National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Announced
The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards for the 2021 publishing year were announced on March 17th in a virtual ceremony. The National Book...
The Long Shadow of Nuclear War
As Russian tanks rolled on their way to encircle Kyiv, and Russian bombs and rockets drove Ukrainians toward their borders as refugees, a familiar sense of...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 18, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $1.99 The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory Get This Deal $2.99 The Echo Wife by...
Quick Social Media Tips for Writers: Build a Writing Brand That Rocks (Part 2)
As CEO of your personal brand — yep, you’re not just a writer anymore — you’re in charge of finding new assignments, writing, editing your work,...
9 Books to Read at the End of the World
A few years ago I started writing this novel called Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World, which is a love story...
What Does It Mean to Be a Poet in a Country Full of Great Poets?
In Chilean Poet, Alejandro Zambra’s main character Gonzalo goes from being an acne-stricken teenager in love with Carla and poetry to a middle-aged professor. Along the...
What Are Obscenity Laws?: Book Censorship News, March 18, 2022
One of the most comment complaints parents and citizens are lodging against books in public schools and libraries is that the material breaks obscenity laws. This,...
To Club or Not to Club? The Benefits of Reading Alone
While in quarantine, many of us have realized that we need community. It’s human. We crave the company of others. Too much isolation isn’t good for...
Read The Novel? You Should Read The Graphic Novel
Some of my first reading experiences were brought to me by Sport-Billy, the intergalactic human-looking alien who travels across the galaxy to bring fair-play to sports....
Mad As A Mother: Reading To Understand The Maternal Mental Health Crisis
The United States has a maternal mental health crisis. Mental health conditions are the most common complications of pregnancy and birth. Birthing people have a 20%...
