Bookshelf: Guam author releases Peto, Crisis at Anemas Bay, Part 1

Peto’s Journey LLC, doing business as Peto’s Publishing, has launched its first comic book, “Peto, Crisis at Anemas Bay, Part 1,” a milestone that transforms grief into hope and continues the mission to inspire literacy and creativity across Guam....

‘Nuremberg’ Review: Historical Drama Holds a Mirror to Our Current Era of Authoritarianism

Written and directed by James Vanderbilt and based on Jack El-Hai’s 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Nuremberg looks back at a crucial, world-shaping moment in human rights history. The film understands that cornerstone to be inseparable...

Major Books signs Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales

Major Books has acquired Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales by Nguyen Đổng Chi. Publisher Kim Trần acquired world rights from Nguyễn Đổng Chí’s estate, with the book set to publish in March 2026. It will include 11 stories from "the definitive...

‘Every single sentence is perfect’ – Irish authors recommend their favourite books for this year’s MS Readathon

Ireland’s longest-running charity event – originally launched by Roald Dahl in 1988 – helps to support more than 11,000 people living with MS Author ER Murray has three great recommendations Today at 06:30 Irish authors have shared a few of their...

Read it and weep: Spine-tingling books to read on Halloween

You may know already how the story ends but you love the feeling of fear and trepidation as you turn page after page... Reading a story that's able to scare you again and again is an absolute treat and a skill reserved for a very selected number...

Three hundred young readers to be honoured for completing Harry Potter book

Pottermore Publishing and BookSmart powered by Worldreader will honour 300 young readers who have completed Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone during the Get Kenya Reading campaign. The exclusive Tea Party celebration will take place on...

In literature and film James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ resonates for All Saints and All Souls

By DR. DAVID A. KING, Ph.D. | Published October 31, 2025 Many years ago—decades in fact—when I became a Catholic, the wonderful trio of days that comprise All Hallow’s Eve, All Saints’ Day, and The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All...

18 Anime, Manga Companies Publish Joint Statement Criticizing Use of Generative AI With Sora2 Program

Image via OpenAI© OpenAI 2015–2025Eighteen Japanese companies published a joint statement on Friday criticizing the use of OpenAI's Sora2 AI video-audio generation system. Along with the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), they have...

Day authors, illustrators rekindled reading culture at children’s book festival

The air buzzed with laughter as children clutching colourful storybooks darted between rows of stalls lined with vibrant illustrations and picture books. The Akada Children’s Book Festival 2025, held at the Upbeat Centre, Admiralty Way, Lekki,...

Add This to the Canon of Great Diplomacy Books

Any book that starts with a speech by Archidamus and the Peloponnesian War is catnip to a certain type of reader. And A. Wess Mitchell’s Great Power Diplomacy, though it competes in a crowded field, does exactly what it sets out to do: Explain how...

Interview with Alice McVeigh, Author of Marianne

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Marianne: A Sense and Sensibility Sequel? I relate to Marianne, as she’s the most impulsive and the most musical of Austen’s characters. (I have been diagnosed with ADHD and spent years...

Interview with Beatrice B. Morgan, Author of The Blood Enchantress

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Blood Enchantress? I wanted a vampire vs. vampire-hunter love story, and while The Blood Enchantress isn’t quite what I’d envisioned, I wouldn’t change a thing. If you had to pick...

Interview with Jonathan Epps, Author of The Never Not Yes

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Never Not Yes? I had become disillusioned by the quality and character of our culture and foresaw catastrophic events if we could not find a way to cooperate. If you had to pick...

Interview with Vic Venture, Author of The End-Beginning of Everything

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The End-Beginning of Everything? The idea began as a collision of place and appetite. Growing up where Norse and Slavic histories meet, I felt drawn to their shared atmosphere of cold,...

Interview with Laurie Woodward, Author of Time Murmurations

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Time Murmurations? One day, I looked up into the sky and saw a flock of Brewer’s blackbirds moving as one. This inky black cloud seemed to hold the key to time itself as I started to...

Commemorating another year: Lawrence David Kusche, author, research librarian, and pilot, marks birthday milestone (November 1)

Lawrence David Kusche was born on November 1, 1940, in Wisconsin. His family moved to Arizona when he was six years old. Kusche developed an interest in aviation early, earning a commercial pilot's license by age 21. He later became a librarian...

Interview with Sky Shielder, Author of Lindsay Buroker

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Sky Shielder? ’ve been writing fantasy romance for more than a decade, often with dragons involved, but I haven’t written many that start out spicy from the beginning. I’m usually a...

Interview with Brian H. Roberts, Author of Wetware

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Wetware? Two things. First, after finishing my initial series about the commercial motivations for colonizing Mars, I began to wonder: “What about the next generation? How would Martian...

Welsh publisher brings classic novel back in print

Rape of the Fair Country (Image: Book Ish) and Alexander Cordell Stephen Price After being out of print for a number of years, Alexander Cordell’s timeless novel, Rape of the Fair Country is set to return to book shelves once again after being...

SBA, NYU gather 161 Arab, African publishers

Organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) in collaboration with New York University (NYU) at Expo Centre Sharjah, the event reflected a broader push for innovation in publishing; with the purpose of supporting Arab and African publishers in...