Jonathan Harbach's new novel, The Brightness, revisits the campus of Westish College roughly five years after the events of The Art of Fielding. The 672-page book arrives fifteen years after his Harbach's Long-Awaited Follow-Up Returns to Westish College After Fifteen YearsRead more
BPGbio Reports Brain-Penetrant Glioma Candidate Shows Preclinical Tumor Control
BPGbio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has published preclinical research in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry on Compound 40, an experimental small molecule aimed at glioma, including BPGbio Reports Brain-Penetrant Glioma Candidate Shows Preclinical Tumor ControlRead more
Shovel Dance Collective's Third Album Pushes Folk Into Turbulent, Unfamiliar Territory
Listeners new to Shovel Dance Collective should expect little gentleness. Their third album, Everything in Readiness, opens with a suite of three songs running more than ten minutes, moving through Shovel Dance Collective's Third Album Pushes Folk Into Turbulent, Unfamiliar TerritoryRead more
From Commonwealth Honor to Global Contest: How the Booker Prize Widened Its Reach
The Booker Prize began in 1968 as a British answer to France's Prix Goncourt, sponsored by the multinational company Booker McConnell. Its eligibility was once narrow, but a 2013 decision opened the From Commonwealth Honor to Global Contest: How the Booker Prize Widened Its ReachRead more
Morissette's Seasonal Collection Gathers Covers, New Songs and a Star-Studded Lineup
Alanis Morissette's first holiday album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, is due on 6 November 2026. The record blends seasonal standards and earlier holiday covers with new material, and it Morissette's Seasonal Collection Gathers Covers, New Songs and a Star-Studded LineupRead more
Karachi's Mohatta Palace to Host Sindh Literature Festival's Ninth Edition in November
The ninth Sindh Literature Festival will convene at Mohatta Palace in Karachi on November 21 and 22, 2026, gathering writers, poets, scholars, artists and readers for two days of literary and Karachi's Mohatta Palace to Host Sindh Literature Festival's Ninth Edition in NovemberRead more
