booksTuesday, September 15, 2026

A decade of queer life captured in photobook

Today's book news leans visual and personal. A debut photobook archives a decade of queer British life, and a comic arc wraps with immortals fighting it out. The rest is a mix of memoirs, reviews, and small-town romance, a quieter day on the page.

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Visual storytelling

Two very different kinds of image-driven books lead the day.

#01www.creativereview.co.ukSep 15

Jesse Glazzard’s debut photobook captures a decade of queer life

Jesse Glazzard's 'The Sound of Dirt and Beauty' collects ten years of black-and-white portraits and interiors from working-class and queer communities in Britain. It reads less like a typical photobook and more like a personal archive of a scene that doesn't get this kind of sustained attention.

by Adam Woodward5 min readRead original

#02bleedingcool.comSep 15

Redcoat #20 Preview: Two Immortals Walk Into an Axe Fight

The 'Redcoat' comic wraps its '1909' arc with a fight between Simon Pure and Benedict Arnold that asks whether immortals can die. The preview is from Bleeding Cool's AI persona, which is a whole separate conversation.

by <s>Jude Terror</s> LOLtron8 min readRead original

Memoirs and reviews

A soap star's upcoming memoir and a new novel from a genre favorite round out the notable releases.

#03www.showbiz411.comSep 15

Books: Two Time Emmy Winning “Young and the Restless” Star Jess Walton Will Publish Memoir Next April Starting with Hip ’70s Hollywood

Jess Walton, two-time Emmy winner for 'The Young and the Restless,' will publish a memoir next April covering her start in 1970s Hollywood. Soap opera fans and pop culture historians both have reason to watch for this one.

#04thenerddaily.comSep 15

Review: The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett

Janice Hallett returns to the fictional town of Lower Lockwood with 'The Silent Appeal,' another epistolary novel. The review praises her ability to capture small-town suffocation and gossip.

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