Romance novels may be essentialist, sexist and hetero-normative, but they are also the most delicious beach reading for a steamy summer day. Does a guilty pleasure need to be such a bad thing?

Shannon Wood explores the intrigue and evil in Canadian supernatural author extraordinaire Kelley Armstrong's new release, Personal Demon. The latest incantation to the Otherworld follows a new half demon on her cabal-directed misadventures in Miami.

Laura Pierce explores the concept of childhood soldiers as depicted through Ishmael Beah’s first-hand account in A Long Way Gone.

(Cult)ure’s contributing editor, Kevin Johns, sits down with Ottawa-based author, D.W. Richards, to discuss his recently published first novel, The Fifth Pillar. 

 (Cult)ure Magazine contributing writer, Darren Stoltz, reviews No Logo author Naomi Klein's latest book, The Shock Doctrine.