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There's still time to put your book in a holiday gift guide

Posted on 11/22/2019 at 10:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No matter how you feel about it, Black Friday is still the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season —...

Tagged As: Marketing, The business of writing, Penny Sansevieri

Posted on 11/22/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A star-studded celebration of writer Toni Morrison took place last night in Manhattan’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Oprah...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Diversity, Women in literature

Posted on 11/22/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The bestselling novel Daisy Jones & the Six, about a fictional rock band, will star a real-life rock star’s granddaughter...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Pop culture, TV adaptation

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 02:20 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Guardian reported yesterday that a West Virginia library board was set to meet and discuss whether an LGBT children’s...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Scandal

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The marketing world is constantly evolving, but author and publisher Troy Lambert doesn’t want you to panic. Sure, there are...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Email newsletter, Marketing, Social media and websites

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us are familiar with Jack London’s work about the wilderness, but maybe not so much with his dystopian...

Tagged As: Classic literature, Science fiction

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mark Dawson, like the host of the podcast he appeared on, is a bestselling author and successful indie-publishing guru. He...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Literature in translation, Marketing

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Award-winning author Behrouz Boochani is certainly enjoying his first taste of freedom in six years. Boochani, an Iranian Kurd, sought...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 07:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The National Book Foundation handed out the 2019 National Book Awards last night. The following five books emerged from a...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature, Literature in translation, Nonfiction, Poetry

Posted on 11/20/2019 at 04:02 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The next word of the year from a dictionary is along the same theme as the previous one. Oxford Dictionaries...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Language