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Move over, Twilight: Vampires are "inherently queer, inherently liminal," says Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author
V.E. Schwab's new book, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, ditches Twilight's male vampires of yore because they "don't need" attention anymore
June 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
From one generation’s Horror Stephen to another: introducing Stephen Graham Jones to my father [If It Bleeds, We Read]
My dad launched my lifelong love of horror with Stephen King, so I've returned the favor by introducing him to Stephen Graham Jones
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Lore Corner: How to Train Your Dragon character guide - The dragons (and riders) you need to know ahead of Universal's live action reboot
Sure you've heard *How* to Train Your Dragon, but do you know *Who* to Train Your Dragon? We'll let you know ahead of the DreamWorks live-action remake
June 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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More people than ever are listening to audiobooks - but more people than ever are listening to bootleg ones on YouTube for free, too
Audiobook sales have been steadily increasing even as audiobook piracy has proliferated on sites like YouTube.
June 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Now we know what James Cameron will do after Avatar: A fantasy Suicide Squad
Once he's done with Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cameron plans on adapting The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
June 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Ranking the likelihood of each Jedi's death on Charles Soule’s Star Wars: Trials of the Jedi book cover [Rebel Rouser]
It's the High Republic y'all, heads WILL roll in Charles Soule's Star Wars finale book, Trials of the Jedi
June 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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V.E. Schwab digs up the dirt on Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, and its beginning as 'toxic lesbian vampires'
V.E. Schwab is back this month with a "toxic lesbian vampire" novel, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
June 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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A British publisher has stopped paying its writers royalties, and one author is responding by telling fans to stop buying her books
Boundless Publishing, formerly known as Unbound, will not be paying author Alex de Campi royalties for her book, The Scottish Boy - and she's far from the only writer the publisher is avoiding paying
June 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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There are two schools of fantasy novels: J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis. V.E. Schwab explains why
At MCM x EGX 2024, V.E. Schwab shed light on how magic has been made accessible to fantasy readers over time through C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
June 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
I have a hunch why Mike Flanagan worked so much Back to the Future into The Life of Chuck
With the caveat that I do not fully comprehend the brilliance of The Life of Chuck's director Flanagan, or its author, Stephen King, I at least have a theory as to why one scene felt straight out of Hill Valley High
June 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How fantasy author TJ Klune got revenge on his bigoted neighbor
TJ Klune shares the hilarious saga of how he struck back at a neighbor's homophobia.
June 05, 2025
Dave Buesing
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M3GAN, meet W1ll1am, horror lit’s creepy new AI villain [If it Bleeds, We Read]
In honor of our scary android bestie M3GAN returning for M3GAN 2.0 this month, let's take a look at W1ll1am by Mason Coile
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Did you know V.E. Schwab names her main characters after herself? She didn't either, until recently
Victor and Eli from Vicious were unintentionally a reflection of V.E. Schwab's full name, Victoria Elizabeth, the author revealed at MCM x EGX 2024
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Margaret Atwood didn’t feel like The Handmaid’s Tale needed a sequel, but US President Donald Trump changed her mind and inspired The Testaments - here's how
Margaret Atwood had no plans to write The Testaments, but Trump’s presidency changed her mind
June 04, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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After four books in three years, Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros is slowing down for her mental health - and we applaud her
The heavy demands of the Empyrean series have driven Rebecca Yarros to slow down the pace at which she writes
June 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Queen's Gambit creator mixes Scandi Noir with UK crime shows like Prime Suspect for Netflix's Dept. Q (with a side of Matthew Goode)
Logan writer and Godless creator Scott Frank is teaming up with Netflix again for an adaptation of a popular Danish crime series, and we recently learned why
June 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Game of Thrones fans, give George R. R. Martin a break - He knows you're "pissed off" about The Winds of Winter
In a new blog post, George R. R. Martin addressed the anger fans have directed at him for taking so long to write The Winds of Winter Game of Thrones book
May 30, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Fans can expect to see more Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar books - but they might not be coming from Disney as the company's in-house publisher pivots towards non-fiction according to reports
The publishing industry is shifting once more, and Disney Publishing is no different
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Beyond binge-watching K-dramas on Netflix: There’s a new wave of short Korean crime novels translated into English
Korean arts and culture have never more influential around the world, and now this extends into the world of literature
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Black Phone author Joe Hill is "sprinting madly for my life" with a new goal: to write a novel a year. To do it, he's having to say 'no' to himself
A certain famous author writes a new novel every four to five years - but he has a plan to write a book a year. Sounds ominous? This is the work life of Joe Hill.
May 29, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Elisabeth Moss teases that she'll reprise her Handmaid's Tale character in Hulu's upcoming sequel The Testaments
June Orborne's story is over (for now) after the recent Handmaid's Tale season 6 finale, but the actor who plays her isn't done just yet
May 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn launches new imprint to uplift “unique voices” and publish books you can't help but tell your friends about
Gillian Flynn Books will carry on the legacy of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects to publish thrillers that get audiences thinking about real-world topics
May 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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In writing novels, Jessica Jones' Krysten Ritter gets to explore the psychology of the "unlikable characters" she's famous for onscreen
Krysten Ritter has played complicated women like Jessica Jones onscreen, but it's in her novels that the actress gets the chance to "dive" even further
May 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Even as the publishing industry comes to terms with AI fakery, Melania Trump announces "the future of publishing": her AI-narrated audiobook autobiography
The First Lady of the United States is all aboard the AI train with her new announcement, even as the NLRB reviews the use of AI voices in gaming
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
If It Bleeds, We Read: How the Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping makes revolutionary ideas legible for YA readers
Suzanne Collins's latest Hunger Games prequel book doesn't shy away from political theory
May 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Inside the mind & stories of Stephen King's detective for our time, Holly Gibney, ahead of his new novel Never Flinch
Here’s where to find the backstory for Never Flinch’s Holly, and why it’s worth catching up with her story.
May 20, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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Fear Street and Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine wanted to write comedy for the rest of his life, then one conversation with a Scholastic editor changed everything
Like so many beginnings, you can chalk Goosebumps and Fear Street author R.L. Stine's horror career to a "Blind Date"
May 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu
The Sun-Times has just offered the best argument against using generative AI in journalism, publishing a recommended summer reading list filled with books that aren't actually real
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea author TJ Klune "lowkey wants magic to be real" - until he can make it happen, he writes magical realism
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Klune explained why writing magical realism has been an important exercise for him since he was young
May 20, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping checkouts on library app Libby are up 515%, and it's boosting checkouts for other Hunger Games books too
Hunger Games fans are coming out in full force (and then some!) for Suzanne Collins's new prequel book, Sunrise on the Reaping
May 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Popverse Picks: Asian Pacific American comics and books that break the mold
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with this edition of Popverse Picks
May 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has found her next villain role: Dracula
Wicked's lead Erivo will perform Dracula as a one-woman show, meaning she'll have to rely on some tricks she pulled off in Peacock's Poker Face
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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HBO delays Game of Thrones' Dunk & Egg prequel to 2026 release date window
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg and serving as another prequel to Game of Thrones, wrapped production in September of 2024
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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A romantasy book con descended into Fyre Festival-like chaos so bad the organizer says it's refunding "every attendee, author, and vendor"
A Million Lives Book Festival, a romantasy book convention in Baltimore, left authors and attendees alike scandalized by the poor event planning
May 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Fresh from The Last of Us and Star Wars, Pedro Pascal publishes poetry ahead of stepping into the MCU
Yes, that's right; Pedro Pascal is actually a poet as well as everyone's favorite fictional father figure
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Popverse Picks: The best Stephen King movie & TV (and more) adaptations, from one King fan to another
It's maybe the greatest horror movie of all time, but King himself doesn't like it - so let's just skip Stanley Kubrick's The Shining altogether and get into some other things based on Stephen's works, yeah?
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hey, Lord of the Rings gamers - Tales of the Shire allows you to customize your own Hobbit feet
How big? How hairy? Don't google those questions out of context, but know that you can provide your own answer when Tales of the Hobbit: A Lord of the Rings (cozy!) Game comes out this year
May 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dog Man heads up Children's Book Week 2025: "Reading is the greatest superpower of all"
Dav Pilkey and Scholastic are donating up to 50,000 books to US locations as part of the November 2025 event to promote child literacy.
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Even as Hollywood's book-to-screen pipeline intensifies, novelists feel like "the Amish" in Los Angeles, says Danzy Senna
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Danzy Senna shared some amusing insights about working within Hollywood as both a screenwriter and a novelist
May 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood discusses the generation divide she notices when people respond to her book
The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood finds that younger people are more likely to take the novel’s message seriously
May 08, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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After being struck down 27 yeas ago, Star Wars' answer to Goosebumps is ready to become more powerful than we as kids could have imagined
If Lucasfilm and Disney want to tap into YA, 90s nostalgia, there may be a better option than what they went with in Skeleton Crew
May 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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As publishing becomes less profitable, more writers are jumping from books to video games to make a living
More and more novelists in the UK are supplementing their careers by writing video games, according to a new report, as earnings for writers have plummeted over the past twenty years
May 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Krysten Ritter's next novel will be a "psychological thriller" that plays more with characters who are "bad" people
Krysten Ritter will stay in the vein of her Jessica Jones character with the next novel she's writing
May 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Nnedi Okorafor says her new novel Death of the Author "most personal autobiographical work" yet, while still being her trademark science fiction and fantasy
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Nnedi Okorafor broke down how her new book, Death of the Author, blended elements of her life from a high-achieving Nigerian American family
May 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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For Krysten Ritter, what's the difference between writing a novel and acting? Beyond the obvious, not much
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, Krysten Ritter broke down how her career as a novelist differs from her work as an actress in shows like Marvel's Jessica Jones and Breaking Bad
May 01, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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There's an urgency to writing queer genre fiction today says The House in the Cerulean Sea author TJ Klune: "We have to speak up"
TJ Klune, the writer of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Bones Beneath My Skin shared inspiring words relevant to the dark times we live in at the LA Times's Festival of Books
May 01, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Stephen King's never-made Castle Rock season 3 would have focused on the niece of The Shining's Jack Torrance, reveals star Jane Levy
Had Hulu not canceled the series set in a Stephen King-inspired universe, Castle Rock would have had its own take on The Shining, with the star of 2013's Evil Dead remake as its star
April 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Actually, the new Sherlock Holmes LEGO set from Barnes & Noble DOES count as a business expense
I'm just saying, when I put the Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook down in my taxes next year, I better not hear a damn peep from the IRS
April 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Here's every Sherlock Holmes story that's been used in CBS's Watson (so far)
Speaking in doctor terms, Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmesian canon doesn't make up the entire body of CBS hit medical mystery series Watson, but it is the backbone
April 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Life of Chuck is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writer
While King’s reputation may be for horror novels, to dismiss him as 'only' a horror writer is to overlook some of his best work such as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption to The Life of Chuck.
April 28, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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Hollywood isn't in the market for original movies or TV shows, so Marvel's Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter is creating her own as books first
Krysten Ritter has revealed that her turn from acting to writing novels has been the result of Hollywood's adverse relationship with original material
April 28, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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V.E. Schwab, Ella McLeod, & Veronica Roth face off in Celebrity Author Trivia at London's MCM x EGX
A live taping of Celebrity Author Trivia with Ella McLeod, Veronica Roth, & V.E. Scbwab recorded at MCM x EGX 2024 in London.
April 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Watch Divergent author Veronica Roth's spotlight panel from MCM x EGX 2024 in London
Veronica Roth talks about Divergent, her new series Curse Bearer, and how much her work owes itself to Chicago.
April 23, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Disney commissioned a historian to do an in-continuity history book on the rise of Star Wars' Empire, and he admits it feels pretty realistic right now
Whether he was talking about the actions of past or present governments, Dr. Chris Kempshall wouldn't say.
April 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
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A literary Streisand effect: Bans on books like Gender Queer lead to increased readership, according to a new study
A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and George Mason University found that the circulation of the top 25 most banned books increased after they were banned
April 22, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
April 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Michigan town assembles 300 person human chain to help local bookstore move 9,100 books
The people of Chelsea, Michigan came out in full force to help Serendipity Books move their inventory to a new location across town
April 21, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Fantasy great Terry Pratchett is coming to comics as an extensive graphic novel program adapting his novels is announced - and his daughter is working on one of the books
Terry Pratchett's books, Thief of Time, The Wee Free Men, and Monstrous Regiment will all be adapted into graphic novels, due out in 2026 and 2027.
April 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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I never realized how much I wanted to see Star Wars' Thrawn in a shoujo-style manga until now
Lucasfilm is bringing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn novel to manga.
April 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
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TJ Klune shares the most influential queer literature in his life (and one surprising non-queer influence)
TJ Klune reveals the queer novels that most strongly influenced his life and approach to writing
April 14, 2025
Dave Buesing
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Children of Blood and Bone author Tomi Adeyemi wrote 300 pages of Naruto fanfiction as a child - including a romance with Sasuke
The Children of Blood and Bone writer, Tomi Adeyemi, revealed at C2E2 2025 that her love for Naruto runs deep
April 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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TJ Klune's next book is his "most painful," the author teases (or should that be warns?)
Klune's next book won't be released for a year, but he did tease that his editor called him after reading to offer quite a compliment
April 12, 2025
Dave Buesing
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TJ Klune's House in the Cerulean Sea may continue… as graphic novels
TJ Klune has an idea for spinoff graphic novels in the Cerulean Chronicles, and knows the House in the Cerulean Sea character who would star
April 11, 2025
Dave Buesing
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Shannara author Terry Brooks on how publishing has changed in the past 50 years: "It's the story of America"
Once upon a time, the editors were in charge of the publishing industry, but not any longer, the legendary author explained
April 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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TJ Klune's good ideas don't just belong to him - sometimes they belong to Stranger Things and The Good Place, too
The acclaimed author shared two occasions where he independently came up with the high concepts behind two massive TV hits
April 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer graphic novel among most challenged books, according to American Library Association report
For a second year in a row, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir, Gender Queer, has ranked among the top most challenged books in American libraries
April 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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America's biggest publishers are so worried about libraries, they're asking Congress to step in to save them
Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, and more have authored a letter urging congress to protect the Institute of Museum and Library Services
April 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has written a true crime book... and Martin Scorsese is already prepping a movie adaptation
Co-written with journalist Nick Bilton, Dwayne Johnson's as-yet-untitled work tells the story of 70s Hawaiin mob boss Wilford 'Nappy' Pulawa
April 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Somewhere Beyond the Sea author TJ Klune on "the magic of being able to see yourself in the written word" and more
Klune, the author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Bones Beneath My Skin, sat down with Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson to talk representation, romance, and of course, the symbiotic nature of ravens and wolves
April 03, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter features horror’s scariest vampires since Stephen King's Salem’s Lot
Sick of vampires? Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is here to ignite new nightmares
April 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Popverse Picks: My favorite zombie things, including a Christmas musical, an Image Comics adaptation, and more
The Last of Us season 2 is clicking its way onto Max pretty soon; here's how to enjoy the genre even if you don't do shrooms
March 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Horror novels are a safe space for kids to confront scary things before they do it in real life, say YA authors including Leslie Lutz and J. Anderson Coats
Authors from the YA horror and thriller genres discussed why teenagers need to be reading stories that scare them.
March 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Books are doomed, because MrBeast is co-writing a thriller with James Patterson that sounds like Squid Game but worse
The novel, which has a working title of The Most Dangerous Game, is expected to net the pair a $1 million book deal and all of our contempt.
March 28, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Horror is "a great place to practice being scared," says Chuck Tingle, Seanan McGuire, and other leading authors in the genre
"I am actually out to traumatize you," McGuire told fans at Emerald City Comic Con 2025, but for good reasons. (Honest.)
March 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Shannara author Terry Brooks doesn't need to remember the details of his books, other people do that for him
"If someone else is wiling to do the research, I’m willing to let them do it!" Terry Brooks says about others helping keep the small stuff straight in Shannara
March 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare wants to revisit WWII's Kindertransport for a future novel
Cassandra Clare has a personal connection to the rescue of thousands of Jewish children during World War II, and she wants to write about it
March 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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"That was the first time in my life that I understood the written word had power": TJ Klune remembers his secret origin as an author
Acclaimed author TJ Klune opens up about the seventh grade teachers that changed his life
March 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Horror authors Joe Hill, Grady Hendrix, Stephen Graham Jones, Catriona Ward, and Owen King are bring their next stories exclusively to Amazon Kindle
Amazon wants to scare you in a good way - and not with these low prices.
March 20, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Chuck Tingle answers: Is there any topic in horror you can't write about?
Speaking at Emerald City Comic Con 2025, famously boundary-pushing author Chuck Tingle answered a fan's question about what is taboo in the most taboo genre
March 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese's next movie delves into the conceptions & misconceptions of American Christianity, based on one of Barack Obama's favorite books
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series is getting the big screen treatment from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Spotify knows you want more audiobooks, and it's asking new writers for them directly
Got a 10,000-20,000 word story in the romance, thriller, or scifi genre? Spotify might be interested in turning it into an audiobook
March 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Suzanne Collins unlikely to write another Hunger Games sequel book, at least according to her editor
With a new Hunger Games prequel book, Sunrise of the Reaping, out now, it seems that Suzanne Collins isn't keen on writing what comes next for Katniss
March 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Shannara creator Terry Brooks explains why he's not writing any more books in the series - and the new role he's stepping into for the series with Delilah S. Dawson
Terry Brooks isn't writing any more Shannara books on his own, but he's not done with the series
March 19, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Popverse Picks: Our favorite novels from The Buffalo Hunter Hunter's Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is unquestionably a master of horror, and here's everything you need to get started with his work
March 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Sarah J. Maas' book publisher launches a whole new imprint for more like that, with Alan Moore & Samantha Shannon as next authors
The publisher of Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses series is breaking new ground with the sci-fi and fantasy imprint, Bloomsbury Archer
March 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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"Highballs for High Halls:" The mistakes J.R.R. Tolkien's typist made that drove him nuts during Lord of the Rings books
If you were composing The Lord of the Rings and setting the standard for fantasy literature for the rest of time, you might also be wary of typos
March 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Announcing Popverse Reads, with first guest Grady Hendrix!
Author Grady Hendrix joined Popverse LIVE in conversation on March 20, to discuss his newest novel Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
March 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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As we wait for the teen Witcher book & Witcher 4 game, two earlier books in the series are being re-translated by Andrzej Sapkowski's favorite translator
It's a perfect time to get into The Witcher, because two books in the series are getting a new English translation
March 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Acclaimed fantasy author Terry Brooks announces surprise retirement, and passes Shannara series to Delilah S. Dawson
Dawson was born in the same year as the first Shannara novel, and she'll take over the fantasy line after Brooks' final release coming March 11
March 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Prepare for a teenage, haughty Geralt of Rivia in new The Witcher prequel Crossroads of Ravens from creator Andrzej Sapkowski
The young adventures of a haughty & hottie The Witcher.
March 09, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling is "the author turned into the villain she wrote about”, says prose author (and self-described anti-J.K. Rowling) TJ Klune
There are ways to continue to enjoy Harry Potter without financially supporting the transphobic Rowling, argues the fan-favorite author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea
March 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Local fans and international food scenes helped transform Lara Croft from Tomb Raider to Snack Hunter
The author of the official Tomb Raider cookbook talked about how she worked her way around the fact that Lara never actually eats in the games when creating the cookbook
March 08, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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What keeps the Saw movies from being truly terrifying? Practical consideration over those death traps according to YA thriller authors
At ECCC 2025, talk (surprisingly) turned to whether or not the Saw movies are undermined by the real world considerations of what it would take to build the increasingly obtuse death traps in the horror franchise
March 07, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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How to read the Shadowhunter Chronicles and all of Cassandra Clare’s books in release and chronological order
Everything you need to know about Cassandra Clare’s books, from The Shadowhunter Chronicles to The Magisterium
March 04, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Stephen King has a new book coming out this year called Never Flinch... but he re-wrote the whole thing after his wife gave it an honest, bad review
Never Flinch is due out in May 2025 but wouldn't be in the state it is in without Tabby's "no s***" approach to giving Stephen King feedback.
March 03, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The man behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption is about to become a novelist, thanks to a game gone wrong
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser is bringing his A Better Paradise podcast to prose later this year
February 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The Witcher returns to Geralt's roots in this fall's ninth novel in the fantasy series that inspired the Netflix hit
September's Crossroad of Ravens will focus on an 18-year-old Geralt as he discovers just how unpopular Witchers can be
February 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Nimona creator ND Stevenson revives his teenage pirate fantasy in his first prose novel, Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson and longtime publisher Harper Collins partner up for a middle-grade pirate prose novel called Scarlet Morning.
February 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
As a caregiver, I related to Solo Leveling's Sung Jin-Woo
How the reluctant heroism of Solo Leveling's Sung Jin-Woo spoke to my caregiver experiences.
February 13, 2025
Latonya Pennington
Guides
All the new & upcoming fiction books from V.E. Schwab, Veronica Roth, Andrzej Sapkowski, Holly Black, and more
Here are our most-anticipated new books coming in 2025.
February 12, 2025
Chris Arrant