest Novel
The author’s arresting and offbeat ‘Heavy Cream’ (Simon & Schuster) follows a teen girl seeking her own path and the trio of surrogate mothers who loom large in her life.
In Brief: October 8, 2026
Recently, an author shared her new YA book, a museum featured a children’s author’s work, a book festival took place, and more.
‘We All Battle in Our Lives’: PW Talks with Gary Sinise
The actor retired from stage and screen to care for his son, Mac, who died of cancer at 33. Now, he shares the story of those last years and how Mac inspired him in Graceful Warrior (Thomas Nelson, Nov.).
Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize for Literature
The Canadian poet, essayist, and classicist has been recognized by the Swedish Academy “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
New to Anne Carson? Read These Books First
There are plenty of ways into the newly minted Nobel laureate’s oeuvre, from the classic novel-in-verse Autobiography of Red to the mournful elegy Nox to the endlessly playful poetry collection Wrong Norma.
Academic Publishing Veteran Sandy Crooms Dies at 66
The former University of Pittsburgh Press editorial director, who also held roles at the Ohio State University Press, University Press of Colorado, and University of Nevada Press, died on September 22.
Curiouser and Curiouser: PW Talks with Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Author and activist Maggie Tokuda-Hall has two new nonfiction picture books out this season: What Do People Do at the Science Museum? and Bathtime for Snow Monkeys.
Wm. Paul Young Revisits ‘The Shack’
Young expands on the story of Mack Phillips, the grieving father at the center of his blockbuster 2007 novel in a sequel, Return to the Shack (Apiary), set a decade after the events in the controversial first installment.
First Look: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Graphic Novel’
On April 6, Viking Books for Young Readers will bring Roald Dahl’s classic tale into a new format with ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Graphic Novel,’ adapted by Insha Fitzpatrick and illustrated in full color by Kitt Thomas.
Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub review – a self-indulgent finale to the Talisman trilogy
There are moments of shivering joy as the protagonist of two enduring classics, Jack Sawyer, returns – but this time his journey feels endlessly repetitive
Blockers by Michael Lewis review – the quiet heroes who tried to stop Doge
The author of Moneyball brings his exceptional narrative skills to bear on Musk’s anti-government crusade
Rainy day reading vlog ft Wildwood! 🌧️📖✨🌲 #LAIKA_Partner #Readingvlog #LAIKAStudios #Wildwood
Spending the day entering the magical world of Wildwood ahead of the @LAIKAstudios stop motion adaptation of the novel coming out on October 23rd!! It’s a dark, whimsical, and of course fantastical tale of a young girl entering a forbidden forest in hopes of saving her brother. Along the way, she meets alllll types of creatures and has to use her wits and bravery to come out the otherside!! I absolutely loved the book and CANNOT wait for the upcoming movie!!
Books that just WORK for me
Reading in retirement has given today’s guest more time to explore what makes a book "click" for her, and she's joining Anne today to talk all about it.
Holding Lightning by Emily Lordi review – an intimate portrait of Whitney Houston
An empathetic biography of the the singer recasts her tumultuous later career as a triumph of self-expression
Partita By Barbara Kingsolver review – a midlife follow-up to Demon Copperhead
The sex writing threatens to throw the novel off-kilter, but there are rich rewards in this tale of music and middle-aged compromises
Fascism in a time of AI
Since Trump first took office in 2016 there has been a debate on the left as to whether he and other authoritarian right-wing leaders, such as Viktor Orbán and Narendra Modi, should be described as fascist. Some have dismissed the label as rhetorical excess, while others have chosen to describe this new formation of right-wing politics as ‘post-fascist’.
A Passage To India by E.M. Forster - Rerun
Joining us are the novelist, playwright and memoirist Alice Jolly and novelist Patrick McCabe, to discuss the A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. First published in 1924, by the end of that year, A Passage to India had sold 17,000 copies in Britain and 54,000 in the USA and today is viewed as a seminal text in post-colonial literature. A Passage to India grapples with, among many themes, colonialism and faith, and is set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s.
Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne review – a quirky journey through the afterlife of invention
The Talking Heads frontman considers dormant ideas that made a comeback – from Indian irrigation to Kafka
‘We have been dispossessed’: Nick Hayes on land rights and a peaceful revolution at the real Toad Hall
The co-founder of the Right to Roam campaign and author of The Book of Trespass discusses the Oxfordshire riverside community he calls home and how Hardwick Hall has been taken back by the people
‘I thought, if I’m going to die, I’m going to write a book first’: Pachinko author Min Jin Lee
Her last novel sold 5m copies and was adapted into a hit series. Nearly 10 years on, the Korean-American author has written another epic. She discusses ambition and the diagnosis that inspired her to leave work and write
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