Tag: authors
YouTube Channel: Epic Reads From the Description: Get to know Mia García, author of Even If The Sky Falls, as she shares how she picks up accents, her hometown, …
YouTube Channel: Rachel Reads From the Description: Seven YA authors react to BuzzFeed’s “problems only book lovers understand” series. These videos were filmed at BEA 2015. Featured image via …
Imani Josey is a third generation writer following in the footsteps of her mother who worked as a senior editor, and her grandparents who worked at Ebony Magazine. She’s a …
It’s easy to find bestsellers. You don’t have to look far to find the newest work by JK Rowling or Stephen King. They’re big names with big titles. Supporting …
When it comes to fantasy, there are a few undisputed masters. But while authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and George R.R. Martin have rightfully earned their place …
“Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief; Doctor, Lawyer, Merchant, Chief.” So wrote Kurt Vonnegut to his new wife, Jane (née Cox), in the autumn of 1945. Twenty-two years …
YouTube Channel: Brian Tracy From the Description: Want to know how to start writing a book? The starting point is to look within yourself and ask what message you have …
Have you ever tried to find a translated Chinese book and couldn’t? It can be difficult to find a translation because many Chinese novels tend to go unnoticed overseas. …
YouTube Channel: mishima1970 Classic author and poet Sylvia Plath reads her poem, Ariel, from The Collected Poems which was released two years following her death in February 1963. Featured …
YouTube Channel: Poet Anne Sexton reads one of her beautiful pieces of prose, entitled For My Lover Returning to his Wife, from one of her collections of poems titled Love Poems. Featured …
We love them for their dramatic flair and Hollywood style, but, unbeknownst to most of us, quite a few celebrities have also made a name for themselves in the literary …
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, originally published in 1928, is often looked upon as one of Woolf’s less serious novels. Written on a self-confessed ‘writer’s holiday’ from more focused works, this …
When it comes to horror writing, there are some names that everybody recognizes— authors such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.P. Lovecraft. But there are a huge …
After the success of The Girl On The Train, author Paula Hawkins announced at the end of November that her new suspense novel, Into the Water, will be hitting shelves on …
Just when you thought vampires were going out of vogue, Anne Rice announces grand plans to bring one of the sexiest vampires of all time back to the screen …
Elizabeth Konkel
December 4, 2016
Book Lovers, Charles Dickens, Chick Lit, Dr. Seuss, Family, Fantasy, J. R. R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Stephen King, Women
It’s no secret that when Halloween comes and goes, everything on TV switches from horror to Christmas, and remains that way until after the New Year. Every radio station …
YouTube Channel: Penguin Teen From the Description: Let Your Voice Be Heard! #FreeSpeechMatters Watch this inspirational and moving video in which authors, across all genres, speak up and speak …
How many novels, particularly English novels, can you name that use marriage to frame the events of the plot? Marriage as a plot is thought to be one of …
YouTube Channel: Astral Road Media From the Description: In this interview, bestselling novelist Lee Child (Jack Reacher novels) explains why it’s better to start writing later in life. Featured image …
The brilliant article by Andra Watkins about bringing libraries back into our communities includes the quote “Libraries are community service powerhouses.” Libraries are more than storerooms for books: they have …