YRSA is a young black graduate supervisor studying for a Sociology PhD at Cambridge. She is tired of the disappointing men around her: those she works with, those she sleeps with and those who abuse her and her friends’ trust. She is fond of the students attending her lectures and “the mixture of boredom, skepticism,
My heart arrester The hyperfixation continues – which is no surprise, as the final book and movie will be out in just a few weeks. To be honest, my reading lately has mostly been in the fanfiction realm, but my passion led me to pick up a few books in June. was the first i
A story that was widely accused on social media of being written using AI has won the overall Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Zameer Nazir’s story snake in the grove It went viral with critics criticizing X and Bluesky after it was named as the regional winner in mid-May. claim of It showed “clear markers” of
This week is one of those rare instances where you may be reading the title of this piece and wondering what happened to the last slate of YA book releases for June. The answer is that they are here – all of the books in this week’s roundup were published on June 30, but you’re
Jez Cajiao & Aethon: The Vault – The Best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror! Dark fantasy meets grimdark dungeon core litrpg! An epic dungeon adventure. An event after the apocalypse. In all the games Matt has played, dungeons are places to raid and conquer, but when power is taken from the world, and the
mUseems are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Ignore past problems and criticize them for being problematic. Rewrite their labels according to changing politics and call them didactic and woke. The truth is that history is full of immoral art. But how do we know it when we see it? And what, if
Oli, Guardian reader i just finished reading Vimmy Road Boys By Sufiyan Salam. Set in Manchester’s Curry Mile, a brilliant combination of violence and vulnerability, I loved this book. I completely connected with the three main boys, and I loved the changes in perspective of the different characters throughout the book. I completely cried at
I love cozy fantasy with all my heart. This really is a style I can’t get enough of. But I’ve noticed that this genre—or at least the more publicized parts of it—is full of romance. To be clear, I love a little romance, and cozy fantasy romance is great. But cozy fantasy and cozy fantasy
The literary headlines you need to know today, including a preview of autumn’s new releases, Ursula K. Le Guin Award, and. love hypothesis teaser trailer. Clear your schedule and check out Publishers WeeklyList of most anticipated books of fall 2026 Fall is always an exciting season for publishing, but especially so in 2026. It seems
If the year is 2026 friction-maxThe summer will be completely focused on taking care of yourself. To the world around you, as opposed to the screen. Even though I am over 30 and therefore weak, I still agree with the youth turning towards analog bag. Youth influencer Brian Anika Fritjofsson coined the term to refer