The Genoa Series: A Painter’s Uncertain View of a Baroque Grotto
The second image in The Genoa Series turns a hard-to-see palace grotto into a study in artistic uncertainty and the limi...
Writing & Self-Publishing
The Genoa Series: A Painter’s Uncertain View of a Baroque Grotto
The second image in The Genoa Series turns a hard-to-see palace grotto into a study in artistic uncertainty and the limi...
A Genoa Photo Series Becomes a Hand-Painted Art Project
After sorting hundreds of image layers, a photographer begins turning Genoa pictures into hand-drawn, painted scenes, st...
Eight Picture Books to Watch: October 4–10, 2026
From a forest spa to ocean adventures, eight children’s books arriving in 2026 offer plenty to explore with young reader...
PROJECT WOOFF Review: Talking Animals and Fast-Paced Fantasy for New Middle Grade Readers
With readable pages, frequent illustrations and a curious pair of young investigators, PROJECT WOOFF offers an inviting...
Rain Transforms Familiar City Views in a Window Photography Series
After a difficult, dark day, a photographer revisits familiar city scenes through rain streaked glass, finding a new way...
Julie Larios’s Flaneur Exercises Turn Everyday Walks Into Writing Material
A writer’s walks inspired by Julie Larios show how attentive wandering can reveal layered histories, unexpected stories...
Jacqueline Frost’s Christmas Tree Farm Mystery Returns for a Baby’s First Christmas
Holly’s first Christmas with baby Joy takes a troubling turn in Jacqueline Frost’s seventh Christmas Tree Farm Mystery,...
At the Aquarium: A Five-Star Board Book for Young Sea-Life Fans
Jill Jemm ett gives Taffy Tales’ At the Aquarium five stars for its sea-creature illustrations and trivia tucked behind...
Joyce Grant’s This Is a Library Book Celebrates Libraries and Their Communities
Joyce Grant and Chanelle Nibbelink introduce young readers to libraries’ history, services and far-reaching possibilitie...
Eight Picture Books to Watch in September and October 2026
From Fancy Dogs to This Is a Library Book, these eight forthcoming picture books offer plenty for family reading and boo...
Minnesota Through Memory: Recolored Photographs of the Mississippi Riverlands
A photographer revisits Minnesota through saturated images, connecting new digital color experiments to early hand tinte...
Jeff Goins on Writing Rules, Creative Practice and the Value of Mystery
Jeff Goins argues that writers need to learn the rules of their craft, then move beyond them through experience, curiosi...
The Girl Who Loves Trees Brings Indigenous Teachings to a Forest Walk
Nancy Cooper and Hawlii Pichette’s picture book pairs a girl’s love of trees with family teachings about gratitude, care...
Japan Revisited Through a Playful Color Experiment
A year after visiting Japan, the writer revisits its photographs with a playful color process that turns travel memories...
Two I E Skin Cartoons Capture the Awkwardness of Life in France
The creator shares two I E Skin cartoons about navigating unfamiliar customs in France and finding a way to live with th...
A Personal Gallery of Flowers, Without a “Most Beautiful” Ranking
A playful set of flower pictures makes its case for looking closely without turning beauty into a contest.
I.E. Skin’s Guide Returns with a Reworked Comic and New Characters
The Bay Area weekly comic returns on clerkmanifesto, beginning with a redesigned old cartoon and a new outing for fox an...
Why Sapphic Fiction Readers Draw a Firm Line at AI-Written Books
Sapphic fiction readers strongly favor human-created books, reflecting concerns about AI’s effects on authors and other...
Eight September 2026 Picture Books for Curious Young Readers
From a pumpkin story to a farm camera and a solar system adventure, these eight September picture books invite young rea...
‘Don’t Pat the Bunny’ Review: A Tactile Farmyard Board Book for Young Readers
LeeAnn Dominick’s ‘Don’t Pat the Bunny’ turns a farmyard warning into playful touch-and-feel reading, with a different t...