A Petaluman looks at the history of ‘LitRPG’
Ross E. Lockhart Humans play games. It’s one of our defining features. This is the thesis of Johan…
‘The Old Woman With the Knife’ author returns with dark tale of mind-reading, betrayal
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Sunday Times bestselling author hosting book club in Hexham
David Mark, the mastermind behind the bestselling DS Aector McAvoy series, initially created the book club as a…
Booker Prize shortlist for 2025 announced : NPR
Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted authors (left to right): Susan Choi, Andrew Miller, Kiran Desai, Ben Markovits, Katie Kitamura,…
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever blurs line between fact and fiction ahead of film sequel
Shearer’s research, we discover, included tour time with British metal warriors Saxon. It was Guest, in a Greenwich…
‘Bans are disheartening’: US author criticises Dorset school’s removal of her book about race | Secondary schools
A bestselling black American author has condemned a Dorset school’s decision to drop her critically acclaimed novel from…
Riley Keough to Release Paperback of Lisa Marie Presley’s Memoir (Exclusive)
NEED TO KNOW Riley Keough is releasing a paperback edition of late mom Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir From…
Book review: ‘Secret Alaska’ is a handy guide for the uninitiated explorer
“Secret Alaska: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure” By Bailey Berg; Reedy Press, 2025; 192 pages;…
What Worcester’s Reading: Booklovers’ Gourmet
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Every other week, we ask local bookstores what their customers have been picking up…
Fissure from Within | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alex Tan speaks with Egyptian author Iman Mersal about her new book “Motherhood and Its Ghosts.” Motherhood and…
Young Man Was Disowned By Mom For Being Gay. Now He’s Challenging Her Attempt to Ban LGBTQ+ Books (Exclusive)
NEED TO KNOW Weston Brown returned to his hometown in Texas to advocate against book banning after he…
Oscar-winning author Charlie Mackesy coming to Hexham
Charlie Mackesy, whose 2019 book “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” won Waterstones Book of…