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Our Commitment to Accessibility and the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
Learn more about Kobo Writing Life's commitment to accessibility and the European Accessibility Act.
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Kobo Writing Life Podcast – 371 – Writing Fictional Futures with Grace Flahive
In this episode, we are joined by Canadian-born, UK-based author Grace Flahive to discuss her humorous and heart-warming debut novel, Palm Meridian.
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KWL Live Q&A: No Market for That Book with Ruthie Bowles
The Kobo Writing Life team invites you to join us on June 26th from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST for a new Live Q&A. KWL director Tara will chat with voice artist Ruthie Bowles!Hello Authors!We are excited for our June Live Q&A with Ruthie Bowles. Ruthie is a full-time...
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Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast – 11 – The Author and Narrator Relationship with Rachel Grant and Greg Tremblay
Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. This episode features our conversation with author of mysteries, thrillers, and romantic suspense novels, Rachel Grant, and acclaimed narrator of many...
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Kobo and AI: Making Reading and Publishing Even Better, Together
We know that artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic these days, and we want to be transparent about how we’re using algorithms and machine learning at Rakuten Kobo and on the Kobo Writing Life platform. Your trust is paramount to us.Putting AI in the same sentence as...
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Kobo Writing Life Podcast – 370 – Live at the Toronto Indie Authors Conference with Tao Wong
In this episode, the Kobo Writing Life team attended the Toronto Indie Author Conference and recorded a live podcast with speculative fiction author and conference founder Tao Wong! We had a great time interviewing Tao in front of a live audience and getting to answer listener questions...
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Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast – 10 – The Heroine's Journey with Gail Carriger
Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. This episode features our conversation with best-selling SFF author Gail Carriger. Gail discusses her writing career, her non-fiction title, The Heroine's...
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Kobo Writing Life Podcast – 369 – Writing a Why-Choose Paranormal Romance Series with Cali Mann
In this episode, we spoke with Cali Mann, author of dozens of contemporary romance, fantasy, and paranormal romance novels under multiple pen names! Cali is the author of the Wickem Academy series, a new paranormal romance series exclusively available from Kobo Originals. Wickem Academy follows a young...
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KWL Live Q&A: Make More of What You Have with Joanna Penn
The Kobo Writing Life team invites you to join us on May 22nd from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST for a new Live Q&A. KWL director Tara will chat to best-selling author Joanna Penn! Hello Authors! After a very busy April, we are so happy to be back...
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Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast – 9 – How Writers Can Avoid Being Scammed with Victoria Strauss
Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. Way back in July 2015, we were joined by Victoria Strauss, co-founder of Writer Beware, a SFWA-sponsored organization whose mission...
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The KWL Quill – April 2025
Hello, writers! We’re not saying timing is everything, but sometimes you gotta meet the moment—whether it’s jumping on a trend, pursuing a business prospect, or taking on a heist. (To write, that is. We cannot stress more clearly that we do not recommend you do a heist.)...