Books, Arts, and Culture

Since at least May of this year, the Samuels Public Library in Front Royal, Virginia, has been the target of a book banning campaign. Dubbed “Clean...

If you want to be a likable person, one easy thing you can do is not murder anyone. I would go as far as to argue...

In Alissa Hattman’s debut novel Sift, the world, at first, appears hostile to life, nearly uninhabitable. Skies darken with toxins and smoke. Food, especially produce, is...

Though fall won’t technically start until later this month, we’ve kind of already entered fall season in the book world. This first week of September is...

I’m a big fan of space-faring science fiction stories. I grabbed hold of Star Wars and Star Trek when I was a child, and the fascination...

When I was a kid, I devoured books during the summer. Growing up in rural Canada, I lived outside and did all the things that Canadian...

When it comes to staying power, there’s nothing quite like comic strips. Despite newspapers losing swathes of their readership to television and then the internet, despite...

Book clubs aren’t just a way to enjoy reading and branch out by trying books you wouldn’t have picked for yourself — they’re also a great...

Clearly, in an effort to keep you stocked with mystery, thrillers, and true crime, this fall publishing is releasing a ton of crime books to read...

Wondering whether to play Pathfinder vs. Dungeons and Dragons? I’m here to help. I have been a TTRPG (tabletop roleplaying games) player for nearly a decade....