2020 Locus Awards Winners
The 2020 Locus Awards Winners were announced online yesterday during a virtual awards ceremony emceed by Connie Willis. So many Book Riot favorites took home awards, including The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, Exhalation by Ted Chiang and Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee! Congrats to the winners and finalists!
Julie Murphy Announces New Dumplin‘ Book
Julie Murphy announced via Twitter on Friday that there will be a third book set in the Dumplin‘ universe! The title is Pumpkin, and it will be released in summer 2021. The book will be about prom, and on Instagram Murphy elaborated by saying this will be the final Dumplin‘ book and it will introduce a new character, but will include Willowdean and the entire gang.
Zadie Smith To Release New Essay Collection About Life During Lockdown
Zadie Smith has written six essays during the early lockdown days, which will be published under the title Intimations next month. Although the popular writer acknowledges that many things will be written about 2020, “what I’ve tried to do is organize some of the feelings and thoughts that events, so far, have provoked in me, in those scraps of time the year itself has allowed.” Look for Intimations on July 28.