Director Paul Feig, writer Jessica Sharzer, and stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick will reunite in a sequel to the popular 2018 film based on Darcey Bell’s book. Filming will likely take place next year in Capri, Italy.

Kirstin Valdez Quade’s THE FIVE WOUNDS has won the Rosenthal Family Foundation/American Academy of Arts & Letters Award for Literature 2022.

The Georgia Review was awarded the 2022 American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Award for Fiction at an awards ceremony April 5. The award recognizes three stories published in the 2021 volume year, including “Copper Queen,” by Aryn Kyle.

THE FIVE WOUNDS by Kirstin Valdez Quade (Norton, March 2021) is a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel. Award shall be announced at the Literary Awards Ceremony on February 28^th, 2022.

Kirstin Valdez Quade’s THE FIVE WOUNDS is longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a debut novel. The finalists will be announced in January 2022.

Kirstin Valdez Quade’s THE FIVE WOUNDS is announced as winner of The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize at The Center’s Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration.

THE FIVE WOUNDS is announced as a shortlist pick for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. The winning novel will be announced Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 during the ALA Annual Conference.

UMA WIMPLE CHARTS HER HOUSE is named one of the 30 best children’s books of 2021 by Parents Magazine.

THE FIVE WOUNDS is announced as a shortlist pick for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The winning novel will be announced at The Center’s Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration on December 7th.

The French edition of Miranda Popkey’s TOPICS OF CONVERSATION will be part of the French publishing industry’s “Rentrée Littéraire 2021.” The French title of the book is LES CONVERSATIONS and will be published by Lattès in France, on August 25th, 2021.