I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the ...

Hundreds attended the 2024 National Book Awards, but despite the tuxedos, gowns and lofty gilded ceilings, the 75th annual ...

The Winnipeg-based writer spoke with CBC Books about why she set her novel in 1869 in Red River, as a family reckons with ...

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Making Books in the Middle Ages by Sara J Charles (Reaktion) This fascinating book explores the medieval process of bookmaking and reproduction that was often arduous, back-breaking, eye-straining ...

Recent books by Minsoo Kang ... all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before. By Junot Díaz Disappointed by swipe culture and, perhaps ...

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view.

Everett's novel James is a retelling of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. The prestigious literary prize also awards the best in ...

Percival Everett’s “James" won the National Book Award for fiction. For nonfiction, Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...

Luis Jaramillo's "The Witches of El Paso" mixes elements of magic, family legacy, and historical fiction. His tales bring the ...