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Lads, even if it smells delicious, occasionally turn up your nose and walk away. Otherwise, they’ll get complacent.

Processing grief through storytelling.

Elegies of Sorrow and the Crow: How to Process Grief and Loss Through Storytelling Grief is the most universal of all human experiences. Grief turns us inwards. Grief permeates flesh. Grief twists our gizzards. Grief squats inside our innermost parts; a toad in a festering pond. …

The stack of books on his bedside table that he's been intending to read for years fell over and crushed him.

Penguin Random House launches high schoolers’ award to combat book bans.

Penguin Random House launches high schoolers’ award to combat book bans The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorship

Why there should be more books about breakups.

Happy Endings Redefined: Why There Should Be More Books About Breakups Years ago, sitting in a restaurant with my boyfriend at the time and another couple, I watched as my boyfriend picked up the bottle of wine we’d ordered and refilled only his glass. I remember thin…

Has it ever been harder to make a living as an author?

Has It Ever Been Harder to Make a Living As An Author? Those who are trying (including Tom Perrotta, Ayad Akhtar, and more) tell us what it's like.

My first thriller.

My First Thriller: Joseph Finder Joe Finder must have thought he knew the secrets to selling a book. His first, a work of nonfiction, Red Carpet: The Connection Between the Kremlin and America’s Most Powerful Businessmen, had a ha…

The next guy who comes at me with his high beams on...

Sometimes the mat's for yoga. But it also does an amazing job concealing a chilled bottle of Pinot Grigio.

Author beware!
The Rise of Impersonation Scams

Imposter Syndrome: The Rise of Impersonation Scams The current self-publishing industry has its roots in the mid-1990s, when three startups–Xlibris, Trafford, and AuthorHouse–began selling digital publishing services to individual autho…

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The Hidden Language of Cats

You Had Me At Meow: On the Hidden Language of Cats “That one in there—he just sits and hisses.” The school caretaker pointed to a hole underneath the old building. I crouched down, peered in, and said, “Hello there,” to the dirty, scrawny little ca…

Authors weigh in on their books being used to train AI systems.

Are AI Companies Ripping Off Writers? Canadian Authors Speak Out | The Walrus Yann Martel, Heather O’Neill, Douglas Coupland, and others weigh in on their books being used to train AI systems

How do cold case investigators identify a body when DNA testing isn't possible?

How Do Cold Case Investigators Identify A Body When DNA Testing Is Not Possible? The risk of becoming an unidentified decedent, or a John or Jane Doe, isn’t something most of us will face when we die—but it is a possibility, especially for the most vulnerable among us. There ar…

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Joan Didion's writing process.

“To Be A Writer, You Must Write:” How Joan Didion Became Joan Didion Joan Didion looks straight at the camera, with her fist curled in front of her mouth—as if to indicate it is through her hands that the taciturn thinker speaks. Appropriately, a manual typewriter t…

Lester del Rey. The Man who invented fantasy

The Man Who Invented Fantasy It seems like elves and wizards have been around forever. But one man is responsible for book publishing’s commitment to the fantasy genre.

Spotify ups the ante to gain audio books listeners

Spotify to Give Premium Subscribers Access to 15 Hours of Free Audiobooks per Month Spotify is offering paying subscribers access up to 15 hours free listening per month of audiobooks from among 150,000 titles.

How Jeffery Deaver went from publishing the wrong novels to writing his breakout thriller.

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver “Speed kills” has always been identified with fast-moving cars and drugs. But today it best describes the crime novel genre, which combines murder with a quickened pace to compete for the conscious…

How a dispute between Florida neighbors and a copy of Agatha Christie's 'The Pale Horse' landed a chemist on Death Row.

A Murder Mystery in the Sunshine State Florida is a sunny place. You’ve got your rich Republicans on the Gulf Coast, especially down around Sarasota and Naples, the Tampa Mafia north of them, your rich New York Democrats wintering along…

Book banning is getting crazier!

Alabama library flagged a children's book because the author’s last name is 'Gay' The book, “Read Me a Story, Stella,” was never removed from shelves, a spokesperson for the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library system said.

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What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote "let's kill all the lawyers."

What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote “let’s kill all the lawyers?” Hello there. Perhaps you clicked on this link because you have heard people cite Shakespeare on the necessity of killing all the lawyers and wonder if it’s a myth. Or maybe you suspect it& #82…

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Copyright theft.

‘Biggest act of copyright theft in history’: thousands of Australian books allegedly used to train AI model Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan among authors whose work has potentially been pirated by US-based Books3 dataset to train generative AI