Colm Tóibín: “I write as though I will never get another chance.”
The author talks about the art of fiction and the forthcoming film version of his novel “Brooklyn.” A conversation with…
Interviews
A History of Glitter and Blood Author Hannah Moskowitz Talks Objectivity, Inspiration, and Weird YA
Hannah Moskowitz’s A History of Glitter and Blood is singular and sad, a disordered, deeply personal history of interspecies conflict…
Bone Towers and Sky Cows: 11 Things We Learned Talking With Fran Wilde About Updraft
We’ve already told you why you need to read Updraft, Fran Wilde’s debut fantasy; in brief: it’s an awesome teenage…
Everything, Everything Author Nicola Yoon Talks Helicopter Parenting, Artistic Collaboration, and Finding Humor in Tragedy
An exhilirating and memorable debut novel that has generated a lot of buzz, including a film option at MGM, Everything, Everything…
Adding a Bit of Magic: Zen Cho Discusses Her Debut Sorcerer to the Crown
Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown is one of the most delightful surprises of the fall, a fizzy fantasy debut…
Interview: The Creators of the Ultraman Manga Talk Resurrecting a Legendary Hero
The first volume of Tomohiro Shimoguchi and Eiichi Shimizu’s Ultraman comes out on Tuesday. It’s a fresh take on a…
Interview: Chuck Wendig On Hacking the Cyber-Thriller Formula in Zeroes
Chuck Wendig is a prolific science fiction writer, the author of the Miriam Black novels and the highly anticipated Star Wars:…
Pirates, Squirrels, and a Half-Sidhe Anti-Hero: An Interview with Lilith Saintcrow
Full disclosure: I’ve known Lili Saintcrow for a decade now; she edited an early version of my second novel The…
“We’re Comics Elitists.” Talking The Wicked + the Divine with Kieron Gillen
The Wicked + the Divine is an urban fantasy graphic novel with a, forgive us, truly wicked premise: every 90…
A Long Crazy Trip: Talking Magic with Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews, the pseudonym for Andrew and Ilona Gordon, husband-and-wife team behind the hugely popular Kate Daniels series, are an…
10 Things We Learned About Chris Colfer at his #BNAuthorEvent
Glee star and author of the wildly popular “The Land of Stories” series Chris Colfer came to B&N to an event…
Celebrating Emily Windsnap’s Next Adventure: An Interview with Author Liz Kessler
Our favorite half mermaid, Emily Windsnap, is back in Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls, the sixth book…
Vision, Sympathy, Fever: Kirstin Valdez Quade and Mira Jacob in Conversation
Superpowers, the nature of art, and what not to read when you’re trying to write a book of your own.
Damage Done Author Amanda Panitch on Debuting, Unreliable Narrators, and Writing What You Don’t Know
Amanda Panitch is one of those rare authors who are more like superheroes since they seem able to do so…
What Happens Next? Talking Star Wars: Aftermath with Chuck Wendig
At San Diego Comic-Con, there’s a buzz in the air, and that buzz is Star Wars. For the first time…
A.I., Poetry, and the Generational Divide: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
For three decades now, Kim Stanley Robinson has been mapping the future of humanity through science fiction. His novels are as…