Author: Danika Ellis

Today’s literary headlines include a trailer for the new Spider-Man movie, an experiment with mass-market paperbacks, the return of The Wheel of Time to screens, and more. Watch the Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has dropped, with Tom Holland as a Spider-Man that the world has forgotten. It comes five years after the previous Spider-Man trilogy wrapped up with No Way Home, and it follows in the same continuity. Alongside Tom Holland, Zendaya returns as MJ, Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk, and Jon Bernthal as The Punisher. Spider-Man: Brand New Day releases…

Today’s literary headlines include a surprisingly heartwarming copyright claim connected to the Peanuts gang, a new chatbot feature for Google Play Books, and more. A Copyright Claim We Can All Feel Good About As you likely know, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was cancelled by CBS, claiming it was “purely a financial decision” that had nothing to do with politics. Sure. In a parting blow, in the final episode, Stephen Colbert reported on the owner of the music of Peanuts movies and TV specials filing several lawsuits recently against those illegally using the song “Linus and Lucy”—a song the…

In today’s literary headlines, we have the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards, the buzziest summer reading books of 2026, an adaptation cancellation, and more. Meet the Winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards I’m always interested in the Lambda Literary Awards, which recognize LGBTQ+ literature in different categories. I was especially invested this year, though, because I was a judge! I helped choose the winner for the LGBTQ+ Nonfiction category. (After much deliberation, we picked Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East by Gaar Adams, which I highly recommend.) I’ve only read five of the…

It’s Pride Month, and you know what that means: it’s the perfect excuse to buy a bunch of new queer books. To get you started, I’ve highlighted seven queer books that check off 2026 Read Harder Challenge tasks, including a nonfiction book about resistance, a recent gothic novel, a fabulist book, a book about a cult, a book set in space, a horror novel in translation, and a book by an African author. Task #5: Read a nonfiction book about resistance Our Work is Everywhere by Syan Rose Reading this beautiful collection of oral histories and interviews feels likes sitting…

Today’s round-up of literary headlines includes the fallout of The Odyssey ticket sales, the newest comics publisher to unionize, classic picture books being translated into Indigenous languages, and more. Ticket Prices for The Odyssey Soar to $1,000 on eBay Yesterday afternoon, ticket sales began for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—and they quickly became chaotic. Wait times on AMC’s website were over an hour at one point, and tickets for the IMAX showings in New York, Texas, Florida, and Arizona quickly sold out. Scalpers are now listing these tickets on eBay for hundreds of dollars, with some reaching $1,000. The Odyssey is…

In today’s roundup of book news, we have Barnes & Noble’s picks for the best books of the year so far, audio erotica narrated by your celebrity crush, new queer books out this Pride Month, and more. Barnes & Noble’s Picks for the Best Books of 2026 So Far The “Best Books of the Year So Far” lists continue! This time, it’s Barnes & Noble’s picks. Some of the titles are common to most other lists we’ve seen so far, like Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, Kin by Tayari Jones, and Strangers by Belle Burden. But there are also some…