“Boys don’t cry” — this stale narrative has done a lot of harm. Men’s emotions are devalued. They are pressurized…
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Oak Brook is a small town just outside of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to one of the state’s largest…
Last month, Christine Gaiter spoke at a Wellington library board meeting advocating for 19 titles to be moved off the…
“More” is the key word in a newly released report from PEN America, the free expression group which has been…
Authors using pseudonyms is nothing new. In fact, there are still five that are unknown, with another mystery author story…
The longlists for the 2022 National Book Awards (NBA) were announced on September 14–16. The awards are divided into five…
Next week begins Banned Books Week, and rather than passively “celebrate” banned books, let’s spend this week regrouping and taking…
Sci-fi can be intimidating. Let’s not pretend it isn’t. There’s a whole set of rules to the genre and a…
It’s still calendar and meteorological summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but before you know it, the calendar — and the…
The past two years has seen a rise in conservative propaganda against queer books in schools and libraries, so it’s…
If you’re a horror fan, or even if you’re not, the word possession often conjures images of an exorcism. You…
With a backlist of over a dozen novels and novellas, Colleen Hoover isn’t a new author. Since publishing her first…
I’ve written about my book club for Book Riot before. It’s been one of my favorite things for almost ten…
Curious what it looks like to run for school board? Wondering if now is your time to step up and…