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Meet Popverse's new staff writer, Grant DeArmitt
Popverse is entering year 2 with a new staff writer (and old face): Grant DeArmitt
July 03, 2024
Chris Arrant
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All of the upcoming major comic cons and shows coming in the US and abroad
There are comic conventions happening weekly around the world - here's a list of many of them, so you can make plans to be there yourself!
July 01, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Queer romance novels to read this summer
It's Pride! It's beach read season! Check out these amazing novels.
June 19, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
House of the Dragon got you waiting for more? Here's how to read every Game of Thrones book in order
Everything you need to know to read the stories which inspired Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and its spinoffs, whether chronologically or in release order.
June 17, 2024
Austin Gorton
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Bridgerton books reading order: What order to read (or re-read) all the books that inspired the Netflix hit
All the angst without the agonizing wait for a new season.
June 07, 2024
Trent Cannon
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A new Hunger Games book (and movie) is coming out centered on Woody Harrelson's Haymitch - and it already has a release date!
Hunger Games' Haywitch Abernathy is going to make sure they remember him as he gets his own movie
June 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The official Fourth Wing pronunciation guide, according to Rebecca Yarros herself
You've been saying Basgiath wrong the whole time, but don't worry Rebecca Yarros can help
May 17, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Spoilers!Netflix's Bridgerton season 3 part 1 ending explained (and a tease of mayhem to come in part 2!)
Netflix's costume drama Bridgerton returns with more romance, new characters, and so many costumes in season 3
May 16, 2024
Jim McDermott
Features
Here's how (and when) to get New York Comic Con 2024 tickets... and how to get them early
It's time to get your ticket to the biggest comic con in North America - NYCC 2024.
May 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 trailer unpacked and explained by Popverse's resident Tolkien expert
Ashley Victoria Robinson tells you everything you need to know (and then some) about the latest Rings of Power trailer
May 14, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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The Five Nights at Freddys-esque game Poppy Playtime is bringing Huggy Wuggy to your local bookshelf
Poppy Playtime Orientation Handbook is out now, launching a line of books bringing Huggy Wuggy to a new (terrified) audience
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
C2E2 2023: Watch most of the big panels on VOD, read the biggest news, and more thanks to Popverse
It's time to make our way to Chicago for one of our favorite comic conventions
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Meet Popverse's new editor, Graeme McMillan
Wait, what? Graeme McMillan is becoming a bigger part of Popverse
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the Hannibal reunion, Brandon Sanderson, Ted Lasso, One Piece cast, and more panels from Chicago's C2E2 2024!
The 12 biggest panels of Chicago's C2E2 2024 are available to watch from anywhere, straight into your home or phone.
April 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch Brandon Sanderson read an exclusive excerpt from Wind and Truth at C2E2
The author shared the opening sections for character Shallan Davar onstage at the Chicago event
April 27, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Brandon Sanderson tried (very hard) to change one character arc on the Wheel of Time show
At C2E2 2024, the Mistborn author revealed that he wrote a different beginning for Perrin Aybara
April 27, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch now!WATCH: Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn & Stormlight Archive author, took fan questions and read an excerpt at C2E2 '24
Ahead of his latest novel, Wind and Truth, Brandon Sanderson was at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - and you can view his panel here!
April 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Chicago, get ready: the C2E2 2025 dates are here
We haven't even celebrated C2E2 2024 yet, and we're already making plans for C2E2 2025
April 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Meet your newest Pokémon friends in the new line Monpoké
Monpoké is the first-ever Pokémon line for kids and toddlers
April 23, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Rebecca Yarros explains how Fourth Wing transitioned from books to a live-action Amazon Prime Video TV show
"I know that they'll honor the diversity in the cast and we're not gonna see it whitewashed," the author says of the upcoming television adaptation
April 09, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros reveals THIS SCENE almost didn't happen
The author discusses scenes that weren't originally in the book
April 09, 2024
Veronica Valencia
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Watch Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros' full panel conversation with Popverse
The author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame took to the stage to talk about her globally successful Empyrean series
April 08, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
SDCC 2023: Learn the story behind San Diego Comic Con with Mathew Klickstein's oral history
The man behind See You at San Diego talks about the interviews, people, and stories behind the exhaustive new book
April 08, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
American Rust: That time Broken Justice star Maura Tierney slapped a cellphone on set
"And I whacked it one, and it hit her in the face." Tierney says
April 01, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney chat the surprisingly difficult scene to film in American Rust season 2
"Alright, so I'll get 110% behind this, kind of, really outrageous behaviour by my character." Tierney says
March 29, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Rebecca Yarros has revealed The Empyrean book 3 release date, title, and has even teased the plot
We're ready to ride the dragon one more time.
March 28, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Watch Marissa Meyer, Jasmine Skye, Kendare Blake, & Margaret Owen match wits in... Battle of the Tropes
Authors of over 25 books across ten fantasy realms converge to debate the pros and cons of the most famous of fantasy tropes
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Rebecca Yarros' discussion on Romantasy with Saara El-Arifi, Danielle L. Jensen, & Leia Stone
Join these critically acclaimed and bestselling authors as they discuss how the combination of romance and fantasy is one of the hottest trends in lit right now.
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Jodie Whittaker, Rebecca Yarros, Mike Flanagan, and more new panels filmed at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
Watch full-length panel conversations about Doctor Who, The Strangers: Chapter One, Fourth Wing, the Flanaverse, and more.
March 28, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the Divergent series author Veronica Roth's full panel conversation from Seattle's ECCC 2024
The Divergent, Chosen Ones, and Arch-Conspirator author Veronica Roth answered fan questions and discussed her work at ECCC '24
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch Veronica Roth & Terry Brooks discussion on building bestselling worlds from ECCC 2024
The authors of the Shannara Chronicles and Divergent series know what sells - listen as they tell you
March 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Disney's D23 Expo tickets are on sale now!
After 140k people attended 2022's D23 Expo by Disney, the next question is simple: how can we do it again?
March 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How Alien inspired American Horror Story season 12 with its focus on "physical gruesomeness" of pregnancy
Danielle Valentine explained how her novel Delicate Condition, which is the basis for season 12, owes some inspiration to Ridley Scott's scifi classic
March 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Fourth Wing and Iron Flame author Rebecca Yarros reveals what her signet would be
We love lightning and shadows but that's not what Yarros wants her own signet to be
March 22, 2024
Veronica Valencia
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Fourth Wing's Rebecca Yarros became a writer to deal with sleepless nights
"I read thousands of books... so by the time I started writing my book, I had a good idea what story structure was," she explains
March 18, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Dune: Part Three isn't greenlit yet, with studio exec saying director needs to "gets the script right"
CEO Josh Grode also said that "we have to have all creative stakeholders aligned and support the vision"
March 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Six movies to watch after you've finished Dune: Parts One and Two
Science fiction, epic history, and some more Denis Villeneuve fare - there's plenty to see after you've seen Dune
March 04, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Lord of the Rings: Cosplay characters from Tolkien's world
Here's our guide to cosplaying Galadriel, Elrond, and more
March 03, 2024
Ani-Mia
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How to read The Lord of the Rings canon
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth books reading order
March 03, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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The upcoming Lord of the Rings movies would be great with Chris Evans, and Sean Astin gives him his blessing
He is the gatekeeper, after all
March 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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What Instant Karma author Marissa Meyer notices about meeting readers
“There is a difference sort of energy at a convention centre full of people,” Meyer says
March 02, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Where's Waldo is the definition of fun for the whole family at ECCC '24
At this year's Emerald City Comic Con, he most sought after character isn't a superhero
March 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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What Cinder author Marissa Meyer loves seeing most at conventions
"Oh! People watching and seeing the cosplay," Meyer says
February 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Lunar Chronicles' Marissa Meyer loves cosplay - and has certain cosplays she'd love to see at Seattle's ECCC this weekend
I may not be exactly into the thing that you're into, but we are already on a similar ground in that we are fans of something and we love something and we are here to just be excited about whatever that is," Meyer says
February 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Ghosts' The Captain is the best character the franchise has to offer
Let us tell you why The Captain deserves to be your favorite Ghosts UK character
February 13, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Anne Rice: How to read the overarching universe of the Vampire Chronicles, Mayfair Witches, and more in order
Step into the Immortal Universe of Anne Rice.
February 04, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
History is fun!Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks war movies & shows: How & where to watch Saving Private Ryan, Masters of Air, and more (and how it all fits together)
These historical dramas are pretty accurate, down to the dates and times of major events in World War 2
February 03, 2024
Mason Downey
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Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson returns to LA Shakespeare cabaret Shakes on the Rocks this February
It's Shakespeare, but faster, funnier, and with a two-drink minimum
February 01, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
House of Flame and Shadow is out now! Watch Sarah J. Maas discuss 'Crescent City' and more
Watch the full panel from New York Comic Con 2019
January 30, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
Seattle's ECCC 2024 welcomes Penguin Random House, Oni Press, Clarion West, and more
The full list of exhibitors at the 2024 Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle has been revealed.
January 30, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Veronica Roth is coming to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2024
The bestselling novelist will be a literary guest at 2024's Emerald City comic Con
January 27, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Alex Segura returns to the scene of the comic book crime with new novel Alter Ego
The November title from Flatiron Books is a follow-up to his award-winning Secret Identity
January 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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If you liked Saltburn, then Netflix's upcoming stylish queer thriller may be for you
It's Andrew Scott's turn.
January 23, 2024
Fran Ruiz
Features
Highlight VideoRe-live the best of New York Comic Con 2022 with NYCC Insider from Popverse
See the best from the NYCC 2022 show floor, the biggest stages, and backstage with Popverse's NYCC Insider 2022
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Goosebumps The Musical: Everything you need to know about Phantom of the Auditorium
Ready to get some spooky thrills musical-style?
January 17, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
Watch now!Watch the Disney+ Goosebumps panel from New York Comic Con 2023
R.L. Stine's legendary tales of terror came to Disney+, after they made a stop at New York Comic Con. Watch the panel here, presented by DoorDash.
January 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Goosebumps Anniversary celebration with R.L. Stine and Tim Jacobus from New York Comic Con
Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine and Goosebumps cover artist Tim Jacobus talk about the legacy of Goosebumps books
January 17, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!NYCC 2023: Watch the Disney+ Percy Jackson and the Olympians panel here!
Upcoming Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians was at New York Comic Con 2023, and you can watch the panel here, brought to you by Tumblr. Welcome back.
January 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Fantasy is forever, The British Library argues
The current exhibit at the London institution takes a holistic approach to what fantasy means (and can mean)
January 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Poll: Which Camp Half-Blood cabin would you be in?
Sure, you may not be a god's kid, but if you could choose - where would you live?
January 11, 2024
Tiffany Babb
Features
You can add 'prose author' to Keanu Reeves' resume
The Book of Elsewhere, which takes place in the same universe as Reeves's comic BRZRKR, will be published by Random House's Del Rey
January 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Percy Jackson's creators share what it was like working with Rick Riordan
"There was never a conversation with Rick and Becky where there was any sense of this must or must not be." says Jon Steinberg
January 04, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Even Percy Jackson & the Olympians: star Walker Scoball forgets his lines sometimes (and tells us about it cheekily)
"I don't, like, forget lines a lot, but when I do, it's bad."
January 04, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
How Rick Riordan worked with Disney+'s Percy Jackson creators to stay true to the books (while being open to inspiration and creativity)
"There was never a conversation with Rick and Becky where there was any sense of this must or must not be." says Jon Steinberg
January 03, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros is going to Emerald City Comic Con 2024
The NYT bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame is coming to ECCC 2024 in Seattle
December 22, 2023
Illianna Gonzalez-Soto
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J.R.R. Tolkien reworked The Hobbit after Moomin creator illustrated an edition of the novel
What did Tove Jansson do that upset fans and surprised Tolkien?
December 21, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Yes, Zendaya will have a much bigger role in the second Dune film according to its director
Chani gets to shine this time around.
December 19, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
V.E. Schwab on a literary trope she wishes she could stop
Fragile Threads of Power author V.E. Schwab criticizes authors for continuing to deny queer characters happy endings
December 18, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
V.E. Schwab wishes Buffy the Vampire Slayer had more diverse queer representation
Bestselling fantasy author V.E. Schwab talks why it’s so important to have a wide variety of queer characters in pop culture
December 18, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
Rachel Smythe, Raina Telgemeier, and Kazu Kibuishi talk continuity in series writing
Three acclaimed graphic novelists discuss the challenges of creating long stories
December 12, 2023
Jim McDermott
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Getting Camp Half-Blood t-shirts right required trying 20 shades of orange
The costume department had to dye 350 shirts, 19 at a time.
December 07, 2023
Avery Kaplan
Features
Get started on The Sandman comics with this magical Black Friday deal
It's hard to fall asleep while reading this one.
November 24, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
Get all the Twilight Saga books without sucking your wallet dry in the Black Friday Sale
Either edition will satisfy even the most die-hard Twilight fan in your life.
November 24, 2023
Trent Cannon
Features
Disability isn't evil: Why Doctor Who is changing one of its most iconic villains, Davros
The classic Whovian villain appeared, sans wheelchair, in a Children in Need sketch also featuring David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor
November 22, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How to read Goosebumps in order
Here's how to read all of the original Goosebumps series in order.
November 20, 2023
Avery Kaplan
Features
Poll: What is your favorite Hunger Games book?
Vote in our fan poll, and let us know!
November 17, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
The Hunger Games: Every district of Panem explained
Explore Panem ahaed of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
November 16, 2023
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
What to watch after Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher
If you've finished Mike Flanagan's latest horror miniseries but need some more Edgar Allan Poe in your life, we've got you covered
November 15, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Cassandra Clare in Conversation: Watch the Sword Catcher author talk to a crowd of fans at MCM in London
Also the mind behind The Mortal Instruments, Clare spoke the magic she's created, both in her worlds and ours
November 15, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Five Nights at Freddy's: Take an exclusive look at the first chapter of the FNAF movie novelization
Can't wait until December to check out the Five Nights at Freddy's official movie novel? We've got you covered.
November 14, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Audible's Moriarty podcast understands what makes Arthur Conan Doyle's arch-villain survive
Season Two, The Silent Order, continues a 130-year cultural obsession with Sherlock Holmes's nemesis. But why does he continue to fascinate?
November 14, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
David Tennant insists on calling The Scottish play by name, defying 400 years of theater tradition
While talking about his next theatrical role as the lead in Shakespeare's Scottish Play, David Tennant scoffed at the idea of it being cursed to call it by name.
November 10, 2023
Jim McDermott
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Critical Role is doing even more Bells Hells - with a prequel!
Critical Role returns to print with Bells Hells: What Doesn't Break
November 09, 2023
Tiffany Babb
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Jane Austen fans will fall in love with these new Puffin In Bloom covers
These beautiful new covers are illustrated by Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond
November 08, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
How did Taylor Swift influence The Fourth Wing? Rebecca Yarros tells us all about it
With the second book in the Empyrean saga, Iron Flame, out in stores now, Yarros talks to Popverse about her musical inspirations
November 08, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Footsteps director Janine Pipe and executive producer Neil Marshall in conversation at MCM
Frequent collaborators Pipe and Marshall spoke about the making of the werewolf short, and we caught it on camera
November 02, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
News
Did you want a different Game of Thrones ending? So did Cersei actor Lena Headey for her character and Arya
One that involved less falling bricks.
October 30, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
My night of romance at NYCC
Ali Hazelwood's panel on pop culture and romance turned into something so much more
October 23, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
The Simpsons: After last Halloween, the bar for this year's Treehouse of Horror is high
Treehouse of Horror XXXIV, which will air on Fox November 5, needs to be great to top 2022's Death Tome or Not It
October 20, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Yes, we filmed the McElroy family's NYCC 2023 panels!
Be there from anywhere with Popverse's convention panel livestreams.
October 19, 2023
Chris Arrant
Features
Christopher Paolini teases many more books to come in the Eragonverse
At NYCC Christopher Paolini says new book Murtaugh is “the beginning” of a whole new series of Eragon books
October 18, 2023
Jim McDermott
News
Martin Scorsese-produced crime thriller enlists Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, and Gerard Butler
Three big stars who are familiar with bloody action sign on for a new movie produced by the iconic filmmaker
October 17, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
Mark Hamill is the terrifying breakout from Fall of the House of Usher
Playing family enforcer Arthur Pym in Fall of the House of Usher, Mark Hamill is a transfixing menace
October 13, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
Netflix's Fall of the House of Usher: All the major Edgar Allan Poe references you might have missed
We'll take you through the places, people, and poems that Mike Flanagan & Co have worked into the latest Netflix horror series. Be warned, spoilers ahead
October 12, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Bill Watterson calls collaboration with The Mysteries' artist John Kascht “appallingly inefficient and wasteful”
Bill Watterson and John Kascht wrestled with radically different ideas and art styles in creating their new book The Mysteries.
October 12, 2023
Jim McDermott
Features
Dr. Seuss' world expands to comics with a brand-new line at Random House Graphic
Random House Graphic and Dr. Seuss Enterprises are teaming up for a brand-new Dr. Seuss graphic novel line
October 10, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Banned Book Spotlight: The Magic Fish shows how people communicate when they feel like they can’t
Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish weaves fairy tales into a story about a young man struggling to come out to his parents
October 06, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Banned Books Week: Four ways to take action against book bans
Want to get your voice heard about the rising wave of book bans in the United States? Here are four easy ways.
October 04, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Neil Gaiman is back to work on Good Omens 3
Recently, the Good Omens co-author took to Tumblr to answer questions about the status of the third chapter of Prime Video's adaptation
September 27, 2023
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Free!Watch the full Leigh Bardugo and Dani Pendergast panel from at NYCC 2022 for free!
Demon in the Wood takes the stage at the Javits Center as author Leigh Bardugo and Dani Pendergast take fan questions.
September 14, 2023
Grant DeArmitt