#Essays

5 Tips for Giving Better Bookish Gifts

Stop trying to make everyone read your favorites.

Authors and Bookish Accounts to Follow on Bluesky

If you're curious about the book scene on Bluesky, or want to curate your experience, here are some accounts to follow.

How Dungeons & Dragons Can Help Members of The Neurodivergent Community

A neurodivergent librarian talks about the ways Dungeons and Dragons has helped him with understanding and accepting himself.

Secrets of the Mega Book Series of the ’80s and ’90s

Series like the Baby-Sitters Club and Animorphs produced dozens — sometimes hundreds — of books in the '90s. How did they do it?

What Not To Say to Bookstore Employees

Let's unpack the psyche behind the shelf. Here are a few things to avoid saying to bookstore employees — from a former bookseller.

Who Was Pat Parker?

Most feminists know of Audre Lorde, but one of her closest friends is often lost between the lines of history: Pat Parker.

8 Video Essays About Books That Will Change Your Perspective

Video essays are some of the best content on YouTube. Check out these entertaining and thought-provoking video essays about books and reading!

How to Cure a Reading Slump

7 tried and true methods backed by 7 years of professional reading experience.

A Dive into Pop Culture Cookbooks

These days, there's a cookbook for practically every franchise. We talk to two writers behind cookbooks for Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.

Project Gutenberg Produced 5,000 AI Audiobooks, but How Do They Sound?

Project Gutenberg's AI audiobook project is yet another instance of AI encroaching on the book industry. But how do the audiobooks sound?