Leisure, Books & Culture
From Purity Culture to #BookTok: How Romance Novels Became the Unofficial Sex Education for a Generation
Chewed up gum, unraveled yarn, a flower stripped of its petals. These were the vivid, cautionary examples handed down in sterile health classes and pro-abstinence church youth groups…
Romantasy Shifts and Buzzy New Releases Dominate the Latest Reading Charts
The literary landscape continues to experience a dynamic shift as shifting reader preferences reshape the upper echelons of the most-read book charts. In the latest weekly tracking, Allen…
Planning Permission for West of Ireland Data Center Opposed by Author Sally Rooney Overturned on Climate Concerns
In a major legal and environmental development that has sent ripples through both the tech and literary worlds, a controversial data center planned for the West of Ireland…
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