Books, Arts, and Culture

Romancelandia started buzzing this morning when The Ripped Bodice announced the creation of a new award. The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction will be sponsored...

In his sophomore novel, The Lager Queen of Minnesota, J. Ryan Stradal captures the true essence of hopefulness in the voices of his characters. “Hope is...

Sponsored by The Two Lila Bennetts by Lisa Steinke and Liz Fenton. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get...

The Man Booker Prize, which “aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written in English and published in...

Veeraporn Nitiprapha’s debut novel, The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth, provides a haunting dissection of contemporary Thai life and its inescapable repetitions. Throughout the novel’s 27...

When I took my copy of Lemony Snicket’s The Carnivorous Carnival up to the check-out line at Barnes and Noble, the cashier flipped through the book...

I never thought I would be a comic book fan. I have been immersed in the Muslim-authored novels that have been published in the last couple...

There comes a time in every girl’s life* when she marches up to her parents and says, “I want a horse.” (Or pony.) And she is...