Books, Arts, and Culture

With weather turning colder here in the Northern hemisphere, and the pandemic raging, I’m here to recommend reading aloud as an activity to connect with yourself...

Our earliest experiences with stories are with their oral forms, both on an individual level and as a society. Many of us developed our love for...

For readers and book lovers, books set inside the beloved institutions that sell literature are catnip. We’re swept away in fantasy stories, in romances, and in...

You may have heard that YA author John Green is about to release a book of essays, The Anthropocene Reviewed, which will give fans of his...

As the UK enters its second lockdown, independent bookshops are in need of people’s assistance more than ever. Browsing a local independent bookshop is a pleasure...

2020 has been the year to burn us out. If there was a dial to measure the ARGH levels, 2020 was the year to turn it...

The good news is that we’re in the golden age of queer literature, especially YA titles. More queer books are being published than ever before, and...

In the Night Realm, vampires, shifters, weirns, and other night things passing for human prowl the streets… but they still have to go to school! Ailis...

Whether you’re shopping for yourself or friends and family, we’ve got gifts from books to card games to LEGOs and beyond. On a budget or going...

1.A year ago I revisited the HBO adaptation of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. I’m still convinced I first saw the play on a high school field...