Two months into 2015, and already our hopes dashed: The authors of the two biggest fantasy series running, George R.R. Martin and Patrick Rothfuss, have made it pretty clear that we won’t be seeing the sixth book in A Song of Ice and Fire or the third installment of The Kingkiller Chronicles (respectively) until we’ve […]
Lives remembered, libraries preserved, and a question about coloring in this week’s roundup of the best, wisest, weirdest, and wittiest book-related stuff on Twitter. First up: #carnegieoccupation was trending this week. An austerity budget in the UK included plans to close the Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, a district in South London. The plan is […]
Over the past few decades, video games have moved from fad, to kids’ stuff, to a new pillar of mainstream entertainment, but in some ways we’re still figuring out how they slot into the landscape of our everyday lives. Who is a gamer and who isn’t? If you play games on your phone during your […]
The evolution of storytelling has followed us through the ages from fairy and folk tales to the vast variety of mediums now available to us. As storytelling expands in unusual and innovative ways to keep pace with global conversations, what are some books you’re most excited about? It is a truth of our nature that […]
We decided to do something a bit different this month—instead of just one Mind Meld at the end of the month, we’re doing four, covering four times as many of our favorite scary reads. We’ve asked our bookish friends near and far about their current favorite horror favorites, and are breaking them out by the […]