One of the best parts of being a new grandparent is getting to read children’s books again. For me, it means revisiting those special books I remember reading to my children, and helping to create ...

Great writers read a lot. “If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write…. Simple as that,” says Stephen King in his book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. His ...

It’s time to reckon with the reality that nonstop doomscrolling has delivered us: a hard-to-ignore erosion of our cognitive skills. We’ve lost the ability to focus on words for long stretches of time ...

Editor’s Note: Regular readers of The Next 30 Years will already know Annika Hernandez, even if they haven’t yet seen her byline. She has been a frequent researcher, editor, and intellectual sounding ...

Fortunately, the fantasy genre isn’t totally devoid of snack-sized stories. There are a few great ones that readers can fly through in just one day. From a fairytale reimagining by an author known for ...