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I Brought My Kids On Tour For A Book About Motherhood
People told me not to write about mom rage. (Consider the internet trolls! Consider your children!) They cautioned me not to publish under my real name. (It will follow you for the rest of your life!) When my book published, they said I should definitely not bring my kids on book tour. (It’s your moment…
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The 9 Best Horror Novels of 2023
Steph Auteri is a journalist who has written for the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Pacific Standard, VICE, and elsewhere. Her more creative work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, under the gum tree, Poets & Writers, and other publications, and she is the Essays Editor for Hippocampus Magazine. Her essay, “The Fear That Lives Next to…
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The Best Romance Novels to Read Right Now
Naledi Smith is an overworked graduate student, and keeps deleting emails that declares she’s betrothed to an African prince. Turns out: the emails are not a scam, and Prince Thabiso, heir to the fictional Thesolo, is truly searching for her. When Naledi meets Thabiso, he doesn’t reveal who he truly is, but will Naledi still…
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Suzette Mayr and Eleanor Catton among 8 Canadians longlisted for $147K Dublin Literary Award
Eight books written by Canadians are among the 70 longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award, including The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr and Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. The €100,000 ($146,842 Cdn) prize annually recognizes the best work of fiction in English from anywhere in the world. It is the most valuable award in the world for a single work of…
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The 2024 Walter Award Winners for Youth Literature
Now into its ninth year, We Need Diverse Books has announced this year’s slate of winners for their Walter Awards. Named after legendary author of books for children and young adults, Walter Dean Myers, the Walter Awards honor diverse authors who have published outstanding works with diverse characters and stories. There are two categories for…
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16 of the best lesbian erotica books and short stories
We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Use Arrow Keys to Navigate View Gallery 16 Slides Advertisement – Continue Reading Below 1 Girl Talk by Cassidy Storm 1 Girl Talk by Cassidy Storm Goodreads says, “Autumn is stuck in a rut. She’s been on many first dates but is…
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M.T. Anderson and Ken Cadow Win Honors for Youth Literature
click to enlarge Erica Heilman M.T. Anderson and his dog, LaRue Two stories about Vermont boys and their dogs by Vermont authors are among the most distinguished literature for young people published in 2023, the American Library Association announced Monday. M.T. Anderson’s middle grade novel Elf Dog and Owl Head has been named one of…
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Michael Morpurgo backs call to ensure poorer children have access to books
Deprived children are being robbed of a lifetime of reading for pleasure, by governments that are “simply blind” to the benefits of loving literature from an early age, according to the author Michael Morpurgo. Morpurgo and a coalition of leading authors, including Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman and Cressida Cowell, are backing a call by BookTrust…
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Four Irish authors among 70 books nominated for Dublin Literary Award with winning prize worth €100,000
Lord Mayor of Dublin & Patron of the Dublin Literary Award, Daithi De Roiste with Professor Chris Morash, Chair of the judging panel and Mairead Owens, Dublin City Librarian pictured at Dublin Port’s Substation as the Longlist for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award, sponsored by Dublin City Council, is revealed today. Picture: Fennell Photography Cian…
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Four Irish novels among 70 books nominated for international Dublin Literary Award
FOUR IRISH NOVELS are among 70 titles named on the longlist for this year’s Dublin Literary Award, a €100,000 prize. 80 libraries from 35 countries across the world nominated novels to the longlist. Included on the list this year are four novels by Irish authors: Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry. Published by Faber & Faber…