Disco Pogo Announce Andrew Weatherall Tribute Book
Disco Pogo will publish a 300‑page tribute book to late DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall, titled A Disco Pogo Tribute to Andrew Weatherall, slated for a July 15 release. The volume merges 100 pages of material from the 2020 Jockey Slut tribute with 200 pages of new oral histories, essays, interviews, photos, a family tree, timeline, discography and gear list. Highlights include an exclusive interview with Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and a focus on Weatherall’s NTS Radio shows. The Weatherall estate has granted full cooperation, and a share of profits will fund an upcoming Disco Pogo project.
Pulitzer Prize Winning Biographer Jon Meacham and Copyright Scholar Paul Goldstein Headline AAP’s Annual Meeting
The Association of American Publishers held its 2026 annual meeting, marking the United States’ 250th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Copyright Act. President Maria Pallante highlighted a pending $1.5 billion settlement with AI firm Anthropic, a lawsuit against...
Tome, Another Goodreads Book-Tracker Rival, Shuts Down
Tome, a book‑tracking app built around the BookTok community, announced it will shut down on May 29. The platform let users log reads, share memes, playlists and quotes, but never grew beyond roughly 100,000 members. Facing high operating costs and fierce...
Books Our Editors Love This Week
The New York Times’ editors highlighted seven new titles in their May 7, 2026 roundup, with a spotlight on Kathryn Stockett’s long‑awaited novel The Calamity Club. The book returns Stockett to the literary scene 17 years after the blockbuster debut The Help, and situates an unlikely cast of spinsters, sex...
Bitmap Books Launches "Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History" May 20th, 2026
Bitmap Books announced the release of Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History, a 460‑page premium coffee‑table book launching on May 20, 2026. The standard hardback retails for about $45, while a collector’s edition with an interactive slipcase costs roughly $70. The volume...
The Motherly Podcast Season 24
Motherly Podcast launches Season 24 with Episode 1 featuring bestselling author and grief advocate Marisa Renee Lee. The conversation, sponsored by Jeep Grand Cherokee L, delves into Lee’s new book *Waiting for Dawn: Living with Uncertainty* and her personal journey through adoption and long‑COVID recovery....
Elegant Dirty Diary Entry
The Paris Review’s online editors released a curated roundup of striking excerpts from six upcoming books, ranging from a Kafka diary entry to a Chinese factory memoir and a harrowing account of 1970s‑80s New York real‑estate speculation. The selections highlight...
250 Influential Books for 250 Years of America
Brooklyn Public Library unveiled a curated list of 250 influential books to mark America’s 250th anniversary, offering genre filters and commentary on each title. A new study shows middle and high school teachers still assign full books, averaging four per...
“Yah, Boo, Sucks.” On the Time Angela Carter Absolutely Flamed Joan Didion in an Interview.
In a 1986 BOMB magazine interview, feminist novelist Angela Carter launched a scathing attack on fellow writer Joan Didion, dismissing her work with the blunt phrase “Yah, boo, sucks.” Carter went further, describing graphic fantasies of violence against Didion’s female characters,...
Oscar Wilde’s Grandson Separates Fact From Fiction
Oscar Wilde’s tomb in Paris has long been a flashpoint for controversy, highlighted by a 1961 act of vandalism that removed the statue’s testicles. The monument’s provocative description by Wilde’s son—"a flying angel with an erection"—has fueled both fascination and...
Many Celebrities Now Have Book Clubs. Most Are Irritating
Celebrity influencers are launching book clubs at a rapid pace, turning reading lists into social media events. The clubs generate massive buzz and often translate into immediate sales spikes for featured titles. However, most of these clubs prioritize hype over...
Despite a Thriving Market, U.K. Report Finds Comics Creators Are Struggling
UK comics sales reached a record high in 2025, according to NielsenIQ BookScan, but a new U.K. Comics Creators Research Report reveals creators are facing mounting financial and health pressures. The survey of 689 creators shows 89% of those earning...
Bookwire Report Shows Growth—And Opportunity—In the Spanish Language Digital Publishing Sector
Bookwire’s Annual Report 2025 details the Spanish‑language digital publishing market, noting distribution of 1,600 imprints and 222,000 titles—200,000 ebooks and 22,000 audiobooks. Ebook titles rose 8.94% year‑over‑year, but revenue grew modestly 1.5%, indicating market stabilization after pandemic‑driven expansion. Audiobook revenue surged...
Q&A with Patrick Brodie, Author of Wild Tides
Patrick Brodie, an assistant professor at University College Dublin, explores in his new book *Wild Tides* how Ireland’s post‑2008 financial crisis reshaped media infrastructure and deepened neoliberal dependency. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, he links the rise of data centers, Dublin’s...
Defendant Pleads Guilty in $48 Million Nationwide Book Publishing Scam Targeting Hundreds of Seniors
Michael Cris Traya Sordilla, a 34‑year‑old Filipino, pleaded guilty in federal court to orchestrating a nationwide book‑publishing fraud that siphoned more than $48 million from over 800 victims, most of them senior authors. He founded Innocentrix Philippines and used shell companies—PageTurner...
Against Nostalgia
Edwin Muir’s essay “Scotland 1941” argues that the Scottish literary tradition entered a spiritual defeat after the Reformation, when John Knox promoted an English‑language Bible that severed the nation’s linguistic heart. He criticizes Walter Scott for creating a cultural void despite his...
Scarred in Hong Kong
Dorothy Tse’s novel *City Like Water* uses hallucinatory vignettes to portray a Hong Kong in decline, aligning each chapter with a stage of the 2019 protest movement. The book references the massive June rally of over one million citizens against an extradition...
Lights, Camera, Kongu Nadu | Review of Perumal Murugan’s The Land and the Shadows
Perumal Murugan’s new volume, *The Land and the Shadows*, merges memoir with ethnographic study to chart the magnetic pull of Tamil cinema in the Kongu Nadu region. Drawing from his childhood in a touring talkies soda shop, Murugan recounts the M.G. Ramachandran...
Understanding the BJP’s Rise in Bengal | Review of Sayantan Ghosh’s Battleground Bengal
Sayantan Ghosh’s *Battleground Bengal* examines how the BJP transformed from a marginal player into West Bengal’s chief opposition, culminating in its recent electoral win. The book traces the party’s early 1998 alliance with the Trinamool Congress, the 2014‑16 pivot toward...
The Tragedy of the Tradwife
Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel *Yesteryear* surged to No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list within weeks of release, prompting Amazon to secure film rights with Anne Hathaway slated to star. The book critiques the TikTok‑driven "tradwife" phenomenon, where influencers portray...
Author Spotlight: Melissa A Watkins
Melissa A. Watkins explains the genesis of her speculative short "Sarah’s Laugh," noting that the story’s surname Prosser nods to Gabriel’s Rebellion, an 1800 slave uprising in Virginia. She describes how early drafts were far more violent before she reshaped...
Book Review: ‘Revenge for the Sixties,’ by Peter S. Canellos; ‘Alito,’ by Mollie Hemingway
Two new biographies—Peter S. Canellos' "Revenge for the Sixties" and Mollie Hemingway's "Alito"—reexamine Justice Samuel Alito’s rise from a Catholic‑rooted jurist to the architect of the 2022 decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Canellos offers a historical, policy‑focused narrative, while...
May 6, 2026 Zimmerman/Batchelor Podcast
Robert Zimmerman’s new book *Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8* chronicles the historic 1968 mission that first took humans to another world. The title is now available in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook formats, with a foreword by Valerie Anders and...
Despite His Reputation as a as a Conservative Ogre, Harvey Mans?field’s Latest Book Is Immensely Clever, Subtle, and Thought-Provoking
Harvey C. Mansfield, the retired Harvard professor known for his combative conservatism, releases a new book that reexamines the rise of modern political philosophy through a Straussian lens. The work argues that Machiavelli’s break from classical virtue sparked a shift...
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Dissidence Is Not a Political Stance, Career, or Personality Type. It Occurs when the Distance Between Beliefs and Actions Becomes...
Gal Beckerman’s 2026 book *How to Be a Dissident* argues that dissidence is not a career or ideology but a moral break when one’s actions can no longer align with personal beliefs. Drawing on ten qualities—from aloneness to humor—the work...
Book Publishers Fire on Zukerberg
Five of the world’s largest book publishers filed a class‑action lawsuit against Meta on May 5, 2026, explicitly naming CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The complaint alleges Zuckerberg personally authorized the use of pirated books to train Meta’s Llama large‑language model. Scott Turow,...
Sizzling Summer Thrillers
The New York Times column "Sizzling Summer Thrillers" spotlights Ilona Bannister’s new novel Five, positioning it as a standout summer thriller. The piece highlights the book’s blend of psychological suspense and a sun‑soaked setting, noting strong early sales and positive...
Margaret Atwood on The Testaments and Trad Wives
Margaret Atwood discusses Hulu’s adaptation of her novel *The Testaments*, which follows teenage Agnes navigating a post‑Handmaid’s Tale Gilead. The series spotlights Aunt Lydia’s shift from enforcer to covert rebel, illustrating internal resistance. Atwood also critiques the modern “trad wife”...
She’s the Author of a Bestselling Book About Tradwives. She Knows Why They’re So Popular.
Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel *Yesteryear* has surged to No. 3 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list, propelled by its provocative take on the “tradwife” archetype. The story follows influencer‑wife Natalie Heller Mills, who awakens in a 19th‑century homestead, forcing a clash...
“The Devil Wears Prada” And The Rise And Fall Of Chick Lit
The 2006 film *The Devil Wears Prada* cemented the novel’s status as the flagship of the chick‑lit boom, driving a surge in sales and prompting Hollywood adaptations of similar titles. Publishers responded with dedicated imprints and a flood of city‑centric,...
What to Read This Week: The Excellent Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson
Helen Pearson’s new book *Beyond Belief* makes the case for evidence‑based policy, showing how experiments and systematic reviews can improve outcomes in development, policing and corporate management. The reviewer praises its readable, punchy style that turns a typically dry subject...
Angel Down's Pulitzer Win Confirms Something Horror Fans Already Knew
Angel Down became the first horror novel to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction since Cormac McCarthy’s The Road in 2007. Set in World I, the book follows con‑man Private Cyril Bagger as he discovers a fallen angel amid trench warfare....
Charles De Gaulle at War
Charles de Gaulle’s first volume of War Memoirs, recently translated, reads more like a manifesto of French grandeur than a tactical chronicle of World War II. The essay argues that de Gaulle’s primary concern was restoring France’s great‑power status, even...
Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement
Five leading publishers and author Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of personally authorizing the illegal scraping of millions of copyrighted books, journal articles and web content...
2025 Analog AnLab Awards and Asimov’s Readers’ Award Finalists
The 2025 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards and the 2025 Asimov’s Readers’ Awards have released their finalist lists across novella, novelette, short story, poetry, and science‑fact categories. Analog’s slate features veterans such as Larry Niven and emerging voices like Jay...
Thomas Tessier (1947-2026)
Horror novelist Thomas Tessier, 78, passed away on March 26, 2026. Over a five‑decade career he published more than 20 novels, including the award‑winning Fog Heart (1997) and the Locus‑nominated Phantom (1982). His short‑fiction collections earned International Horror Guild, Locus...
Six Books to Understand the Vietnam War
The Economist lists six essential books that illuminate the Vietnam War from multiple viewpoints—policy makers, intelligence operatives, soldiers, and Vietnamese civilians. One title, published a decade before the first Marines landed, warned of the United States’ idealistic overreach and foreshadowed...
The Most Powerful Way to Fight the Exhaustion of the Trump Era Was Figured Out Decades Ago
During the 1980s, New York’s East Village became a crucible for performance artists who blended dance, drag, and radical theater to resist neoconservative cultural attacks and the early AIDS crisis. Collectives such as the National Performance Network and venues like...
The 10 Buzziest New Books of May 2026
May marks the official start of summer reading, and Book Riot curates the season’s hottest titles using a four‑bell framework—art, acclaim, sales, and zeitgeist. The roundup spotlights a new novel from the author of The Help, a fable‑horror hybrid by a...
In Her New Memoir, Siri Hustvedt Captures Life With, And Without, Paul Auster
Siri Hustvedt’s new memoir, Ghost Stories, confronts life after the death of her husband, novelist Paul Auster. The book, begun weeks after Auster’s lung‑cancer passing, opens with “I am alive. My husband, Paul Auster, is dead,” and delves into her...
The Week's Bestselling Books, May 10
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance released its May 10 weekly bestseller roundup, highlighting a diverse slate of titles across hardcover and paperback formats. Virginia Evans’ debut novel “The Correspondent” topped hardcover fiction, while Michael Pollan’s “A World Appears” led hardcover nonfiction. Andy Weir’s “Project...
Ethnic Stereotypes and the New Testament
Matthijs den Dulk’s new open‑access book, *Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul*, examines how ancient ethnic stereotypes appear in Pauline epistles and how they have been repurposed in modern racial debates. The work blends social‑cognitive research with literary analysis...
Review – Adventures of Superman: Book of El #8 – The Lost Son
Adventures of Superman: Book of El #8, written by Philip Kennedy Johnson and illustrated by Cian Tormey, earned a 9.5/10 rating from GeekDad. The issue reveals Phyrrus the Red as Superman’s second‑born son, who plans to harvest his brother’s Phaelossian...
Protected: Crow Language / Crow Testament / Crow Gospel
Arya Gopi, a bilingual poet and translator, has published six Malayalam poetry collections and two English books, including *Sob of Strings* (2011) and *One Hundred Lines of Discords* (2023). She has earned more than fifty national and international literary awards,...
Review – JSA #19: Ghost of a Chance
GeekDad gives DC’s JSA #19 a 9/10 rating, noting its strong setup for a looming crisis. The Spectre, now host‑less, targets the undead Kid Eternity as a new vessel, promising supernatural chaos. Meanwhile, longtime members Hourman and Wildcat spar, Stargirl...
New Book Imagines Hans Christian Andersen Showing up to Charles Dickens' House
Francine Prose’s new historical novel, Five Weeks in the Country, reimagines a 1857 visit by Hans Christian Andersen to Charles Dickens’s Gad’s Hill house. The book blends fact and fiction, portraying Andersen as a lonely outsider and Dickens as a...
Book Review: ‘From Life Itself,’ by Suzy Hansen
Suzy Hansen’s new book *From Life Itself* chronicles Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, focusing on the 2016 failed military coup and its aftermath. By immersing herself in the historic Karagümrük neighborhood, Hansen reveals how Turkish, Kurdish...
Review – Absolute Superman #19: The Wrath of Shazam!
GeekDad gave DC’s Absolute Superman #19 a perfect 10/10, highlighting its expansive storytelling and high‑octane action. The issue pits Superman against the resurrected King Shazam, a 3,000‑year‑old vengeful deity, while introducing a darker Steel character who wrestles with corporate betrayal....
Review – Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1 – Friendly Fire
DC Comics’ latest one‑shot, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps: Guy Gardner #1, earns a 9.5/10 rating for its gritty, character‑driven narrative. The issue spotlights Guy Gardner’s ruthless rescue of refugees, his paranoia about Manhunter relics, and a clash with...
Writing Is a Way to Have Futurity
Monica Ferrell’s latest poetry collection, *The Future*, intertwines rural Vermont life, motherhood, and technological anxieties. She describes a shift from handwritten drafts to computer‑based composition for poems, while writing fiction longhand to preserve narrative continuity. The book reflects pandemic‑induced relocation,...