The Library of Congress named Ada Limón the 24th poet laureate of the US. Limón, 46, has published six books, including, most recently The Hurting Kind (2022, Milkweed Editions) and The Carrying (2018, Milkweed Editions), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. She succeeds Joy Harjo and takes up the position it […]
Awards
MWA Launches Lillian Jackson Braun Award
The Mystery Writers of America announced a new award, the $2,000 Lilian Jackson Braun Award “for the best full-length, contemporary cozy mystery published by an MWA-approved publisher.” The prize is named after the author of “The Cat Who…” series, who died in 2011. The winner will be announced at the Edgar Awards banquet in New […]
Costa Book Awards End After 50 Years
The Costa Book Awards, founded in 1971 and sponsored by Costa Coffee since 2005, have been cancelled. Costa wrote in the announcement, “After 50 years of celebrating some of the most enjoyable books written by hugely talented authors from across the UK and Ireland, Costa Coffee has taken the difficult decision to end the Costa […]
NYRB Goes Back to Print on Pulitzer Winner
New York Review Books told PL that they had more than 2,000 copies of Joshua Cohen’s The Netanyahus in stock when it was announced as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. Now there are orders for nearly 10,000 copies, they say, “a huge portion of which are coming from independent bookstores.” They expect […]
NYPL Cullman Center Announces Fellows
The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers announced its fellows for 2022-2023. Fellows receive a stipend and have access to the library’s research collections and an office in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street in NYC. This year’s recipients include nonfiction writers Rozina Ali, Raghu Karnad, […]
Martha Wells Declines Nebula Nomination
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced finalists for the 2022 Nebula Awards. The SFWA noted that Martha Wells “graciously” declined her novella nomination for Fugitive Telemetry: Murderbot Diaries, Book 6. “Wells felt that the Murderbot Diaries series has already received incredible praise from her industry peers and wanted to open the floor to […]