Category: Reading
Publishing platform Wattpad launched a new app on Tuesday that allows readers to experience short stories through chat-like text. The Wattpad site and app are home to nearly 250 million stories …
Melanie Pitman
February 23, 2017
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Sometimes celebs like to surprise us. Like when we learned J-Lo could sing as well as act, when Tom Selleck became an avocado farmer (what?!?), or even when Arnold …
If you’re reading this, chances are you were a bookworm kid. Goodness knows, I was. And if you were a bookworm kid, chances are that you’re raising, or hoping …
Among our celebrity book lovers is the wonderful Emma Watson who has gained notoriety as much for her work for women’s rights and spreading the love of literature as …
Two whole decades of celebrating books seems like a long time, but in reality stories have been around since, well, forever! In this minute blip of time we have …
Singapore is home to one of the most effective governments in the world. The ability of the state to create solutions to concrete problems has served it well since …
The rising movement for more and more representation of people of color, especially in books, has affected our world. From the first African American President, to greater coverage of …
At the time of her death in November 2013, author Doris Lessing left behind a library of over 4000 books. The books were left in her home of West …
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain It’s probably no surprise to learn that the American bookworm is …
Our fellow bookworm Sarah Jessica Parker has joined forces with ALA, the American Library Association, to bring us Book Club Central, a brand new online resource that specializes in …
Somehow, the new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast just got even more amazing. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Emma Watson has revealed some incredible details about Belle‘s new …
Savor it for a while. Do you like it? What do you like about it? Are you picking up any hints of where it came from? No, we aren’t …
YouTube Channel: Hailey In Bookland Wanna learn how you can finish books faster? Watch the video above! Featured image via Jet Mag
A survey conducted by Durham University has found that many readers are influenced by the voices of their favorite characters even after they’ve finished books, The Guardian reports. More than …
If you’re a guy who enjoys reading (or even if you don’t) then the Guys Read site is absolutely something you should check out. Guys Read is a project …
Melanie Pitman
February 12, 2017
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The Canada Reads battle of the books is so close, you can smell it! On March 27th through the 30th, all Canadian bibliophiles will have their TVs, radios, and …
YouTube Channel: Kristina Horner What books do you NEED to get around to this year? Featured image via YouTube
Ralph Burns, a 64-year old man from Tennessee, has finally learned to read. “I had a rough life,” says Ralph Burns, who was abandoned as a child and had to drop out …
YouTube Channel: Thoughts on Tomes Does anxiety play a part in how/what you read? Featured image via HERB
A new program called “One Book, One New York” has been launched in New York City, encouraging a city-wide reading club in which all New Yorkers read the same …