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books
2025 Edgar Activities - Symposium and Edgar Banquet - Mystery Writers of America
We are so excited to announce that our 2025 Edgar Symposium will be in person this year – for the first time since 2019!! It will be held...
mysterywriters.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Six Publishers Form the Stable Book Group
Publishing industry veterans Chris Gruener and Keith Riegert have launched The Stable Book Group. Headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., and Brooklyn,...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
A Disquieting New Novel About the Terminally Online
Rejection is something we’re all familiar with, but in a hyperconnected world, it happens on the internet’s global stage. Whether it’s a...
anothermag.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Author Of “Wicked” Just Revealed The Seriously Brutal Meaning Behind Elphaba’s Last Name, And People Don’t Know Whether To Be Horrified Or Obsessed
“i just thropped to my knees,” one fan wrote in response to Gregory Maguire’s revelation. It’s fair to say that Wicked has been...
buzzfeed.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
35 Travel Bucket List Experiences You've Never Heard Of (But Won't Stop Talking About)
Looking for travel inspiration that goes beyond the typical tourist trail? Here are 35 extraordinary underrated bucket list experiences that combine...
wanderluststorytellers.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
These Best New Romance Books Will Make You Swoon
Romantic comedies, romantasy reads, and more. Why not cuddle up with a good romance book this Valentine’s Day? The category is more than just...
sunset.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
These Are the Horror Novels That Will Be Big in 2025
Horror has always been popular. But this year horror is the genre everyone is talking about. In 2025, I think it’s safe to say we’...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
A new subscription service will deliver books on Palestine to your door.
The Palestine Festival of Literature has launched a curated subscription service, the PalFest Bookshelf, which will deliver the best new books on...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Oxford–Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School 2025
Oxford has long been at the centre of fantasy writing and been home to such authors as William Morris, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R....
ox.ac.uk
- 30+ days ago
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books
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Anne Tyler’s Three Days in June, Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood, and Charlotte Wood’s Stone Yard Devotional all feature among...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
How the Altadena and Pasadena paintings of Keni Arts aim to help the healing
A few hours before last Sunday’s Super Bowl kickoff, Vroman’s bookstore in Pasadena was bustling with shoppers who were either escaping the big...
ocregister.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov: Review by Paul Di Filippo
Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory, Yaroslav Barsukov (CAEZIK SF & Fantasy 978-1647101367, trade paperback, 300pp, $ 19.99) November 2024Simply put,...
locusmag.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
This Week’s Bestsellers: February 17, 2025
Different Strokes Ali Hazelwood tops our trade paperback list with Deep End, “a kinky, character-driven new adult romance” involving collegiate...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
3 Books That Can Make You a Better Writer
These three guides can help instruct and inspire writers. A multitude of books have been published about writing and the writing process, and the...
psychologytoday.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Banning books in prison: State website lists titles considered inappropriate for inmates
A NEW STATE LAW requires California to maintain oversight of all publications banned in state prisons.The state’s Office of the Inspector General...
localnewsmatters.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Chicago Teacher’s New Book, ‘Tíos And Primos,’ Explores Life As A Kid In An Immigrant Household
PILSEN – A Chicago illustrator and teacher is launching her first children’s book with a story inspired by her experience growing up in the area...
blockclubchicago.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
7 Thrilling Books About Deadly Games - Electric Literature
Like other peddlers of the macabre, I read the short story The Most Dangerous Game at an alarmingly young age, and it was the proverbial...
electricliterature.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Our five-alarm fire of fantastic reviews this week includes Lily Meyer on Han Kang’s We Do Not Part, Lauren Christensen on Charlotte Wood’s...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Charlamagne Tha God Keeps Hitting the Books
Charlamagne Tha God has always been in love with books. When asked about the impetus of his publishing imprint, Black Privilege Publishing, the radio...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
8 Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories Worthy of Your Obsession
Let your imagination run wild with these bizarre, compelling, definitely-not-true celebrity rumors I’ve always been enthralled by the darker side of...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Banned Books List: Romance Novels
What’s not to love about a love story? Romance novels are among the most frequently banned books in U.S. schools, according to PEN...
pen.org
- 30+ days ago
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books
Hidden Heroines
A rare-book seller traces the influence of little-known female writers on Jane Austen’s beloved novels, from Pride and Prejudice to EmmaBy Celia...
airmail.news
- 30+ days ago
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books
Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in...
apnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Source Code: Bill Gates' journey from 'snotty brat' to world's richest man
"Bill Gates is the John McEnroe of the tech world," said Steven Poole in The Guardian. "Once a snotty brat whom everyone loved to hate",...
theweek.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Photobooks for Photographers: A Path to Self-Publishing
Have you ever wanted to create a photo book showcasing your own photography? Turning your images into a professionally finished photo book can be an...
fstoppers.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Thoughts on Blogging, Instagram, Lemon8, Substack, and all that
Recently, Krysta from Pages Unbound posted about whether it’s worth starting a book blog in 2025 and her points about community and freedom from the...
eustaciatan.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
7 Valentine’s Day Cozy Mysteries That Blend Love, Laughter—And a Little Murder!
Sweethearts, secrets and suspense—these cozy mysteries have it all! Not a fan of rom-coms or traditional romance novels? Picture this instead:...
womansworld.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Are 'Gripping,' 'Brilliant' Book Blurbs on Their Way Out?
“If you can read this book and not shriek with delight, your soul is dead.” According to George Orwell’s 1936 essay “In Defense of the...
smithsonianmag.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Jane Austen Used Pins to Edit Her Manuscripts: Before the Word Processor & White-Out
Before the word processor, before White-Out, before Post-It Notes, there were straight pins. Or, at least that’s what Jane Austen used to make edits...
openculture.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / writing
My Two Favorite Books I Read This Year
Very specific title, I know. But some of you are rolling in that filthy holiday money/gift cards and are looking for good books to...
dailykos.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
They Really Published These: 25 Books That Are Wild From Start To Finish
Forget everything you learned in English class – we're diving into the literary universe where authors clearly ate mushrooms before hitting their...
boredpanda.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Giada Scodellaro’s debut Ruins, Child has won the 2024 Novel Prize.
Out of 1,100 submissions, writer Giada Scodellaro’s Ruins, Child has won the 2024 Novel Prize, and will be published early next year. The Novel Prize...
lithub.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Your Guide to the Empyrean Series
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Temple chapter.If you are anything like me and love to read,...
hercampus.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Why the Book Business Holds the Keys to Ethical AI
As the founder of an AI company deeply embedded in the publishing world, I’ve been struck by an intriguing parallel between evolutionary biology and...
forbes.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Books Inc. Begins Fundraising Drive for Its Reading Bridge Nonprofit
Bay Area indie Books Inc. has launched a one-month, $ 100,000 fundraising campaign for its 501(c)3 literacy nonprofit, Reading Bridge. Last month,...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
If You Can Identify 20/25 Of These Magical Creatures Correctly, Hagrid Will Personally Gift You A Dragon
Hagrid is watching... don’t embarrass yourself. From majestic hippogriffs to terrifying basilisks, the Harry Potter universe is packed with incredible magical creatures. But do...
buzzfeed.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The New York Public Library Names The Best New Romance for Adults
Looking for great romance books for adult readers as selected by librarians? Look no further than this selection of 50 wide-ranging, diverse newer...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
My bloody valentine: why women read crime-romance novels
The thrilling, morally dubious world of crime fiction and the emotionally charged realm of romance novels may at first glance seem incompatible. But...
theconversation.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Biographies of Ancient Greeks and Romans
The art of biography has been a work in progress down the millennia. These days, leaders are no longer celebrated for the number of enemies...
fivebooks.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
8 of the Worst Fantasy Worlds to Live In
There’s often a wish-fulfillment aspect to fantasy worlds. We’ve all read the books and series that make us wish we could live in...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Christina Wells' Writing Space | The New Quarterly
Writing space. Just saying these two words out loud gets me a little agitated. They bring up vague but strong feelings around securing space, fighting...
tnq.ca
- 30+ days ago
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books
Books like 'Red Rising': Dystopian novels to read while you wait for 'Red God'
Spend enough time among fans of dystopian sci-fi, and you’ll hear “Red Rising” enter the conversation. Penned by Pierce Brown, the six-book series has...
usatoday.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
Picture Books About Divorce
No matter the circumstance, divorce is hard on the whole family. Not only is separation a big change to adjust to, you, the parent, might...
hachettebookgroup.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Backlist: Reading Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Blind Assassin’, with Ashley Winstead
Ashley Winstead and Polly Stewart discuss Atwood's sprawling, genre-hopping novel. Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin opens with one of the best...
crimereads.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
This week’s bestselling books story is a lot like last week’s: all three of Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean books ranked on all five lists...
bookriot.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
The Scars of Evil
By Julian EvansWar is, as Martha Gellhorn wrote, “a horrible repetition” but it’s also the ultimate dice man, deciding participants’ fate by good...
airmail.news
- 30+ days ago
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books
It's a publishing fairy tale. 'Hansel and Gretel' is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak
An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the...
apnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
30 Poetic Girl Names You'll Absolutely Adore
Are you dreaming of a name that feels like poetry in motion? These 30 poetic girl names are brimming with beauty, meaning, and a touch of...
thrivinginparenting.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
'Hansel and Gretel' Picture Book Due This Fall from Stephen King and Maurice Sendak
In a surprise announcement and pairing, HarperCollins has announced the fall publication of Hansel and Gretel, a Brothers Grimm reimagining by horror...
publishersweekly.com
- 30+ days ago
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books
How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were the two epics that brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world and served as the foundation of...
greekreporter.com
- 30+ days ago
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