Alison Doherty

New York

Senior Contributor at Book Riot

Writer & Writing Teacher. @BookRiot Senior Contributor. New School Writing for Children MFA. she/her 📚📚📚📚📚 blue sky: @ alisondoherty

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YA Matchmaker Romances

1 week ago | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

Tundra BooksSelf-declared matchmaking GENIUS Emiko Kimori has already found success by helping her aunt find true love, so when the new girl in town becomes her new BFF, it's only natural for Emiko to help set her up for success with a suitable love match. As for her own romantic life though . . . who has time for that? Emiko is far too busy with her matchmaking schemes, her brunch recipes, eating said brunch recipes and making plans for after graduation.
Cozy Middle Grade Books

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

The beginning of summer is the perfect time to dive into some cozy middle grade books. These books are warm, welcoming, and inviting. They have humor, friendship, and occasionally a crush or two. But while they have enough conflict and stakes to be entertaining, they won’t stress readers out or break their hearts. The five books on this list range from realistic stories to fantasy romps to one book in between.
This Witty & Deeply Emotional YA Novel Follows Up with Characters from an Acclaimed Adult Romance Novel

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

I don’t read as much young adult fiction as I used to, but I knew I would read this book the minute I saw it was written by Tia Williams. Ever since reading Seven Days in June, I’ve vowed to read anything and everything she writes—from her backlist books to her grocery lists (if I could get my hands on them). So there was no doubt I would read this one. But then I found out it starred Audre, the daughter from Seven Days in June and one of my favorite characters.
Historical Fiction About Motherhood

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Historical fiction about motherhood takes readers into physically dangerous, socially risky, and emotionally rich territory. The bond between a mother and child is so strong and complicated that there is much to explore through novels.
Rhyming Picture Books to Read Aloud

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rhyming picture books sometimes get a bad rap. And it’s fair, because so many are kind of…well…bad. The meter and the rhythm can get off. The rhyming words can be forced or not really sound the same without doing a weird accent.
A Cozy Middle-Aged Cooking Romance

2 months ago | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

I discovered the romance novels of Cathy Yardley this winter. And then I proceeded to make my way through most of her backlist in just a few weeks. Her contemporary romances have an ideal ratio of fun to emotion. Her characters have deep, interesting, and often twisty backstories. But they also have passions and a sense of humor that come alive on the page. And her banter—don’t get me started on how good Cathy Yardley writes banter. Her love stories are diverse, often geeky, and always passionate.
Informing a culture shift in high performance sport in Canada: athletes’ unsafe and safe sport experiences

2 months ago | tandfonline.com | Eric MacIntosh |Alison Doherty |Shannon Kerwin

Advanced search Sport Management Review Latest Articles Submit an article Journal homepage Full Article Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/14413523.2025.2493430?needAccess=true ABSTRACT The sport system in Canada has been over-run with allegations from athletes that expose the issues of safe sport for participants. To better understand the culture underlying this phenomenon, we explored the manifestations of unsafe and safe...
Picture Books About Fashion

Mar 24, 2025 | bookriot.com | LILY MURRAY |Jenny Løvlie |Alison Doherty

From biographies of designers to stories of kids finding clothing to fit their identities, there are so many amazing and informative picture books about fashion. Because fashion is so visual, it’s a wonderful topic to learn about through a medium that uses both pictures and words. We all wear clothes. At least, most of us do! But sometimes we don’t think much about where those clothes come from. Wearing clothing is a utility. But fashion is an art.
Where to Start Reading Rebecca Yarros's Contemporary Romances

Mar 6, 2025 | bookriot.com | Alison Doherty

Just like literally millions of other readers, I am completely hooked on The Empyrean Series by Rebecca Yarros. When I first heard about Fourth Wing, the first book in the Romantasy series about dragon-riding school, I wasn’t reading a lot of fantasy. But as friend after friend recommended it to me, I became intrigued. Then I saw my favorite Romance bookstore, The Ripped Bodice, had a midnight book party for the second book in the series, Iron Flame.
Picture Books About Artists

Feb 17, 2025 | bookriot.com | Ed Vere |Alison Doherty

Picture books are the perfect medium to celebrate artists and art, because picture books are art and the illustrators who help make them are artists. Picture books about artists can expose readers to the lives, styles, and significant contributions of real-life artists, and the illustrations can bring their works of art to life on the page. Fictional picture books can tell stories about the importance of art and help children (and adults!) tap into their own imaginations and creativity. Ursula K.