Mary Shelley’s First Edition of Frankenstein Sells for $1.17 Million
By Lori Perkins Billed as the highest amount of money ever paid for a published work by a woman, Christie’s auction house in London...
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Riverdale Avenue Books Wins Two Bronze IPPY Awards
By Lori Perkins Riverdale Avenue Books received their two Bronze IPPY Awards last night at the 25th annual Independent Publishers Book...
Goodreads Ransom Scam Aimed at Authors
By Lori Perkins A very disturbing report has surfaced about an extortion scam demanding authors pay to erase targeted negative and...
Waking the Jane Austen Museum
By Lori Perkins A lot of historical homes and museums are trying to re-examine their history and collections with an eye to the unspoken...
Handmaid’s Tale After-Party April 28th Hosted by Binge Watcher’s Guide Author Jamie Schmidt
By Lori Perkins Hosted by USA Today best-selling author, Jamie K. Schmitt and Riverdale Avenue Books WHEN: April 28, 2021 at 10pm...
Sculpted Likeness of Shakespeare Revealed
By Lori Perkins Scholars had thought that no real-life portrait of Shakespeare had been made during his lifetime and that the two...
Lambda Finalists Announced for June 2021 Awards Ceremony Which Will be Virtual and FREE
By Lori Perkins There is NO excuse this year. We can ALL attend the annual Lambda Literary Awards, the awards ceremony for the best...
The 2020 Ripped Bodice Diversity in Publishing Report Sees Slight Improvement
By Lori Perkins This year marks the fifth year that The Ripped Bodice, the country’s first all-romance bookstore (located in Los Angeles)...
Editors of Bi Any Other Name Anthology Honored at this Years’ PFLAG Queens NY Luncheon on Feb. 28th
By Lori Perkins Due to the pandemic, the PFLAG Queens NY Annual Luncheon could not be held in person his year, but the event will go on...
A Christmas Reading List
By Cardyn Brooks Christmas, Festivus, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Winter Solstice, whichever is being observed, the inhabitants of Romancelandia...
J.M. Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson Were Flirty Pen Pals
By Lori Perkins As we sit on our computers writing emails to each other, and maybe writers we admire, we learned from The Guardian that...
Bronx Book Fair and LAMBDA Lit Fest Go Digital
In this year of the plague, all our favorite book fairs and literary events have gone digital. While book lovers miss sitting in the...
Dr. Fauci Was the Hot Scientist Inspiration for 1991 Romance Novel
Image taken from White House coronavirus briefing Sally Quinn, celebrity journalist and widow of Washington Post Managing Editor Ben...
Queer Fairy Tale Survives
image taken from @petejordiwood instagram Looking back at the past, it seems, at first glance, there are no queer fairy tales. Now, one...
RWA Announces Rules and Dates for Submissions for The New Vivian Award
On the eve of the annual Romance Writers of America (RWA) convention, RWA has announced the opening of submissions for its first annual...
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