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The Science of Suspense: How Prose Triggers a Visceral Response
The creak of a floorboard in an empty house, the unnerving glint of an unknown figure in the shadows, or the chilling certainty that something is about to go terribly wrong – these are the…
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Fiction Trends for 2026: What Readers Want Next (With Book Recommendations)
Predictions and early announcements about fiction trends for 2026 – according to what publishers, industry analysts, and book bloggers are anticipating – centre on deeply human, high-quality physical and community experiences as an answer to…
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Do SMART Goals Work for Creative People Like Writers?
The SMART method has been praised as infallible. For some, however, it’s like the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. But if the method is so good, why does it often fail creative tasks? It’s not that SMART goals…
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How to Maintain a Reading Habit When Life Gets Busy
There’s a peculiar irony about the times when we most need the mental escape that reading fiction provides. Holiday season, house moving, travelling, or a particularly demanding period at work are precisely the moments when…
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Holiday Season Reading: 25 Christmas Short Stories in the Public Domain
For a lot of people, the Holiday season is usually the hardest time to enjoy the simple pleasures of life, like reading good stories. That’s why we’re finishing our Holiday Season Reading series with 25…
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Holiday Season Reading: 12 Translated Christmas Books from Around the World
Finding translated full-length Christmas books and novels is genuinely challenging, but we did our best to bring you some of the finest stories from other cultures for part III of our Holiday Season Reading. This…
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Holiday Season Reading: Delightful Christmas Books from 12 Indie Authors
We are continuing our festive journey through the Holiday Season Reading with a wonderful indie Christmas stories roundup. We bring you reads from 12 indie authors who promise a compelling plot and the kind of…
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Holiday Season Reading: Christmas Books from Around the World (Anglophone Countries)
What about spending these holidays travelling the globe without leaving your cosy reading corner? This is the first post of the Holiday Season Reading series, with recommendations for Christmas and New Year’s stories by authors from different…
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Reduce Eye Strain: Easy Everyday Habits for a Longer, Healthier Reading Life
Healthy vision is crucial to the reading experience, yet many readers overlook simple steps that support long-term visual comfort. In a world dominated by screens and fast information, eye strain has become increasingly common, and…
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Cosy Reading Nook Has a Name: Hygge, Mys, and the Art of Comfort
In a world addicted to hustle and digital distraction, it’s been increasingly difficult to feel utterly snug, safe, and immersed. But if you still yearn for that deep contentment while curled up with a book,…
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Boox, Kobo, and Bigme: 3 E-Readers That Beat Kindle Colorsoft
If the doubtful ethics of Amazon have been annoying you lately, welcome to the club! We have jackets. We also have great news. Although Kindle has been synonymous with ‘e-reader’ for many years, Kobo, Boox, and Bigme have…
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When Horror Creeps Into Other Genres: Using Horror Elements to Spice Up Your Story
Most genres can be defined by content: romance talks about the matters of the heart, mystery about riddles or crimes, and so on – but horror is instead defined by what it aims to provoke:…