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2022 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize Winners Announced

The 2022 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize winners have been announced. The prize, awarded by the Whiting foundation, has been granted since 2018 with hopes to “acknowledge, reward, and encourage organizations that are actively nurturing the writers who tell us, through their art, what is important.” The funds issued are meant to supplement the budget of publications that have achieved much with fewer resources. Each prize-winning publication is a small to mid-sized journal with a budget of $500,000 or less. The five winners of the prize were divided into print or...
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Audiobook Recordings of Three Key Supreme Court Abortion Rulings Released

On Tuesday, Macmillan Audio released audiobook recordings of three key Supreme Court abortion rulings. The idea for the audiobook, titled Dobbs v. Jackson: Recordings of the Supreme Court’s Decisions and Dissents in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Roe v. Wade, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, came as a result of the May 2nd Politico Dobbs draft opinion leak. Macmillan Audio hopes the audiobook “contextualizes and helps clarify the new opinion in light of the landmark decisions before it.” The recording includes readings of the justices’ opinions, an introduction by Faye Wattleton, the first...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 12, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden for $1.99 The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi  for $4.99 Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel for $2.99 Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell for $2.99 Motherest by Kristen Iskandrian for $2.99 Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell for $2.99 The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans for $1.99 My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows for $1.99 American Duchess by Karen Harper for $1.99 Dread Nation...
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Billboards with Quotes From LGBTQ Books Placed in Book-Banning States

For Pride month, Penguin Random House installed billboard with quotes from LGBTQ books in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Orlando, and Miami. While New York City and Chicago are cities that PRH would regularly advertise in, they specifically chose cities in Texas and Florida because of both the increase in bans and challenges against LGBTQ books in those areas as well as recent anti-LGBTQ legislation, such as Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” education bill. Kyle Letendre did the lettering of the billboards, and all of the authors featured are also...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 10, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker for $2.99 Afterlife by Julia Alvarez for $1.99 Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht for $1.99 Red Clocks by Leni Zumas for $2.99 A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan for $2.99 The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai for $2.99 My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem for $4.99 My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows for $1.99 American...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 9, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals American Duchess by Karen Harper for $1.99 Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix for $2.99 Dread Nation by Justina Ireland for $1.99 The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam for $1.99 We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix for $2.99 Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty for $2.99 The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen for $1.99 Sisters of the Snake by Sirena & Sasha Nanua for $1.99 The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson for $2.99 My Killer Vacation by...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 8, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen for $1.99 Sisters of the Snake by Sirena & Sasha Nanua for $1.99 Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett for $5.99 The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson for $2.99 My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey for $4.99 Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge for $2.99 Goldilocks by Laura Lam for $4.99 Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed for $2.99 The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King for $1.99...
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‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Creator Kazuki Takahashi found Dead at Sea

‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ creator Kazuki Takahashi was found dead off the coast of Nago in Okinawa on Wednesday after what appears to have been a snorkeling trip. The 60-year-old manga artist was wearing a T-shirt and snorkeling gear, including an underwater mask, snorkel, and fins. Takahashi is best known for his series Yu-Gi-Oh!, which started as a manga in the popular manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump in 1996. In it, teenager Yugi encounters an ancient puzzle that causes him to be possessed at times by a mysterious Egyptian spirit that helps him...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 6, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht for $1.99 Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti for $2.99 The Seep by Chana Porter for $1.99 Battle Royal by Lucy Parker for $1.99 All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung for $1.99 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I) by Stephen King for $2.99 Bodies on the Line by Laureen Rankin for $1.99 You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi for $5.99...
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HarperCollins Union Has Voted To Strike

The HarperCollins union represents over 250 employees in various divisions of the company, from legal to design to editorial and sales. They have been in negotiations since December of 2021, and the process was made more complicated by HarperCollins recently acquiring the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trade division. The union says HarperCollins will not allow the new employees at the bargaining table or recognize their seniority. The union is bargaining primarily for higher pay, which they claim hasn’t kept pace with inflation and does not reflect a living wage in New...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 4, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto for $2.99 Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai for $2.99 Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett for $1.99 Love in Catalina Cove by Brenda Jackson for $1.99 The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune for $2.99 The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton for $1.99 Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins for $1.99 The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams for $2.99 Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda for $2.99 Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 3, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende for $2.99 Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai for $2.99 Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett for $1.99 Love in Catalina Cove by Brenda Jackson for $1.99 The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune for $2.99 The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton for $1.99 Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins for $1.99 The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams for $2.99 Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda for $2.99 Saving Ruby King by...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 2, 2022

Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda for $2.99 Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West for $2.99 The Iron King by Julie Kagawa for $3.99 Transcription by Kate Atkinson for $1.99 A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de León for $2.99 Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood for $1.99 Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz for $2.99 Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart for $2.99 My Sweet Girl by Amanda...
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How To Directly Impact Democracy: Book Censorship News, July 1, 2022

There’s no point in typing “it’s been a week” anymore because every week is A Week. But as we continue into a crumbling democracy, the growing sense of hopelessness is hard to ignore. The fall is going to be brutal for schools and libraries across the country. We know this, given how last school year went and how the summer has turned into an opportunity for right-wing groups to protest and intimidate those showing up to library Drag Queen story times and those stealing or complaining about Pride displays. This...
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