Fantasy

Authors

Jane Yolen Wrote Over 400 Books. Her Daughter Read the Last One Aloud.

Jane Yolen, who wrote more than 400 books and changed what children's literature was allowed to be, died on June 12 at 87. Her daughter was reading Owl Moon to her at the end.

Awards

Locus Awards 2026: Okorafor, Harrow, El-Mohtar, and a Year That Won't Quit

Nnedi Okorafor wins Best SF Novel, Alix Harrow takes Fantasy, and Amal El-Mohtar claims the Novella at the 2026 Locus Awards. Frankly, a brutal year for speculative fiction — in the best possible sense.

News

Brandon Sanderson Signs With Apple TV and Launches a Metal-Infused Necromancer Novel. At the Same Time.

Sanderson just signed a monster deal with Apple TV to adapt the Cosmere, and dropped a new novel co-written with a metal musician about a rock singer who dies and gains necromantic powers. Classic Sanderson.

Literature

Read Like Wemby: The NBA Giant Who Reads Sanderson (and Why It Matters)

The San Antonio Public Library launched 'Read Like Wemby' to celebrate NBA star Victor Wembanyama's love of fantasy fiction. His reading list includes Brandon Sanderson and N.K. Jemisin.

Literature

The Pope, Gandalf, and the Machines: Leo XIV's Unlikely Literary Manifesto

Pope Leo XIV has cited J.R.R. Tolkien's Gandalf in a new encyclical on artificial intelligence. Whether you find it poignant or absurd rather depends on whether you think literature and theology have anything useful to say to each other.

Genres

Dungeon Crawler Carl Is Number One. What Does That Mean?

Matt Dinniman's litRPG series tops the bestseller charts with A Parade of Horribles, debuting at #1. A measured look at what this says about who reads — and how.

News

Brandon Sanderson's Skyward Is Getting a TV Adaptation — Because of Course It Is

Brandon Sanderson's YA sci-fi series Skyward is headed to television. If you've read all four books plus the interstitial novellas, you know this was inevitable. If you haven't — here's why you should start.

News

Dragon Season: Fourth Wing Gets Its Prime Video Series Order

Prime Video has given a full series order to Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros's fantasy phenomenon. With Meredith Averill as showrunner and Lisa Joy directing the pilot, the Empyrean dragons are heading to television.

Genres

Spanish Literature Has a New Witch Problem — and It's More Interesting Than You Think

El Cultural identifies a new current in contemporary Spanish fiction: Alana S. Portero, Nerea Pallarés and Roser Cabré-Verdiell are rewriting the witch as a literary space of their own.

Genres

Good Omens Season 3 Is Happening Despite the Gaiman Allegations. Now What?

Amazon has confirmed a third season of Good Omens despite serious sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman. The decision reopens, with fresh urgency, the debate about whether we can — or should — separate art from artist.

News

The 2026 Hugo Finalists Are Here, and Speculative Fiction Has Never Been This Contested

The 2026 Hugo Award finalists span ecological horror, epic fantasy, literary SF, and a Hunger Games prequel — six novels making the case that genre boundaries are largely fictional. Winners announced August 30 at LAcon V in Anaheim.