Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 9th, 2019
Sponsored by Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev, published by William Morrow These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon,...
31 Free Writing Contests: Legitimate Competitions With Cash Prizes
When I was about 12, I saw an ad in a magazine for a poetry contest that sounded fancy and impressive, something like “International Library of...
Lost Calcutta
The first visit I made to Calcutta that I can remember was over Christmas in 1981. I was seven. It had been exactly twenty-five years since...
What Does It Mean That Woody Allen Couldn’t Sell His Memoir?
Last week the New York Times reported that Woody Allen tried and failed to sell his memoir to four of the big five publishing houses. In...
5 Great Books by Women, Recommended by Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith, most recently the author of So Lucky, may have the distinction of being our first Read More Women participant who’s also been recommended by...
“The Farm” Explores Surrogacy as a Luxury Commodity for the Global Elite
Picture this: an existence punctuated by yoga classes and country walks, sustained on a quinoa-heavy diet, swaddled in Merino wool. That’s the schedule of the women...
7 Fiction Podcasts for Superhero Fans
There’s so much to enjoy about superhero stories: fighting baddies, saving the world, and best of all, cool superpowers! Also, there’s a ton of them to...
Hype Women: An Interview With the Nonfiction Women Book Club
As the book community has grown in popularity on Instagram (fittingly dubbed “Bookstagram”), many book clubs hosted exclusively on the platform are popping up. There are...
5 Not-So-Perfect Literary Moms Who Deserve to be Celebrated Anyway
We live in a society where all women are expected to partake in motherhood to achieve ultimate fulfillment. While this patriarchal construct is slowly toppling, societal...
50 Must-Read Books Set in Schools
Depending on who you ask, school can be exciting or tortuous, a series of adventures or an endless parade of banalities, a place one looks back...
