NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Watch trailer
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Ferdia Lennon Wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for ‘Delightful’ Novel
Ferdia Lennon has been awarded the 2024 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction, which means a pig will be named after his winning novel, Glorious Exploits. The prize, set up in 2000, seeks to recognise the funniest new novels that best evoke the spirit of PG Wodehouse’s work. As well as the chance to name a gloucestershire old spots pig, the winner receives a jeroboam of Bollinger Special Cuvée, a case of Bollinger La Grande Année and a complete set of the Everyman’s Library PG Wodehouse collection. Read more
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Why Some Readers Are Leaving Goodreads
Hold onto your book reviews, because X isn’t the only app that some users are ditching in the wake of the U.S. election. Some readers say they’ve left Goodreads, a popular platform for tracking and reviewing books, in favour of The StoryGraph, which bills itself as an “Amazon-free alternative.” Read more
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‘Wicked’ Adaptation Is in Theaters Now
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart. Watch trailer
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, Whose Sagas Were Best Sellers, Dies at 91
Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her resilient heroines, and her dozens of novels helped her amass a fortune of $300 million. Read more
Charlie Brown Creator Charles M. Schulz’s California Home Lists for $3.25 Million
Located on a 9-acre lot on Coffee Lane in Sebastapol, California, the property includes a six-bedroom home spanning over 6,000 square feet, as well as a pool, guest house, pastures and a seasonal pond. Read more
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Henry Taylor, Prize-Winning Poet With an Eye on Rural Life, Dies at 82
Henry Taylor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who drew on his upbringing in rural Northern Virginia — galloping on horseback, riding a combine through the fields — to write exquisitely crafted verses about wild places, the inevitability of change and what he called the “consequences of ignorant choices,” died Oct. 13 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Read more
The Best Music Books of 2024
There are enough great books about music each year to fill a library. It can be a lot to get through, so we selected a handful that we really love, including memoirs, history tomes, and more. Read more
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Winners of the National Book Award Announced
Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday for his novel “James,” a propulsive and slyly funny retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s companion, an enslaved man named James … The award for nonfiction was given to the anthropologist Jason De León for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling,” an immersive account of the nearly seven years he spent embedded with human smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. The book depicts traffickers as both victims and perpetrators of violence, often suffering from the same poverty as migrants. Read more
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Richard Flanagan Wins Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize With ‘Astonishing’ Question 7
Richard Flanagan’s Question 7 has been named winner of the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction, making the Australian writer the first person to have won both this award and the Booker prize for fiction. Part-memoir, part-novel, part-history, Question 7 charts Flanagan’s attempt to understand his parents and Tasmania, where he is from. Read more
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