Notes of an also-ran: How to spend an entire year reading and come away feeling as though you’ve read all the wrong things
What these lists are good for is marketing clout.
The crisis in book reviewing may not be what you think it is
Instead of complaining that there is no books coverage in Canada today, it would be salutary if people would consume what is available.
The best of times, the worst of times: In a market that is over-saturated, discovering new or different books is more challenging than ever
If there is a wish for the coming year, it is that a few more readers might be willing to take a few more chances.
PEN America’s survey of two years’ worth of data finds book bans at schools and libraries increasing rapidly
American-style book bans are not unheard of in Canada.
Six-year-old Stratford resident Izzy the Bookworm raises money to help fight MS by doing what she loves most: reading
Izzy's mother, Lindsey, was diagnosed with the disease when she was thirty.
The loss of Bookforum makes a tough environment for longform book criticism even tougher
The loss represents another in the death of a thousand cuts that is unfolding in the arena of print journals and magazines.
Kid lit non-profit We Need Diverse Books initiates anti-censorship effort Books Save Lives
The campaign includes a grant to schools as well as grassroots organizing and support for affected writers.
Emma Smith’s Portable Magic is a conversational meander through the use and abuse of books in history
Smith guides readers through almost six centuries in which the technology of the codex has remained relatively unchanged.
Despite positive sales of print books, Gallup reports Americans are reading less
Where publishing is concerned, every silver lining has a big rain cloud hovering directly behind it.
All horror is body horror: An introduction to a month of fear
The genre “specifically devoted to the arousal of bodily sensation” traffics in transgression and finds pleasure in the disreputable.