Category: Author Spotlight
Melanie Pitman
November 10, 2016
Author Spotlight, Authors, Book Lovers, Book News, Bookish Events, Genre, History, Music, Reading, Relationships, TBR
Monday evening, at roughly 10pm EST, Jack Rabinovitch announced the winner of the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize and a beaming Madeleine Thien graciously accepted the honor. Her novel, Do …
Virginia Woolf: The modernist, feminist author renowned for her groundbreaking writing throughout the 20s and 30s such as Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse. She is also, in my …
Jack London: I’ve always known the name, but I’ve never read the books. Why? Because, with titles like White Fang and Call of the Wild, I thought he wrote …
With Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature on October 13, 2016, the Internet has been buzzing about the famous singer-songwriter. Of course, we’re most interested in the …
A new biography of Shirley Jackson, author of beloved ghost story The Haunting of Hill House, seeks to dismiss the standard relegation of the writer to middlebrow spookiness and …
Seanan McGuire is absolutely freaking amazing. When a friend first introduced me to her books, I didn’t expect to become addicted quite so quickly. But it’s literally an impossibility NOT …
At age 3, I learned that I was very different from most kids. It was then I learned that my left ear had permanent and complete hearing loss. At …
Christianna Marks
October 27, 2016
Adult, Author Spotlight, Book News, Contemporary, Fantasy, Human Interest, New Releases, Suspense/Thriller, TBR, Young Adult
Leigh Bardugo most likely isn’t a stranger to your bookshelves. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years chances are you’ve read, or at …
Madeleine Thien is about as impressive as an author can get. Several of her books including the short story collection, Simple Recipes, and her fictional novel Certainty, have won literary …
Since October 11, 2016, the Boston Public Library has released an exhibit called “Shakespeare Unauthorized” to honor the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare. The library presents very early editions of …
Edward Gorey, sometimes also known as Ogdred Weary, is well known for writing and illustrating books with Victorian style illustrations and dark humor. If you do a quick google, …
As a writer, I am impressed by anyone who sits down and pens any content they decide to put out into the world. Just finishing up with the last …
Sara Deeter
October 23, 2016
Author Spotlight, Book News, Book Porn, Bookshelf Porn, Children, Gifts for Book Lovers, J.K. Rowling, New Releases, Potterheads, Short Story, Young Adult
Get ready for amazingness, Potterheads: in 2017, The Tales of Beedle the Bard and Quidditch Through the Ages will be re-released with new cover art. Authored and illustrated by Jonny …
Australia! Home to more than just kangaroos, in recent years, books from Australia are becoming high quality works. Home to close to 24 million people, Australia is essentially an …
Rebecca Ogle
October 22, 2016
Author Spotlight, Book Lists, Fantasy, Feminism, Literary Fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science Fiction, Short Story, Spirituality, Young Adult
Few authors have mastered several genres. Some dabble in several or master a couple, but 86-year-old Ursula K. Le Guin has produced masterpieces that shine in every section of …
Native American Heritage Month takes place in November, making this the utterly perfect time to dive into some of the greatest works by Native American authors. It’s a time to …
From his first novel, Fight Club, to his latest, Beautiful You, Chuck Palahniuk has molded the English language into beautiful sentences that readers feel in their very soul. Combined …
Being an American with a hyphenated ethnic background can be a challenge. Grace Lin identifies as Asian-American. A title she is now proud to carry. However, as a child, …
Christianna Marks
October 4, 2016
Author Spotlight, Book Lists, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Ebooks, Free-Verse, Human Interest, Humor, New Adult, Poetry, Relationships, Romance, Young Adult
In a world where so many books are practically handed to us, stacked on the shelves of Target, found in local book shops, and available to us via online …
Stephen King, one of, if not arguably the best, modern day horror writers, has surprised his fans and fans of the horror genre alike, by having written a Batman …