Hello again, readers! It’s Emily back once more to fill you in on some of the latest literary happenings. Since I missed you last week, I’ve got lots of goodies for you now. So buckle up for a mega sized book beat!
Book Beat: The Secret Letters of Harper Lee
Hello, fellow literature lovers, this is Christa! Welcome to another installment of Book Beat: your source for what’s happening in the bookish world. Intimate Correspondences I want to start this week with something that makes me smile – the new unseen Harper Lee letters. These thirty-eight letters, which she wrote between 2005 and 2009 to…
Book Beat: 2017 Man Booker Prize and More Genius Grant Winners
Hi all, Stephanie here! This week’s Book Beat may seem to be all over the place, but there are two themes that a lot of this news shares: diversity and change. I’m a pretty outspoken supporter for diversity, but I’m less enthused about change in general. I’ve especially been trying to embrace change in my…
Book Beat: Genius Grants and the Accidental Belle Sauvage
Welcome, fellow readers! This is Paige, one of the junior book section editors here at WWAC. I’ll be filling in on Book Beat this week, so forgive me in advance for any shortcomings in my reporting. The book world moves a mile a minute, yet our Book Beat writers always capture the most exciting industry…
Book Beat: Kazuo Ishiguro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Hello all, Stephanie here! There’s been a lot going on in the book world lately, from more award announcements to surprising industry collaborations. So, let’s get right to it with this week’s Book Beat! Double Book Birthdays for Nnedi Okorafor Fans of Dr. Nnedi Okorafor have a lot to celebrate right now. Her latest novel Akata Warrior, the…
Book Beat: Alias Grace Fairies and Banned Books Week
Hi book lovers! Ashley here again! The most exciting thing I read this week were the corporate policies I have to edit at my new internship, sigh. It’s during the fall that I curse myself for not taking advantage of leisurely reading in the summer. For example, this weekend I missed my local Word on…
Book Beat: Bisexual Visibility and Awards Season
Hi book lovers! Ashley here! I’ve been so stressed lately with the start of a new school semester and my new job placement, so I took a few weeks off from Book Beat. You can understand, right? I’m going to try to keep up with my normal reading and writing schedule, but it seems like…
Book Beat: They Can’t Kill Us All
Hello all, Stephanie here again! I was excited to find that there’s been a lot going on in the book and publishing industry this past week surrounding female authors, writers, and characters, particularly black women. Let’s get into it! In YA book news, the second book in Daniel Jose Older’s Shadowshaper Cypher series, Shadowhouse Fall, came…
Book Beat: 19 Years Later and Other New Beginnings
Hello all! Hope you’re all doing well. I’m currently battling a cold that I got from a con (as teased here), so what better thing for me to do than read while I’m resting up? Other than sleep, I mean. This week’s book news seems pretty dispiriting, but at times like these I notice that life…
Book Beat – Female-Led Lord of the Flies and CSI: YA
Hi book lovers! Ashley here! Does anyone know how we somehow arrived at the end of summer? I am remorsefully thinking about all the activities I never checked off my summer to-do list, but I am looking forward to the fall. Books just feel better when read with a cup of cocoa and a cozy…
Book Beat: N.K. Jemisin Comes To TV
Hello all! Hope you’re all doing well. Ashley was absolutely right when she talked about the power of books last week, especially in times of great fear. While Ashley recommended poetry and quite a few non-fiction suggestions from some Canadian authors, I usually turn to sci-fi and fantasy to help me hope again. There’s just…
Book Beat: GoT and Lovecraftian Adaptation News
This week’s book news was all about book adaptations and existing stories that are being told in different ways. Sound familiar? I don’t know about the rest of you, but adaptation announcements tend to make me nervous. On the one hand, I’m leery of nuance and character development falling by the wayside in favor of exacting…