Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.
As September comes to an end and we officially enter the fall season, there are so many nice tidbits of book news to get us through the end of the year (how are we here already?). And so many things to look forward to in the new year (2026? We’re still recovering from 2020). So let’s dive into all things bookish and get excited for what’s to come!
If you loved Brynne Weaver’s Ruinous Love trilogy, then good news! The author has a new book out this week! And you can read an excerpt of it right now. Intrigued? Tourist Season hit shelves this week, and it’s already getting a lot of buzz. According to Abby Jimenez, “Tourist Season is everything I loved about The Ruinous Love Trilogy and MORE – MORE murdery arts and crafts, MORE spice, MORE plot twists, MORE serial killers per capita than any town should ever have and I’m SO here for it.” And Ali Hazelwood said, “Brynne Weaver has a unique knack for creating characters and settings that are at once hilarious and dark, chilling and charming!”
Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet has won the audience award at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, is based on the novel Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. If you’re looking forward to seeing this one, mark your calendars. Hamnet comes to a limited number of theaters in November, and it will get a wide release on December 12.
V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke are teaming up under the pen name Evelyn Clarke for a new literary thriller, The Ending Writes Itself. This book is being called the perfect read for fans of Agatha Christie, and Stephen King said the novel is “clearly in the running for the best mystery of 2026.” The Ending Writes Itself is out on April 7, 2026.
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A TV anime adaptation of the novel series Victoria of Many Faces is currently in production. Currently, there is a teaser trailer and visuals for the upcoming anime. Chika Anzai will voice Victoria, a former spy trying to start life fresh in a new place with a new name. As she interacts with new people and gets into different situations, her skills from her spy days come into play. Shion Wakayama and Yohei Azakami also star.
Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Nick Antosca are producing a TV adaptation of Mónica Ojeda’s coming-of-age horror novel Jawbone. Jaquen Castellanos will write the project and be an executive producer. Michelle Garza Cervera is set to serve as director and executive producer.
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