Edgar Nominees Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for this year’s Edgar Awards. I’m chagrined to see that I’ve read only one of all the works nominated. (But I do have another one on my reading list for the next few months.)
2012 National Book Critics Circle Finalists Announced The 30 finalists in six categories for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced on Thursday, February 28 at the New School’s Tishman Auditorium
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And the Golden Hatchet goes to … – latimes.com There’s a certain joy that comes with reading a great literary takedown, the kind of mean but intelligent and precise review that eviscerates the pretensions and the sloppiness of a truly awful book. Over in Britain, they think of a good pan as a kind of
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Louise Erdrich’s Novel ‘The Round House’ Wins National Book Award – NYTimes.com Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for “The Round House,” a novel about a teenage boy’s effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota reservation, and his
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2012 Whiting Award winners announced – latimes.com The Whiting Foundation announced its 2012 literary award recipients Tuesday. The 10 authors will each receive a $50,000 grant, no strings attached. The Whiting Awards are geared to help extraordinary new writers find the footing to achieve success. Awards are made to poets, novelists, short-story writers, playwrights and
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Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel for literature – latimes.com Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a somewhat unexpected choice by a prize committee that has favored European authors in recent years. The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, praised Mo’s “hallucinatoric realism,” saying it
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Some of what I’ve been reading over the last week: Why J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ Isn’t Just For Kids On the 75th anniversary (September 21) of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first novel, The Hobbit, Corey Olsen explains why the book isn’t just for kids: “The Hobbit” is a brilliantly constructed story unfolding themes that
Man Booker Shortlist Revealed – GalleyCat. Along with the short list, GalleyCat offers a link to free samples of all the books on the list.
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Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: Why the Best Mysteries Are Written in English From the pen of Otto Penzler: It is an inarguable fact that virtually everything of interest and significance in the history of detective fiction has been written in the English language, mainly by American and English authors. This is not
Recommendations for Readers Since today is Labor Day, the traditional if not actual end of summer, here are some recommendations for your fall reading list: Fall Books Preview: 20 New Releases to Check Out From The Atlantic Fall Preview 2012: New York’s indie booksellers recommend the best new From Capital New York PW Picks: The
