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Book Club Babble welcomes author Helen Reese and talks about her experiences as a first-time novelist and self-published writer. Helen, thank you for being here with us today. First of all, tell us about yo... Read More...

Go Set a Watchman: Listening to the Hard Truth

Kate Newton

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Clichés may be the bane of good writing, but sometimes there’s no easier way to say I wish I had more time to read, than, well, I wish I had more time to read. I don’t even wonder where the time went, because I... Read More...

Is There Gender Bias in Publishing? A Female Writer’s Pseudonym Experiment

Kelly Sarabyn

on Books, on Writing

Catherine Nichols wrote an interesting article about querying her novel first under her own name, and then under a man’s name, as a kind of scientific experiment. The results were depressing: the "male" writer received 17 requests out of 50 queries sent, and t... Read More...

Need an Antidote to the Summer Doldrums? Your Favorite Books Go to the Movies!

Maribel Garcia

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It’s that time of year. In the literary calendar, the month of August is that blasé space between all of the book hoopla of June and July’s great “beach reads” and the much-anticipated literary debuts of autumn... Read More...

That Reminds Me of Something

Sarahlyn Bruck

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Like a lot of book nerds, I belong to a book club. We meet once a month and discuss a book chosen by the person hosting the meeting. That’s actually my favorite part. We have to read books that someone else pic... Read More...

Coming to Terms with the Truth About Atticus Finch

Kate Newton

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The hottest news in the literary world is the July 14 release of Harper Lee’s book Go Set a Watchman. As someone who devoured To Kill a Mockingbird in eighth grade and reread it several times since then, I was thrilled to find out there’d be a sequel, or at le... Read More...

Check “Book Clutter” Off Your To Do List

Maribel Garcia

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Checklist: "a type of informational job aid used to reduce failure by compensating for potential limits of human memory and attention. It helps to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a task. A b... Read More...

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Interview with Ed Rucker, Author of Justice Makes a Killing

See something, Say nothing: An interview with Pamela Fernandes about her recent thriller Painting Kuwait Violet

YA Author Kathryn Berla Talks New Romance, Beau & Bett

An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier, Author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home (New Rivers Press, 2019).

Garcia’s PROFOUND AND PERFECT THINGS, A Timelessly Modern Intersectionality Novel

A Mother’s Day Chat with Janet Benton, Author of Lilli de Jong

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut Books – A Winning Series!

Unholy Faith – A Review of DEATH IN THE COVENANT by D.A. Bartley

Angie Kim’s successful debut novel Miracle Creek is an emotional look at parenting and coming-of-age wrapped up in a whodunit

Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun Showcases Intrepid Female Adventurer in 1920s Kenya

What to Read if You’re Mourning the end of JANE THE VIRGIN – by Spark Press

Carl Vonderau’s Murderabilia: An edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the psychology of serial killers

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Up for a Russia Spy Thriller Not on the Nightly News? Try Red Sparrow

Does the movie version of The Glass Castle hold up?

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Looking for an Adult Adventure Movie? Try The Lost City of Z

Lauren Oliver’s YA hit, Before I Fall, Hits the Silver Screen. Is it Worth Watching?

Who Will Win on Oscars Night? Hidden Figures Gets Our Vote

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Angie Kim’s successful debut novel Miracle Creek is an emotional look at parenting and coming-of-age wrapped up in a whodunit

What to Read if You’re Mourning the end of JANE THE VIRGIN – by Spark Press

When the Person is the Message by Tucker Lieberman

Interview with Helen Reese, Author of Project EX

Go Set a Watchman: Listening to the Hard Truth

Is There Gender Bias in Publishing? A Female Writer’s Pseudonym Experiment

Need an Antidote to the Summer Doldrums? Your Favorite Books Go to the Movies!

That Reminds Me of Something

Coming to Terms with the Truth About Atticus Finch

Check “Book Clutter” Off Your To Do List

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut Books – A Winning Series!

Unholy Faith – A Review of DEATH IN THE COVENANT by D.A. Bartley

Interview with Ed Rucker, Author of Justice Makes a Killing

See something, Say nothing: An interview with Pamela Fernandes about her recent thriller Painting Kuwait Violet

Looking At What is to be Seen: A Review of Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others

Two Families, One Secret: An Interview With Lynda Cohen Loigman

Unearthing The Lion Trees’ Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord