As we’ve seen over the last few months, book censorship in prisons is on the rise. Washington banned donations quietly. New Hampshire and Ohio prisons did the same. Enter Florida, adding itself to the list of states removing books and literature from the hands of those who are incarcerated. The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC)
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What they’re reading: Kelsey Miller Posted by Lily, Associate Editor on December 17, 2018 When a rumor recently surfaced that Netflix was pulling “Friends” from its lineup at the end of the year, Twitter collectively lost its mind. No need to panic yet (Netflix has the rights to the ’90s phenomenon till the end of
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The best romance covers of 2018 Posted by Savanna, Assistant Editor on December 13, 2018 This is always one of my favorite posts to put together—who wouldn’t want to gaze at shirtless men and glorious gowns? But this year’s list was particularly fun in that the noble art of the romance cover has been going
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Best Covers of 2018 Posted by Savanna, Assistant Editor on December 18, 2018 Every year, the BookPage editors get together to create the best books of the year list, but also its slightly more superficial stepsibling, the best covers list. It’s always a monumental undertaking to cut down and rank our extensive long list of
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Digital Dalliances: Once Ghosted, Twice Shy Posted by Savanna, Assistant Editor on January 08, 2019 Every month, we review the hottest new romance releases in our Romance column. But why let the print books have all the fun? In Digital Dalliances, we highlight digital-only releases guaranteed to heat up your eReader. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by
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Book excerpt: ‘Through Fiery Trials’ by David Weber Posted by Savanna, Assistant Editor on January 16, 2019 Science fiction icon David Weber has been having a very busy few months—a new Honor Harrington novel was released in the fall, and Through Fiery Trials, the tenth installment in his extremely popular Safehold series just hit shelves
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Cover reveal: ‘Words on Fire’ Posted by Hilli, Assistant Editor on January 30, 2019 We couldn’t be more excited to reveal the cover for bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen’s upcoming middle grade historical, Words on Fire, which will be published by Scholastic on September 24, 2019! In a story that sounds perfect for fans of The
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2019 Youth Media Award Winners Posted by Hilli, Assistant Editor on January 28, 2019 This morning the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top prizes in children’s and young adult literature, including the Caldecott, Newbery and Printz awards. Scroll on to see the full list of winners and read more about these acclaimed books! NEWBERY MEDAL, for the
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We are huge fans of Shelly Laurenston here at BookPage HQ, so we were pretty much over the moon to learn that she’ll be releasing a new fantasy romance series under her other pen name, G.A. Aiken. The Scarred Earth Saga will kick off with The Blacksmith Queen on August 27, and it sounds like readers who
Like any other medium, books have their tried and true conventions. Generally speaking, when one sits down with a novel or an essay collection, they can expect blocks of text broken up into paragraphs, sections, chapters, and so on. There is nothing wrong with having expectations of how a reading experience will go, otherwise reading
2019 Lariat Reading List Posted by Stephanie, Director of Strategic Marketing on April 24, 2019 Recently, our BookPage marketing team spent time in Austin, Texas, at the Texas Library Association’s annual meeting. We made new friends, ate our weight in tacos and discovered the annual Lariat Reading List, which calls attention to outstanding adult fiction
It’s summer and that means daily ice lollies, obsessively monitored mosquito bites, artfully curated Bookstagram posts, and dickheads pointing out that I haven’t shaved my legs. This year the body hair police have mainly confined themselves to pointing out the existence of hair on my legs (unlike previous years, when they’ve had recommendations re: what
2019 Edgar Awards honor BookPage cover star Walter Mosley Posted by Cat, Deputy Editor on April 26, 2019 Fans of crime stories, we all have our own favorite mysteries from 2018 (our Best of 2018 list is here!). But it’s so rewarding when the winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, selected by the Mystery Writers
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