In a conversation published to Granta’s website, Kate Zambreno discusses life in quarantine with fellow author Kathryn Scanlan. Zambreno says, “Some people have contacted me and told me that their life now . . . reminds them of the life of the narrator of [DRIFTS]” adding that “so much of DRIFTS is enthralled to dailiness and solitude, to even alienation.” Riverhead Books will publish the book on May 19, 2020.

Fans of gymnastics and charming love stories need look no further than Hannah Orenstein’s latest rom-com, HEAD OVER HEELS, which has been chosen by Cosmopolitan as one of their “12 Books You’ll Be Desperate to Read This Summer.” Atria Books will publish the book on June 23, 2020.

Erica Katz’s THE BOYS’ CLUB has been named one of Cosmopolitan’s “12 Books You’ll Be Desperate to Read This Summer.” Pitched as SWEETBITTER meets THE FIRM, this legal thriller is sure to be a summer favorite. Harper will publish the book on August 4, 2020.

Gabriella Burnham’s exquisite debut, IT IS WOOD, IT IS STONE, is one of Elle’s most anticipated books of the summer. They call the novel “a lush depiction of privilege and power, sex and stability.” One World will publish the book on June 30, 2020.

Amina Cain’s INDELICACY received a positive review from The New Yorker’s Briefly Noted. They write: “This sparse, elliptical novel finds new complexities in the familiar conflict between creative independence and the lures of traditional domesticity.” Farrar, Straus & Giroux published the book on February 11, 2020.

Ed Young, the bestselling author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, wrote an essay for the Atlantic called “Our Pandemic Summer” about the issues that will come from re-opening the U.S. after the COVID-19 outbreak subsides. Ecco published I CONTAIN MULTITUDES on August 9, 2016.

Two stories from Ted Chiang’s short story collection EXHALATION are finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards. His story “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” was named a finalist in the Best Novella category and his story “Omphhalos” was named a finalist in the Best Novelette category. The author also did an interview with Electric Literature for a piece entitled “Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In.” Knopf published the book on May 18, 2019.

A new documentary film from Grammy Award-winning Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz is coming to Apple TV+. Sterogum announces: “In the past few years, [Horovitz] and [Diamond], the two surviving Beasties, have been invested in finding interesting ways to tell their own stories. Those efforts have already led to BEASTIE BOYS BOOK, one of the best music memoirs of all time. And now they’ve also teamed up with their old collaborator Spike Jonze for BEASTIE BOYS STORY, a new documentary film that involves the two Beasties telling the whole story of their friendship.” Spiegel & Grau published the book on October 30, 2018.

Katherine Arden’s WINTERNIGHT TRILOGY, comprised of THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE, THE GIRL IN THE TOWER, and THE WINTER OF THE WITCH, is a finalist for a Hugo Award in the category of Best Series. Del Rey published THE WINTER OF THE WITCH, the final book of the trilogy, on January 8, 2019.

The Associated Press put out a glowing review of PROVIDENCE by Max Barry, writing: “PROVIDENCE is really about how we can all overcome adversity even when answers and resolutions are not clear-cut.” GP Putnam’s Sons published the book on March 31, 2020.