Emily in Paris landed into our Netflix queues at, arguably, the perfect time. Seven months into the pandemic, we had watched everything we could think of and were starved for new content. We’d probably already finished Call My Agent, and maybe wanted more French-themed entertainment. Some of us missed travel…

Spoiler: it’s not just about sales — Back in December 2021, a piece in The New York Times caused a bit of a stir in the author community online. It claimed that publishers are increasingly skeptical about whether even millions of followers on social media can translate to substantial book sales. Naturally, authors had Many Thoughts about…

All of them new in the last couple of years! — I love podcasts. Can’t get enough of them. One of the first ones I listened to in around 2010 was the BBC’s Books and Authors, along with Guardian Books. Then, in 2013, I discovered Book Riot, and my reading life has never been the same since. …

It’s an intense time. — November, for many writers, means one thing: the terrifying yet exhilarating prospect of drafting a 50,000 novel in 30 days in a challenge called NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month. …

You might end up in their book’s acknowledgements! — November, for many writers, means one thing: the terrifying yet exhilarating prospect of drafting a 50,000 novel in 30 days in a challenge called NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month. Assuming a steady schedule, that’s 1,667 words per day, and, not including planning time, it takes one to two hours…

Tumble into these great reads in 2022 — Every four years, I get obsessed with gymnastics. In between rounds of Olympic competition, I fall down the YouTube rabbit hole for yet another watch of Olga Korbut and Nadia Comăneci’s groundbreaking performances in 1974 and 1978 respectively. I watch documentaries. I look up phrases like double twisting double back…

It’s one way to warm up this winter — It’s the depths of winter right now, and I don’t know about you, but I’d love to be transported to summer on Cape Cod right now. It’s certainly a place that’s rich in atmosphere and the kind of sensory experience that’s ideal for setting the scene in a novel —…

These don’t shy away from the realities of life in the Upper Manhattan neighbourhood — Middle Grade fiction has a lot to offer to kids discovering the world and learning about themselves. In these books for 8-to-12 year olds set in Harlem, there’s plenty of that kind of learning to go round, as well as adventure, friendship, and more. …

It’s not just about Hollywood — Mention LA to anyone, and they will likely think of Hollywood and the film industry. And that’s part of the city, of course — acting and fame are of course represented in novels that are set in this part of California. But that’s not all there is to the diverse…