R.I.P. Paul Auster, who died on 30 April of complications from lung cancer. NPR is one of the many sites with an obituary, and The Guardian gathered tributes by fellow authors.
- Awards! The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded last night, and the honorees are: Nightwatch (Fiction), Primary Trust (Drama), No Right to an Honest Living (History), King (Biography), Master Slave Husband Wife (Biography), Liliana’s Invincible Summer (Memoir or Autobiography), Tripas (Poetry), and A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (General Nonfiction).
For all R. F. Kuang fans, here’s a fun interview with her, including a tiny little hint about her next novel. And if we’re talking popular female authors, here’s also an interview with Emily Henry.
- Awards, part 2! The British Science Fiction Association awards (BSFAs) were given in April to Juliet McKenna, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and more. A full round-up of prize winners across many genres can also be found on our site right here.
- A little ode to all the morally ambiguous antiheroes found especially in crime fiction.
Looking to jump into memoirs but don’t know where to start? Book Riot has 9 highly recommended ones for you.
- When fashion and literature meet: read the J. G. Ballard short story that inspired this year’s Met Gala theme.
- A quick events round-up: Within ABC there are Trade-In Days in The Hague on 10 May and 11 May, the official BookBuzz app launch in Amsterdam on 10 May (you might have seen the books in the stores already, and talked to the founder during our Birthday Weekend!), BookChats discusses Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan on 17 May, Luke and Iris discuss more Staff Picks on 31 May. Outside of ABC you can catch author Lionel Shriver at John Adams Institute on 8 May, and poet Terrance Hayes on 27 May., and Mustansar Hussain Tarar at BorderKitchen on 22 May.
- And finally, and I’m not really sure I should point you in this direction, but have a look at the amazing Books We Love page at NPR, which you can filter at will to find amazing recommendations. Because your TBR-pile is not big enough yet.
