Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
The thought of buying my daughter a book about baby feminists filled me with happiness. But for my son? Embarrassingly, the thought didn’t cross my mind.
I will likely skip the bibliography or the note about the font. Sometimes I will even ignore the author’s biography. But I always read the acknowledgements.
Laura Ruby's THIRTEEN DOORWAYS, WOLVES BEHIND THEM ALL and the realities of Sicilian heritage and immigration in Chicago.
How reading immigrant stories and working with translation helped one Rioter regain her identity as a multilingual reader and find common ground.
Why one Rioter loves to answer the question, "Read any good books lately?"
On the joys of discovering the Sailor Moon Manga, thanks to Hulu.
How one reader's relationship with rereading shifted in the best of ways, thanks to a new favorite thing: rereading books on audio.
What's a reader to do when they can't retain important moments in books? Here's how one reader solved the problem of forgetting what you read.
Thinking about becoming a bookseller? From hand-selling to music choice, here are a few of the useful skills one new bookseller learned about on the job.
A Rioter reminisces about some of her favourite author talks, what she's learned from them, and why she keeps going back to see her best-loved writers.
