Starting today, you can watch Taika Waititi and a star-studded cast of supporting actors read Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach on YouTube. The…
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Staff Picks: Kentuckis, Kerchiefs, and Choreography
Samanta Schweblin. Photo: © Alejandra López. There has always been art that appears, in retrospect, to have been eerily prescient—Andy Warhol’s 1968 prediction of “fifteen…
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Publisher Rocket vs KD Spy: Which Is Best for You?
As an author, Amazon is where you need to be if you want to make a success out of your career, whether you’re publishing in…
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Jennifer Lopez’s Daughter Pubs Book To Save Sloths: Critical Linking, May 18, 2020
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by our Robyn Carr Prize Pack giveaway, courtesy…
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Our Motto
© Maira Kalman I am upstate with my son, Alex, and his wife, also named Alex. Like everyone else on planet earth, we are thinking…
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 30, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen, with Fierce Reads. Today’s Featured Deals $2.99I Capture the Castle…
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Laughter as a Shield: An Interview With Souvankham Thammavongsa
I first reached out to Souvankham for this interview in February, which feels like a lifetime ago. That was back when we were all still…
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Why We Need More Books About Chronic Illness
Reading is notorious for allowing you to be anything you want—you can be a wizard, a cartographer, or a musical prodigy. But why is everyone…
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The Magic of Atmosphere: Literary Definition and Genre Examples
Atmosphere matters. People will pay a premium to eat at a restaurant with a certain ambience or buy a house in a setting that supports…
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Vanished into Music
Arthur Russell. There’s a man on the ferry. He’s wearing jeans and a baseball jacket, and standing at the stern, his handsome face pitted with…
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