Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death Erin Gibson Grand Central Publishing September 4, 2018 You know that old adage – if I don’t laugh, I’ll cry? Being a woman is hard; often-times unbearable. You have to laugh off the daily horrors or you won’t get through another…
Book Beat: Avatar YA Series, Book the Vote, and The Alt Nobel Shortlist
Hello everyone, and welcome to September! I know this is a busy time for a lot of folks, so I hope you’re here to take a little break, relax, and enjoy some book news.
The Refrigerator Monologues Gives the Scorned Women of Superhero Stories a Turn on the Mic
The Refrigerator Monologues Catherynne M. Valente (author), Annie Wu (illustrator) Saga Press June 6, 2017 Women are no strangers to superheroes. In recent years, there’s been an increase in drift between notable writers of genre fiction and the mainstream comics industry, which has brought us such exciting books as Genevieve Valentine’s Catwoman, Chelsea Cain’s Mockingbird,…
2018 Dragon Awards: Big-Name Winners and Little Controversy
One of the attractions at this year’s Dragon Con was the third iteration of the annual Dragon Awards, presented on Sunday to another fifteen works of science fiction and fantasy across a range of media. Unlike Worldcon’s Hugo Awards—where voters require a paid membership—or juried prizes such as the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Dragons…
Book Beat: 2018 Splatterpunk Awards, Tor E-Book Embargo, and Review Bingo
Hello lovely readers! It’s your editor Paige here to explore the exciting world of publishing in this week’s Book Beat. The air feels just a little bit cooler, and the nights are slowly starting to get a little bit shorter, which means only one thing: summer is almost over, and fall is coming. Thank God. As the seasons…
Fight Like A Girl Review: An Empowering Feminist Manifesto
Fight Like A Girl Clementine Ford (Writer) Oneworld Publications August 29, 2018 #MeToo. #TimesUp. The world over, women have been standing up and sharing their stories of abuse at the hands of powerful men. It isn’t the first time women have risen up but there is a difference this time. These women’s voices are being…
The Goddess of Storms Comes To New Orleans In The Black God’s Drums
The Black God’s Drums P. Djèlí Clark (writer) Tor Books August 21, 2018 When I read the description “Steampunk New Orleans with Orisha” I was immediately drawn in. P. Djèlí Clark’s novella The Black God’s Drums, was not at all what I expected when I picked up this book. Set in an alternate steampunk reality, where the…
Book Beat: 2018 Hugo Awards, Keanu Reeves’ Small Press, and #ShareYourRejections
Hello everyone and welcome back to Book Beat! If you’re new here, my name is Emily, and this is where we give you a round up of the latest book news!
Magic from the Mothership: June – July 2018
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Magic from the Mothership! It’s been far too long since the last time we saw you, especially since the last time we saw you we were over at Bookmarked, talking about all the coolest books we’ve read from March to May of this year. But now Bookmarked is here at WWAC…
2018 Hugo Awards Celebrate Apocalypse, Robotics and Social Satire
The Hugo Awards have been and gone once again. Another years’ worth of science fiction and fantasy has been mulled over by Worldcon’s voting base, and another batch of the prized shiny rockets have been presented to the creators deemed most deserving For the third year in a row, Best Novel went to an instalment of N….
Book Beat: TPL’s Public Book, William Blake, and YA Dick Soap
Hello everyone, it’s Emily here! I hope your August is going well. I’ve just come back from a book-filled, internet-free vacation, so now I’m ready to jump back into our online literary discussions and share the latest book news with you. Let’s get started!
2018 Hugo Reviews: Novellas and Novels
With the short stories and novelettes discussed in the previous post, Bookmarked’s coverage of the 2018 Hugo Awards finalists draws to a close with the remainder of the main four prose categories: Best Novella and Best Novel.