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Giveaway: SLADE HOUSE by David Mitchell

Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Slade House by David Mitchell. Slade House, by the New York Times bestselling author of ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in August

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, and much, ...

Giveaway: 50 Galleys of The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

This giveaway is sponsored by The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes ...

Reading as a Kind of Meditation

“Books don’t offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.” — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas Digital ...

High School Reading, 2.0

It’s time to dust off the books! Classics are classic for a reason, but it doesn’t mean they have to ...

Return of the Book Jedis: The Well-Readheads at BEA 2014

LH: Once again, we have faced the Javits Center and survived! How was your BEA this year, muffin? RJS: It ...

I Say Awkward Things To Authors: BEA 2014 Edition

Three years in this business and nothing has changed: I still say ridiculous, awkward things to authors. It’s a combination ...

An Oral History of the David Mitchell Signing at Book Expo America

Gather ’round, children, while I tell you a tale of fear, loss, victory and, most importantly, survival. Gather ’round while ...

Confessions of a Once-Tyrannical English Teacher

What happened when one English Teacher let his students choose what books to read after years of toughing out assigned readings.

Authors Writing Libretti

If it’s mid-winter, then we must be in the thick of opera season- am I right?  Now, I hear some of ...