For Readers
The website Dracula Daily sends you letters from Bram Stoker's classic novel on the same date they occur. We became aware of this in May 2022, but as it turns out, the site's creator launched it the previous year and is ready to repeat t...
Earlier this year, several media outlets including NPR reported on a federal lawsuit filed by angry library patrons in Llano County, Texas. The residents accused government officials of violating the First Amendment for banning books from the public...
Congratulations to author Saba Sams, who has won the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award! Sams wrote "Blue 4eva," which appears in her debut collection (Send Nudes), when she was just nineteen, according to the Guardian; she's now...
The National Book Award finalists were announced yesterday. Some of the titles we recognized and have shared coverage of before; others were new to us. So we were glad that Literary Hub organized all of its coverage in one place for everyone to catch...
For Authors
None of us can do it all, no matter what "it" is. So of course you've heard about the benefits of hiring other professionals as part of your writing team, whether it's a virtual assistant or a cover designer or marketing advisor. Bu...
If your protagonist is going to travel from one book to another, you'll need to put a little extra thought into developing them for their first appearance. Author Mia P. Manansala, who as a reader loved returning to the fictional world of a serie...
When it comes to artificial intelligence and the publishing industry, you probably have given more thought to its role in editing, translating, or narrating. But how it could affect cover design and other artistic elements is certainly a matter...
On one hand, as we enjoy beautiful autumn weather in the Midwest, the sight of the word "snowball" makes us cringe. But on the other hand, it's the perfect description for escalating stakes in a story. International bestselling author D...
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