This week: The Orwell Prize has been awarded, JK Rowling is up for an award, but not as JK Rowling, DC and Marvel took a self-published author to court, the Bookseller’s YA Book prize was announced, the U.S. Poet Laureate has written a poem about the UCLA shooting, Franzen’s Purity is coming to Showtime with 007’s help, and Mississippi libraries are going to have to make due with less.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week. This episode is sponsored by Interlude to Sentimental Me! the new poetry collection from Michael B. Judkins now available from aois21 publishing.