Happy Birthday Flannery OāConnor! SparkPress2021-03-25T17:30:15+00:00March 25th, 2021|Categories: Books, Holiday/Seasonal|Tags: a good man is hard to find, author birthday, birthday, everything that rises must converge, Flannery o'connor, mystery and manners, the violent bear it away, wise blood| Read More
A Brief History of eBooks SparkPress2020-11-20T19:58:08+00:00January 19th, 2021|Categories: Books|Tags: ebooks, history of books, literary history| Read More
Genre Fiction 101: The Foundations of Fairy Tales SparkPress2020-12-24T18:12:17+00:00January 12th, 2021|Categories: Books, Reading|Tags: Brothers Grimm, Fairy Tales, Fairytale Fantasy, genre, reading, Storytelling| Read More
Engaging Formats for Virtual Author Events SparkPress2020-11-11T16:27:23+00:00December 1st, 2020|Categories: Books, Events, Writing|Tags: author event, literary community, virtual event, writing community, zoom event| Read More
How to Support Indie Bookstores This Small Business Saturday SparkPress2020-09-16T16:24:54+00:00November 24th, 2020|Categories: Books, Reading|Tags: Audiobooks, bookstore, ebooks, indie bookstore, shopping, Small Business Saturday| Read More
GENRE 101: Delving into Dystopian Fiction SparkPress2020-11-23T21:31:16+00:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Books, Reading|Tags: Dystopia, Fiction, genre, Publishing Trends, reading| Read More
GENRE 101: The Makings of Mystery SparkPress2020-09-29T21:39:22+00:00October 20th, 2020|Categories: Books, publishing, Reading, Writing|Tags: Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, caper, cozy mystery, detective, dime novels, Edward Stratemeyer, genre, kidnapping, murder, mystery, Nancy Drew, police, police procedural, pulp magazines, puzzle, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, subgenre, suspense, The Hardy Boys, theft, who-dunnit| Read More
Happy 70th Anniversary to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe! SparkPress2020-09-16T16:13:45+00:00October 13th, 2020|Categories: Books, Lists, Reading|Tags: books, fantasy, Fiction, magic, Narnia, reading recommendations, world-building| Read More
SparkPress Book and Coffee Pairings SparkPress2020-09-29T05:37:30+00:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Books, Reading|Tags: coffee, coffee shop, genre, International Coffee Day, reading recommendations| Read More
Overrated “Classics” SparkPress2020-09-15T18:20:31+00:00September 22nd, 2020|Categories: Books, Reading|Tags: classic literature, classics, gone with the wind, heart of darkness, literature, lolita, offensive material, overrated, the great gatsby| Read More