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Estates of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his wife have made up

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s aristocratic family didn’t care for his decision to marry a Salvadoran artist. And she was well aware...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literature in translation, Memorabilia

Penny Sansevieri: You can't be everywhere online, and that's OK

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Seeing a headline about the social media mistake that can damage your author platform might strike some fear into your...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Penny Sansevieri, Social media and websites

Watch a workshop of the musical version of "The Secret Garden"

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Secret Garden has long been beloved, but it certainly had a moment in the 1990s, inspiring both a movie...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, The New York Times

The Kindlepreneur's favorite title-writing tools

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Coming up with a title for your book can be as intimidating as staring at that first blank page. But...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Titles

Celebrity book club picks for May 2021

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrity book clubs have released their picks for April 2021. Reese Witherspoon selected The Last Thing He Told Me, by...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture

Cookbooks invite you to try your hand at historic Mexican recipes

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The University of Texas at San Antonio is among the many organizations who saw 2020 disrupt big plans — and...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: History, Nonfiction

Mind over monster: The many roles of memory in a thriller novel

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 10:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What does an acclaimed thriller writer think has the greatest fear potential in a novel? The answer will vary, of...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Thriller, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has written a children's book

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down from royal duties, some wondered — earnestly and facetiously — what...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Pop culture

Stacey Abrams's first three novels will be reissued in 2022

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Stacey Abrams’s first three novels, written under the pen name Selena Montgomery, are returning to print. Her publisher announced yesterday...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: NPR, Politics, Romance

How to become a bestselling poet: Have a Twitter-savvy grandkid

Posted on 05/04/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We typically hear about grandparents bragging up their grandchildren far more often than the reverse. That makes the tale of...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Poetry, The Guardian