B Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / discrimination / England / f/f / female friendship / friendship / LGBTQIA / LGBTQIA romance / opposites attract / police / police procedural / sexual harassment / Small-Town / The Wallops3 Comments
There are worrying times ahead for Wallops valley community police officer Wendy Goodall. As part of a witness protection task force, she volunteers for the Girl Guides to ensure the safety of Lexi, a young girl in the local village, while sexy Detective Inspector Diya Patel makes her new job ... more >
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Merriam-Webster’s 2017 Words of the Year – It’s always interesting to see what words make Webster’s annual top ten list, and this year is no exception. Not surprisingly, it is politics that have driven much of the dictionary consultation this year, and the #1 word both embodies and transcends politicization: ... more >
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BBC report on sexual harassment – Well, this is depressing. It’s not just the US and not just women. Horrible Bosses are everywhere. I’ve heard Canada is nice … – So if the above makes you want to move to Canada, these might be good cities for working women to ... more >
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Man Booker International Prize reveals 2017 shortlist – The International Prize honors translated fiction, and the six shortlisted titles emerge from a longlist of thirteen. In some ways, the Prize recognizes translation as a literary art on par with original writing, as both translator and original author receive the same amount of ... more >
Publishing Newsbest of lists / Casey Affleck / dictionary / Hollywood / literary awards / sexual harassment / world building1 Comments
The most ambitious, irritating, hopeful and overrated books of 2016 — and the best one, too – With all the “best of” booklists you see at the end of the year, I appreciated the range of Carlos Lozada’s list, from most hopeful to saddest to laziest to “most overrated book I read ... more >
Publishing NewsComic books / Judaism / Penguin UK. ebooks / Roy Lichtenstein / sexual harassment / SFF4 Comments
Sunil Patel responds to allegations of inappropriate behavior – So over the weekend, accusations emerged on Twitter that SFF writer Sunil Patel was engaging in behavior toward women, especially those in the SFF community, that would fall under the general umbrella of sexual harassment — using women for his professional advantage, ... more >