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The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working with Mantel on the books.

Readers can decide when “Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

“Sunrise on the Reaping” further expands the world of Panem, focusing on Haymitch Abernathy’s story.

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities.

Scorching-hot westerns, seafaring adventures and steamy romances are an ideal way to stay toasty this season.

The color has an unshakable hold on musicians, artists and writers.

Her bubbly video diaries about her gender transition were once a study in oversharing. Now on the other side of a nationwide boycott, she sees the value in keeping some things to herself.

The author of “The Joy Luck Club” once vowed to have her papers destroyed after her death. Now they are going to the University of California, Berkeley.

An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book jacket, are all they’re cracked up to be.