🤪 Go be weird in your local indie bookstore this Saturday for Indie Bookstore Day!
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Missing them 🩶
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Inspired by the hilarious Botox video by @labelessnutrition
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🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Awards season is in full swing ppl!
📚 Last year I posted a breakdown of the key dates for the upcoming book prizes and y’all seemed to like the foresight. This year I decided to go even bigger and create a fully fledged calendar with super cutesy lil badges that I made for each prize cause I’m obsessed and very extra (swipe thru to see).
✍️ I’ve marked the longlist, shortlist, and winner announcement dates (and the predicted dates* for prizes who have yet to officially announce theirs) for all the prizes I follow thru June 2026. And on the last slide you can find the prizes that will be coming up in July - December.
• Week of 1/18: NBCC shortlist (1/20), Rep of Consciousness: US/Canada longlist (1/20), Dylan Thomas longlist (1/22)
• Week of 1/25: Carnegie Medals winners (1/27), Rep of Consciousness: UK/Ireland longlist (1/29*)
• Week of 2/1: Climate Prize longlist (2/5)
• Week of 2/8: Women’s Prize for Nonfiction longlist (2/11)
• Week of 2/15: Dublin Literary Award longlist (2/17), Walter Scott Prize longlist (2/17*)
• Week of 2/22: International Booker Prize longlist (2/24), Rep of Consciousness: US/Canada shortlist (2/24), Rep of Consciousness: UK: Ireland shortlist (2/25), Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards finalists (2/25*)
• Week of 3/1: PEN/Faulkner shortlist (3/2*), Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist (3/4)
• Week of 3/8: Rep of Consciousness: US/Canada winner (3/10), Aspen Prize shortlist (3/11), Stella Prize longlist (3/11), Carol Shields Prize longlist (3/11)
• Week of 3/15: Climate Prize shortlist (3/18), Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist (3/19*)
• Week of 3/22: Women’s Prize for Nonfiction shortlist (3/25), NBCC winner (3/26)
• Week of 3/29: International Booker Prize shortlist (3/31), Story Prize winner (3/31), Rep of Consciousness: UK/Ireland winner (3/31*)
• Week of 4/5: PEN/Faulkner winner (4/6*), Dublin Literary Award shortlist (4/7), Stella Prize shortlist (4/8)
• Week of 4/12: Walter Scott Prize shortlist (4/14), Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners (4/15*)
• Week of 4/19: Carol Shields Prize shortlist (4/22), Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist (4/22), Aspen Prize winner (4/23)
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I’m properly pumped for these new releases by authors I love. I’ve paired each one with the last book I read by that author because… 🤷♂️
Swipe thru to see some silly little bullets as to why I’m excited for each. And tell me which you’re most excited to read.
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Thanks to the publishers for all these gifted copies. Ps I work at PRH in case you didn’t know (they make me say that)
#books #queerlit #newbooks #teamprh #authorlove
Publishing is fun. Reading is fun. Can’t wait to reveal these Spring 2027 Knopf titles to you all!! 💕
Stay tuned for moreeeeeeeee
Do these hints excite you?! Which one’s got you beggin for more??
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BOOKS WE TOUCHED LAST WEEK
in which we ask each other questions about the books we read the previous week
books featured (thank you to the tagged publishers for the gifted copies):
BEGINNING MIDDLE END by valeria luiselli @aaknopf
LONDON FALLING by patrick radden keefe @doubledaybooks
THE MAN WITH NIGHT SWEATS by thom gunn
MANSFIELD PARK by jane austen @ireadvintage
THE MERCY STEP by marcia hutchinson
THE NIGHTS ARE QUIET IN TEHRAN by shida bazyar and tr. by ruth martin
THE QUEEN OF BAD INFLUENCES by jim schepard -aaknopf
TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by yáng shuāng-zǐ and tr. by lin king
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BOOKS WE TOUCHED LAST WEEK
in which we ask each other questions about the books we read the previous week
books featured:
THE CORRESPONDENT by virginia evans
HELLIONS by julia elliott
THE MAN WITH NIGHT SWEATS by thom gunn
THE NIGHTS ARE QUIET IN TEHRAN by shida bazyar and tr. by ruth martin
THE SON OF MAN by jean-baptiste del amo and tr. by frank wynne
TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by yáng shuāng-zǐ and tr. by lin king
THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY by elizabeth strout @randomhousebooks
WILD LIFE by amanda leduc
THE WINDS OF MARACAIBO by maría elena morán and tr. by madeline jones @aaknopf
#bernieandchris #readingwrapup #readingcouple #bookworm #bookswelove
🌻 APRIL READING WRAP-UP
Another great month of reading in the books. I only read two books that weren’t on either the @carolshieldsprize or @womensprize longlists. One being my buddy read of P&P and one being my secret book for work (which I’m obsessed with and can’t wait to reveal). Also - where da boys at?! Nowhere to be found in my April reading and I ain’t mad about it (still love you boys tho 🫶).
I’m so impressed by the range of both prizes’ longlists. There is truly something for everyone: dark and haunting fables (🦒🧜🐊), searing looks at parenthood (⛪️💢🦁📝), approachable & lovely narrators (📝🧑🍳), analytical and humorous looks at religion (⛪️🦒), queerness (🧑🍳🧜), sex & power (⛪️🐊), a sensory exploration of anxiety and racism (🧑🍳💢), and so much more.
I think my top books of the month were LION (floored that this is a debut, the voice is so strong, the themes of loss, time, and familial love are chef’s kiss, the prose is gorgeous and had me wanting to weep and be an emotional sad boy and stare out of a window until Bernie asked me what’s wrong) and P&P (Jane doesn’t miss, now does she?!).
A great month of reads that has me VERY excited to find out who will win these two prizes.
⁉️ Tell me what books had you weeping in April?
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📖 PRIDE & PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
⛪️ DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens
🐊 HELLIONS by Julia Elliott
💢 THE WHITE HOT by Quiara Alegría Hudes
🦒 WILD LIFE by Amanda Leduc
🦁 LION by Sonya Walger
🩶🩶 (liked a lot)
📝 THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans
🧑🍳 CANNON by Lee Lai
🧜 THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD by Molly Olguín
And swipe through to see my lovely April memories from Paris and Lisbon. Is it too soon to go back?
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YOU SHOULD READ…
these Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners…
if you liked the books featured in this video.
find something you like? let us know in the comments.
The 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners:
THE HOLLOW HALF: A MEMOIR OF BODIES AND BORDERS by sarah aziza (memoir)
MAKE YOUR WAY HOME by carrie r. moore (fiction)
DEATH DOES NOT END AT THE SEA by gbenga adesina (poetry)
BORN IN FLAMES: THE BUSINESS OF ARSON AND THE REMAKING OF THE AMERICAN CITY by bench ansfield (nonfiction)
Nell Irvin Painter (lifetime achievement)
#bernieandchris #bookprize #bibliophile #bookworm #bookrecs
BOOKS WE TOUCHED LAST WEEK
and the week before
in which we ask each other questions about the books we read the previous week
books featured:
THE CORRESPONDENT by virginia evans
HELLIONS by julia elliott
PUNKS: NEW & SELECTED POEMS by john keene
THE SCONE QUEEN by danielle sepsy @aaknopf
THE SON OF MAN by jean-baptiste del amo and tr. by frank wynne
TARANTULA by eduardo halfon and tr. by daniel hahn
WILD LIFE by amanda leduc @randomhouseca
THE WINDS OF MARACAIBO by maría elena morán and tr. by madeline jones -aaknopf
CHRIS’s MYSTERY BOOK
#bernieandchris #booksweread #currentlyreading #bookishpost #booksbooksbooks
WOMEN’S PRIZE SHORTLIST REACTION
we are very excited about this year’s shortlist! we’ve read and are reading five of the six books and can’t wait to get to the sixth. each of these books has something to appreciate and love, and we think the task of choosing a winner is near impossible.
enjoy this video where we discuss each of the books and speculate on a winner.
what do you think of the shortlist? have you read these books? do you love them? what’s going to win? tell us everything.
the shortlist:
THE CORRESPONDENT by virginia evans
DOMINION by addie e. citchens
FLASHLIGHT by susan choi
HEART THE LOVER by lily king
KINGFISHER by rozie kelly
THE MERCY STEP by marcia hutchinson
#bookstagramreadsthewomensprize #bernieandchris #bookprize #womensliterature #readingcouple
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🎉 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE SHORTLIST live reaction @carolshieldsprize
Ahhhh!! I’m so so excited by this shortlist! First off, I predicted three correctly, I’ve read 4/5, and I’m currently reading HELLIONS.
A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar was one of my top books of 2025. I’m thrilled to see it continue to get well-deserved love (and YAY for Knopf)! Megha is a gem of a human and her book shocked and unsettled me in the most perfect way with its look at morality, the ethics of dignity, and severity of climate change.
LION by Sonya Walger is about the author’s relationship with her charming, gregarious father who leaves those who love him in the ashes as he burns through life. Sonya writes with confidence and intimacy — I felt like she sat me down with a cup of tea and began to recount these episodic stories of her father. I was obsessed! It gave me of FATHER OF THE RAIN by Lily King vibes (which is a very very good thing).
THE WHITE HOT by Quiara Alegría Hudes was a powerhouse punch in the gut. I listened to this on audio and it took over my life. This is a mother’s letter to her daughter on why she left her. It reads like a stream of consciousness narrative, jumping around and building into something *ahem* white hot. It looks at anger, motherhood, and the alternate shapes that love can take.
I read CANNON by Lee Lai out loud with Bernie one weekend and we were so charmed. The tone is dry and humorous, while the story itself builds and builds into an epic explosion of a nervous breakdown. It explores friendship and anxiety, queer identity and power. The beautiful panels are mostly black and white with some red dropped in to help build tension. A great visual read.
I’ve read the first four stories of HELLIONS by Julia Elliott and they are wild and fun. The characters are livid and bright and exciting. The stories are unputtdownable and engaging. They’re surreal, and have a fairytale-like quality to them that blends Southern Gothic with horror. I get a little giddy every time I pick this one up.
I’m so thrilled by all five of these books and you definitely should be too.
What’re your thoughts?!
