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Why We Still Need Book Festivals

Why We Still Need Book Festivals

Julie Finch’s Keynote Speech From the 2026 London Book Fair

By Julie Finch | March 25, 2026

In Defense of Pet Portraiture as a Worthy Art Form

In Defense of Pet Portraiture as a Worthy Art Form

Morgan Day on the Practice of Artistic Tradition

By Morgan Day | March 24, 2026

Astrofiction: Seven Novels With Astronaut Protagonists

Astrofiction: Seven Novels With Astronaut Protagonists

Cecile Pin Recommends Samantha Harvey, Eliana Ramage, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and More

By Cecile Pin | March 24, 2026

Louise Erdrich, Han Kang, David Streitfeld, and more: 20 new books out today!

Louise Erdrich, Han Kang, David Streitfeld, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | March 24, 2026

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

How Andrei Tarkovsky Taught Me to Write About the American West

Caroline Tracey on Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Salt Lakes

By Caroline Tracey | March 23, 2026

Pepper Basham on How <em>The Secret Garden</em> Inspired Her Love for British Literature

Pepper Basham on How The Secret Garden Inspired Her Love for British Literature

"I can still find my way there through these pages. Some gardens, it turns out, are always in season."

By Pepper Basham | March 23, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Mieko Kawakami on Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Hope in the Darkness

By Leanne Ogasawara | March 23, 2026

Andrea Mara on Building Suspense

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 23, 2026

Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Finding the Poetry in Grief

By Memoir Nation | March 23, 2026

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, Read This Book

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of Wuthering Heights, Read This Book

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Karen Powell’s Fifteen Wild Decembers

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | March 20, 2026

Why the Poet Ed Sanders <br>Matters More Than Ever

Why the Poet Ed Sanders
Matters More Than Ever

Lucy Kogler in Praise of the Poet Who Never Stops Creating

By Lucy Kogler | March 20, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Hannah Lillith Assadi, Tara Menon, Ian Buruma, and more

By Book Marks | March 20, 2026

Marlene Zuk on Tackling Writer’s Block (as a Scientist)

Marlene Zuk on Tackling Writer’s Block (as a Scientist)

“Once you have something to get you going, the rest sometimes follows.”

By Marlene Zuk | March 20, 2026

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the final episode of Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 20, 2026

DIY Creativity: What Conserving Art and Writing Fiction Have in Common

DIY Creativity: What Conserving Art and Writing Fiction Have in Common

Karma Brown In Praise of Hands-On Experience When Drafting and Researching a Novel

By Karma Brown | March 19, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A family is always a bit of a fantasy, requiring some realist puncturing. Every good biographer, then, is a problem child.”

By Book Marks | March 19, 2026

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