We love every piece we run. There *are* no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are April’s winners. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... #booksky @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @descooper.bsky.social @terrilewis1.bsky.social @spiegelandgrau.bsky.social #booksky

We loved being part of this fantastic conference! Thank you @wirobooks.bsky.social @jbywrites.bsky.social Eric Dezenhall and all the folks who created a place for writers to gather and share.

Join @romancedestinee.bsky.social and @eastcitybooks.bsky.social tonight at 7:30 for a virtual conversation with @authornalinisingh.bsky.social (ARCHANGEL'S ETERNITY, @berkleypub.bsky.social). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/nal... #booksky

“Colleges have struggled to manage the rise in academic-integrity complaints involving generative AI, which stretch the bounds of policies that were crafted primarily to deal with plagiarism.”

A five-column series on evaluating AI- and algorithmically generated text. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/app... @humanetech.bsky.social #booksky

Fortunately, even cold pizza is still pretty good. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/d... @regalhouse.bsky.social #booksky

ICYMI: A quartet of remarkable — if not equally eminent — American Jews. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e... @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @genemeyer.bsky.social #booksky

Every year, we say, “Best conference ever!” because it’s true every year. But no time to rest on our laurels—we’ve got a daily publication to get out to you! (Many thanks to @aranshetterly.bsky.social, @margotleeshetterly.bsky.social, and Eric Dezenhall for a brilliant keynote discussion!)

We're high on fumes (and exhausted) after another incredible Washington Writers Conference, but we'll still be talking books all week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @jbywrites.bsky.social #booksky

"Beyond the Big Houses" at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @ellenpcampbell.bsky.social @kimalexanderbskys.bsky.social #booksky

"Your Story, Your Way" at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @jbywrites.bsky.social @aleliabundles.bsky.social #booksky

"What Booksellers Know" at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference, featuring Patricia Coral, Susan Coll, Megan Bormet, and Amy Joyce! @peoplesbooktakoma.com @wonderlandbookss.bsky.social @politicsprose.bsky.social #booksky

Eric Dezenhall chats with the 2026 Washington Writers Conference keynote speakers Margot Lee Shetterly and Aran Shetterly! @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @aranshetterly.bsky.social @margotleeshetterly.bsky.social #booksky

Richard Peabody receives our Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference (for which we also gave him a football signed by Sonny Jurgensen instead of a boring plaque)! @peabody.bsky.social @dcwriterscon.bsky.social #booksky

Washington Writers Conference knows what fuels agents for pitch session speed dating! @wirobooks.bsky.social

"Writing in Washington" at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @leonardpittsjr.bsky.social @peabody.bsky.social #booksky

"From Journalist to Author" at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social @cathyalter.bsky.social @vickivalosik.bsky.social #booksky

The Washington Writers Conference is underway with the "Debut Authors: How They Did It" panel! @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @samuelashworth.bsky.social #booksky

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @torbooks.bsky.social @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @groveatlantic.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social #booksky

A look at what's steaming up the shelves this month! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/rom... @kristinawright.bsky.social @avonbooks.bsky.social @berkleyromance.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social @alisharai.bsky.social @kateclayborn.bsky.social #booksky

A gripping portrayal of a brief but bloody WWII-adjacent clash. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @groveatlantic.bsky.social @ljdemaria.bsky.social #booksky

Beyond grateful for this generous review of Tailbone that saw and touched everything this story hoped to show of Seoul’s loneliness, the loneliness of so many cities, from the cigarette butts littering the hallways, to the long and aimless, clunking rides on the subway. 🧡🍊

Listen to a trio of authors talk shop in Alexandria tonight at 7 p.m. It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the... @bookbent.bsky.social @jenwrote.bsky.social @jadamswrites.bsky.social #booksky

A 2015 novel captures Greek resistance to the Nazis. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/war... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @tripfiction.bsky.social #booksky

A runaway teen navigates an indifferent Seoul during the 2008 recession. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @alicestephens.bsky.social @cheyeun.bsky.social #booksky

I’m so looking forward to this. 🎉🎈🥳

Look what’s happening at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/ric... @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @peabody.bsky.social #booksky

An exceptional chronicle of the hip newsstand mainstay. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/b... @ucpress.bsky.social #booksky

The professor talks “sort of” overcoming grief. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-c... #booksky

The Subtle Art of Folding Space by @johnchu.bsky.social is a great book with all the feels, and I say so in my review for @wirobooks.bsky.social.

A young woman strains to manage infinite universes and her own family. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @torbooks.bsky.social @johnchu.bsky.social @ampawley.bsky.social #booksky

DC’s own Lost City Books is partnering with DC Books to Prisons (now through May 2!) to fulfill incarcerated readers’ book requests:

Five centuries later, they’re still calling us witches. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @sbkslibrary.bsky.social @sourcebooks.bsky.social #booksky

A man’s unsolved disappearance wreaks havoc on his family. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/w... @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social #booksky

Join @topefolarin.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC today at 5 p.m. for a conversation with @mahernandez.bsky.social (THE PAIN OF OTHERS). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/mig... #booksky

A peek at what’s on tap this week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky

When Independent Bookstore Day coincides with #caturday.

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social #booksky

You’ve been training all year, nerds! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/sat... @politicsprose.bsky.social @eastcitybooks.bsky.social @bardsalley.bsky.social @curiousiguana.com @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social @peoplesbooktakoma.com @busboysandpoets.bsky.social @bookshop.org #booksky

Dystopian forces wreak havoc above — and below — ground. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/u... #booksky

How a lifelong friend helped instill a lifelong love. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the... @ellenpcampbell.bsky.social #booksky

“A debut of startling promise, specific pleasure, and honest love.” #poetry of @jaiofearth.bsky.social Review by @stevenleyva.bsky.social

New collections to make life more lyrical. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @stevenleyva.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social @jaiofearth.bsky.social #booksky

Russell Crowe was good, but this book is even better. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

Look what’s happening at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! (Today is the LAST DAY to register!) www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/pan... @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @leonardpittsjr.bsky.social @peabody.bsky.social #booksky

An oddly (and overly) personal account of tumult in West Virginia. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... #booksky @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social

A superb, genre-defying conclusion to the author’s Cal Hooper trilogy. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @vikingbooks.bsky.social #booksky

I reviewed Noam Scheiber's "Mutiny." There's a lot of reason to think college grads could swing behind transformative political projects in the near future, especially given the composition of the jobs most exposed to AI

Big new titles perfect for the littles. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/chi... @candlewickpress.bsky.social @northsouthbooks.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social #booksky

That bachelor’s degree doesn’t go as far as it used to. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @noamscheiber.bsky.social @timhirschelburns.bsky.social #booksky