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I Saw Dobby’s Thong: What Harry Potter Burlesque Taught Me About Banned Books

By Abi Inman

September 26, 2014

Striptease based on J. K. Rowling’s children’s books reveals the value of literature (and more).

What Famous Novelists Would Say If They Knew You Stopped Reading Their Books

By Freddie Moore

July 25, 2014

Imagine if your bookmark could let authors know when you’ve been neglecting their books? Well, that already exists.

Can You Identify the Handwriting of These 12 Famous Authors?

By Adina Applebaum

June 10, 2014

Prove once and for all that you’re Oscar Wilde’s greatest fan by identifying his penmanship.

Spring Cleaning Your Emotions: 11 Insightful Author Quotes About Forgiveness

By Michelle King

April 10, 2014

Spring is finally here, so it’s time to clean out your emotional closet. Get a hand with these authors’ words about forgiving.

Close Calls in Literary History: 10 Writers’ Brushes with Death

By Freddie Moore

January 24, 2014

Learn just how close the reaper came to taking literary classics like To the Lighthouse, The Bell Jar, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and more.

Regretsy: 10 Victorian Gifts That You Should Reconsider This Cyber Monday

By Michelle King

December 02, 2013

Just because someone made it doesn’t mean you have to buy it.

When Meryton Met Westeros: the Bennet and Stark Connection

By BBP Intern

April 15, 2013

Two different worlds, two different eras, two different mediums, but two similar families. The Bennets, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and the Starks, from A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin and the HBO television series, somehow manage to be each others foil.

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