Is This What Author-Centered Publishing Looks Like?
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 5, 2024
Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Love in Color by Bolu Babalola Get This Deal $2.99 Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal by Raquel V. Reyez Get This Deal...
A Purr-fect Program: A Massachusetts Public Library Is Waiving Fines When Shown A Cat Photo
While more and more public libraries elect to go fine-free for late-returned materials in the name of equity of service, that decision is not possible for...
Llano County Public Librarian Fired for Not Banning Books Sues County, Library Commissioners
For years, censorship issues have plagued the Llano County Public Library (TX). In late 2021, the Llano County Commissioners Court demanded that the public library thoroughly...
The 2024 Audie Winners for Best Audiobooks
The winners for this year’s Audie Awards were announced on March 4, 2024, at the Audio Publishers Association Gala in Los Angeles. The Audies, presented by...
Old Lesbian Love
The young women around me talk of how they care for and arrange their pubic hair. Eventually, in an attempt to include me in the conversation,...
The Top 10 Adapted Screenplay Oscar Winners, Ranked
Time for the second half of my ranking of the last 20 winners of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. (If you missed the first...
The Best New Book Releases Out March 5, 2024
And just like that, it’s Women’s History Month. Start off the month’s learnings with the books mentioned in Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez Rising...
8 Thrilling Novellas to Read in One Sitting
Special Agent Constant Marlowe is tasked with investigating a serial killer trolling the small town of Clark Valley in the quiet—and eerie—plains of the Midwest. Two...
7 Books Written as Letters to Family Members
When I began writing my unborn son a letter in 2018, a book was the furthest thing from my mind. I wasn’t trying to unpack the...
