Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago

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Book news is back! Here's your round-up of some recent news, plus exciting new releases

Polari Prize statement:
instagram.com/p/DNDHg2aI7h5

Willow Talks Books response to the Polari drama:
youtu.be/b9sz2Sjltho?si=y0lLFTxNODdOP-2q

Nero New Writers Prize:
nerobookawards.com/new-writers-prize-2025

My Booker Prize reaction video:
youtu.be/CPp3BU4Ie2E?si=ilO0KEwMDTflAdX2

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BookTubers mentioned:
@WillowTalksBooks
@EricKarlAnderson
@SavidgeReads

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Books mentioned:
📖 Love Forms, by Claire Adam
📖 Golden Child, by Claire Adam
📖 Vigil, by George Saunders
📖 Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel
📖 Ghost Cities, by Siang Liu
📖 The Artist, by Lucy Steeds
📖 Heart, be at Peace, by Donal Ryan
📖 Bloody Awful in Different Ways, by Andrev Walden (tr. Ian Giles)*
📖 Dusk, by Robbie Arnott*
📖 The Imagined Life, by Andrew Porter*
📖 The Expansion Project, by Ben Pester
📖 TonyInterruptor, by Nicola Barker
📖 Nearly Departed, by Lucas Oakeley*
📖 Katabasis, by R. F. Kuang
📖 Helm, by Sarah Hall*
📖 Cleaner, by Jess Shannon
📖 Good and Evil and Other Stories, by Samanta Schweblin (tr. Megan McDowell)

*these titles were gifted by the publisher

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00:00 Book news
09:12 Prize news
11:24 New book releases
17:03 Books on screen
17:51 Feelgood story

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