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Gather ’round, romance readers! Get ready for an incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators. We’re so excited to bring you the cover reveal for Black Love Matters edited by Book Riot’s own Jessica P. Pryde, out February 2022! Mark

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If you ask romance readers what we love about this genre, many of us will say that a big part of it is the guaranteed happy ending. After all, romance is supposed to be, when it comes down to it, about hope. But a question that keeps coming up is…Who deserves a happy ending? Instinctively,

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Want to be owner of a beloved bookstore, without having to start from somewhere fresh? You’re in luck, as Owl Pen Books in upstate New York has just hit the market and is looking for someone to carry on the store and her legacy. Located in Greenwich, New York, Owl Pen Books is part of

The Guardian reported that Twitter has acknowledged it gave a fake Cormac McCarthy account, labeled “CormacMcCrthy,” the blue check mark, which is meant to verify that an account of public interest is authentic. McCarthy, author of The Road, No Country for Old Men, and other works including plays, is known to be reclusive. The fake

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Deadline reported that Kit Williamson (EastSiders creator) and Brittany Cavallaro (Charlotte Holmes series author) are adapting Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series of books for television. The Valdemar universe is made up of more than 35 books, broken down into numerous series, as well as anthologies and other stories. The first chronological book in the series is

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Unlike the city of Chicago’s libraries, New York Public Libraries (NYPL) were ahead of the game last March in shutting down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among patrons and staff. But now, amid continuously rising numbers, NYPL employees are demanding to be heard about mounting safety concerns. A group of NYPL workers published an

Yen Press Hayashi’s frank, guileless demeanor quietly draws the attention of classmates and strangers as he counts all the stairs in school, photographs street signs, and dries sweet potatoes on the classroom balcony. In a world shaped by conformity, Hayashi is refreshingly and unapologetically true to himself. Conversely, Nikaidou has worked very hard to perfect

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A U.S. District Court ordered the forfeiture of a rare cuneiform tablet known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet. The tablet, which bears a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh, originated in modern-day Iraq and was sold to Hobby Lobby Stores Inc for display at the Museum of the Bible. According to amended complaints, an antiquities

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No matter the genre, there are always trends in the tropes or character types we see in our books. Lately, there have been several releases that feature characters who work in radio or have a love for listening to or producing podcasts. It’s not an entirely new occupation or interest to feature, but it sure

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Creating great library displays can be tough, and I’ll admit that I’m not the best at it. I’m not crafty or organised enough to ensure that my displays are rotated on a timely basis. To sit and think of a display is really tricky in my opinion, as every time I try to make one

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Immersive Media & Books 2020 is a survey of more than 4,000 U.S. Americans who have engaged with a book in the last year. This includes not just people who have read a book in the last year, but also those who have gifted a book or used a book as reference material. The survey

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Content Warning: This post discusses noted transphobic author J.K. Rowling and her wizard series. Can you name any of the fastest-selling books of all time? In the United States? Maybe. But people tend to focus on the best-selling books, which is slightly different. The best-selling books, like the ones the New York Times Best Seller

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The finalists for the World Fantasy Awards have been announced. The finalists for novel and novella are: Novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Tor Books) The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press/Titan UK) Today In Books Newsletter Sign up to Today In Books to receive

The Kitschies are a British award given to “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic.” They began in 2009 in order to “elevate the tone of genre literature.” Since 2017, they have been sponsored by Blackwell’s Bookshop. Previous years’ award winners include Circe by Madeline Miller,

There are a lot of reasons why authors might choose to write under a pseudonym; among them are personal safety, industry sexism, or simply writing something in a different style or genre from the one in which one is established. Years ago, Meg Cabot wrote romance novels under several pseudonyms because she wrote for three

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Reese’s Book Club announced its late summer 2021 YA pick: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. Described as “the perfect end-of-summer escape” in the club’s Instagram announcement, The Downstairs Girl is YA historical fiction set in the post-Civil War (“New”) South. The story follows 17-year-old Jo Kuan who works as a lady’s maid in Atlanta

“There are 150 pages of 342 with sexual/lustful material,” read the handwritten notes on documents submitted to the Irving Public Library for a materials reconsideration and challenge request of Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen, published in 2018. Viki Norman, a concerned citizen and school nurse within the Irving Public Schools, submitted