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Experiencing the VONA Writing Workshops For Writers of Color

VONA: the very necessary workshop for writers of color.

15 Author Pages You Should Like on Facebook

Want more bookishness if your Facebook feed? Check out these wicked awesome author fan pages. 1. Paulo Coelho If you ...

Our Favorite Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novels

Love it or hate it, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt just won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (Personally, I LOVE ...

/r/Down the Rabbit Hole: A Bookish Introduction to Reddit

Even for those of us who consider ourselves technologically savvy, internet-literate, and “with it” in a way belied by our ...

Book to the Future: 10 Authors We’ll Still Read and Revere in 100 Years

Book Riot contributors pick the 10 authors most likely to be read and revered 100 years from now.

If Famous Authors Read One-Star Reviews of Their Books

It seems like every couple months I see a post go around about Amazon one-star reviews of classic books. Recently ...

A Six Pack of Bookish COLBERT REPORT Interviews

These 6 'Colbert Report' interviews feature fiction writers Maurice Sendak, Ann Patchett, Junot Diaz, Richard Ford, George Saunders, and Anne Rice.

Read This Then That: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER and DEAD SOULS

In Read This Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. Playing by ...

Fresh Ink: September 11, 2012

Variety being the spice of life, this is one of the zestiest weeks for new releases this fall.

BEA Wrap-Up: Authors Are My Rockstars

Well. Book Expo America 2012 is finally over, and we’re either recovering from the long days and blistered feet (if ...