For Readers
The 2021 PEN America Literary Awards were handed out Thursday night in a virtual ceremony. For more information about each award and its recipient, check out PEN's winner page. PEN America describes itself as the nation’s foremost lite...
It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week. Debatable ALA releases the top ten most challenged books of 2020 Have we been reading Shakespeare...
Sharing your love for an author or book is one of the great perks of being a bookworm. And if that author is J.R.R. Tolkien (or those books are the Lord of the Rings trilogy), we have great news: Marquette University really wants to hear from you. Th...
Amanda Gorman has already made history several times, as the youngest inaugural poet in US history, the first-ever national youth poet laureate, and the first poet to write and perform an original poem for the Super Bowl. This week, she added a few m...
For Authors
2020 was certainly a year that challenged us to find the silver linings, if at all possible. And author Deanna Cabinian did exactly that. While she didn’t intend to plow through several different TV series last year, she doesn’t see it as...
You know the qualities that make up a real-life frenemy. But it might not be as easy to create a believable set of frenemies as it is to spot them in real life. Bestselling romance author Lorraine Heath has four tips for writing frenemies who have a...
We recently shared a post on the importance of dialogue, and we’ll follow up with more advice from another source. Specifically, Zara Altair has tips on how to trouble-shoot dialogue, how to strike a balance, and how to prepare to write it. Hea...
It’s no secret that the Alliance of Independent Authors has serious issues with Audible right now. But it’s also no secret that many publishing experts, long before AudibleGate, encouraged willing authors to publish widely or at least sha...
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