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Awards & News

Margaret Atwood announces she will publish a new memoir, The Book of Lives (Doubleday), in November. CBC has the news, as do The Guardian, PW, and Vogue.

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist is announced. The Guardian has coverage.

The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize shortlist is announced, Books+Publishing reports.

CBC introduces the CBC Nonfiction Prize readers.

Rebecca Yarros's “Empyrean” series publisher, Entangled Publishing, is launching two YA imprints: Mischief Books and Mayhem Books. Shelf Awareness has details.

Publishing Perspectives reports on the Paris AI Action Summit.

Publishers and industry organizations respond to the arrests of Jerusalem booksellers, Publishers Weekly reports.

Reviews

NYT reviews Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison (Random; LJ starred review): “Briskly written and solidly sourced, Lorne is in essence a nearly 650-page magazine profile—something I mean almost entirely as praise”; and Cerebral Entanglements: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives by Allan J. Hamilton (Post Hill): “Yes, the human brain is beautiful, remarkable and powerful. And it’s true that researchers have brought us closer than ever to mapping its structure, deciphering the chemistry and electrical signals that zing through our nervous systems, helping us better understand what drives human behaviors at their best and worst. But the brain has yet to yield all its mysteries.”

Washington Post reviews Crush by Ada Calhoun (Viking): “As ever, Calhoun suggests, women must carve some new path through a thicket of emotional briars. That may sound grim, but rest assured this is not another tale about women’s sexuality that’s so depressing.”

Briefly Noted

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes (Viking: Pamela Dorman), the top holds title of the week.

Barbara Hoffert previews a year of titles to watch for LJ.

Elle shares a Black History Month reading list.

BookRiot surveys new book tracker apps.

Margie Sarsfield, Beta Vulgaris (Norton), answers 10 questions at Poets & Writers.

NYT Magazine reflects on Janet Malcolm and the “power of not being ‘nice.’”

People has a preview and cover reveal for YA author Tricia Levenseller’s forthcoming novel for adults, What Fury Brings (Feiwel), due out in September.

On Fox News, Joe Piscopo talks about his new book, Average Joe: The Memoirs of a Blue-Collar Entertainer, written with Walter Scott Lamb (Forefront).

Crime writer Amer Anwar has died at the age of 55. The Bookseller has an obituary.

Authors On Air

NPR’s All Things Considered talks with Jo Nesbo about his new thriller, Blood Ties, tr. by Robert Ferguson (Knopf).

NPR's Morning Edition reflects on the popularity of Peanuts, 25 years after the death of creator Charles Schulz.

Amy Adams will star in and executive produce the Apple TV+ series Cape Fear, based on John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners. Deadline has the story.

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