The idea of having a book published is often equal parts exhilarating and confusing. All the lingo and industry terms being ...

Featuring 350 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special issue: the best books of the 21st century (so far), as chosen by our editors One of the most ...

Featuring 298 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special International Issue: profiles of Abdulrazak Gurnah, Mayumi Inaba, Leila Boukarim, and Siri ...

As an unpublished or self-published author, it can be a relentless struggle to attract a significant amount of attention to your book or manuscript. By purchasing a Kirkus indie review, authors can ...

Featuring 350 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special issue: the best books of the 21st century (so far), as chosen by our editors One of the most ...

Featuring 298 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special International Issue: profiles of Abdulrazak Gurnah, Mayumi Inaba, Leila Boukarim, and Siri ...

A writing retreat might be the key to your success.  Very often held in beautiful locations, a writing retreat is a ...

Tone plays such a vital role in the overall feeling of your manuscript that it’s essential to get it right. But what exactly is it, and how can such an intangible idea be worked correctly? Tone is how ...

There are so many different ways to make a living as a writer, and writers, by nature, are creative people who are endlessly adaptable. Part of the beauty of being your own boss is that you can change ...

Book bans are all over the news. PEN America has been doing incredible work documenting the increasing number of book bans across the country, and the figures are staggering. The data shows that more ...

In January 1933—the same month the Ford Motor Company laid off 100,000 workers and a record 242 U.S. banks failed—Virginia Kirkus started a business, the Virginia Kirkus Bookshop Service, that she was ...