Read Banned Books: ALA’S Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021
During Banned Books Week , we celebrate the freedom to read, highlight the necessity of free and open access to ideas, and advocate for the protection of these rights.
Becoming “bookseller-owners”: Raven Book Store on their employee-ownership model
The employee-owners of Lawrence, Kansas’s Raven Book Store share some of their mission and goals in adopting a collective model of ownership at their store.
Yasmin Angoe on They Come at Knight
In They Come at Knight, Yasmin Angoe continues the thrilling story of her heroine Nena Knight, an unforgettable and talented killer with a purpose.
Isabel and Imogen Greenberg on Gaia: Goddess of Earth
Isabel and Imogen Greenberg’s new graphic novel for young readers, Gaia: Goddess of Earth, is a vibrant and feminist take on this lesser-known but mighty figure from Greek mythology.
Interview with a Publisher: Grove Atlantic on Publishing Literature in Translation
In honor of Women in Translation month, the editorial team at Grove Atlantic reflects on their work publishing writers from underrepresented languages or countries, especially women writers, and the importance of reading works in translation.
Emily Hughes on The Snail
Emily Hughes’s picture book The Snail shares the life of Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi and encourages everyone to create as a source of healing and gift of love.
Love By the Books: Stories from WORD Bookstores
August 20th is Bookstore Romance Day! Our friends at WORD Bookstores marked the occasion with their own staff-written, store-centered romances.
Julia Sanches on translating Eva Baltasar’s Boulder
Eva Baltasar’s latest novel Boulder explores the darker sides of love and motherhood. Translator Julia Sanches discusses what drew her to the novel, and Baltasar shares a recording of her work in the original Catalan.
Booksellers Recommend: Women in Translation
To honor Women in Translation Month, some of our favorite booksellers offer recommendations of recent books from women writers working in underrepresented languages.
Kiki Petrosino on Bright: A Memoir
Having written four books of poetry, Kiki Petrosino approached her prose memoir Bright, a meditation on her upbringing in a mixed Black and Italian American family, as a fascinated outsider.