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Ann Packer Welcomes an Argument, Even With Oprah Like her debut, “The Dive From Clausen's Pier,” the novelist's “Some Bright Nowhere” is bound to touch a nerve. That's fine with her.

We love to see HEART THE LOVER mentioned in this @nytimes.com article on Ann Packer!

Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.

We are saddened to share that the incredible playwright Tom Stoppard has passed away. A brilliant playwright best known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, we are honored to have worked with him. He will be dearly missed.

These Are the Must-Read Books of Fall 2025 As the weather grows colder, here’s what you’ll want to cozy up with.

"I read Lily King’s new novel in one breathless sitting earlier this year, and every minute spent with it was a treasure."

We love to see HEART THE LOVER in Elle's Best Books of the Fall!

Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book: Historical Fiction Whether you're looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.

We're thrilled to see 33 PLACE BRUGMANN in this @nytimes.com round-up of historical fiction recommendations!

Review: A love ‘song’ for Pittsburgh Stewart O’Nan’s newest novel, “Evensong,” is many things all at once: part gorgeous meditation, part intense observation, and part...

EVENSONG is called "a love 'song' for Pittsburgh" in this Pittsburgh Post Gazette review!

Stewart O'Nan on Moderating Sentimentality First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, ...

Tired of listening to music on your commute? Listen to this interview with EVENSONG author Stewart O'Nan on the @literaryhub.bsky.social First Draft podcast.

This week brings new books grappling with the endings of relationships and eras As Armistice Day, or Veterans' Day, marks the end of WWI and honors soldiers sacrifices, it seems fitting that a number of this week's new titles tackle endings and new beginnings.

"In Evensong, the cult favorite centers a small, lovingly rendered group of older women as they navigate the peculiar challenges of growing older, together as friends." @npr.org

‘Mexico' Review: Empire, Colony, Republic After the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, Mexico's European overlords used its silver and its agricultural wealth to nourish their global enterprises.

MEXICO by Paul Gillingham receives a fantastic review in @wsj.com!

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HEART THE LOVER by Lily King is nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards Readers' Favorite Fiction 🎉 Make sure to go vote before 11/23!

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-fiction-books-2025

Wonder what went into writing THE UNVEILING? Head to this article Quan Barry wrote for @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social to read all about it!

The e-book for 33 PLACE BRUGMANN is now only $5.99 across all retailers! Get a copy now before the offer ends.

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The Best History Books of 2025 - B&N Reads Remember why history matters and let the past teach you about how people lived, fought for change and evolved. These are the best history books of 2025.

MEXICO by Paul Gillingham, out this week, is one of the @barnesandnoble.com Best History Books of 2025!

We are thrilled that @rabihalameddine.bsky.social's THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) has been selected as the winner of the 2025 @nationalbook.bsky.social Award for Fiction! Congrats, Rabih 🥳

Get the e-book for WRITERS & LOVERS for $1.99 before the deal us up on 11/20!

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Have a great night this Thursday, 11/20, and head to @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social at 7pm to see @byslp.bsky.social in conversation with Haudenosaunee Nationals Board Chairman Leo Nolan.

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BBC Audio | The Global Story | What if Russia wins? One professor's imagined scenario has become an international bestseller.

IF RUSSIA WINS author Carlo Masala talks through his scenario in BBC's podcast The Global Story. Listen to it here:

How Lacrosse and Boxing Explain the USA On the latest episode of Edge of Sports.

How does lacrosse explain the USA? Find out in this episode of @thenation.com Edge of Sports podcast with @byslp.bsky.social!

Tracy Borman, "The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025) - New Books Network In the long and dramatic annals of British history, no transition from one monarch to another has been as fraught and consequential as that which ended the Tudor dynasty and launched the Stuart in March 1603. At her death, Elizabeth I had reigned for 44...

Learn something new and listen to @tracyborman.bsky.social discuss THE STOLEN CROWN on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!

Sara Levine’s Got Jokes In her latest novel, the author aims to upend horror conventions, explore human interdependence, and—most importantly—make readers laugh.

Get ready to laugh out loud in this @publisherswkly.bsky.social interview with Sara Levine, author of the upcoming book THE HITCH:

Stewart O'Nan's ‘Evensong' is a little miracle of a novel - The Boston Globe How does Stewart O'Nan understand so deeply what it feels like to be an elderly woman?

“Evensong is tender and funny, poignant and true. The novel is a little miracle: here it is, life, on the page.” @bostonglobe.com

EVENSONG by Stewart O'Nan is one of Apple Book's November Favorites!

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The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I On October 10, 1562, Queen Elizabeth I was staying at Hampton Court when she was taken suddenly and dangerously ill. “She is in great danger,” the Spanish ambassador Bishop Álvaro de la Quadra repo...

Don't miss this fascinating @literaryhub.bsky.social article by @tracyborman.bsky.social about the succession crisis of Queen Elizabeth I!

The 21 Best Books to Read This November Our picks for the top new releases of the month.

"[THE STOLEN CROWN] serves as a fascinating look at Tudor history."

A great review in Town and Country Mag's best books of November!

King James VI's Stolen Crown (with Tracy Borman) - Noble Blood On her deathbed, the unmarried "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I declared that her successor would be King James VI of Scotland. Or at least, that's the story that we've been told. In her new book THE STOLEN CROWN, historian Tracy Borman, Chief Curator of Hist...

THE STOLEN CROWN author @tracyborman.bsky.social goes on Noble Blood Podcast to discuss the bombshell new discoveries that reveal that the Stuart Dynasty was built on a lie. Give it a listen here:

Literary Prize - Aspen Words

THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is on the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist! Congrats @rabihalameddine.bsky.social 🥳

What One Author Learned About How We Talk to Each Other, From Spending Three Years Cosplaying as a Worker at Merriam-Webster Despite print going out of style, sometimes, a lexicographer’s work can still be a matter of life and death.

Learn about the world of lexicography and Merriam-Webster in this Cultured Mag interview with UNABRIDGED author @stefanfatsis.bsky.social.

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast: The Stolen Tudor Crown with Tracy Borman What is the story we think we know about the Elizabethan succession? Was it a smooth transition to the Stuarts, or was it a stolen Tudor crown?   In this first episode of our four-part series, Chief Historian Tracy Borman will talk us through why E...

If you love royal history and aren't listening to @tracyborman.bsky.social's THE STOLEN CROWN series for the @hrp-palaces.bsky.social podcast, what are you doing?? Listen to it now:

Lives on the Margin: Evanthia Bromiley’s CROWN and Judy Karofsky’s DISELDERLY CONDUCT Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we hear from two authors illuminating the human cost of broken systems —…

Evanthia Bromiley discusses her haunting debut novel CROWN on @writersvoice.bsky.social. Listen to the podcast here:

The 2025 Novel Zadie Smith Says Surprised Her Most Plus, more reading recommendations from the Dead and Alive author.

In case you need another reason to read HEART THE LOVER by Lily King, Zadie Smith recently recommended it in this Elle Shelf Life article.