A year of only female authors as we live through the #MeToo movement
“I was hungry for a woman’s voice, for a story that resembled my own life, for pages that read like the inside of my mind.”… Read more »
The first pop-up books weren’t for kids
Before they were made to teach and entertain children with their colorful interactive pictures, the Atlantic reports that pop-up books were produced for the masses to educate the general public on… Read more »
Study reveals that growing up in a home filled with books makes kids smarter
So, what does that mean for us? Well, time to buy some more books.… Read more »
Here’s the next new gadget in your long list of unnecessary gadgets
So, is it worth shelling out the big bucks for a glorified typewriter?… Read more »
Eight-year-old girl finds sword in lake
The sword is from the Pre-Viking Age.… Read more »
We don’t necessarily agree with Mark Twain’s writing advice
According to Mark Twain, master of satiric commentary and famed writer of boyhood adventures like Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the key to writing a great novel… Read more »
We wish we had this in college: a class on Anthony Bourdain
If you love the late Anthony Bourdain as much as I do, you may be excited (and probably jealous) to hear that students at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana can… Read more »
How to support the authors you love
We all have our favorite books. Mine was anything of the Discworld series by the late Terry Pratchett. Most of us are quick to recommend new favorites to friends and our… Read more »
Nobel prize for literature is unlikely to return in 2019
The thrilling saga continues re: the Nobel Prize. If you’ve been following the dramatic on-goings of the Swedish Academy and the litany of sexual harassment allegations, mishandled leaks and overall… Read more »
Minorities under-represented in media, study finds
We’ve talked about this before in a previous blog entry, but Channel 4 News recently published another segment on the under-representation of minorities in children’s literature. During an informal interview done… Read more »