Type of site | culture,interviews,literature |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Owner | Grove Atlantic |
| Created by | Morgan Entrekin,Terry McDonell |
| Editor | Jonny Diamond |
| Key people | Andy Hunter |
| URL | lithub.com |
| Launched | 2015; 10 years ago (2015) |
Literary Hub orLitHub[1] is a daily literary website that was launched in 2015[2] byGrove Atlantic president and publisherMorgan Entrekin,American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame editorTerry McDonell, andElectric Literature founder Andy Hunter.
Focused on literary fiction and nonfiction,Literary Hub publishes personal and critical essays, interviews, and book excerpts from over 100 partners,[3] including independent presses (New Directions Publishing,Graywolf Press), large publishers (Simon & Schuster,Alfred A. Knopf), bookstores (Book People,Politics and Prose), non-profits (PEN America), and literary magazines (The Paris Review,n+1). The mission ofLiterary Hub is to be the "site readers can rely on for smart, engaged, entertaining writing about all things books."[3] The website has been featured inThe Washington Post,[4]The Guardian,[5] andPoets & Writers.[6]
In 2019,Literary Hub launched their new blog,The Hub, alongsideLitHub Radio, a "network of bookish podcasts featuring some established favorites of the genre along with a new show or two".[7] They also maintain a website for crime, mystery and thriller literature calledCrimeReads.[8]
On October 22, 2019,Literary Hub announced a partnership with The Podglomerate, launchingStorybound, a new podcast created and hosted byJude Brewer, exploring "everything from family life to friendship, relationships to histories, and how everything in life can be impacted by the power of a good story."[9]
Type of site | Booksreview aggregator |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Literary Hub |
| URL | bookmarks |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2016; 9 years ago (2016) |
Book Marks is an Americanreview-aggregation website for books, launched byLiterary Hub in June 2016.[10][11][12] The service aggregates reviews from approximately 70 sources, including newspapers, magazines, and websites, and averages them into a score:[10][13] "rave", "positive", "mixed", or "pan".
CrimeReads is a daily website dedicated to crime, mystery, and thrillers.[14] It launched in 2018 as a channel ofLiterary Hub,[15] with Dwyer Murphy and Molly Odintz as editors.[16]
CrimeReads publishes essays, lists, and other pieces about literature, film, television, radio/podcasts, and theater, as well as personal essays and original true crime research.
The website is and has been advised by crime writers and journalists, includingMegan Abbott,Lee Child,Lyndsay Faye,Meg Gardiner,Alison Gaylin,Rachel Howzell Hall,Carl Hiaasen,Sulari Gentill,Joe Ide,Craig Johnson,Ausma Zehanat Khan,Laura Lippman,Attica Locke,Val McDermid,Kyle Mills,Walter Mosley,Lori Rader-Day,Ruth Ware,Sarah Weinman, andDaniel Woodrell.[14]Olivia Rutigliano joined the site as a staff writer in 2020 and became the site's third editor in 2021.[17]