Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
The six Marigold Cottages in Santa Barbara, California, are owned by the good-hearted yenta Golda Bakofsky—fondly known as Mrs. B—who’ll do anything for the people she loves. That includes confessing to murder, as she did six months ago, bringing the diverse but equally eccentric residents together to find the real killer. Now that Sophie, the …
Renée Richards made a splash in 1977 when she sued to be allowed to compete in the U.S. Women’s Open and won her case. The former Richard Raskind, an ophthalmologist and fervent amateur tennis player from New York, underwent gender-affirming surgery in 1975 and then, taking on the name of Renée Richards, at age 41, …
Marvin, a shy, self-conscious merchild, spends his days playing with his best friend, Pearl, a big, round, shiny pearl. While playing hide-and-seek, Pearl rolls away, and Marvin, distraught, swims deep into the reef to find her. He discovers something shiny, but it isn’t Pearl—it’s a little fish called Pinky. Marvin blushes with embarrassment, but Pinky …
It’s 2045. AI runs the world. Earth’s first trillionaire has “overdosed en route to Mars,” and his successor in the world of the superwealthy is conducting eldritch explorations of animal intelligence to possibly nefarious ends. Prologue to all that, in Andersen’s latest, is a devastating attack on Oklahoma City by fascist militia as America is …
Rosenstiel, a press critic and journalism professor, presents a solid case that news organizations’ problems are bigger than they realize. Along with declining public trust and countless newsroom layoffs, the industry faces an “intellectual” crisis. Woefully behind the times, journalists must embrace “emotionally intelligent newsgathering” that “meets audiences where they are.” Seasoned reporters may blanch …
My ALLi author guest this episode is Linda L. Garnett, a gothic supernatural thriller author who came to fiction after seven years in independent music journalism. We talk about how that experience shaped her approach to publishing, marketing, and building an audience, as well as the writing process that helped her turn years of unfinished …
Thirty-something venture capitalist Rylan “Ry” Birk; his younger sister, Katie, a U.S. Department of Labor investigator; chemical company director Bobby Doogan; and homicide detective Dan Wilson have been friends since childhood, but they’ve become somewhat estranged from the final member of their group, Connor Clayton. He’s been in an emotional tailspin in the years following …
Aiden, a retired university professor, quietly grieves the loss of his wife, Carol, and his estrangement from his adult son, Max. On the surface, Aiden lives—or, more accurately, lived—a picture-perfect life teeming with love, family, and success. But underneath that fragile surface are secrets that Aiden has never admitted to himself, much less to his …
Spotify is rolling out new features again for its audiobook listeners. AI is, of course, grabbing most of the headlines, as always. The new AI feature it has introduced is called “Prompted Playlist,” and it essentially does exactly what you would imagine. It lets listeners ask Spotify to create an audiobook playlist for them for …
On this week’s Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway brings two pieces of good news for indie authors: the launch of the Indie Manga Alliance, a new US-based group representing manga creators and publishers outside the mainstream, and Libro.fm’s expansion into e-books, giving readers another way to support indie authors and bookstores at …