Anna Bond Paints New Jane Austen Covers
Jane Austen’s classic novels, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility by Puffin in Bloom now feature new covers by Rifle Paper Co.’s Anna Bond. Anna said, “As a continuation of the Puffin In Bloom series, I hand-painted the cover artwork with gouache paint while incorporating details and themes from each story.”
The redesigned titles will be available for Jane Austen fans to enjoy on February 13, 2024.
Books Save Lives Act
Last week Massachusetts Congressional Representative Ayanna Pressley introduced a bill to directly address book bans on the national level. The four part bill would ensure all primary and secondary schools have a trained librarian, require public and school libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books, classify discriminatory book bans as violations of federal civil rights laws, and direct the Government Accountability Office to report on the effect of book bans on underrepresented communities.
“American Fiction,” Based on Percival Everett’s “Erasure,” Hits Theaters Friday with All-Star Cast
2023 BookLife Prize in Fiction
Downpour by Christopher Hawkins is the grand prize winner of the 2023 BookLife Prize Fiction Contest. Check out the full list of finalists, semifinalists and quarterfinalists here, or the list of previous BookLife Prize winners here.
Caz Frear Asks “Can Good People Do Bad Things?”
New Book Releases
Check out some of the highly anticipated books coming out this week!
- Heartstopper #5 by Alice Oseman
- The First Girl by Jennifer Chase
- Bone Lake by Stacy Green
- Starting Over by Kay Bratt
Nostalgic Return to Percy Jackson’s World
Also Making News This Week
A Dozen Reasons to Fall in Love This Christmas: 12 Magical Holiday Rom-Com
Reimagining of the Nutcracker Tells Story of Twin Sisters and Magic on Christmas Eve
Twin sisters Clara and Natasha, cursed by their godfather Drosselmeyer to be the embodiment of light and dark, find themselves transported to the magical Kingdom of Sweets one fateful Christmas Eve. There, the Sugar Plum Fairy offers wondrous gifts … and chilling bargains.
Striking Memoir Captures Career of Musical Icon
Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. Now she tells her own story, everything from her early struggles to become an actress and the years of effort involved in making Yentl, to the fulfillment she’s found in her marriage to James Brolin.
Enter to Win This Inspirational Bestseller
Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
AuthorBuzz: Irish Ghost Story Meets Murder Mystery
Cry of the Banshee by Heather Graham
“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes
