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HBG Staffing Updates
David Shelley will give up his current role as head of an English language management structure on January 1 2027 to become executive chair of Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group. Accordingly, Ben Sevier is taking over as CEO of Hachette Book Group, moving on from his position as president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing.
Sevier stated, My decade leading the spectacularly talented teams across the Grand Central Publishing …Read More
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Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection by David M. Brinley & Amanda T. Zehnder, eds: Review by Karen Haber
Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection, David M. Brinley & Amanda T. Zehnder, eds. (University of Delaware Press, 978-16-445-34052, $44.95, 172pp, hc) October 2025. Front cover by Edmund Dulac, rear cover by José Segrelles.
The Korshak family’s world-class collection of fantastic art illustrations has been curated into a thoughtful dust-jacketed volume on glossy paper that not only celebrates the history of fantastic art over …Read More
To Seek Out New Life and Shoot It: Josh Pearce Reviews Hope
Hope, a creature feature from Na Hong-jin (writer/director of The Wailing), starts out really well-probably the best solid sixty minutes of action cinema I’ve seen in quite a while. Then it becomes pretty okay, and then it ends with some truly bizarre goofiness. But the film runs for two hours and forty minutes, so you’re bound to get a full movie’s worth of good story in any case.
Here’s …Read More
Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden: Review by Gabino Iglesias
Carry Me to My Grave, Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Press 978-1-25040-452-7, $29.00, 336pp, hc) July 2026.
More than being late to the Christopher Golden party, I simply didn’t get a chance to review much of his work until recent years. While I have been enjoying his novels for longer, writing about his writing has given me the opportunity to study the mix of elements he brings to the page in …Read More
Code and Codex by Yoon Ha Lee: Review by Alexandra Pierce
Code and Codex, Yoon Ha Lee (Saga 978-1-66805-997-5, $29.00, 304pp, hc). October 2026.
A new Yoon Ha Lee novel is always something to celebrate, and Code and Codex is something special indeed. Here, Lee moves away from his penchant for messing with things like gravity, as in the Moonstorm books, or the calendar, as in the Machineries of Empire stories. Instead, language itself is the target: how mandating a single …Read More
The Hunger of Those Who Built It by Wendy Waring: Review by Niall Harrison
The Hunger of Those Who Built It, Wendy Waring (Stelliform Press, 978-1-99846-605-4, $21.99, 376pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Juliane Van Huizen.
From a near future that tends towards the abstract to one that is almost too specific: but that is the risk of the near future, isn’t it? When the connection to the present is so tangible, a small failure, or dissatisfaction, can loom larger than it otherwise might. …Read More
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New Book Releases Video: September 22, 2026
What new books are worth adding to your reading list this week? Our September 22, 2026 new releases video explores the newest titles arriving across Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult fiction.
From vast futuristic worlds and magical adventures to eerie horror, supernatural discoveries, and captivating YA stories, this week’s lineup offers plenty of fresh possibilities for speculative fiction readers. We’ve gathered a selection of new and notable releases …Read More
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2026 British Audio Awards Shortlists
The Bookseller has announced the shortlists for the second annual British Audio Awards, also called the Speakies, a prestigious new awards dedicated to celebrating excellence in audiobooks and audio drama, brought to you byThe BooksellerandThe Stage. Categories, titles, and authors of genre interest include:
Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Femme Feral, Sam Beckbessinger, narrated by Imogen Church (Bloomsbury Archer)
- The Last Starborn Seer, Venetia Constantine, narrated by Maxim Ays …Read More
Union Square Announces Novella Program
Union Square & Co. has launched Singularity, a new line of paperback novellas led by Union Square editorial director Mika Kasuga. They plan to publish 10-12 titles each year of high-impact, one-sitting fiction.
Works of genre interest scheduled for Fall 2026 include Zero Lives Remaining by Adam Cesare, a new edition of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, and The Waiter by Kwan …Read More
Cover Reveal: Battle for the Drømme by Charles R. Cooke and Christopher X. Ryan
COVER REVEAL: Check out this dramatic cover for Battle for the Drømme, by Charles R. Cooke and Christopher X. Ryan, coming out September 29 from Driller Press.
From the publisher:
The Underground expands with Battle for the Drømme, the next action-packed novel from Charles R. Cooke and Christopher X. Ryan.
Häzzel has never ventured beyond the Drømme, the notorious trading post where smugglers, gangsters, and politicians all do business …Read More
2026 Booker Prize Shortlist
The six-title shortlist for the 2026 Booker Prize has been announced, with works and writers of genre interest including The End of Everything byM. John Harrison (Serpent’s Tail) and The Disappearers by Marlon James (Riverhead).
Harrison, James, and other shortlisted authors receive£2,500. The winner, to receive £50,000, will be announced November 9, 2026.
For more information, including the complete longlist, see the Booker Prize website.
For previous titles of genre …Read More
New Book Releases: Sep 22, 2026
Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us!
Bellefleur, Alexandria: Damned if I Do (Penguin Random House/Berkley Romance 978-0593952528, $20.00, 352pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 09/22/2026)
Contemporary fantasy romance novel. Effie sold her soul to Lucifer centuries ago, and to proceed with her engagement to demon Belphagor, she has to persuade the reincarnation of her past human husband to divorce …Read More
