MUST READ
Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land by N. Scott Momaday
A beautifully written and poignant tribute to the Earth, from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday. In this moving and lyrical work, he offers an homage and a warning. Momaday reminds us that the Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty; a source of strength and healing that must be protected before it’s too late. As he so eloquently yet simply expresses, we must all be keepers of the Earth.
Release date: November 03
Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood
In Dearly, Margaret Atwood’s first collection of poetry in over a decade, Atwood addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, the nature of nature and - zombies. Her new poetry is introspective and personal in tone, but wide-ranging in topic. In poem after poem, she casts her unique imagination and unyielding, observant eye over the landscape of a life carefully and intuitively lived.
Release date: November 10
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency
Release date: November 17
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time. Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?
Release date: November 17
A Poem a Day: 365 Contemporary Poems 34 Languages 279 Poets by Gulzar
A Poem a Day is a volume of Indian poetry like no other, selected and translated by Gulzar, one of Indias most renowned and respected poets. This prestigious volume showcases 365 memorable poems a poem for every day of the year written over the seven decades since Independence by some of the leading poets of the Indian Subcontinent. A true collectors item, A Poem a Day belongs on the shelf of any litterateur.
Release date: November 30
MUST WATCH
Ludo
Ludo is an upcoming Indian anthology dark comedy crime film directed by Anurag Basu. It stars an ensemble cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rohit Suresh Saraf, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pearle Maaney and Inayat Verma. The film features the stories of four people, living in a metro city, whose lives intersect.
Release Date: November 12
Where: Netflix
The Crown Season Four
The fourth season covers the time period between 1977 and 1990, introduces Lady Diana Spencer and is set during Margaret Thatcher's premiership, and will introduce Prince William and Prince Harry. Events depicted include the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, their 1983 tour of Australia and New Zealand, the Falklands War, Michael Fagan's break-in at Buckingham Palace, Lord Mountbatten's funeral, the Princess of Wales's appearance at the Barnardo's Champion Children Awards and her 1989 flight on Concorde.
Release Date: November 15
Where: Netflix
Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy is an upcoming American drama film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name written by J.D. Vance. The film stars Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, and Owen Asztalos. The narrative is a modern exploration of the American Dream through three generations of an Appalachian family.
Release Date: November 24
Where: Netflix
Chhhalaang
Chhalaang is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language social black comedy film directed by Hansal Mehta starring Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha.
Release Date: November 13
Where: Amazon Prime
The Life Ahead
The Life Ahead is an upcoming drama film, directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti, based upon the novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora. The film revolves around a holocaust survivor, who is a mother to a Senegalese orphan.
Release Date: November 13
Where: Netflix
MUST LISTEN
Kylie Minogue's Disco
Disco is the upcoming fifteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, scheduled to be released on 6 November 2020 by Darenote and BMG Rights Management. A departure from her previous country-influenced album Golden (2018), it is influenced by 1970s and 1980s disco along with modern-day club music.
Elton John's Elton: Jewel Box
On November 13th, Elton John will release a career-spanning eight-CD box set titled Elton: Jewel Box. John personally selected the tracks for the collection, which includes rarities, demos, B-sides and fan favorites from throughout his long career.