LeVar Burton to Host National Spelling Bee
Actor LeVar Burton will be hosting the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The spelling bee started in 1925 and aims to help students “learn concepts and...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 22, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $1.99 Witch Please by Ann Aguirre Get This Deal $1.99 Your Heart Is a Muscle...
A Canadian Journalist Goes Undercover as an Afghan Refugee on a Journey to Europe
Matthieu Aikins’s olive complexion, dark hair, and ambiguous features means that he is often mistaken as a local in Afghanistan and the Middle East where he...
7 Korean Novels Set in Seoul
For those that might still think of New York as “The City That Never Sleeps,” I have some bad news: that title should most certainly belong...
How One District Is Pushing Back Against Book Banning: Book Censorship News, April 22, 2022
Iredell-Statesville Schools in central North Carolina have dealt with near nonstop book challenges and read-alouds over the last six months during school board meetings. Moms For...
Life Lessons From Anne Brontë
I’ve been learning lessons from literature for as long as I’ve been able to read. Actually, come to think of it, I’ve been learning lessons from...
8 of the Best Korean Graphic Novels
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon the Koreadathon, a readathon put together by two BookTubers: monica kim and books with chloe. Long story short, I...
The “Dark Side” of Female Desire in Recent Literary Fiction
Death is not always physical. Sometimes it comes in the form of self-destructive female desire that caves to abuse, accepting it as a prized possession. Female...
Writing What You Need to Read: One Quote Shared by Countless Authors
When I was a teenager, one of my favorite authors was Kate Morton, who I once remember saying in an interview, “Write the book you want...
10 Books That Feel Like Wes Anderson Movies
When you think about Wes Anderson’s movies, what are the characteristics that he signs his movies with? It’s easy to think of the visual features —...
