In his well-crafted debut collection of linked essays, Trinidad, a Filipino Kiwi writer, considers family and identity; the richness of Filipino culture and the challenges of immigration; and gay awakening and queer adulthood. A graphic recounting of catching, gutting, defeathering, and butchering a chicken turns into a warm portrait of his feisty grandmother, a college […]
Mia’s got a brand-new diary—and a dream: joining Greenpeace “to save the baby seals.” But her mom is dating her algebra teacher, her crush barely knows she exists, and her dad’s just informed her that she must move to Genovia to learn to be a princess. It’s been decades since the 2000 release of The […]
Thomson begins this book’s last chapter like so: “You may be saying, ‘Look, shifting from one shot to another, I don’t know where this book is going.’ You have a point, but I have no sympathy for either of us. It’s a book trying to keep up with every fresh screen I see.” He has […]
Wemlinger prefaces his fictional story with true accounts from his time as an Army captain. He watched dozens of women face discrimination, harassment, and abuse at the hands of the countless men who surrounded them; now, 50 years later, this treatment continues. The young woman in question is 22-year-old Sergeant Rebecca Farnsworth, who works on […]
In what could ostensibly be called a “space opera,” Van Shamrai’s novel gets off to a rip-roaring start as a shuttle carrying astrophysicist Gaag Zorb and cryobiologist Zara Espen suddenly crashes over Arabia. The two protagonists emerge from the wreckage to discover a putrid world of sand and fog inhabited by strange humanoid creatures whom […]
In Dream by the Shadows (2025), Esmer Havenfall fell in love with Erebus, the Shadow Bringer, and freed him after 500 years of imprisonment, reshaping the truth of who he really was. As Shadow Weavers, Esmer and Erebus must now help the Seven—immortal Weavers who rule the Dream Realm—by defeating the demon king Raelion and […]
Rosenstiel, a press critic and journalism professor, presents a solid case that news organizations’ problems are bigger than they realize. Along with declining public trust and countless newsroom layoffs, the industry faces an “intellectual” crisis. Woefully behind the times, journalists must embrace “emotionally intelligent newsgathering” that “meets audiences where they are.” Seasoned reporters may blanch […]
After Jules’ dad gets a job in Texas, she’s uprooted from everything and everyone she loves in Chicago. Then she discovers that Dad has decided to foster a “miniature moose” of a dog, Sparky, who’s soon taking up her bed—and Jules doesn’t even like dogs. On top of that, her mercurial schoolmate and next-door neighbor, […]
Poet Aptowicz turns to the history of her native Pennsylvania with the story of William Parker, enslaved in neighboring Maryland. After having been forced to fight other enslaved men in bare-knuckle contests, a teenage William came to blows with his own enslaver. He fled, making his way to a little Quaker community across the state […]
With Halloween still a week away, Tinker’s Cove, Maine, is already gearing up for its Merrie Olde Christmas extravaganza. Undeterred by a nasty doxxing incident, Chamber of Commerce Chair Corney Clark is teeing up costumes, carolers, and contests, capped by a plum pudding bake-off. But visions of sugarplums don’t have sweet associations for all residents. […]