The Baby-Sitters Club Creator Rachel Shukert Discusses the Show’s Cancellation
Following Netflix’s cancellation of the critically acclaimed show The Baby-Sitters Club, the series creator Rachel Shukert sat down with Kathryn VanArendonk from Vulture to talk about it. “I think female audiences are trained to not take their own stories as seriously, Shukert said in the interview. “Stuff men were obsessed with when they were 9 is treated like Hamlet. How many Spider-Man movies are there? How many Star Wars? They tell it over and over again from different perspectives. That’s all fine, obviously. But what if someone treated something for girls that seriously? Even with a fraction of the money.” Shukert also said that she did have plans for a third season and felt like the girls had more stories to tell. Shukert said, “as far as I’m concerned, [the show is] a great success: creatively, artistically, and honestly, even in terms of viewers. It’s the best-reviewed show Netflix ever made.”
Get Your First Look at Kevin Wilson’s Upcoming Book
The latest novel from Kevin Wilson, the best-selling author of The Family Fang and Nothing to See Here, is set to be published by Ecco on November 8th. And Entertainment Weekly has a sneak peek at the cover. Wilson’s new novel Now Is Not the Time to Panic is coming-of-age story that follows two kids named Frankie and Zeke over the course of a summer. Wilson says in the book’s introduction, “Now Is Not the Time to Panic is a book that I’ve been trying to write for years, and it’s taken on so much meaning for me that I really had to get it right.”
Stacey Abrams Makes Surprise Appearance on Star Trek
Georgia gubernatorial candidate and author Stacey Abrams made a surprise appearance on the lates episode of Star Trek: Discovery, appearing as the president of Earth. In a scene in the season four finale, Abrams is introduced as the United Earth president, and Abrams gets to deliver several lines. Abrams has professed her love for Star Trek in past interviews, and in a 2019 interview with The New York Times, she said she stayed up late marathoning Discovery during her gubernatorial campaign. Abrams said, “I love Voyager and I love Discovery and of course I respect the original, but I revere The Next Generation.”
National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Announced
The NBCC Awards are the only awards in the U.S. chosen by book critics. Here are the winners for books published in 2021.