A new young-adult novel by actor Angourie Rice, and her mother, playwright Kate Rice, is coming in 2026, People magazine reports.

Jeff Kinney celebrates Partypooper, the 20th book in his megapopular Wimpy Kid series, by throwing a party for Greg Heffley—and inviting readers along for the ride. Jeff Kinney celebrates Partypooper, ...

Alan Hollinghurst has won the David Cohen Prize, given every two years to “a living writer from the U.K. or Republic of Ireland for a lifetime’s achievement in literature.” ...

Luke Evans will star in a television adaptation of Elizabeth Day’s The Party, Deadline reports.

E. Lockhart stopped by CBS Mornings to discuss her latest young adult novel, We Fell Apart.

The Baillie Gifford Prize was established in 1999 and comes with a cash prize of 50,000 British pounds, about $67,000. Previous winners include David Cairns for Berlioz: Vol. II, Servitude and ...

Diego Luna will direct a film adaptation of Brenda Navarro’s Eating Ashes, publisher W.W. Norton announced in a news release.

Garfield had served as president for only a few months, but among U.S. leaders, he was notable in many ways: an intellectually curious man who published a proof of the Pythagorean theorem; a Civil War ...

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The winners of the prizes were chosen from books that received a starred review from Kirkus during the eligibility period of November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025: 383 fiction titles, 290 nonfiction ...