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Some of This Year’s Best Reads Weren’t New Books at All. Here Are the Best.
Slate receives a commission when you purchase items using the links on this page. Thank you for your support. In addition to the new books they print each year, publishers large and small often dig into the past to find writing that deserves to be delivered to fresh eyes. In 2023 I was amazed by…
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The 10 best books of 2023 to add to your Christmas list
We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Best books of 2023 We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman (Penguin) Best books of 2023 We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman (Penguin) A tale of two best friends, one of them in end of life care at a…
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The Right Book Can Make Sigrid Nunez Miss Her Subway Stop
What books are on your night stand? I’ve been traveling, so I’ll tell you what’s on my hotel night stand: “The Pocket Haiku,” compiled and translated by Sam Hamill. I like to take this tiny book with me when I leave home. Reading and rereading these poems by Bashō, Buson, Issa and other Japanese masters…
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Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction
In 2009 I was working with the prison book program in Asheville, North Carolina when I got a request for shapeshifting. I was shocked and thought it was funny, until I came to realize esoteric interests like this are common with incarcerated people. Incarceration removes people from friends and family. Most are unsure of when…
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Acclaimed Writer Shogo Imamura Opens Bookstore in Saga, Repaying Prefecture that Got Him Started
The Yomiuri ShimbunNovelist Shogo Imamura breaks open a decorative paper ball to celebrate the launch of his new bookstore at JR Saga Station on Sunday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 12:01 JST, December 7, 2023 Award-winning novelist Shogo Imamura has opened a bookstore at JR Saga Station, as he tries to reverse a trend toward fewer bookstores across…
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Best books 2023: New releases to read this winter
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Winter has arrived, and the cosy season is the perfect excuse to refresh your reading pile and hunker down with a good book (or two). The colder months of December through…
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The Best Podcasts Engaged in Literary Activism
A lot of us talk the talk about what’s wrong with book publishing today—but who among us is walking the walk and actually effecting change in the world of literature? On Missing Pages, which I host for The Podglomerate, we look into past and present situations and processes (even scandals and trials!) that have different…
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25 of the Best Classic Books (That Are Actually Worth a Read)
Kristian Wilson Colyard grew up weird in a one-caution-light town in the Appalachian foothills. She now lives in an old textile city with her husband and their clowder of cats. She’s on Twitter @kristianwriting, and you can find more of her work online at kristianwriting.com. View All posts by K.W. Colyard There’s some unspoken rule…
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In Search Of Freedom: High School Literature Prize organisers unveil Ameenah Lateef’s book
For Ameenah Lateef, a student of Bodija International College (BIC) in Ibadan, and a finalist in the maiden edition of High School Prize for Literature (HSPL), last Thursday was, no doubt, a day of glory as her debut novel, ‘In Search of Freedom’, was launched in her school with pomp and ceremony by the organisers…
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Kochi Literature Festival to celebrate word power
Readers are glancing through books offered at the International Book Festival being held at Durbar Hall in Kochi on Tuesday The much-awaited Kochi Literature Festival will unfurl on Wednesday at Ernakulathappan Grounds, where the 26th edition of the Kochi International Book Festival (KIBF) is in full swing. Kannada writer Dr H S Siva Prakash will…