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Graphic Memoir—Art and Prose Capturing the Human Experience
by, Audrey Arnold
November 1, 2023

Memoir allows readers a glimpse into the lives of others, the struggles they’ve gone through, the lessons they’ve learned, showing the width and breadth of the human experience. And with the added visual element, graphic memoir brings another dimension to the story and pulls the reader into the setting without the need for prose description, visually transporting readers to lands and perspectives different from their… [Read More]

Filed Under: Almost American Girl, book recommendation, Deb JJ Lee, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Emma Grove, graphic memoir, Graphic Novel, In Limbo, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Kate Beaton, Robin Ha, Sunshine, The Third Person
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Summer Reads in Fiction
by, Audrey Arnold
June 13, 2023

Sunshine and warmer weather are here, and that means it’s the perfect time to head outside, kick back your feet, and read a good book. There are plenty of new releases in fiction to be excited about. Here are some of the new releases I am most eager to read this summer from some popular genres of fiction. Fantasy – Witch King by Martha Wells… [Read More]

Filed Under: Chick Lit, Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati, Emily Henry, Emma Mieko Candon, Fantasy, fiction, Folklore, Graphic Novel, Greek Mythology, Happy Place, Historical Fiction, Lore Olympus, Martha Wells, Mystery/Thriller, Rachel Smythe, Retellings, romance, Ruth Ware, science fiction, The Archive Undying, Witch King, Zero Days
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August is for Reading
by, Jill Swenson
August 9, 2022

Judith Rossner’s 70s novel, August, is about a psychoanalyst and the young adult client she sees during the month when all therapists take vacation. Someone needs to write the novel about an agent and the young adult novelist who pitches in August and hears crickets. Is everyone on vacation in August? Yup. August is about beach books and cabin reads. Swinging in a hammock with a… [Read More]

Filed Under: Allison K Williams, August, Baynard Woods, Body Work, comp titles, comparative titles, David Sedaris, Elaine Castillo, Erin Kimmerle, Happy Go Lucky, How to Read Now, Inheritance, Judith Rossner, LaToya Watkins, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Melissa Febos, Michelle Obama, Perish, Summer Reading, Susan Choi, The Evening Hero, The Light We Carry, Trust Exercise, We Carry Their Bones
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Gift Ideas for Writers
by, Audrey Arnold
December 7, 2021

Struggling with what to get for the writer in your life this holiday season? Here are some creative gift ideas to help inspire, motivate, and comfort. And remember to shop early this year to get ahead of the expected holiday shipping delays! Notebooks and journals This may seem like a given, but trust me: writers really do love getting notebooks. And no, there’s no such… [Read More]

Filed Under: Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird, Bookshop, Bookshop.org, Etsy, holidays, MasterClass, On Writing, Out of Print, Scribbler, Stephen King, Steven James, Troubleshooting Your Novel
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Booky Call – Book Matchmaking for the Modern World
by, Audrey Arnold
November 16, 2021

According to a recent survey, 62% of women would rather spend Friday night reading a good book than out on a date, and the similarities between how people talk about both reading and dating is fascinating. Given these similarities, and with the success of popular dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, Match, Grindr, and eHarmony, Brant Menswar and Jim Knight, the founders of digital book marketing… [Read More]

Filed Under: book app, book discovery, book recommendation, Bookshop, Bookshop.org, BookstarPR, Booky Call, Brant Menswar, Bumble, dating app, eHarmony, Grindr, Jim Knight, Tinder
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Graphic Memoir—Powerful Stories through Illustration
by, Audrey Arnold
October 6, 2021

With a beautiful blend of art and prose, graphic novels are one of the most accessible mediums out there. Even if you’re not a huge reader, a graphic novel is easy to pick up and digest. More than just superhero comics and manga, graphic novels contain stories from many different genres—mystery/thriller, romance, sci-fi/fantasy, and so much more. While comics and graphic novels are certainly not… [Read More]

Filed Under: Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman, Fun Home, Game of Thrones, George Takei, graphic memoir, Graphic Novel, Guts, Hey Kiddo, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Kindred, Marjane Satrapi, Maus, Octavia Butler, Omar Mohamed, Persepolis, Raina Telgemeier, Sisters, Smile, The Best We Could Do, They Called Us Enemy, Thi Bui, Victoria Jamieson, When Stars are Scattered
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UntitledTown Returns for One-Day Event
by, Audrey Arnold
August 10, 2021

After an absence that followed the cancelation of their 2020 festival due to the pandemic, UntitledTown has partnered with the Friends of the Brown County Library and Lion’s Mouth Bookstore and is making a comeback with a one-day event of readings from your favorite Wisconsin and Midwestern authors. UntitledTown: the Comeback Event will take place on Saturday, August 21 from 10am to 4pm at the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Amanda Skenandore, Andrew Graff, Brown County Library, Friends of Brown County Library, Green Bay, Lion's Mouth Bookstore, Miranda and Baptiste Paul, Nickolas Butler, Pao Lor, Rebecca Makkai, UntitledTown, UntitledTown Book and Author Festival
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Bridgerton and the Romance Boom
by, Samantha Kolb
July 6, 2021
Julia Quinn The Duke and I

Though going to a brick-and-mortar bookstore has been something many of us missed dearly this past year, slowly they are reopening in most parts of the country. While it may be safe to head inside your local indie bookstore, heading to the romance section feels like an activity that needs to be done in a baseball hat, sunglasses, and perhaps a fake mustache. I won’t… [Read More]

Filed Under: Bridgerton, historical romance, Julia Quinn, The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me
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Emerging Genre
by, Jill Swenson
June 8, 2021

There’s a new kind of first-person narrative nonfiction book growing in popularity, and it is moving away from traditional commercial memoir as “misery lit” following a single template of story structure, the hero’s journey. We’re into the twenty-twenties now, and I see a pattern emerging among these new kinds of nonfiction books: a distinctive narrator’s voice, expository information about a subject matter separate from the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Book of Eels, Eva Holland, Horse Crazy, Kate Lebo, Lilly Dancyger, Lulu Miller, Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Negative Space, Nerve, Patrik Svensson, Sarah Maslin Nir, The Book of Difficult Fruit, Why Fish Don't Exist
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Trustworthy Giveaway
by, Jill Swenson
May 4, 2021

You can enter to win a free copy of Margot Bloomstein’s new book, Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap, by leaving a comment on this blog post. Tell us what brand you trust and why. You’ll then be entered into a random drawing to be held on Saturday, May 8, 2021. One lucky winner will be sent a free… [Read More]

Filed Under: accountability, Authenticity, Book Giveaway, Empathy, Margot Bloomstein, Transparency, Trustworthy, voice, volume, vulnerability
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