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Guest post: My foolproof hack to beating writer’s block

Leah Rowan on the trick that gave her MARION, the biggest idea of her career

Jun 2 • Leah Rowan

"One of the things we don’t talk about enough is how selfish certain chapters of life need to be"

Sarah Vacchiano on landing a deal sans agent, developing thick enough skin to publish autofiction, and her witty "coming-of-adulthood" novel, SOFT…

May 27

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"We're throwing a party to celebrate books and literature and literacy and free expression of ideas for our community—that's the mindset…

An illuminating convo about book festivals with Tucson Festival of Books' Abra McAndrew

May 20 • Andrea Bartz and Abra McAndrew

Guest post: I finally nailed book events...on Book 9. Here's how.

Bestselling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong on exactly what a book tour needs

May 18 • Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

On looking put-together yet fully spinning out

How do you plan for the future when it feels like things are falling apart?

May 13 • Andrea Bartz

Ask a Bookseller: How is running a bookstore different in the UK?

Plus: How do you decide which foreign titles to stock?

May 11

46:54

"Feeling hopeless and atomized is exactly what people with power want us to feel right now."

A practical discussion of how to hold AI companies accountable with Saul Austerlitz and Aurelio Aguirre

May 6 • Andrea Bartz, Saul Austerlitz, and AurelioAguirre

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"Why haven't scholars cared about agents? Why are writers so obsessed? And what is that mismatch telling us about what's going on in this…

A fascinating convo about agents' shifting role with author and literary historian Laura B. McGrath

May 4 • Andrea Bartz and Laura B. McGrath

Guest post: I finally figured out the secret to long-term success

Bestselling author Stacey Lee on "keeping the ship steady"

May 1

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