His Dark Materials Season 3 Images Reveal First Look at the Mulefa
New images from the upcoming third season of His Dark Materials reveal a first-look at the mulefa, seed-riding creatures with elephant-like trunks and short horns. One of the images shows a mulefa, or zalif, as they’re singularly known, interacting with the character Mary Malone (played by Simone Kirby). Season 3, which is based on the third novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series The Amber Spyglass, premieres on December 5th.
Meet the 2022 National Book Award Finalists
The 73rd National Book Awards will announce its winners in Young People’s Literature, Translation, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction in a ceremony hosted by Padma Lakshmi at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City (and streamable online). Ahead of the upcoming ceremony next week, Literary Hub interviewed most of the finalists to ask them a bit about their books, their reading habits, and their writing lives. Finalists include: Alejandro Varela, author of The Town of Babylon; Gayl Jones, author of The Birdcatcher; Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation; and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir. You can watch the ceremony broadcasted live online on November 16th at 8 p.m. ET.
Paramount+ Unveils Cast for The Doll Factory
Paramount+ has unveiled the cast for the series The Doll Factory, based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth Macneal. The six-episode drama series will star Esmé Creed-Miles as Iris, an aspiring artist who paints dolls at a doll shop; Éanna Hardwicke as Silas, a taxidermist; Mirren Mack as Rose, Iris’ twin sister who works alongside her in the doll shop; and George Webster as Louis, a painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Also joining the ensemble cast are Pippa Haywood, Sharlene Whyte, Reece Kenwyne-Mpudzi, Freddy Carter, Saoirse Monica Jackson, Laurie Kynaston, Jim Caesar, Akshay Khanna, Aysha Kala, and Nell Hudson.