“There’s no higher version of historical fiction to me than that, the feeling of being transported.” Zadie Smith’s The Fraud brings all the excitement of a Victorian novel with a cast of characters that will be familiar (Charles Dickens, anyone?) and a wild web of plots that combine the best of historical fiction with themes […]
Let’s talk about Matilda. I’m not talking about Harry Styles’ Matilda from his song (although I have a feeling that she would get along with the Matilda I’m talking about). No, I’m talking about Matilda from Roald Dahl’s book, Matilda (and also our Young Readers Rediscovered Classic). There are so many things we can learn […]
“I loved it more than everybody. And afterwards, I thought for the first time, whatever I do, I’ve got to get as close to that as I can. Not the not the noise or the music or being a rock star, but the creativity of it and the energy of it and the way that […]
Think of National Novel Writing Month as the Author Olympics: a crazy event that comes around every year and offers up a challenge that goes beyond sales numbers, advances, or any other data point used to measure success. NaNoWriMo asks a simple question: can you write a novel-length story in just one month? For years now, […]