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Watch the Penning the Perfect Atmosphere panel with Alexis Henderson, Alix E. Harrow, & Olivie Blake from Bookcon 2026!
At BookCon 2026, the creators of The Year of the Witching, Starling House, and The Atlas Six - Henderson, Harrow, and Blake, respectively - presented a masterclass in setting the literary mood. Popverse was there to film it
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch You Had Me at Hockey with Rachel Reid, Ngozi Ukazu, Emily Rath, Bal Khabra, Stephanie Archer, & Kate Cochrane from Bookcon 2026!
Ice has never been hotter, as the authors of Heated Rivalry; Check, Please; Pucking Around; Collide; Behind the Net; and Wake Up, Nat and Darcy attested at BookCon, where Popverse was filming their panel
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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How Taylor Swift helped convince Veronica Roth to revive the Divergent series after almost a decade
Roth explained that she had a revelation when Swift played her old music at the Eras Tour - and that it led to the process that produced The Sixth Faction, the alt-reality return to Divergent
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Horror is about making the reader uncomfortable, according to Bat Eater writer Kylie Lee Baker
Sure, seeing a dead body is scary, but finding yourself in an uncomfortable, almost alien situation is far worse, explains the Japanese Gothic author.
April 22, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Watch the Beaches, A New Musical - From Page to Stage panel with Iris Rainer Dart and Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso from Bookcon 2026!
Four decades after the novel Beaches hit shelves, author Dart was at BookCon to talk about its Broadway adaptation, alongside producer Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso. The Popverse gang was there too, and we brought our cameras along
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Victoria Aveyard had to ask her parents not to comment on her Goodreads reviews
At BookCon 2026's Romantasy panel, Red Queen author Victoria Aveyard revealed that she lurks on her Goodreads page
April 21, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch The Depths of Darkness: An Exploration of Dark Fantasy with Holly Black and Marie Lu from Bookcon 2026!
Authors of The Spiderwick Chronicles (Black) and the Legend series (Lu), explored the side of the fantasy left out of most fairy tales - and Popverse was there to film it
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The beauty of horror is in the empathy that it inspires in us, says boundary-pushing author Chuck Tingle
The Bury Your Gays and Camp Damascus author believes that fear is universal, even if what causes fear isn't.
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
The Poppy War and Yellowface author R.F. Kuang writes fiction because it's "cheaper than therapy" and she gets paid for it
Sure, you could pay a therapist to help you process your trauma, or you could write a couple of bestselling novels instead.
April 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid opens up about how the TV series adaptation news buoyed her Parkinson's diagnosis just 3 or 4 days before
3 or 4 days after Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid was diagnosed with Parkinson's, she got the call to turn it into a TV series from Jacob Tierney
April 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Watch the Heroines of Romantasy panel with Victoria Aveyard, Rachel Gillig, Carissa Broadbent, & Scarlett St. Clair from Bookcon 2026!
Aveyard (Red Queen), Gillig (Two Twisted Crowns), Broadbent (Crowns of Nyaxia), and St. Clair (Touch of Darkness) brought their romantasy expertise to NYC, and Popverse was there to record it
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Page to Screen panel with Andy Weir, Emily St. John Mandel, Robinne Lee, & May Cobb from Bookcon 2026!
Weir, Mandel, Lee, & Cobb - the minds behind Project Hail Mary, Exit Party, The Idea of You, & the Hunting Wives, respectively - talked having their prose adapted to screen with BookCon '26, and Popverse was filming
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch Shadow and Bone / Ninth House author Leigh Bardugo from Bookcon 2026!
Grishaverse creator and Six of Crows author Leigh Bardugo made BookCon '26 a must-quest for fantasy fans... and Popverse caught her panel on tape
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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R.F. Kuang wrote the first draft of Yellowface in a month because as a digital native, she didn't have to do any research into how mean people could be on Twitter
For Yellowface, R.F. Kuang already knew the plot and the characters, plus she had already seen how nasty people could be on Twitter so she didn't have to do much research.
April 19, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Veronica Roth has already finished the sequel to dystopian romance Seek the Traitor's Son
Roth's dystopian romance series, The Burning Empire, is not only getting a second entry after Seek the Traitor's Son, but at BookCon 2026, the author confirmed it was complete
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Horror as a Mirror, Horror as Escape panel with Chuck Tingle, Tananarive Due, Kylie Lee Baker, & Bethany C. Morrow from Bookcon 2026!
Fright fans at BookCon came out in droves for Horror as a Mirror, Horror as Escape: How Lived Experiences Shape Fictional Fears - featuring Tingle (Lucky Day), Due (The Reformatory), Baker (Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng), and Morrow (The Body) - and Popverse filmed it
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Then/Now: The Evolution of Your Career Since That 1st Book with Melissa de la Cruz, Meg Cabot, Ann M. Martin, Libba Bray, & Kami Garcia from Bookcon 2026!
Cruz, Cabot, Martin, Bray, and Garcia (authors of the Blue Bloods, Princess Diaries, Baby-Sitters Club, Gemma Doyle, and Beautiful Creatures series, respectively) looked back on their decades=spanning careers at NYC's BookCon
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Watch the Spotlight on R.F. Kuang from Bookcon 2026!
Ground-breaking author of Babel and Katabasis R.F. Kuang came to NYC for this year's BookCon, and Popverse was there to film her panel
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Game Changing TV: Celebrating Heated Rivalry with Rachel Reid & Jacob Tierney from BookCon 2026!
Game Changers author Rachel Reid and Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney brought steam to melt a whole city full of hockey rinks, and Popverse was there to catch their BookCon spotlight
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Veronica Roth's Divergent series is back with the first new novel in 8 years, The Sixth Faction
The Sixth Faction will be the sixth entry into Roth's Divergent novel series, but will take place in an alternate timeline than her previous works.
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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BookCon 2026 panels are coming to Popverse — here’s how to watch them all
Missed BookCon? Popverse is bringing the biggest panels online for free.
April 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
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BookCon 2026 just started, but we have the BookCon 2027 dates & location (and who is getting first dibs on tickets)
BookCon 2027 dates and location revealed ahead of 2026 event kickoff.
April 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
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Lucasfilm keeps telling Star Wars prose writers (including creator Timothy Zahn) 'no' to reviving Mara Jade
Lucasfilm doesn’t want to bring Mara Jade back into Star Wars canon (and people keep asking)
April 09, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Heated Rivalry might split its The Long Game adaptation into seasons 2 and 3, partially so it can add more material
Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney says there's a lot to adapt from Rachel Reid's The Long Game, but that isn't stopping him from adding even more. (And by the way, we're going to spoil what "more" means)
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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No, Wuthering Heights' Emerald Fennell isn't rebooting Basic Instinct
There is a Basic Instinct reboot in development, just not with Fennell as the director. Even though you might've heard she was involved from one of the franchise's key players
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Despite rumors, Prime Video's Lord of the Rings looks set to run the full five years
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is running until season 5 as originally planned, says one source, since it is "under Bezos’ magical halo."
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Wars writers and even Marvel Comics keep pitching more Knights of the Old Republic, but Lucasfilm hasn’t said yes (yet)
Claudia Gray wants to write a Star Wars: KOTOR novel detailing Mission and Zaalbar’s backstory
April 07, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum has recast Aragorn, but it sure seems like another Tolkien king - Lee Pace's Thranduil - is coming back
Not only does Legolas's dad AKA Lee Pace make an appearance in the JRR Tolkien text being adapted into Hunt for Gollum, there's a recent quote from the movie's screenwriter that hints at his appearance in the movie itself
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms creator George RR Martin told Lyonel Baratheon actor Daniel Ings that he had more plans for his character
If you, like me, became obsessed with Ings's Lyonel Baratheon, AKA The Laughing Storm, in HBO's latest Game of Thrones prequel, then George RR Martin has good news
April 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
We have the 2027 C2E2 dates, and the show is moving! (Timewise, at least)
Don't worry; C2E2 2027 is still going to happen at McCormick Place in Chicago... it's when it happens that's changing
March 26, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Star Wars’ Thrawn Trilogy was a test of whether fans would accept the Prequel trilogy, says writer Timothy Zahn
Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn Trilogy was used as a test to see if Star Wars fans would support new movies
March 23, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Escala’s Wish transforms a longtime D&D character into a romantasy adventure built on fey law, friendship, and slow-burn love
Dungeons & Dragons veteran turns 40-year campaign into Escala’s Wish, a clean romantasy with epic stakes
March 23, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
C2E2 2026 is in the books, and we loved every moment of it (especially the dancing)
Chicago's finest weekend of the entire year has finished, and we're missing the magic that was C2E2 2026 already
March 20, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Where to find Popverse at Chicago's C2E2 2026
Heading to the midwest's premiere pop culture event of 2026? So are Popverse's Ashley, Jules, Chris , Grant, and Martin. We'll see you at C2E2!
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Chicago's C2E2 2026 is just a few days away - here are the top exhibitor booths we won't be missing
Comedy, TTRPGs, and of course, comics, are on the showfloor at C2E2 '26. Here are the exhibitor booths Popverse is most excited about
March 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dungeon Crawler Carl author Matt Dinniman describes the novel he wrote that you'll never read, and how Stephen King stole it (not really)
Truly, we're just kidding about Stephen King stealing Matt Dinniman's idea for a precursor to Dungeon Crawler Carl - the two authors just happened to be writing two stories that take place Under the Dome at the same time
March 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
“Smut transcends realms and time”: Why Tusk Love is the most enduring piece of Critical Role lore
The Critical Role cast want to publish an edition of Tusk Love in Orcish
March 09, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
What's next for the LitRPG genre, according to Matt Dinniman, Tao Wong, and Jim Zub
The authors of Dungeon Crawler Carl, A Thousand Li, and the Dungeons & Dragons comics, respectively, predict what's next for one of the fastest-growing subgenres on shelves today
March 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Why the Dungeon Crawler Carl TV series is live-action and not animated, according to Matt Dinniman... even though his "hardcore, original fans" want a cartoon
Speaking at Emerald City Comic Con, Dungeon Crawler Carl's literary father also teased "some news one way or the other in the next few weeks"
March 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Matt Dinniman hasn't told anyone how Dungeon Crawler Carl ends, so fans better hope he'll stick around to finish it
We still have three Dungeon Crawler Carl books to go before the expected end, but only author Matt Dinniman knows what that looks like.
March 05, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Feast your eyes upon the deluxe edition of Masters of the Air from The Folio Society
The Folio Society will print a 728-page deluxe edition of the WWII war epic Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller, which inspired the Apple TV series from Steven Spielberg
March 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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The big ask George R.R. Martin had for HBO & A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker
Parker worked closely with Martin to make sure Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms matched the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas closely - but not too closely
February 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones live stage show comes to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre stage this summer
Game of Thrones: The Mad King will serve as a prequel to the events of the HBO show, detailing the events of what George R.R. Martin's readers will know as Robert's Rebellion
February 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
George R. R. Martin is the perfect example of why no author should ever read the comment section
Game of Thrones fans need to accept that George R. R. Martin doesn't owe them another book, no matter how much we all want to see how A Song of Ice and Fire ends.
February 17, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Can't wait for the Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8 release date? Matt Dinniman has posted nearly every chapter online for fans to read early
Matt Dinniman has been posting early chapters of A Parade of Horribles, Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8, to his Patreon - with the final chapter due out next week.
February 05, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
From John Carter to Anne McCaffery and beyond: 5 early romantasy books that shaped the genre
From Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter to Anne Bishop and Emma Bull, these early romantasy books laid the foundation for today’s fantasy romance boom.
February 04, 2026
Graeme McMillan
Features
Why Outlander was sold as a romance, even though Diana Gabaldon disagreed
Diana Gabaldon doesn’t see Outlander as a romance novel, but she let her publishers sell it that way for sales purposes
February 03, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
How Brandon Sanderson learned to stop cheating on book reports, and love books
Cosmere writer Brandon Sanderson had a creative method for cheating on his book reports as a kid, but his school caught him
February 03, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Grishaverse creator Leigh Bardugo is the Michael Bay of YA literature (Don't believe me? Ask her!)
Grishaverse creator Leigh Bardugo considers herself the Michael Bay of YA books because she likes to “blow shit up”
February 03, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Ask Ming-Na Wen, Critical Role, Gail Simone, Karl Urban, Chris Claremont, Denys Cowan, and more your questions as part of ECCC x Popverse member exclusive!
Popverse members can submit questions for select Emerald City Comic Con 2026 panels and interviews.
February 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
Book publishers were afraid of building shared universes until they saw how successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe was, according to Brandon Sanderson
How the Marvel Cinematic Universe changed the literature market
February 02, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
The secret Parks and Recreation Easter egg Leigh Bardugo snuck into her Grishaverse books
How Parks and Recreation has secretly influenced Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse
February 02, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
The Traitors UK's Harriet might not have walked away with the cash, but her book sales nearly doubled in the week after the show debuted
Reports that Harriet Tyce's book sales increased more than 95% in the week following the BBC's version of The Traitors hitting screens.
January 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Terry Brooks’ first editor warned him that people would view him as a J.R.R. Tolkien ripoff
Terry Brooks was warned that his readers would see him as pale imitation of Tolkien
January 27, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Leigh Bardugo reflects on how the crowded YA market has changed since Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo says the YA market has changed so much that she could never sell Shadow and Bone today
January 27, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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"And my axe!" Lord of the Rings star John Rhys Davies says there's one world leader who deserves Gimli's iconic weapon
There are legendary heroes outside of Middle Earth, says Lord of the Rings star John Rhys Davies. And one of them, he believes, deserves the axe of Gimli, son of Gloin
January 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid didn't think her "sexually explicit queer books" were adaptable... until they suddenly were
We're glad she was wrong, as Heated Rivalry became one of the breakout shows of 2025 when it aired on HBO Max
January 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
The biggest differences between A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 and George R.R. Martin's The Hedge Knight
The first of George R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novella, The Hedge Knight, is the basis for HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, season 1. But how close an adaptation is it?
January 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why did HBO make A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? It was cheaper than other Game of Thrones projects, says George R.R. Martin
Sure, sure, HBO knew that Game of Thrones fans would tune into see the adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Dunk & Egg novellas - it doesn't hurt though, says the author, that those novellas are also less money to adapt
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Lord of the Rings Extended Extended Cut does not exist — and Peter Jackson says it never will
You and I both know we'd watch a 24-hour-long cut of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. But don't count on a further-extended cut of the trilogy coming along
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Thomas Jane calls The Expanse his greatest experience — and his TV directing debut
For actor Thomas Jane, working on The Expanse wasn't just a wonderful acting experience. It was where he developed his skills as a television director
January 16, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
News
George R.R. Martin's Winds of Winter is shaping up to be different than the HBO Game of Thrones finale: "I was going to kill more people"
A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin thinks HBO made the Game of Thrones finale "more of a happy ending" than the one in his head
January 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
To Kill a Kingdom author makes the jump to adult fiction with epic new romantasy trilogy series
Cursekeeper is the first book in the new series from Alexandra Christo and is out in November 2026
January 14, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
The big difference between Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings, according to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Peter Claffey
Peter Claffey, who plays the titular Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, AKA Ser Duncan the Tall, thinks the difference in the high fantasy staples lies in "honor"
January 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dungeon Crawler Carl wasn’t supposed to get this big, says author Matt Dinniman (but is glad it did!)
It started off with a man wearing no pants and looking after a talking cat, so Dungeon Crawler Carl could only grow from there, right?
January 07, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Inside Brandon Sanderson's Council of Wizards, who helps him shepherd the stories of his Dragonsteel empire
With over 70 books written already, even Brandon Sanderson needs a little help guiding his Mistborn and Stormlight Archive books in the right direction.
January 07, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Mistborn author Brandon Sanderson finally feels he's "established" enough to pursue a Cosmere video game
Brandon Sanderson spent part of 2025 pitching a Mistborn video game to various AAA developers and may have some positive news to share in the coming year.
January 07, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Welcome to 2026! Here's how Popverse will continue to be your pop culture tour guide & bestie
The Avengers are back. Dune returns. Stranger Things is over. Comics lives on. It's the year 2026, and you've got Popverse by your side.
January 02, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
How to be the best baby-sitters, according to Baby-Sitters Club author Ann M. Martin
If you want to watch children, the beloved author has some ideas about where to start
December 30, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Inside the collaboration between Baby-Sitters Club writer Ann M. Martin and Amber Brown is Not a Crayon author Paula Danziger
The beloved author says that working with another writer taught her some new literary strategies
December 30, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Even J.R.R. Tolkien left gaps: Mistborn creator Brandon Sanderson explains why total worldbuilding is a trap for new writers
Cosmere creator Brandon Sanderson reminds us that J.R.R. Tolkien never finished worldbuilding with Lord of the Rings
December 28, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
R.L. Stine says there is one overlooked Goosebumps book that he wishes someone would adapt, and its about superheroes
Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine says everyone is sleeping on They Call Me the Night Howler
December 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The secret power of journals for budding writers, according to Baby-Sitters Club author Ann M. Martin
The legendary author behind The Baby-Sitters Club has some advice for would-be wordslingers
December 27, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
R.L. Stine originally planned to end the Goosebumps series after the first three books (until the sales exploded)
R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps was originally going to be a two or three book series (but the sales numbers changed everything)
December 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Baby-Sitters Club author Ann M. Martin has a dream project of hers she wants as a movie or tv series - and its not the Baby-Sitters Club
While The Baby-Sitters Club has been adapted, there’s another story Martin would like to see on screen
December 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Diana Gabaldon wrote Outlander as a “practice” book because she thought historical fiction would be easy
Outlander author Diana Gabaldon says she wrote the book as practice and didn’t think anyone would read it
December 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Which Baby-Sitters Club character its creator Ann M. Martin would want to watch her kids
Ann M. Martin explains why she’s more Mary Anne than Kristy in The Baby-Sitters Club
December 23, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
If you meet Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine, here’s what you shouldn’t say to him
Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine reveals the worst compliment he’s ever gotten
December 22, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
How the Baby-Sitters Club author Ann Martin continues to give back with her kids book organization
The prolific and beloved author has been up to a very noble project
December 22, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Audiobook hits like Dungeon Crawler Carl and the entire romantasy genre are pushing publishers like Spotify and Audible to release audiobooks earlier
The latest trend in audiobooks seems to be listening to a novel before it even comes out in print, which is driven by Spotify and Audible knowing we crave more books to listen to.
December 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Ann M. Martin shares the swag she got from Netflix's Baby-Sitters Club set with Popverse’s Ashley V. Robinson
What did the legendary author bring home from the Netflix adaptation?
December 18, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Why McDonald’s Grinch salt - and its eBay resale market - tastes like a bitter parody of the original Grinch story
The Grinch was never meant to sell fast food: McDonald’s Grinch salt and the strange logic of Christmas marketing.
December 17, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
How a close friend's death inspired the next book by Tom Lake author Ann Patchett
Whistler is out in Spring 2026 and takes inspiration from the death of author Ann Patchett's close friend.
December 17, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Ann M. Martin keeps Baby-Sitters Club history in her office: the original cover painting of the first book
Baby-Sitters Club creator Ann M. Martin shows off iconic Kristy’s Great Idea artwork.
December 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The Baby-Sitters Club author Ann M. Martin talks first-time convention experience at NYCC
Hopefully, New York Comic Con 2025 marks the dawn of a new comic con tradition for the legendary author
December 15, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson volunteering for the The Hunger Games once again for 2026's Sunrise on the Reaping
Before you ask - yes, they are returning as Katniss Everdean and Peeta Mellark in Sunrise on the Reaping, which is, confusingly, a prequel to The hunger Games
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros confirms she's getting closer to writing the sequel to 2025's Onyx Storm - but she's got one thing to do first
Rebecca Yarros has to write a "contracted contemporary" before she can dive back into the world of Fourth Wing once again.
December 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
It sure seems like Percy Jackson's Olympian role for Kate McKinnon is more than meets the eye
Kate McKinnon is playing Percy Jackson's Aphrodite, right? Well, according to Olympians author Rick Riordan, the story might be a bit more complicated than that
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Fourth Wing, ACOTAR and other Romantasy titles dominate the first audiobook Spotify Wrapped
Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros don't look like they're giving up the top spot in the romantasy genre anytime soon.
December 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The Handmaid's Tale author thinks we need to be more focused on holding the line on women's rights than toppling the patriarchy
Margaret Atwood suggests that we need to have a more practical goal in these uncertain times
December 03, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
How Stephen King blew up Wolverine writer Benjamin Percy's phone, and kickstarted his writing career
Before they collaborated on their novel, The End Times, Stephen King and Benjamin Percy first linked up over social media
November 19, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Mistborn author Brandon Sanderson says talking to his fans is the real reason why he’s a bestseller
The author of The Stormlight Archives says he decided early on to communicate with his fans often to make sure they knew exactly when his next book was out
November 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Before Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin remembers being fan number one at the very first New York comic con
The Game of Thrones author talks about meeting Steve Ditko, the sudden growth of New York Comic Con, and compares it to the wild ride that the current show is.
November 14, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
News
Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler is just like you - that is, desperate for Patrick Rothfuss to finish The Doors of Stone
The Doors of Stone would be Rothfuss's third book in the Kingkiller Chronicle, and if anyone can get him to finish it, we're hoping its Leslie Knope herself, Amy Poehler
November 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Don't expect Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin to change what has already happened in his books - "I don't like retcons" and "I don't like reboots"
The Game of Thrones author isn't interested in changing up what he has already established in the series so far.
November 13, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin spotlight panel from NYCC 2025
Ahead of even more Game of Thrones coming to HBO, Westeros mastermind George R.R. Martin was at New York Comic Con 2025 for an unmissable panel for all fantasy readers
November 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
All the C2E2 guests, panels, comic creators, and more coming to Chicago in March
C2E2 2026 preview: Everything you need to know before Chicago’s biggest pop culture event
November 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
All the ECCC 2026 guests, panels, companies and more coming to Seattle this March!
From Critical Role to X-Men writer Chris Claremont and more, here's everything coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle.
November 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
SpoilersHBO's IT: Welcome to Derry exhumes the creepy criminal case of the Bradley Gang - and we're here to explain it [Lore Corner]
Stephen King's own Capone wannabes play a big role in this week's episode of IT: Welcome to Derry - here's who the Bradley Gang are, and why they matter
November 10, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The two key differences in writing for the franchises, from someone who has been doing both for over a decade
Science fiction author John Jackson Miller explains how editors and authors approach Star Trek books differently than Star Wars
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone