2 top Penguin Random House editors leaving amid ongoing changes at publishing house
Two top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country’s leading trading publisher...
Books
Biblioracle: In Reese’s Book Club vs. Read with Jenna, we pick a winner
In Oprah’s wake two celebrity book club colossi have risen, Reese’s Book Club (Reese Witherspoon),...
Hiking for hops: Chicago couple’s new book uses nature and beer to explore the city
The ultimate takeaway, for the authors, was that just like a park or nature preserve,...
Biblioracle: Lydia Millet’s ‘We Loved It All’ is a beautiful and sad meditation on the world’s creatures
Millet’s books often traffic in humor, but other than that, you never quite know what...
Coming to Chicago museums: SpaceX Dragon at MSI, Georgia O’Keeffe at Art Institute
Also in museum news, a return for the American Writers Festival and a fire station...
Chicago author Jonathan Eig wins Pulitzer Prize for his groundbreaking biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Eig said he was home alone in Lakeview when he heard the announcement. “It’s kind...
Danny Parkins and Ben Kaplan unlock the hidden NBA potential of D3 alumni in the new book ‘Pipeline to the Pros’
Is there a new unbeaten path to the top of the NBA? That’s the question...
Biblioracle: Joe Dunthorne’s 2018 novel ‘The Adulterants’ blends humor and pathos
Joe Dunthorne’s "The Adulterants," set in 2011, is the story of Ray Morris, a young...
Chicago area’s independent bookstores see revival
The book industry as a whole, once viewed as on the verge of collapse, has...
Remembering Jay Robert Nash, a prolific writer with a huge personality
He wrote dozens of books and spun countless tales, many of them in Chicago taverns...