Romance Writers on How the Genre Empowers Women Romance authors reflect on how the genre empowers, represents, and includes. Featuring Chanel Cleeton, Kate Bateman, Shayla Black, Tamsen Parker, Sarina Bowen, and Milly Taiden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auZ11dmEJ00 Debut Novels, Volume 2 | Six Picks Read it Forward editors Abbe and Emma share six more books from brand new authors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP6jiGmtQMU Melissa Dahl Presents THE OUTSIDERS | Last Minute Book Report After reading the book in 10 minutes, author Melissa Dahl (CRINGEWORTHY) gives a presentation on S. E. Hinton's THE OUTSIDERS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzg_Vqy2I6Q Tamora Pierce on How She Started Writing Female Heroes Author Tamora Pierce discusses the lack of female heroes in fantasy books when she was growing up, and the effect it had on her writing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGeCIpvTYjk Conspiracy Revealed: The Random House Home Video Logo The Random House Home Video division has been closed for almost 20 years, yet somehow its logo lives on. Take a deeper dive into the conspiracies surrounding this 80’s animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awPyre2Lf2s&t

Signature Views Tables of Contents: a culinary reading series | Signature Views Mini-Doc - The restaurant Egg in Brooklyn holds a monthly event called Tables of Contents where authors give readings, and dishes based on passages from their books are served. Chef Evan Hanczor gives an inside look at the dinner series, featuring authors Adam Gopnik, Victor LaValle, and Sarah Gerard. https://youtu.be/MK9xhC1R0Hw 5 Ways to Resist Tyranny | Author Timothy Snyder - Drawing from lessons learned in the 20th century, here are five ways to resist tyranny in the modern age. Adapted from Timothy Snyder’s  ON TYRANNY (Tim Duggan Books). https://youtu.be/DeA6zhPtX2A Penguin Random House Channel Norm Macdonald convinces you to buy his book BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Spiegel & Grau) - The comedian/ actor/ author tells different groups of people why they should buy his memoir. https://youtu.be/lZrrfP1HrgM Papercuts / Read It Forward Sad Books | Six Picks - Read It Forward editors Abbe and Emma give six recommendations for books guaranteed to make you cry :(  Titles include EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng, WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN by Kimberly Williams Paisley, A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA by Anthony Marra, and three more. https://youtu.be/TjKzPJpyD6M