“Other Worlds so seamlessly traverses the boundaries of time, of nationality, and of genre that such boundaries seem diaphanous,” noted the judges. “This fleet-footed collection is both rooted in oral and literary traditions and yet entirely contemporary. Being many things at once, full of sly innovations, and quietly upending conventions, Other Worlds is wholly original and wholly itself.” Read more
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Winners were chosen based on their ability to cover both timely and timeless topics, according to a press release. Read more
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The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” Read more
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Matriarch by Tina Knowles and Truly by Lionel Richie are among the audiobooks that were honored at the 2026 Audie Awards, which were presented on Monday (March 2) at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in New York City. The awards, which are presented by The Audio Publishers Association, recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Read more
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Author Mark Billingham has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger for his contribution to crime writing. The 64-year-old, who was born and raised in Birmingham, is best known for his 19 novels in the Tom Thorne series, which began with his debut volume Sleepyhead. Read more
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Renée Watson has won the 2026 John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature, for her novel All the Blues in the Sky (Bloomsbury), edited by Sarah Shumway. Cátia Chien has won this year’s Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book for children, for Fireworks (Clarion), written by Matthew Burgess, acquired by Mabel Hsu and edited by Hsu and Kate O’Sullivan. And Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories, compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Heartdrum), edited by Rosemary Brosnan, has won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults. Read more
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The poet’s sixth collection explores the destruction of the natural world, with a perspective shaped by her upbringing in rural Canada. Read more
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Booker-longlisted author Benjamin Wood has won this year’s Nero book award for fiction for his novel Seascraper. Meanwhile, Claire Lynch won the debut fiction category for A Family Matter, and Sarah Perry’s Death of an Ordinary Man took the nonfiction prize. Jamila Gavin was awarded the children’s fiction prize for My Soul, A Shining Tree. Read more
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The Pornographic Delicatessen edged early bookies’ favourite Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder by a mere two votes – and it finished only four ahead of Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences. Read more
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When author Rabih Alameddine accepted his National Book Award for Fiction on Wednesday night, he thanked his agent, his editor and early readers of his work. He also thanked his psychiatrist, his drug dealers and “all gastrointestinal doctors.”
“I guarantee you that I wouldn’t have been able to write a single word in the last 10 years without their help,” he said. “There would have been no movement.” Read more
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