When 24-year-old Zoe Jackson scrolls her for-you-page, there are books all the way down. As a BookTok creator, Jackson spends much of her time on TikTok watching videos and recommendations surrounding the best books out there, from newly published novels to classic tomes. But while the average reader might stop scrolling when they recognize a…

Need a good book to cozy up with this fall? Check out this list of buzzworthy Canadian titles out right now. The Damages is a novel by Genevieve Scott. (Penguin Random House Canada) In her latest novel The Damages, Genevieve Scott uses the late-90s grunge and girl power movements as the backdrop for a story about consent,…

Topline Literary organizations and authors are criticizing Scholastic this week for its announcement that it will offer certain books that feature themes of LGBTQ identities or race in an optional “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” collection as part of its elementary school book fair packages, meaning schools can opt out of selling these titles…

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Information wants to be free, the saying goes — but misinformation does too, alas, and the journalists who reliably distinguish one from the other still need to be paid somehow. This tension has prompted a lot of head-scratching in the news business over the…

Goodreads members rejoice! On Thursday, Oct. 12, the English Student Advisory Board made its debut at Lentz Hall with the first Book Swap of the school year. The instructions were simple: bring a book, take a book. Participants exchanged some of their most beloved titles and were encouraged to leave notes for their book’s next…

October 19, 2023, 12:06pm Attention all writers who write about writing (or painting, or dancing, or music…): the Interlochen Center for the Arts and The Pattis Family Foundation have established a new annual award that seeks to recognize “outstanding works of fiction or nonfiction” that “inspire, illuminate, or exemplify the creative process in fields such…

Banned Books USA is offering free books to Florida residents; We Need Diverse Books issues a condemnation of Scholastic Book Fairs; it’s time to register for LibLearnX; and more in this edition of News Bites. Banned Books USA is offering free books to Florida residents; We Need Diverse Books issues a statement condemning Scholastic Book Fairs; it’s…

Last month, I was struck by a polemic/review written by Olivia Kan-Sperling in N+1 diagnosing a tendency in modern zeitgeisty literature towards safe, interior worlds of realism, “beautiful” (though never satisfyingly elaborated) worlds stippled with “normal” characters discussing “safely, universally ‘relatable,’ obviously ‘natural’” topics ad nauseam. This is true, though who doesn’t love a self-consciously…

C.J. Evans is the editor-in-chief of Two Lines Press, a leading independent publisher of international literature in translation, based in San Francisco. Prior to editing at Two Lines, he worked at Tin House magazine and for the Academy of American Poets. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Lives, which was selected…

by Barbara J. Zitwer | Today, I see Korean books on so many global publishers’ lists and their popularity continues to grow. But when I sold my first Korean book in 2005, little did I know that this was the beginning of new era for global literature and Korean literature. Before then, no one ever…