Books
Are Children’s Books Sexist?
Here are some of the things you can learn in The Daring Book for Girls and its sequels: • How to make a geyser out […]
Philly Morrissey Fans Show Off Tats for New Book
Philadelphia Morrissey fans: Show a little skin this Sunday and you could be featured in an upcoming photo book. Mozzites with ink to prove it will […]
BOOK REVIEW: Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker’s Busted
Warts and all. That’s what you see of the Daily News’ crack reporting duo, Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker, in their new book, Busted. These are the […]
Local Writers Nominated for Lambda Literary Awards
After thumbing through a record-breaking 746 submissions, the Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the nominees for the 26th annual Lammys. The list, which rewards excellence […]
Questlove Signs Deal to Write Another Memoir
Reverb reports that Philly Roots drummer Questlove has signed a deal to write a book about his life:
LGBT Black History Month Spotlight:
7 Questions With Gay-Romance Novelst Larry Benjamin
In partnership with Philadelphia Black Gay Pride, every day throughout the month of February we will spotlight one of the most important black movers and shakers in […]
FUN FACT: James Bond Was Named After a Bird Scientist Who Worked at Philly’s Academy of Natural Sciences
If you watch tonight’s BBC in America production of Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, here’s one fact the film might omit: Ian Fleming […]
TONIGHT: Author Suzanne Krauss Signs Her Sin City Tell-All at Barnes & Noble
Author Suzanne Krauss, a former Wynnewood resident and graduate of Lower Merion High School, is coming back to Philly to read from her revealing new memoir […]
Philly Author Warren Hoffman Tackles Racism on Broadway in “The Great White Way”
Are you ready for this, musical theater nerds? The original title of West Side Story was East Side Story, and it was supposed to be […]
We Want Answers: James McBride
Congratulations on your National Book Award. Thank you. How does it feel to beat out George Saunders, the man who, according to the New York […]
TONIGHT: One Book, One Philadelphia Launches [EVENT POSTPONED]
Weather permitting, the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP) is kicking off its 12th annual One Book, One Philadelphia (OBOP) event tonight at its Central Branch location. Here’s […]
Jennifer Weiner’s Hard-Knock Life
“Guys! There is a giant thing about me in the New Yorker!” Philly author Jennifer Weiner crowed on Twitter on Monday. And so there is: 6,800 […]
10 Hilarious Gay Pulp Fiction Covers
Queerty rounds up a great collection of gay pulp fiction covers from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. The exploitative works, Queerty writes, “were the literary […]
Sarah Palin Kicking Off Book Tour in Bethlehem, PA
It’s November and the War on Christmas season has already begun? GROAN! Have no fear, brave crusader Sarah Palin is here–literally here, in Bethlehem, to wage war […]
Lu Ann Cahn’s I Dare Me Chronicles Her Quest to Do Something New Every Day
Your new book chronicles how you did something new every single day for a year. Midlife crisis? I was just in a bad place, and […]