The goal of censorship is to control what people think by controlling what they can read and learn. Book bans target and affect the most at-risk members of society. That's not a coincidence, either. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-19 11:30:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction’s popularity has remained solid since the 19th century, when Romanticism inspired writers to look to the past. Exploring the human ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-12 12:00:00 UTC ]
Somehow, it’s March already. I know; I’m baffled, too. But even if the year feels like it’s already slipping by ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-05 14:00:00 UTC ]
Andrea Barrett on why writing fresh historical fiction means more than cosplaying the past. | Lit Hub Craft Bookstore owner Brad Johnson reflects on the total destruction, by fire, of East Bay Booksellers (and its rebirth!). | Lit Hub Bookstores Michael Hiltzik on how California made Ronald... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 11:30:54 UTC ]
I know some people like to march to the beat of their own drum and aren’t really interested in what ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-18 13:30:00 UTC ]
Three dynamic queer characters carve a place for themselves among Gilded Age New York's elite in Olivia Wolfgang-Smith's MUTUAL INTEREST. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-14 12:30:00 UTC ]
I don’t think it’s any coincidence that many of the historical fiction new releases this February feature incredible stories about ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction centering *The* Woman behind the Harlem Renaissance, a tropical rebel gets her duke, and more of this month's best book club books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-04 13:30:00 UTC ]
From forgotten historical disasters to pioneers of culture and technology, these historical fiction books about little known history bring the more obscure sides of history to light. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-22 14:00:00 UTC ]
From compelling historical fiction to high-speed thrillers, dive into this week's new YA releases. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-15 13:30:00 UTC ]
"These books feature a lot of real historical figures—something I always love in my historical fiction." What kind of historical fiction do you love? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
Jewish Life in Harbin, China: A Conversation with Jean Hoffmann Lewanda by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 01/07/2025 - 07:08 Shalama and Paul, Shanghai, 1950. Photo courtesy of Jean Hoffmann LewandaI met the author Jean... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-01-07 13:08:24 UTC ]
He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-30 10:58:27 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel stressed she was concerned with depicting the outer world faithfully but her chief concern was her character’s interior drama. This adaptation shows how much she strayed from that Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-12-20 12:48:36 UTC ]
Golden Voice narrator Julia Whelan joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to tell listeners about narrating Kristin Hannah’s memorable historical fiction audiobook, The Women, one of our picks for Best Fiction of 2024. It’s an emotional story about Vietnam War combat nurses, and Julia details how she... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-05 09:05:46 UTC ]
The last time I wrote a novel set in what I considered to be the present was 2009-2010. The iPhone had appeared in 2007, but it had nothing to do with my characters, who were poor or old or both and lived on the scrappy outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since then, my books have […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-04 09:56:57 UTC ]
Pack your ereader with today's bounty of excellent deals from historical fiction to nonfiction, dystopian reads to romance, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-02 14:00:00 UTC ]
25 of the most important cookbooks of the last 100 years, the best historical fiction of 2024, and Martin Scorcese's adaptation plans. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-18 16:00:00 UTC ]
Death on a doomed ship, historical fiction from the Hundred Years' War, our relationship with the natural world, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-14 16:56:44 UTC ]
The Big A weighs in on the best books of the year, new YA titles out this week, historical fiction for Native American Heritage Month, and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-13 16:02:09 UTC ]