Hello lovely readers, this is your Bookmarked editor Paige here! Welcome to your weekly installment of Book Beat. The United States is just getting over a three/four-ish day weekend (in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise), so the news cycle has been a little slow. But fear not, for…
Previously on Comics: Activist Outcomes
Welcome to a new week and another turn on the comics news carousel. Before we discuss the positive, we must pay our respects.
Book Beat: The Giller Prize, A New Narnia, and Shades of Magic Clothing
Hello book lovers! It’s your Bookmarked editor Christa, here to deliver some exciting bookish news from the past week.
Book Beat: Banned Books Week 2018 and the Man Booker Shortlist
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Book Beat! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige, back to report on all the latest news in the book world and publishing industry. And what a wonderful time to indulge in all this news, considering fall is now officially upon us! The air is cooler, the nights are shorter, and…
Goodreads Deletes Publications For Marginalized Writers: An Overview
Among the online book community, Goodreads is a site that allows readers to review and recommend the books they read. Its simple premise is sponsored by parent company Amazon, which has obvious stakes in the book business as the internet’s go-to space for self-publishing. As a result, the site can do a lot to increase…
Previously in Comics: Convention Interventions
The casual observer could be forgiven for mistaking comics fans for car accident victims given the whiplash generated by this week’s comics news. One moment up with the announcement of this year’s Ignatz winners, the next down with the unexpected postponement of another con. All in all, this week has been a frenetic one.
Book Beat: Giller Prize Longlist, Ripped Bodice, and French Bookstores vs Amazon
Hello, all! It’s Emily here, taking the Book Beat reins this week to share some of what’s been going on in the book world.
Previously, on Comics: Controversy and Comicsgate
The news isn’t too cheerful this week, but there’s some hope and fun at the end! We’ll get there together.
Book Beat: B&N Lawsuit, Eyewear Publishing Trouble, and Small Fry
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Book Beat! It’s your Bookmarked editor Paige, delving into some very exciting news from the publishing industry. Well, exciting might not be the right word for it. Vacation is over, and so the quiet summer months have been replaced with a fresh, crisp veneer of controversy. It’s not too…
Previously on Comics: The Valkyries’ Ragnarok and Saying Goodbye to FPI’s Blog
Back to back conventions has meant that for the most part everyone has either been too busy, in transit or just too tired to cause any trouble so this last week was been strangely quiet on the news front. Until suddenly it wasn’t and the white feminism™ we all know and hate once again reared…
Oni Press MEGA PUBWATCH: Three Months of Glorious Comics!
Welcome to the official Oni Press Pubwatch here at WWAC. I, Jazmine, will be your guide through the wild landscape of Rick and Morty comics, Invader Zim tomfoolery, and the wonderfully cute Kaijumax series. Now, this is just gonna be your standard Pubwatch scenario. Nothing too out of the box, I’m just gonna jump in…
