Publishing Opportunities
Little Fruits – Prose – Pink Moon – April 7 (window from April 1-7)
Radix – Prose – Futures – April 30 (submission fee, limited waivers available)
Blood Tree Literature – Prose & Poetry Contest – April 30 (submission fee)
Faoileánach Journal – Prose & Poetry – Augural – April 30
Film-worthy titles…
The 2026 Oscars have come and gone and may have left you with a list of movies you’d like to see soon. But many of the nominees this year were inspired by books! Check out this list from Publishers Weekly, to get titles to add to your TBR!
International Booker shortlist…
2026 marks the 10th year of the International Booker Prize for fiction translated into English and the shortlist has just been announced. This year’s list of six author-translator pairs includes two debuts! You can read all of the details in this article from The Guardian. I plan to add a few of these books to my own list, starting with Daniel Kehlmann’s!
An adult debut for John Green fans…
John Green’s adult fiction debut (and first book after almost a decade-long hiatus) has been picked up by the Penguin Random House imprint Dutton. Green has spent eight years working on Hollywood, Ending, which will release on September 22, 2026, with a simultaneous release in the UK.
Quote of the Week
There is no perfect time to write. There’s only now.
– Barbara Kingsolver
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