'Must-read' books from the 2026 CBC Short Story Prize jurors Books -CBC Literary Prizes |11 minutes ago

Maria Reva, Terry Fallis and Tracey Lindberg will judge the 2026 CBC Short Story Prize. The jury selects the shortlist and winner of the 2026 CBC Short Story Prize. A panel of established writers from across Canada review the submissions and will...

8 Books To Get You In The Spooky Season Spirit

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Do you hear that? The cackling laughter drifting on the breeze? Or maybe it's the rattling of bones. Or the hissing of a...

Penguin’s birthday project delivers free books across local communities

The first Little Book Stop : credit: Matt Alexander/PA Media Assignments Penguin Books is spreading literary love across the South West with the launch of its “Little Book Stops” – a series of free community book-sharing boxes springing up in...

Rough Trade Books snaps up Charlie Fox’s Drool

Rough Trade Books has snapped up Charlie Fox’s Drool. Publisher Nina Hervé acquired world rights with Kat Aitken at Lexington Literary, and the book will be published in the UK in September 2026. The synopsis says: "Drool is a bold, unequivocal,...

Anne Frank’s kinship with author Alice Hoffman and all of us

For local author Alice Hoffman, writing her 2024 work of historical fiction, “When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary,” was deeply personal. She will discuss her work as part of the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore’s...

Latvijas Banka dedicates a coin to the 500th anniversary of the first book published in Latvian

On Tuesday, 4 November, Latvijas Banka is issuing a silver collector coin "Latvian Book – 500". Five centuries ago, the first book in Latvian marked the beginning of the Latvian people's challenging journey towards their own language and nation....

Last One Out by Jane Harper review – satisfying thriller lacks heft of previous outings

The latest thriller from Jane Harper, the bestselling author of The Dry, opens on a familiar landscape: desolate rural Australia, a setting marked with discomfort and decay. In Carralon Ridge, a fictional, dilapidated town on the brink of ruin, a...

Mayo author among writing talent in focus in stunning illustrated book

Published: Thu 30 Oct 2025, 1:25 PM A STUNNING new book, SCRIBENDI - Portraits of Irish Writers 1985 to 2025, sees Steve Pyke celebrating the last 40 years of writing in Ireland. A must-have for fans of Irish literature, among the writers featured...

Tastes Lovely: 5 New and Upcoming Foodie Romance Books

Food/Cooking Hungry? These foodie romance books are sure to satisfy your cravings. Susie Dumond Oct 30, 2025 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Susie (she/her) is a queer...

The Witcher Season 4 TV Review: Liam Hemsworth leads the action-packed penultimate chapter of the fantasy saga

Plot: After the shocking, Continent-altering events that close out season three, the new season follows Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri who are faced with traversing the war-ravaged Continent and its many demons apart from each other. If they can...

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection review – test your might in this brutally brilliant fighting package

The latest instalment in Digital Eclipse's Gold Master game series focusses on Mortal Kombat, and it does a extremely great job preserving the gory fighter's classic games. Mortal Kombat 4 will be the star of the Kollection for many, featuring an...

Local authors unveil books

Local author Marcella Strang Bixler is proud to announce the release of her debut novel, Daughters of Hestia, a rich and evocative science fiction fantasy that explores themes of belonging, identity and environmental activism in a world dominated...

After Interviewing Over 200 People on Relationships, a 3x Emmy Nominated Producer-Turned-Celebrated Podcaster Publishes the Ultimate Relationship Guidebook to Finding Healthy Love

Laterras R. Whitfield's debut book, "Student of Love" offers a bold, healing roadmap to help readers discover, uncover and recover love in its healthiest form. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Laterras R. Whitfield, 3x...

‘The Southern Chronicles’ Review: Winning Coming-of-Age Tale Unfolds Amid Lithuania’s Post-Soviet Growing Pains

It’s easy to see why director Ignas Miškinis’ earnest coming-of-age dramedy “The Southern Chronicles” hit it big with Lithuanian audiences, becoming the country’s highest-grossing film of all time and racking up a slew of Silver Crane awards. Both...

After a famed Canadian author exits a U.S. tour, a Vermont library enters with an alternative

Bestselling Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny’s new book, “The Black Wolf,” features Vermont’s border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger When Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny canceled her fall...

Paradise Lost! R.E.M.! The Village Voice! 21 books out in paperback this November.

It’s November, and I’m happy to be back with a new slew of book recommendations. I’ll be taking a step back from my weekly round-ups for the moment, but I’ll still be here at the end of each month to call attention to the beautiful paperback...

'The Witcher' Season 4 Review: Liam Hemsworth Makes Geralt His Own in Netflix's Action-Packed, Propulsive Fantasy Epic

Within the expansive realm of fantasy on television, The Witcher has always found a way to stand out — not because of its creatures and magic, but because of the characters at its center. When it was announced, ahead of the Netflix series' return...

Demon Deacon basketball freshman is published author, aspiring governor. What will she do next?

Milan Brown tacked a hand-drawn picture to the wall of her Baltimore high school locker. She looked at it before every basketball game she played. She internalized it. kAmx? E96 5C2H:?8[ qC@H? 96=5 2 32D6C 2?5 =6256C]k^Am Milan Brown poses with...

Local author returns to roots of story that began in his twenties

Scott Gillard Photo by Steve Ognibene Scott Gillard was in his attic with his daughter, rifling through boxes of yearbooks, hairspray and spandex photos from the 1980s, when he found it — a yellowed notebook containing a story he had started more...

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has taken OpenAI to court, and he's winning

George R.R. Martin and a cohort of other authors have taken OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, to court – and, so far, they're winning. Things have taken a positive turn for Martin and the other plaintiffs (i.e. the people suing OpenAI) because...