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Jamie Canavés is the Tailored Book Recommendations coordinator and Unusual Suspects mystery newsletter writer — in case you’re wondering what you do with a Liberal Arts degree. She’s never met a beach she didn’t like, always says yes to dessert, loves ‘80s nostalgia, all forms of entertainment, and can hold a conversation using only gifs. You can always talk books with her on Bluesky, Litsy, Goodreads, and her substack Multitudes Contained.

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Here’s a roundup of adaptations to know, recent author interviews, and a fun bookish research project!

From Conclave Fan Account to Breaking News

“With help from collaborators and church insiders, she broke the news that a selection had been made before mainstream media or the Vatican’s own news service did. How, exactly, did that happen?” ‘Pope Crave’ Meme Artist Explains How ‘Conclave’ Fan Account Became a Real Vatican News Feed

Irish Author Chats About Her Meta Mystery Novel on NPR

If you like mystery novels that are an homage to the golden era, while also doing something new, check out Louise Hegarty’s NPR interview about her new novel Fair Play: The new novel ‘Fair Play’ is a self-aware take on the golden age of detective fiction

Netflix’s Dept. Q Trailer

This is one of my most anticipated adaptations this year because I really like Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q book series, and I love Matthew Goode: Dept. Q | Official Trailer | Netflix

Great Cast!

And another adaptation to anticipate brings Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club to Netflix in August: The Thursday Murder Club First Look Shows Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan as ‘Quirky’ Senior Sleuths

My current audiobook (which I’m loving)

Nick Brooks (Promise Boys) was on Fox 5 to talk about his new book Up In Smoke: DC’s own Nick Brooks talks ‘Up in Smoke’ book, music and more

“So why don’t we show the other stuff?”

Actor Diego Boneta wrote his own mystery/thriller to fight back on the stereotypes of how Latin Americans are portrayed in the crime genre, and chatted with AP News: Actor Diego Boneta is trying something new with debut novel ‘The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco’

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