Hank's antique collection a refreshing respite

John King, Boston's playwright in residence

Typewriters may be a thing of the past, but a new documentary shows how they meay actually hold the kewys to the future.

Bryan Washington wins the 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award for Lot: Stories. The National Book Awards longlists are announced for nonfiction and poetry. The longlist is also announced for the CBC Nonfiction Prize. Lit Hub releases its Fall Preview list. Fantasy author Terry Goodkind has died.

Barack Obama’s memoir will publish on Nov. 17 and will be titled A Promised Land. The National Book Foundation announces the longlists for the Translated Literature category and the Young People’s Literature category. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman and Disloyal by Michael Cohen top the bestseller lists. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke remains buzzy.

Notre Dame Library curators and conservators have collaborated on Compendium Animalium, a facsimile of an early modern book combining images from several volumes featured in a recent exhibition, complete with engravings, wooden boards, and leather bindings, that students can hold and investigate.

Big print runs, big auctions, and TV rights are signs that these novels will be buzzing.