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At the 2025 Beijing International Book Fair, AI and TikTok Dominate Discussions
This year’s Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) finished its five-day run on June 22 with a record 1,700 exhibitors in attendance signing some...
publishersweekly.com
- 12 days ago
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Read The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst: Chapters 3 and 4 - Reactor
Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. Join us every Monday through July 7th for an extended preview of The Enchanted Greenhouse by...
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- 12 days ago
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5 Literary Gems That Put You in the Driver’s Seat
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- 12 days ago
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Literature and Crowd Censorship
Kyiv’s Book Arsenal drew crowds, military writers, and Zelensky. A canceled novel stirred censorship debate, highlighting rising civil control in...
kyivpost.com
- 12 days ago
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Magical Meals: 7 YA Fantasy Reads for Foodies
My favorite books that I read as a child had fascinating food. Fairy tales, and remixed fairy tales, often featured food, especially when the main...
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- 12 days ago
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What can right-wing authors do? | Emily Schroeder | The Critic Magazine
Writing has always been a lonely business, publishing a cruel one. We aspiring novelists know that better than anyone. (Which of us hasn’t scrolled...
thecritic.co.uk
- 12 days ago
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers. Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. Article...
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- 12 days ago
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CBeebies Bed time Stories - P-T: Mike Skinner - Square
The Streets Mike Skinner reads a Bed time Story from Glastonbury Festival about Square, a creative genius or is he?...
bbc.co.uk
- 12 days ago
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Advika Mittal’s top pick: Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are
Do you have a book, movie or show recommendation? Send us your top picks using this form.One of my favourite children’s books is...
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- 12 days ago
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Books Juicy Enough To Read With Your Book Club
Is there any greater joy as a woman of a certain age than finding yourself a book club to share some incredible books? Book clubs...
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- 12 days ago
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Smells like Jane Austen
A Harrods-only Pride and Prejudice perfume profanes our greatest novelist. Jane Austen was a woman who liked to shop. “I am getting very extravagant &...
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- 12 days ago
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The Origin of ‘The Monkey Wrench Gang’
When The Monkey Wrench Gang was first published in 1975, Ed Abbey gave me a signed copy that read, “To Douglas who is the hero of...
altaonline.com
- 12 days ago
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books / design
Species that fail to evolve go extinct. The same goes for brands
D&AD Jury President for Brand Identity Refresh shares why the best brands eschew trends. In nature, survival belongs not to the strongest, but...
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- 12 days ago
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From Frankenstein to Foundation: The 9 Most Influential Scientists in Literature
Literature has always been a mirror reflecting humanity’s deepest fears, wildest dreams, and most ambitious pursuits. When science enters the realm...
discoverwildscience.com
- 12 days ago
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Has AI Come for Romantasy Novels Already?
Buzz around the new book Silver Elite and its mysterious author has our fantasy columnist asking questions like, now that our art can be...
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- 12 days ago
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Vigilantes at the Door
In 1933, the poet Langston Hughes came to Carmel-by-the-Sea to write. A wealthy patron had offered him a cabin near the beach where he could live...
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- 12 days ago
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How to Be a Stone: Three Poems for Trusting time
If you want to befriend time — which is how you come to befriend life — turn to stone. Climb a mountain and listen to the conversation...
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Nobody Wants To Talk About John Fetterman And Buzz Bissinger's Pricey Memoir Project | Defector
In January 2024, Semafor media reporter Max Tani published a small scoop: Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and writer Buzz Bissinger (most famous...
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- 12 days ago
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Rob Hart on “The Medusa Protocol” and the Challenges of Writing a Thriller Sequel
The bestselling author discusses how he immersed himself in a world of recovering assassins. Rob Hart’s “Assassins Anonymous,” released last year,...
crimereads.com
- 12 days ago
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5 Middle Grade Historical Fiction Books
When I was a middle-grade reader, I adored historical fiction. I ate up series like Dear America, devoured books about characters my age who survived...
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- 12 days ago
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Falling (Again) for ‘Dark Waters’
Russell Chatham showed up unannounced with a pretty girl in a vintage Cadillac he had driven down from Montana. It was 1977, and he had come...
altaonline.com
- 12 days ago
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Institutional Denial of Civil Rights
In Their Accomplices Wore Robes: How the Supreme Court Chained Black America to the Bottom of a Racial Caste System, Brando Simeo Starkey delivers a...
altaonline.com
- 12 days ago
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It's Only June, But I Think I've Already Found My Favorite Book of the Year
Here's the thing: I'm the kind of person who will inevitably find myself trying to squeeze in just one more book on New Year's Eve,...
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- 12 days ago
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“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism
In 1943, M.F.K. Fisher published The Gastronomical Me, an interwar food memoir chronicling her move from the US to Dijon, by way of Strasbourg,...
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- 12 days ago
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8 Novels That Capture the Drama and Intrigue of Filmmaking - Electric Literature
I’ve been a film buff since before I could read or write. One of my earliest memories is, at age five, sleeping in the...
electricliterature.com
- 12 days ago
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Romance Helped Me Make Peace with Being Too Much
A lie I’ve been told all my life, and believed for most of it, is that I am too much. I’ve felt different...
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- 12 days ago
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Alta Folio: ‘I Went Southwest’
You can’t fix it. You can’t make it go away. I don’t know what you’re going to do about it, But...
altaonline.com
- 12 days ago
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The Next Big Trend in Book Cover Design
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.The Other Big Book...
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- 12 days ago
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LEGO for Mystery Fans and More Mystery News!
It’s time for another round of what’s happening in the world of mystery! A treat for Lego fans, summer lists and best of 2025...
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- 12 days ago
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Go Outside and Touch Grass: 7 Inspiring Books About Nature and the Environment
Raise your hand if you’re a book nerd who grew up thinking you were unquestionably an “indoor kid.” Me too. Then in my early...
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- 12 days ago
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From Bold New Imprint for Global Storytelling Comes a Unique Voice in Manga
Mario B. Long may be the perfect face for Nakama Press, Mad Cave's new imprint founded on cross-cultural manga storytelling with international...
publishersweekly.com
- 12 days ago
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What Kind of Big Cat Is Bagheera Really?
When we think of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale or Disney’s beloved adaptations, one of the most striking characters is Bagheera,...
animalsaroundtheglobe.com
- 12 days ago
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Costco's Sturdy New Bookshelf Is So Stunning, Shoppers are Buying 2 at a time
'I don’t even have books and I want it,' one person said. When it comes to giving your space a nice little upgrade,...
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This Unplanned Pregnancy Is Going Exactly According to Plan - Electric Literature
This Unplanned Pregnancy Is Going Exactly According to Plan Television for Women by Danit Brown The whole mess started when Owen was fired at the...
electricliterature.com
- 12 days ago
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Review: Trials of the Jedi is a bittersweet, fitting ending for The High Republic
Star Wars: The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi by Charles Soule is the final novel in the publishing initiative that debuted in January 2021. As...
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Lora Chilton in Conversation with Ah’SaWei WaTaPa’AnTam (Golden Fawn) - Women Writers, Women's Books
Lora Chilton and Ah’SaWei WaTaPa’AnTam (Golden Fawn) 1666: A Novel The survival story of the Patawomeck Tribe of Virginia has been remembered within...
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The real Nancy Mitford: meet the bestselling novelist who betrayed her sister
Witty, waspish and armed with a pen as sharp as her cheekbones, Nancy Mitford – the eldest of the Mitford sisters – was the family’s...
historyextra.com
- 12 days ago
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books / design
Everyone calm down, designers didn't get paid half a million to move a dot
Yet again, British tabloids have turned professional branding work into misleading clickbait and political misrepresentation. Right, let's get one...
creativebloq.com
- 12 days ago
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How Is News Corporation's Stock Performance Compared to Other Communication Services Stocks?
Valued at a market cap of $ 18.5 billion, News Corporation (NWS) is a global media and information services company headquartered in New York. The...
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- 12 days ago
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TikTok parent ByteDance is shutting down its short-lived book publisher
TikTok parent ByteDance’s book publisher 8th Note Press is closing up shop, according to a report from The Bookseller. Through its #BookTok community, TikTok...
techcrunch.com
- 12 days ago
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NetGalley Launches Consumer Marketing Platform, Booktrovert
NetGalley, the Firebrand subsidiary offering prepublication digital book galleys to booksellers, librarians, and reviewers, has launched...
publishersweekly.com
- 12 days ago
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Cool Kids Read Books: Bookish Gifts for the Young Ones You Love
Finding the perfect gift for a child can feel like a quest worthy of its own story—but for young readers and budding bookworms, the...
bookriot.com
- 12 days ago
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There Are Reasons for This
Across the hall lived a woman named Helen. Lucy watched her from the hole in the door. She watched strange and beautiful young women coming...
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- 12 days ago
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Looking for summer time suspense? Turn up the heat with these 4 mystery novels
The mystery and suspense novels coming out this month are some of the best this crew of mostly well-established writers has written. So let's get...
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- 12 days ago
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Three months of Audible is free for Amazon Prime members right now - here's how
Book lovers rejoice as Amazon Prime members can get three free months of Audible thanks to an early Prime Day deal. If you missed Amazon's...
zdnet.com
- 12 days ago
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New Luna Projector Combines Classic Tales and Soothing Songs for Kids
A new storytelling device blends technology and imagination for a magical night time routine. Reading to children is one of the most important ways to...
bestproducts.com
- 12 days ago
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books / design
I can't believe I fell for that ridiculous floating Louis Vuitton logo
CGI marketing stunts are becoming harder to spot. "Make the logo bigger" is the most infamous piece of graphic design feedback, one that has plagued...
creativebloq.com
- 12 days ago
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books / design
How to paint clouds to create dramatic and atmospheric digital art
Concept artist Maciej Kuciara shares 8 tips for creating realistic skies that support the story behind your art. Painting clouds in digital art...
creativebloq.com
- 12 days ago
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Why You Should Read This: ‘Shortcomings’
It’s tempting to read Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings as a provocation—which is certainly among its registers. Revolving around a Berkeley movie theater...
altaonline.com
- 12 days ago
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The Best New Fantasy Books of June 2025
The longest day of the year is in our collective rearview, which means we’ve officially entered the peak reading season that is summer. Days...
pastemagazine.com
- 12 days ago
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