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JUNE 1, 2023
Creativity & Expression
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Fundamentals of Fiction
with Jack Adler
Short Story Fundamentals
with John DeChancie
The Art of Storytelling 102: Showing vs. Telling
with Terri Valentine
Writing the Picture Book
with Holly Alder
June 8, 2023
Writers’ Police Academy
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August 9, 2023
Writers’ Coaching Retreat
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MAY 2023
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* Kindle New Release Tuesday
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* Book World
Fiction and Nonfiction
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May 24, 2023
* Top 10 Cops in Fiction
By Alan Parks — The Guardian
At war with the establishment, putting themselves in reckless danger and succumbing to terrible habits, these unreliable figures are dependably entertaining.
May 23, 2023
* New Releases Tuesday
the best books out this week
By Erica Ezeifedi — Book Riot
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week. Make sure to stick around until the end for some more Book Riot resources for keeping up with new books.
May 23, 2023
* 20 Books to Read This Summer
the summer reading guide
By The Atlantic
Summer is when lovers of books feel freest to read without restraint—lying on a beach, swinging on a porch, or perching on a stoop at the end of a sweaty day.
May 23, 2023
* True Crime Can Be Unedifying
so why am I drawn to writing about it?
By Francisco Garcia — The Guardian
When I started reporting on an infamous serial killer, I had to navigate my way through the genre’s ethical minefields
In a 1996 essay for Granta, the late Gordon Burn set down his experience covering the trial of Rose West. “There was nothing much to see and it was always much the same,” he wrote. “But the heavy media presence was in itself justification for having the story high in the running order.” Burn was a writer of unusually versatile brilliance, who returned repeatedly to the most violent, sordid corners of British life. But even in the mid-1990s, he was to diagnose a growing weariness at the sheer number of crime stories on offer. “There are now so many … that only the most sensational or brutal or those which contain unusual elements stand any chance at all of making it on to the news agenda.”
May 22, 2023
* 10 Books for People
getting into or back into reading
By Julia Rittenberg — Book Riot
It feels like there are more books than ever these days. If you’re trying to get into reading regularly for the first time or trying to get back into reading, it can be a little difficult to know where to start. Usually, I try to reread a favorite book to break a reading slump, but I’ve reread my favorites so many times at this point that I’m starting to look for something different. Books for people just getting into reading or getting back into reading should be engaging, with emotional weight and strong storytelling to keep you invested.
May 19, 2023
* The Best International Crime Fiction of May 2023
By Molly Odintz — CrimeReads
Locked room mysteries, brutal noir, and an epic tale of espionage.
May brings with it a host of new fiction in translation that proves, once again, that by the time something is translated, a large number of people have already vetted its quality and pronounced it very good indeed.
May 16, 2023
* 7 Fabulous Crime Novels
and the Craft Lessons They Drive Home
By Kate White — CrimeReads
thrillers that entertain and inspire
Here are seven thrillers I read in recent years that not only wildly entertained me but drove home important reminders for me as an author.
May 15, 2023
* 10 New Books Coming Out This Week
By CrimeReads
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
May 14, 2023
* Top National Bestsellers
Happy Place is the top national bestseller
As Reported By Publishers Weekly — Seattle Times
May 12, 2023
* May’s Best Psychological Thrillers
By Molly Odintz — CrimeReads
From delicious to chilling, these new releases use the human psyche to great effect.
May 11, 2023
* 5 Book Reviews You Need To Read This Week
By Book Marks — Lit Hub
Reviews of new books by Tom Hanks, Emma Cline, Haruki Murukami, and more!
May 10, 2023
* The Book-Banning Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point
Potentially the most consequential shift has come from the Biden administration.
By Ronald Brownstein — The Atlantic
Across multiple fronts, Democrats and their allies are stiffening their resistance to a surge of Republican-led book bans.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the past month have conspicuously escalated their denunciations of the book bans proliferating in schools across the country, explicitly linking them to restrictions on abortion and voting rights to make the case that “MAGA extremists” are threatening Americans’ “personal freedom,” as Biden said in the recent video announcing his campaign for a second term.
May 10, 2023
* 3 Paths to Publishing a Book
The Pros and Cons of Each
By Tom Freiling — Entrepreneur
What’s the best path to getting your book published? Here’s what entrepreneurs should know.
In this article, we will explore the three most commonly used ways to publish a book. There are traditional routes to taking a book to market, DIY approaches, and hybrid publishing models. While there’s no single best way to publish your book, there are certainly advantages and disadvantages to each strategy. Depending on your unique situation, and with a little due diligence, you can effectively reach readers and expand your influence.
May 9, 2023
* 21 New Books Out Today!
By Gabrielle Bellot — LitHub
As May continues, and as the incredible fact that summer is almost here looms, here are some exciting new books to consider picking up today. Here you’ll find a wide-ranging list, from new releases of classic tales and retellings of others to moving memoirs to provocative arguments about authorship and imperialism, and much, much more. I hope you’ll consider some of these intriguing titles!
May 8, 2023
* 10 New Books Coming Out This Week
By CrimeReads
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
May 7, 2023
* Top National Bestsellers
As Reported By Publishers Weekly — Seattle Times
May 5, 2023
* The Rising Republican Movement
to defund public libraries
By Fabiola Cineas — VOX.com
Libraries bolster democracy. Republicans want to get rid of them.
When Missouri’s House voted in late March to approve a state budget that would eliminate $4.5 million in funding for public libraries, local and national free speech advocates went into panic mode.
May 5, 2023
* What Should You Read Next?
the best reviewed books of the week
By Book Marks — Lit Hub
Featuring New Titles by Abraham Verghese, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Alexandra Auder, and more.
May 5, 2023
* What Is Literary Fiction, Anyway?
By Annika Barranti Klein — Book Riot
What is literary fiction? I’ve been trying to figure it out, and I’m stumped.
Like any genre or age category, “literary fiction” is a designation that is primarily a marketing tool, an idea of where to find a book in a bookstore…but genre is also supposed to give readers an idea of what to expect, at least in very broad terms, and I don’t think literary fiction does that.
May 4, 2023
* Peter Robinson, Remembered
By Peter Handel — CrimeReads
The late author’s wife recalls his writing habits, the notes he was always taking, the music he played, and the characters who lived through him.
May 4, 2023
* 5 Book Reviews You Need To Read This Week
By Book Marks — Lit Hub
Our special reserve of stupendous reviews this week includes Giri Nathan on Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Chain-Gang All-Stars, Audrey Wollen on Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X, Leah Finnegan on Ben Smith’s Traffic, Hermione Hoby on Max Porter’s Shy, and Jim Ruland on John Wray’s Gone to the Wolves.
May 3, 2023
* The Best New Fiction Coming Out This Month
By CrimeReads
New novels from Megan Abbott, Ivy Pochoda, and more.
May 2, 2023
* New Releases Tuesday
the best books out this week
By Erica Ezeifedi — Book Riot
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week. Make sure to stick around until the end for some more Book Riot resources for keeping up with new books.
May 1, 2023
* 10 Noteworthy Books for May
By Becky Meloan — The Washington Post
With May flowers comes a bounty of wonderful books: a moving memoir about gardening, novels about colonial Jamestown, Louis XIV’s Paris, a dying shopping mall, a diabolical serial killer, a self-made pirate queen and more. Fill up your bookshelf with something you love.
May 1, 2023
* Dragons, Decolonization, and More
May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
By Natalie Zutter — Lit Hub
New Books From Sarah Pinsker, Theodore McCombs, L.R. Lam, and many more.
May 1, 2023
* Backstory Drip
the single best backstory technique
By K.M. Weiland
Backstory Drip is used in every type of story. Always a good choice, it’s the technique that offers the fewest possible disadvantages, and it’s most effective in communicating important information to readers without interrupting the momentum of the main plot.
May 1, 2023
* 10 Books to Read in May
By The Sydney Morning Herald
May, what a delight – at last it’s really autumn, “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, as Keats put it in that famous Ode. My favourite season, I think. The cooler weather outside means coming in for a cosy time with a book to hand and some sort of warming drink within reach. Here are 10 books coming next month that could keep you company.
May 1, 2023
* 10 New Books Coming Out This Week
By CrimeReads
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
May 1, 2023
* 25 New Paperbacks on Shelves This May
By Gabrielle Bellot — LitHub
It’s a new month, and that means, amongst other things, that a lot of wonderful, exciting, thought-provoking titles are finally being released in paperback. The titles span a wide range, including authors old and new, established and promising. I hope you’ll find a few to add to your lists!
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BOOK NEWS!
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April 28, 2023
* What We’re Reading
By Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Hollie Richardson and Guardian Readers
This month, recommendations include a memoir that wrestles with singleness, poetry that feels alive and excellent audiobooks. Tell us in the comments what you have been reading.
April 27, 2023
* 5 Book Reviews
you need to read next
By Book Marks — LitHub
Our treasure trove of terrific reviews this week includes J. Courtney Sullivan on Denis Lehane’s Small Mercies, Becca Rothfeld on Brian Dillon’s Affinities, Andrew Motion on Fiona McFarlane’s The Sun Walks Down, John Brandon on Michael Farris Smith’s Salvage This World, and Sam Sacks on Michael Winkler’s Grimmish.
April 26, 2023
* 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist
By Dan Sheehan — LitHub
The Women’s Prize for Fiction—one of the literary world’s most high-profile and prestigious awards—announced the 2023 shortlist, which includes both former winners and three first-time novelists.
April 21, 2023
* What Should You Read Next?
the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
By Book Marks — Lit Hub
Featuring new titles by David Grann, Han Kang, Ramona Ausubel, and More.
April 18, 2023
* The Best Books Out This Week
new releases tuesday
By Erica Ezeifedi — Book Riot
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week.
April 18, 2023
* 24 New Books Out Today!
By Gabrielle Bellot — Literary Hub
April, astonishingly, is halfway over. Whether or not you agree with Eliot that April is the cruelest month, and thus that the month is either thankfully half-over, the undeniably non-cruel news is that a range of exciting new books is here once more.
April 17, 2023
* 10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
By Crimereads
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
April 17, 2023
* Prologues vs. Flashbacks
backstory techniques
By K.M. Weiland
If plot offers a what and a how, backstory is often the why. It can provide both context and subtext, bringing depth, understanding, and subtle nuance to a character’s journey through the main story.
April 16, 2023
* Writing with Pen & Notebook
Back to Basics
By Ran Walker — Writer’s Digest
10 reasons why going “old school” with notebooks is the best technology for writers.
Every year, there is some new form of technology introduced into the “writersphere,” and each one seems as though it has the ability to help you write in a way that you have never written before (or would ever have thought to write). Many of them, while well intentioned, usually require the writer to explore a learning curve in an effort to make use of the technology in a productive and meaningful way.
For those of us who can remember using typewriters, there was indeed a learning curve there, just as it was for word processors, computers, and wide array of more portable writing devices. Even now, there are the numerous software programs that allow us to organize, format, and export our writing into other forms, and each one has a learning curve that could be daunting to its user.
Your brain actually works differently when you are writing by hand!
April 13, 2023
* Must-Read Books of Spring
By Book Bub Editors
Spring has officially sprung, and a new season means all new books to add to our TBR list! The BookBub editors share the books they’re most excited about. Read on to see their picks!
April 13, 2023
* What Book World Critics and Editors
are reading now
By Washington Post Staff
In this new series, we’ll share the books that we’ve been reading during the commute, before bed, on park benches now that it’s warm again. These books might have been published this year, but more than likely not. We hope you’ll be spurred to read some of them, and in turn, we’d love to know what you’ve enjoyed lately so we can add to our teetering piles.
April 13, 2023
* Top 10 Women’s Espionage Novels
By Kim Sherwood — Crime Reads
Kim Sherwood, the first woman to take on the mantel of writing 007, lists her favorite spy fiction.
April 13, 2023
* 5 Book Reviews
To read this week
By Book Marks — Lit Hub
Our feast of fabulous reviews this week includes Ethan Hawke 0n Robert Greenfield’s True West: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work, and Times, Casey Cep on Charles Portis’s Collected Works, Emily Raboteau on Susan Crawford’s Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm, Frances Wilson on The Diaries of Franz Kafka, and Kristen Millares Young on Katie Holton’s The Language of Trees.
April 13, 2023
* 4 Different Styles of Mystery Novels
from around the world
By Elisa Shoenberger — Book Riot
It’s a good time for mystery lovers. There are so many different genres and sub-genres of mysteries on the market right now from thrillers to cozies and everything in between. And even better, we’re fortunate to be getting a taste of international mystery styles from all over the world from Japan to Australia and beyond. Interestingly, many styles seem centered around noir.
April 11, 2023
* 14 New Books to Read
By BuzzFeed News
From an unconventional divorce memoir to a military space opera.
April 11, 2023
* 25 New Books Out Today
By Gabrielle Bellot — Literary Hub
It’s mid-April, and, as always, there are some fascinating new titles to add to your list(s)! Here’s a selection of new books out today to consider checking out.
April 10, 2023
* April Book Club Picks
By Jamie Canaves — Book Riot
There is something for all readers !
April 10, 2023
* 10 New Books Coming Out This Week
New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.
By Crimereads
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks!
April 10, 2023
* Chosing the Right POV Character
By K.M. Weiland
One of the single greatest decisions authors make for their stories is selecting the right POV character for the story. And yet this is often a decision we make in a split second. Usually, the answer seems to be staring us in the face right from the beginning. The main POV should go to the character who inspired the story to begin with, the character we love the most—that’s the character who should get top billing, right?
April 6, 2023
* Obtrusiveness for Fiction Writers
By Mike Klaassen
The most noticeable narrators employ language that practically shouts their presence to the reader.
Is this necessary? Is this really what you want to do?
April 6, 2023
* 13 New April Mysteries, Thrillers and True Crime
By Jamie Canaves — Book Riot
Welcome to a new month – and spring! – with plenty of mysteries, thrillers, and true crime to read. Once again there is something for every reading taste – and a ton for readers who read it all!
April 5, 2023
* The Best Books Out This Week
13 books we couldn’t stop raving about
By BuzzFeedNews
From a fantastic short story collection to a YA graphic memoir.
April 4, 2023
* 23 New Books Out Today
By Gabrielle Bellot — Literary Hub
It’s the first Tuesday of April, month of showers, flowers, and slowly warming weather, and, should you find yourself inside, consider curling up with one (or more) of these new books.
April 3, 2023
* Riot Roundup
The Best Books of January — March 2023
By Mara Franzen — Book Riot
Themed book lists are all well and good, but sometimes us Book Rioters just want an excuse to rave about the latest books we’ve read and loved. That’s where the Riot Roundup comes in!
April 3, 2023
* 10 New Books Coming Out This Week
By Crimereads
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks.
April 1, 2023
* 10 New Fantasy and Science Fiction Books
By Daniel Roman — Winter Is Coming
Spring is in the air and new books are hitting the shelves! It’s time for another monthly round-up of science fiction and fantasy books coming out in the immediate future.
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