Interview with Akane Araki & Jesse Kirkwood
In this interview, we sit down with Akane Araki & Jesse Kirkwood, Author and Translator of Murder at the End of the World.
Banned At Home, Read Everywhere Else.
By Sarah Kloth Eight books censored, imprisoned, or written their way out of a prison cell, and how translation became the place they survived. Behrouz Boochani wrote his memoir one text message at a time. Confined for more than five years in Australia’s offshore detention center on Manus Island, he had no desk, no computer, […]
Interview with Jesse Christmass
In this interview, we sit down with Shane Jesse Christmass, author of Xerox Over Manhattan.
Interview with Thomas Bunstead
In this interview, we sit down with Thomas Bunstead, translator of The Depopulation.
Featured Bookstagrammer @BurningCauldronFitness
Each issue we feature a new bookstagrammer, highlighting some of their amazing work. This time we catch up with @BurningCauldronFitness
She Speaks Louder Than Borders: Women Writers Translated Into English
By Sarah Kloth Women writers, translated into English in 2026, whose books cross languages, break form, and reclaim the stories only they were positioned to tell. “A story crosses a border only when someone insists on carrying it across.” In February, the Bulgarian writer Rene Karabash published a novel about a nun […]
Still Inspiring: An Oral History Confirms Patrick Swayze Really Was That Guy
Patrick Swayze: Still Inspiring! written by Sue Tabashnik, reviewed by Sarah Kloth Some celebrities get one biography. Patrick Swayze, it turns out, gets an entire chorus. Patrick Swayze: Still Inspiring! is Sue Tabashnik’s fifth book built around the actor, dancer, and Arabian horse enthusiast who died in 2009, and it may be her most generous […]
Featured Indie Bookstore: Bob’s Beach Books | Lincoln City, OR
In our Featured Indie Bookstore column we dive into a hidden gem of a bookstore. This issue we have Little Shop of Stories.
Find Your Next Podcast: Words & Nerds Podcast
Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer’s mind.
Girl + Book: The Hornets’ Nest by Neil Mackenzie Review
Young adult fiction continues to become one of the most popular genres – mostly for adults. Join us each issue to find your next YA read.