# Claire North

Claire North, author of the new book Ithaca, interacts with words and colors in a different way than almost anyone you have ever met. Claire has synesthesia, a condition that means she interacts with words and colors in a very unique way. This helps her in her "day" job where she lights live music …

The Book Notification Podcast covers ten new releases for the week of October 12th to the 18th. Nearly 600 new books are releasing this week, and we can't cover them all. Visit BookNotification.com to see the full list of this week's new books. New Book Releases: October 12th to October 18th, 2026…

On this week’s edition of The Bookshelf: dogs in literature, writing about Alzheimer’s and fragmenting language, big books versus novellas, and why there’s so much time travel in books right now. Reviewers Tony Birch and Beejay Silcox tackle these big reading questions and share an overview of Octo…