News of note for readers: July 22, 2025

Posted on July 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary news of note from Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bans and challenges, Libraries, Politics, Survey, Women in literature

Craft tips for authors: July 22, 2025

Posted on July 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The best craft and creative process advice for writers for Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Creativity, Plot / narrative, Writer's block / writing prompts

Business and marketing tips for authors: July 21, 2025

Posted on July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The best business and marketing advice for writers for Monday, July 21, 2025

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Awards, Marketing / promotion, Publishing, Social media and websites, The business of writing

Literary controversies: July 21, 2025

Posted on July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Stories about literary controversies or controversial literature for Monday, July 21, 2025

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, History, Libraries, Politics

Craft tips for authors: July 21, 2025

Posted on July 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The best craft and creative process advice for writers for Monday, July 21, 2025

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Nonfiction, Plot / narrative, Writing advice

IndieReader bestsellers: July 18, 2025

Posted on July 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie books as of July 18, 2025, as compiled by IndieReader.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of July 20, 2025

Posted on July 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A paper crown saying "Happy Birthday,” with the phrase "Bookish birthdays: Week of July 20, 2025.”

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of July 20, 2025. Petrarch (July 20, 1304): Petrarch was...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries

Weekend reads: Week of July 19, 2025

Posted on July 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were worth highlighting.

Categories: Favorites

Literary adaptations: July 18, 2025

Posted on July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

News of literary adaptations for Friday, July 18, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Graphic novel / comics, Movie adaptation, Mystery, Stage adaptation, Thriller, TV adaptation

New York Times bestsellers: July 18, 2025

Posted on July 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times has released its bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction for July 18, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times