The Black Book Awards Winners Announced
On December 17, the winners of this year’s Black Book Awards were announced on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok Live. All winners have been posted on the Black Book Awards Twitter account. So if you missed the awards live, you can check out all of the winners across several categories and watch all of the presenters announce the awards on Twitter now.
Alexis Hall Reveals Cover of Mortal Follies
Alexis Hall has revealed the cover of his latest book Mortal Follies, which will be out on June 6, 2023 from Del Rey Books. The cover was designed by artist Radiante Mozzarelle. Hall explained that the sapphic regency fantasy romance “is based on events I witnessed while walking invisible among mortal kind in the year 1814.” Mortal Follies is available for preorder now.
Emily St. John Mandel Wants Wikipedia to Know She is Divorced
Emily St. John Mandel was recently interviewed by Dan Kois from Slate for one specific purpose: to let Wikipedia know once and for all that she is divorced. “A long time ago, I want to say 2012, I gave an interview to Publishers Weekly where I talked about my marriage,” the author explained. “So there was this fairly major publication wherein I’d talked about being married, and it turned out that worked against me when trying to get Wikipedia to recognize my divorce. According to a Wikipedia editor, I needed a comparable citation to get the change made on the page.” Looking for a solution, Emily St. John Mandel took to Twitter in the hopes that some journalist would rescue her. Mandel tweeted, “All I want for Christmas is for a journalist writing a story for publication (online-only is fine!) to ask me if I’m still married.” Thankfully, Dan Kois answered the call! Kois wrote, “Well, this is what journalism is all about: righting wrongs.”
Books Hitting the Public Domain in 2023
Every year, a new batch of books comes into the public domain as their copyright term expires. Here are some of the books entering the public domain in 2023.