Must-Read Book Club Books for 2027
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Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya
There is an unlikely connection between Mary Oliver’s poems and Charulata Chittol, the protagonist of Rahul Bhattacharya’s new novel Railsong. I watched the PBS documentary — Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World — about the life and work of the best selling American poet and I found myself reading Oliver’s most famous…
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11 of the Best Books Out in November
The deluge of Big Big Books has slowed down a bit, but we’ve still got some bangers coming out this month. There’s a story collection by Annie Proulx (Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected), and a few iconic celeb memoirs (Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? by Judi Dench and Brendan…
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Writing Scams Are Reaching a Whole New Level of Awful | Jane Friedman
Probably not a day goes by that I don’t hear from a writer about a publishing industry scam they’ve encountered. Sometimes the scam is someone impersonating me, sometimes the scam is impersonating an agent, publisher, or editor.
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Cristina Fernández Cubas Wins 2026 Cervantes Prize
Spanish writer Cristina Fernández Cubas has won the 2026 Cervantes Prize, becoming the seventh woman to receive the prestigious literary award. The €125,000 honor recognizes her contribution to contemporary short fiction and fantasy literature in Spanish.
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5 Best AI-Assisted Nonfiction Publishing Platforms for Editing, Marketing Tone, and Author Control | Yonkers Times
Top AI-assisted nonfiction publishing platforms: Golden Bestseller Empire, best all-in-one AI nonfiction book publishing platform · Plus Jasper and Atticus.
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Smoky Mountain Storytellers to release anthology –
Since its formation in August 2025, the Smoky Mountain Storytellers (SMS) series — held monthly at Outdoor 76 on East Main Street in Franklin — has become one of the most popular social gatherings for literary folks and the curious alike in Macon County and greater Western North Carolina.
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Nirmala Lakshman’s book wins Sharjah award
CHENNAI Nirmala Lakshman, author, journalist and Director of The Hindu Group, has won the Sharjah Award for the Best International Book in the Best International Non-Fiction Book category for “The Tamils : A Portrait of a Community”. The award was presented by Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority. According…
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NC-17 Director’s Cut of Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ Home Video Release Date Teased
This year has brought a number of surprises for the horror world, some of which were bigger than others. Obsessionhas become one of the most talked-about movies of the year, and while the modestly budgeted movie from Curry Barker felt like a major surprise to your average moviegoer, it also earned heaps of praise when…
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UTAS honours author, chemist, kidney doctor and lawyer in Alumni Awards
A kidney specialist working in Fiji, a Canada-based chemist, an award-winning novelist and the chair of Australian Unity are among the University of Tasmania graduates honoured in this year’s Alumni Awards.