The next season of THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES, based on Terry Brooks bestselling series of fantasy novels, will air on a new network. The 10 episode second season will air this fall on Spike TV after the 1st season aired on MTV. The next novel in the series THE BLACK ELFSTONE, will be published by Del Rey on June 13, 2017.

The 41st Stone Barrington novel from Stuart Woods will debut on the New York Times Bestseller List this weekend. It will debut at number 2 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction and number 3 on the Hardcover Fiction bestseller list. G.P. Putnam Sons published the book on April 18, 2017.

Jess Arndt’s story “Together,” from her forthcoming collection LARGE ANIMALS, is featured in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading. Justin Torres recommended the story, writing, “Arndt writes with such poetry and such precision, that the force of the communication damn near knocks you over… I can think of no better description for the transformative power of Arndt’s stories — willful.” Catapult will publish LARGE ANIMALS on May 9, 2017.

Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned rights to the 11 books in Anne Rice’s bestselling series of books called “The Vampire Chronicles.” The first book in the series, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE was published in 1976 and was previously made into a movie in 1994 starring Tom Cruise; the most recent book PRINCE LESTAT & THE REALMS OF ATLANTIS, is the 12th book in the series and was published by Knopf on November 29, 2016.

Samantha Hunt has been honored as a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow! Kirkus, in a starred review, lauded Samantha Hunt’s first story collection THE DARK DARK as “a tour de force collection from one of our most inventive storytellers.” FSG will publish her latest book, THE DARK DARK, on July 18, 2017.

Dinaw Mengestu was included in Granta’s 3rd issue of Best of Young American Novelists. His latest novel, ALL OUR NAMES, was published by Knopf on March 4, 2014...

Kirkus names Jaroslav Kalfar’s SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA one of 7 Books That Need a Sequel. Little, Brown published SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA on March 7, 2017...

Laura Kipnis’s UNWANTED ADVANCES was the subject of a feature piece by Eileen G’Sell, who wrote of its author: “Even if the current is choppy and the shore miles off, the journey seems more important than ever, and one feels grateful to tread behind her.” Harper published the book April 4, 2017.

Sarah Manguso was interviewed in Vol. 1 Brooklyn for her new book of aphorisms, 300 ARGUMENTS, where Michelle Lyn King said: “There isn’t a single argument in this book that left me confused or wanting more.” Graywolf published the book February 7, 2016...

In an interview with the Chicago Review of Books, Jonathan Lethem names Eugene Lim’s DEAR CYBORGS as a book he’s looking forward to: “Eugene Lim’s Dear Cyborgs blew me away with its deceptively blithe mixture of cryptic humor, philosophical ingenuity, and genuine political yearning. It made me think of Robert Bolano and Tom McCarthy. I’m hoping to reread it soon for inspiration.” FSG Originals will publish DEAR CYBORGS on June 6, 2017...