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Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins the Noble Prize for Literature
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. In presenting the award, the Nobel committee...
National Book Critics’ Circle Kicks Off Auction for Literary Inclusion
The National Book Critics' Circle, which honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature, will...
Happy 85th Robert Redford
Born on this day in 1936, actor, director, and film icon Robert Redford—and in case you missed it, Redford, a...
RIP Harlan Ellison 1934 – 2018
Deadline is reporting that science fiction author Harlan Ellison has died at the age of 83. From a family friend, Christine...
Persistence and the Writer’s Road: Lauren Alwan’s “An Amount of Discretion”
When you are a creative type, staying in your own lane leads you places. For me, that meant moving in...
Coming to the Stacks: February 2017
SCI-FI/FANTASY Author of THE WOLF OF THE NORTH trilogy and THE SOCIETY OF THE SWORD trilogy Duncan Hamilton's DRAGONSLAYER, the...
RIP: Ursula K. Le Guin 1929 – 2018
Devastating news hitting us this afternoon: Acclaimed fantasy novelist Ursula K. Le Guin passed away on Monday at the age...
RIP: Sam Shepard, 1943 – 2017
Broadway World reports that playwright and actor, Sam Shepard passed away on July 27 after a lengthy battle with ALS....
Lending a Hand – My Conversation with Paolo Bacigalupi
One of the reasons I jumped at the chance to attend the recent NerdCon: Stories convention was the opportunity to...
Penguin Random House Will Publish Books by Both Barak and Michelle Obama
Fun news! Penguin Random House has announced that they have won the bidding war, and will be publishing books by...
“Bad Feminist” author Roxane Gay Pulls “How To Be Heard” from Simon & Schuster
In response to Simon & Schuster's recent $250k deal with Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Roxane Gay has pulled her upcoming...
Marlon James Opens Up on His Epic Fantasy Trilogy
In an Entertainment Weekly interview published this week, Man Booker prize winner Marlon James opened up about the epic fantasy...
Richard Adams, 1920 – 2016
Richard Adams, the author of the iconic children's book, Watership Down, has died at age 96. He had been ill...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part Two – The Authors
While the variety shows and special events were fun, and the panels and workshops were informative, while being around a...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part One
It was my distinct pleasure to be able to attend the 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention last weekend at the...
Another “NerdCon: Stories” is In The Books
Well, another NerdCon: Stories convention has come and gone (held October 14 and 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and once again,...
There But for the Grace of God
Thirty-five inches of rain in four days. That's how much rain has fallen in Louisiana in this last "episode." The...
National Library Week – Transience as a Library Book
To wrap up National Library Week, we revisit an essay from 2013, where a library book can be more that...
National Library Week – Lifeline, Anchor, Deadweight
In honor of National Library Week, we give you a follow-up to Sharon's essay yesterday about being addicted to requests...
National Library Week – My Library Request Addiction
~ * ~ In honor of National Library Week, we at LitStack are running some of our favorite essays regarding...
National Library Week: How a Library Saved My Life
April 10 - 16 is National Library Week, and this year's theme is "Libraries Transform", reminding all Americans that today’s libraries are...
Neil Gaiman’s “Likely Stories” Coming to Sky Arts
Did you like the weird and provocative British television series Black Mirror? (Of course you did!) Do you adore Neil...
“A Darker Shade of Magic” Rights Acquired
After "sitting on the news for over six months", author Victoria Schwab excitedly announced on Facebook on Tuesday that the...
A Month of Letters Challenge
So, when I took the parcel I was going to send out for the first day of the 2016 A...
Patrick Rothfuss’s “In the Name of the Wind” to be Developed for Everything!
What could be better than to hear that fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss’s bestselling, award winning book The Name of the...
Man Book Prize Longlist Announced
The eagerly anticipated longlist for the 2014 Booker Prize was announced on July 23, 2014. The Man Booker Prize for...
Shirley Jackson Award Winners Announced
The 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on Sunday, July 13th, 2014 at Readercon 25 in Burlington, Massachusetts. These awards...
Prometheus Award Winners Announced
The Libertarian Futurists Society (LFS) has announced its Prometheus Award winners, including awards for Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction...
Complete List of World Fantasy Award Nominees Announced
Along with Monday's announcement of their Lifetime Achievement Award going to editor extraordinaire Ellen Datlow and author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,...
2014 World Fantasy Award Nominees and Life Achievement Award Winners
Congratulations to Ellen Datlow and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro who've just been announced as Life Achievement winners by the World Fantasy...
Children’s Author Walter Dean Myers Dies
Walter Dean Myers, prolific author of children's books - from picture books for youngsters to novels for young adults, to...
Author Guy Gavriel Kay Appointed to the Order of Canada
Fantasy and historical fantasy fiction writer Guy Gavriel Kay is being honored with an appointment to the Order of Canada...
Locus Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2014 Locus Awards were announced on Saturday, June 28, and we at LitStack are pleased as...
Charles Wright Announced as New US Poet Laureate
On Thursday, June 12, the Library of Congress announced that Charles Wright would be this year's poet laureate. (In the...
RIP Maya Angelou
Our prayers and thoughts are with the family and friends of Dr. Maya Angelou who passed away at her Winston-Salem home...
Ann Lechie Wins 2013 Nebula Award for “Ancillary Justice”
The 2013 Nebula Award winners were announced on Sunday, May 17 at the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of...
Locus Award Nominees Announced
Locus Magazine has been covering the science fiction and fantasy field since 1968, and Locus Online (the semi-autonomous web version...
PEN Literary Awards Longlists Announced
According to its website, "PEN American Center is the largest of the 145 centers of PEN International, the world’s leading...
BSFA 2014 Award Winners Announced
The British Science Fiction Association award winners were announced Sunday, and some familiar names came away with the coveted trophy. ...
Angry Robot Acquires World Right for Susan Murray’s ‘The Waterborne Blade’
Angry Robot has acquired World Rights for Susan Murray’s The Waterborne Blade (October 2014), "the opening volume of an intriguing...
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS ANNOUNCES 2014 LITERATURE AWARD WINNERS
New York, March 10, 2014 – The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the names of 20 writers...
Angry Robot Signs a Deal for Ishbelle Bee’s ‘The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath’
Angry Robot announced their deal for Worldwide Rights, for The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath by Ishbelle...
Harper Lee Settles Lawsuit
Critically acclaimed author Harper Lee has settled her lawsuit against the museum that sold unlicensed and unapproved merchandised that carried...
Details on Book Two of Rowling’s ‘Galbraith’ Series Emerges
The Bookseller is reporting that details on the second mystery novel penned by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling) have...
Attention Whedonites: Doctor Horrible Two Will Happen
We were just a bit too excited when we came across this post from Screen Rant. According to the site,...
Kickstarters We Love: Women Destroy Science Fiction
We love, love, love this awesome kickstarter from Lightspeed magazine. It's an issue completely written and edited by women. From...
Rowling Sinks the Good Ship
Yesterday, the long-silent Harry Potter fandom received a bit of a shock when news leaked that JK Rowling admitted she...
