Picks Barnes & Noble has named Marie Benedict’s The Only Woman in the Room as the January selection for the chain’s Book Club. Quarterly-ish until now (the last selection was Hank Green’s An Absolutely Remarkable Thing in September), the company said the club will now convene monthly “at all store nationwide,” which they say is “due to its overwhelming popularity with customers.” Awards The Costa Award category winners were announced, going to: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton (First Novel); Normal People, Sally Rooney (Novel); The Cut Out Girl, Bart van Es (Biography); Assurances, J.O. Morgan (Poetry); The Skylarks’ War, Hilary McKay (Children’s). […]
