Books, Arts, and Culture

For ten authors and three illustrators, January 27 was no ordinary Monday morning. For them, it was a moment to celebrate the honor of receiving a...

The first time I read Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting was in elementary school, 5th grade. There aren’t many books that I read in elementary school that...

New year, new manga. A lot of new manga, to be honest. Between popular ongoing series and new titles making their English-language debut, it can be...

If you’re an audiobook reader, you might have seen some buzz about an amazing service called Libro.fm. Libro.fm is an audiobook service that is very similar...

Crystals have been having their moment for the last few years in the broader culture. They’d been a huge part of centuries of spiritual and healing...

I have a soft spot for artist-practitioners who make academics re-see the world. There’s Janet Stephens, hair stylist by day and hair archaeologist by night. There...

Panorama Picks is a project that aims to highlight the most popular books in libraries every quarter. The goal is to bring awareness to titles that fall...

The List List, a weekly roundup of the best bookish lists, is sponsored by Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost. Vampire Law Guardian Veritas is about to...

Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web sponsored by Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost. “‘In terms of...

Originally published in 2007, The PLAIN Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg is the story of teenage misfit artist Jane Beckels, who is forced to leave fictional...