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On this week’s special episode, we’re celebrating the 2026 Kirkus Prizes, announced Oct. 7th at a ceremony in New York City. Kirkus Prize for Fiction winner Tayari Jones joins us to discuss the ceremony, literary prizes, and her stellar novel, Kin, which judges selected from 3,584 eligible titles.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

Poor Farm Meadow by Cynthia Centerbar

Frail Blood by Edward Stanton

Under an Indiana Sky by Lynne Hugo

Maybelline Has a Very. Bad. Day. by Dawn Dolan, illus. by Olena Kharkovenko

The Seven by Igor Stefanovic

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On this week’s special episode, recorded live at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., we’re joined by Jordan Moblo, Executive Vice President of Creative Acquisitions and IP Management at Universal Studio Group, and founder of Jordy’s Book Club, for a conversation about what it takes to develop books for TV series, book clubs, reading recommendations, and more.

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• Where the Wild Horses Are by Amy Alznauer (Neal Porter/Holiday House)
• World News From Waverly High by Linda Kass
• Hugo by Karl Linden
• Sebastian the Belgian Koala by Jill Charlotte Thomas, illus. by Parks Sadler
• The Hourglass by Michelle Christina

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On this week’s episode, comedian, host, actor, writer, and producer Murray Hill joins us to discuss Showbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man (Gallery Books, Oct. 6). Kirkus: “A rip-roaring story of Liza-esque unsinkability from a Don Rickles–esque entertainer.”

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

• It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• The Stirling Defense by Gerald Patnode
• Life With Less of Me by Julianna Burmesch
• The Noema Field by Salvatore Cataudella
• The Drop by Iohamil Navarro
• A Stranger in Every House by Richard Carr

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