Our new Borzoi, inspired by Priyanka Mattoo’s HOW TO BE LESS USEFUL, is busy doing less, saying no to the hustle, and making a strong case for a well-timed yawn.
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Tess is a professional mother. Not just because she spends her days caring for her teenager and toddler, but because she’s made a career of writing parenting books
But when Tess dies in a freak accident, she can’t stand to leave her children behind.
Coming 4/20/27, jacket design by Janet Hansen
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Happy pub day to SOUND TRACKS by Graeme Lawson
Read an excerpt on Heliand, Beowulf and the development of musical notation from Graeme's new book here: lithub.com/how-poetry-can-ex…
Hey NYC! Start celebrating Halloween early with Anne Rice’s iconic INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE.
Join Victoria Wilson, Anne’s longtime editor, as she discusses behind the scenes stories about the iconic author, legendary book, and enduring legacy. nacnyc.org/default.aspx?p=Vi…
Out today! 🐈 📖 Haruki Murakami's ABANDONING A CAT is a moving reflection on the author's father, what it means to be loved and to be abandoned—plus a cat!
Publishers Weekly names Padma Lakshmi's PADMA'S ALL AMERICAN a Best Lifestyle Book for 2026 💫 best-books.publishersweekly.…
"What makes these 12 tales that seamlessly blend real and fictional characters more than voyeuristic glimpses of tragedy is Shepard's expert craftsmanship..."
- The Book Reporter on THE QUEEN OF BAD INFLUENCES by Jim Shepard bookreporter.com/reviews/the…
Emily St. John Mandel talks alternate worlds, the staying power of art, and the craft behind EXIT PARTY with Chicago Review of Books. url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com…
Leigh Bardugo talks 50 years of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. lithub.com/leigh-bardugo-on-…
In this concise, soul-stirring book, Kushner offers a picture of religion not as something we design or consume, but as something we enter, just as we are.
Written in a Jewish idiom but open to readers of all backgrounds, Pretend You Believe is a powerful meditation on God and humanity, responsibility and forgiveness, love and doubt, progress and justice.
Available now: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
EXIT PARTY takes center stage at Alta in a look at Emily St. John Mandel’s latest novel. altaonline.com/books/fiction…
BookPage reviews Emily St. John Mandel’s dazzling new novel, EXIT PARTY. 📖 bookpage.com/reviews/exit-pa…
Casey Affleck, award-winning actor, director, and writer, sits down with author Jim Shepard to talk about Jim's latest collection of cataclysmic short stories, THE QUEEN OF BAD INFLUENCES. brattlefilm.org/special_even…
"Archaeologists and music lovers will savor this.”
SOUND TRACKS by Graeme Lawson comes out 10/27/26. publishersweekly.com/9780593…
The New Yorker dives into Emily St. John Mandel’s “elegant, gracefully written” new novel, EXIT PARTY. newyorker.com/books/what-wer…
Here is the full Knopf statement regarding yesterday’s NYT Magazine article on Cormac McCarthy, in print this Sunday:
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Insanely correct 🤘
“It seems a little insane”
Anne Carson was sweeping the kitchen floor at her home in Reykjavík, Iceland, when the phone rang and she learnt that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
In this conversation with the Nobel Prize just moments after the announcement, Carson shares her advice for aspiring writers and reveals that she has already started planning how to give away the prize money.
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“It seems a little insane”
Anne Carson was sweeping the kitchen floor at her home in Reykjavík, Iceland, when the phone rang and she learnt that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
In this conversation with the Nobel Prize just moments after the announcement, Carson shares her advice for aspiring writers and reveals that she has already started planning how to give away the prize money.







