HUSH by Dylan Farrow was positively featured in the LA Review of Books. Amy Zimmerman writes: “Billed as a ‘feminist fantasy,’ HUSH’s central themes of truth-telling, suppressed speech, and male propaganda all suggest a “#MeToo novel…Through fantasy world-building, Farrow gives internal struggles shape and slippery phenomena substance.” Wednesday Books published HUSH on October 6, 2020.

HELLO NUMBERS! WHAT CAN YOU DO? by Edmund Harriss and Houston Hughes was praised by Publishers Weekly as “[a]n appealingly energetic visualization of numbers and how they can be added, subtracted, and used to organize space…inviting children to keep counting as high as they can go.” The Experiment will publish the book on November 24, 2020.

In a starred review, Booklist calls CROSSING THE LINE by Kareem Rosser "a marvelous addition to the literature of inspirational sports stories. It's an occasionally heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story…This stereotype-shattering memoir about a Black teenager from Philadelphia who became a polo champion will hook YA readers on many levels." St. Martin’s Press will publish the book on February 9, 2021.

Tom Shone and filmmaker Christopher Nolan sat for a joint interview with the LA Times to discuss the recently published THE NOLAN VARIATIONS. Shone spoke about the process of exploring Nolan’s “enigmatic vision,” noting: “My fear was that if we sat in a room and talked about the films, I’d come to an understanding of them and then some of the magic would be gone…But I was discovering things right up to the end.” Tom Shone was also interviewed by Entertainment Weekly, and THE NOLAN VARIATIONS was named one of their “20 books to escape into in November.” Knopf published the book on November 3, 2020.

Investigative reporter Becky Cooper’s true crime debut, WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE, continues to rack up praise in the weeks leading up to its publication. The book received a starred review in BookPage, and a Q&A with Cooper will be featured in the magazine’s November print and online issues. Boston Globe Magazine featured an exclusive excerpt from the book. It has also been named a Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2020, has been nominated for a Nonfiction Goodreads Choice Award, and has been called a must-read by PopSugar, PureWow, WAMC, and countless other outlets. Grand Central Publishing will publish the book on November 10, 2020.

Deadline announced that Adam Sandler will play the leading role in Netflix’s adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfař’s debut novel, SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA. Director Johan Renck of HBO’s Emmy-winning series Chernobyl is attached to direct. Little, Brown and Company published the book on March 7, 2017.

The New York Times named Shirley Hazzard’s COLLECTED STORIES as one of the 16 New Books to Watch for in November. Farrar, Straus & Giroux will publish the book on November 3, 2020.

Elle Magazine named MINOR FEELINGS by Cathy Park Hong as one of the Best Books of 2020 (So Far). They rave: “You may be tempted to rush through the seven essays in Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings; her prose, at turns accusatory, complicit, and castigating, is so urgent, there’s a fear the book will catch fire if you put it down for a moment. But MINOR FEELINGS begs to be read and re-read, highlighted and underlined and margianalia-ed for decades to come.” One World published the book on February 25, 2020.

Elle Magazine named Elliot Ackerman’s RED DRESS IN BLACK AND WHITE as one of the Best Books of 2020 (So Far). They write: “At once suspenseful and delicate, RED DRESS IN BLACK AND WHITE deftly depicts love in a brutal time.” Knopf published the book on May 26, 2020.

Elle Magazine named Kate Zambreno’s debut novel DRIFTS as one of the Best Books of 2020 (So Far). They rave: “DRIFTS makes discursive detours into loneliness, female friendship, writer’s block, and professional jealousy…It’s perfect for this isolated, indeterminate time.” Riverhead Books published the book on May 19, 2020.