• Design

    Book Covers

    The 22 Best Book Covers of March

    The colors are coming out.

     
    By Emily Temple  March 28, 2024
    Book Design

    Not Just Covers, But Every Page: Why Writers Should Talk About Book Design Early On

    By Debbie Berne  March 15, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of February

    By Emily Temple  February 29, 2024
    The Hub

    Jean Jullien’s enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

    By Emily Temple  February 28, 2024
    Craft

    Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

    By Devin Murphy  February 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Becky Chambers on the new illustrations for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

    By Olivia Rutigliano  February 16, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Book Covers

    The 12 Best Book Covers of January

    By Emily Temple  January 31, 2024
    The Hub

    2024’s hottest book cover trend is . . . pastel skies.

    By Drew Broussard  December 18, 2023
    Photography

    Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

    By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff  December 13, 2023
    Empowerment

    Why I Chose to Be the Cover Model for My Own Novel

    Alvina Chamberland: “I want to take up as much space as possible, both body and soul.”

    By Alvina Chamberland  March 25, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 30, 2023
    Art and Life

    Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  November 30, 2023
    Symbolism

    Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

    By Celia Mattison  November 29, 2023
    Cities

    Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

    Des Fitzgerald Wonders What "Nature" Actually Is

    By Des Fitzgerald  November 21, 2023
    Photography

    Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

    By Kathy Ryan  November 3, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 14 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  October 30, 2023
    Craft of Globemaking

    On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

    By Peter Bellerby  October 23, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley’s debut novel, The Nude.

    By Literary Hub  October 3, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit.

    By Literary Hub  September 28, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 17 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 28, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Dorothy Chan’s Return of the Chinese Femme.

    By Literary Hub  September 26, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Amy Lin’s Here After.

    By Literary Hub  September 20, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for R.O. Kwon’s next novel, Exhibit.

    By Emily Temple  September 19, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Susan Rich’s latest collection, Blue Atlas.

    By Literary Hub  September 14, 2023
    Best of 2023

    The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

    By Emily Temple  December 12, 2023
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