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Starting the year the store opened in 2016, the Koch sisters began releasing an annual report titled The State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing. [10] This annual review displays the percentages of authors of color (AOCs) being published by the top romance publishing companies including Harlequin, Kensington, Avon Romance, Entangled, and Crimson Romance. [11]
Greenlight Bookstore is a Brooklyn independent bookstore on Fulton Street in Fort Greene.Established by Rebecca Fitting and Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo in 2009, it sells books in several genres, hosts events with authors, and is a partner of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society was a group of several dozen women and a few men that had, since August 17, 2011, [1] organized regular gatherings around New York City, meeting to read and discuss books in public while topless.
From Dua Lipa to “silent” book clubs, Millennials and Gen Z are joining book clubs as a way to socialize. Book club event listings grew 24% in the United States in 2023 from the previous year ...
In 1909, the Cosmos Club formed as a club for governesses, leasing space in the Gibson Building on East 33rd Street. [2] The following year, the club became the Women's Cosmopolitan Club, "organized," according to The New York Times, "for the benefit of New York women interested in the arts, sciences, education, literature, and philanthropy or in sympathy with those interested."
[1] [3] Vivian Stephens, the Black woman who founded the Romance Writers of America (RWA), is credited with creating the "ethnic romance" sometime before 1980, according to The New York Times. [4] Mainstream romance publishers did not publish a romance with Black protagonists until 1984, and thereafter only in race-specific imprints until 1992 ...
The Belizean Grove meets annually in Belize or similar Central American locations. [6] They also meet in New York and other U.S. cities, for activities they describe as "a balance of fun, substantive programs and bonding". [7] Members, known as "grovers", [7] numbered 125 in 2009, including military, financial and diplomatic leaders, [2] and ...
Reese's Book Club was the subject of controversy following the announcement of its March 2023 Book Club Pick The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.In a video posted to the Reese's Book Club Instagram page, Witherspoon explained that the novel, which tells the story of two women in German-occupied France during World War II, was chosen in response to rising antisemitism.