How Do You Like Your Copy?
Copy editors are a serious bunch to whom excitement comes slowly and furor over a misused semicolon comes quickly. At least, that’s what the popular narrative...
Please Read This Interview Carefully: Karen Havelin on Writing Pain
I began reading Karen Havelin’s debut novel Please Read This Leaflet Carefully with the intention of reviewing it. Havelin’s protagonist Laura, a Norwegian expat who has settled...
Barnes and Noble Launches a YA Book Club
Barnes and Noble is launching a YA Book Club, just in time for summer reading! The book club will meet on the second Thursday of each...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 1st, 2019
Sponsored by A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while...
It’s All Porn and Cat Videos
“Horribilis” by Amanda Marbais One evening, I ran over a cat. Upon impact, its flat eyes reproached me, like it hadn’t known pain before. I got...
In “Let’s Tell This Story Properly” Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Questions If Life is Better in the West
Before Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s first novel, Kintu, was published to sustained acclaim, the book had multiple rejections from British publishers who dismissed it as “too African”...
How to Write a Fiction Podcast
There are things that audio drama—scripted fiction with no visual element, usually distributed via podcast—can do that no other medium can. Sound creates a unique bond...
9 Things About THE LIBRARY BOOK and Susan Orlean
Around 3:00pm on April 22, I headed to the central branch of my local library for a 7:00pm event. The doors were scheduled to open at...
15 Tail-Waggingly Great Children’s Books About Dogs
The bond between children and dogs is undeniable. Even as adults, we all love dogs. And of course, the universe of children’s books is full of...
3 Comics To Mark Mental Health Awareness Month
CW: Discussion of domestic violence, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, suicide, manic episodes, homophobia, and transphobia. There is still a heavy stigma surrounding discussion of mental health...
