Author: Jodi Trask
Famous British author, Anthony Horowitz, has been warned against creating a black character for his next novel. The reason cited is that that it would not be appropriate for …
Near the Grand Husseini Mosque, on a street that was once the Amman River, there is a bookshop like no other. Hamzeh AlMaaytah (36) runs a 24-hour “emergency room …
Mental health used to be the taboo subject that was swept under the rug. Thankfully in recent years, giant steps have been made to increase awareness of mental illness …
Love letters are a timeless staple of some of the best love stories. You can find them all over literature, and these 10 are just a taste of what’s …
Travelers to Tajikistan may want to reconsider which books they bring with them. Recently, the Culture Ministry announced that travelers would need written consent to carry books over the …
Jodi Trask
April 23, 2017
African American, Author Spotlight, Autobiography, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Children, Classics, Dystopian, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor, Muslim/Arabic Culture, Poetry, TBR, Young Adult
Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet best known for her book of poetry and prose Milk and Honey. She combines illustration and words to create powerful poetry filled with pain …
If you’ve never been into poetry, the idea of picking it up can be daunting. Where do you even start? Should you go to the beginning, bury yourself in …
An expert in antique books and manuscripts was left trembling after one find during Antique Roadshow. The item was a 17th-century notebook titled Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragedies. The author …
One of the best things about YA fiction is that they cover just about everything. With characters who are just starting their lives, they step into worlds of space, …
Nebula Award nominated Jake Kerr has taken it upon himself to craft an anthology of stories from up and coming authors. The purpose of the anthology is to highlight …
Near the end of his life, Ulysses S. Grant was dying, penniless, and wanted to ensure his wife Julia would be able to live in comfort after his death. …
Just because you get a book deal, doesn’t always mean things will work out. Sometimes books get canceled or postponed. Sometimes they make it all the way through publishing …
It was the shared dream of Jeff Lee and Ann Marie Martin. They wanted to rehabilitate a historic cattle ranch into a residential library dedicated to the American West. …
The state of healthcare is a hot button topic right now in America. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was one of the first successful attempts at …
Disney has it’s first openly gay character. Beauty and the Beast hits U.S. theaters this upcoming Friday, a movie that it based on the french story by the same name. …
So you took the plunge, you wrote your book! That’s awesome! And then you decided to forgo the traditional publishing route and went indie. Maybe your book is doing …
They are the numbers that beginning writers dream of. The price of any book deal is a rough estimation of how well your publisher thinks you will do. Some …
For centuries, we have been at war with what is considered ‘proper’ literature. Since time before the common public could read, there has been someone trying to tell us …
Author and biographer Nicholas Mosley died on February 28th. He was 93. Mosley was an experimental writer best known for his novel Accident. It told of the death of …
One Rio Rancho man has a book collection that many would dream of. Mike Vincent has been collecting books since he was a child and has amassed over 2,400. …
