November 2026

Online publication devoted to African literature, with book news, reviews, interviews, essays, fiction and poetry, plus opportunities and resources for writers.

Colossal

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Independent online magazine covering contemporary art, craft, photography and visual culture, with artist interviews, project features and stories connecting creativity with nature and science.

Works That Work

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Archive of an international design magazine about practical creativity in everyday life. Its essays and stories explore how design addresses problems in communities around the world.

Words Without Borders

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Digital literary magazine publishing international writing in English translation. Readers can explore fiction, poetry, essays and graphic literature by country, contributor or theme.

The Johannesburg Review of Books

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Literary publication offering reviews, essays, interviews, fiction and poetry from South Africa, the wider African continent and beyond.

Chimurenga

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Pan-African cultural publication and research platform working across writing, music and art. Its projects include The Chronic, African Cities Reader and Pan African Space Station broadcasts.

The Republic

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Publication covering politics, culture, economics and world affairs through Nigeria and the wider African continent. It publishes essays, reporting, interviews and newsletters.

Africa Is a Country

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Online publication covering African politics, culture and society through essays, commentary and podcasts, with contributors examining the continent and its connections to the wider world.

The Dial

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Online magazine publishing reporting, essays, literature and photography from around the world. It emphasizes locally grounded perspectives and translation across cultures and languages.

Magazine bringing together writing, photography and art about nature, culture and place. Its work explores environmental questions through personal stories, criticism and creative expression.

Emergence Magazine

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Magazine exploring relationships between ecology, culture and spirituality through essays, films, audio and art. It publishes online work and an annual print edition.

The Turing Way

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Community-written handbook for reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science. It provides guides and practical approaches to research workflows, collaboration and sharing knowledge.

World Inequality Database

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Database of income and wealth inequality maintained by an international research collaboration. It provides country and world-level series, visual exploration and documentation about methods and coverage.

OpenIntro Statistics

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Open statistics textbook with supporting videos, slides, labs and teaching materials. It introduces statistical reasoning and methods for students, teachers and independent learners.

Delayed Gratification

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Quarterly magazine revisiting news after the immediate reporting cycle has passed. It combines long-form journalism, context and infographics to examine how stories developed and what followed.

Fall of Civilizations

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Podcast exploring how societies developed and collapsed. Long-form episodes reconstruct historical worlds through narrative, research, music and accounts of political, environmental and cultural change.

Logic(s)

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Magazine examining technology through social, political and cultural perspectives. It publishes essays, conversations and creative work in print and digital editions.

Reasons to be Cheerful

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Publication sharing reported stories about responses to social and environmental problems. Its coverage spans communities, culture, public policy and practical efforts to improve everyday life.

Aeon

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Magazine publishing essays and films about philosophy, science, society and culture. Its open website brings research and ideas to a general audience through extended arguments and storytelling.

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

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History blog by Bret Devereaux examining ancient and medieval societies and their portrayal in popular culture. Essays connect historical evidence with questions about warfare, economics, politics and fiction.

The Memory Palace

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Podcast and radio series by Nate DiMeo telling short stories from history. Episodes focus on particular people, places and moments, combining narrative writing with sound and music.

IBM Carbon Icons

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Icon collection from IBM's Carbon Design System. The library provides searchable interface symbols and downloadable SVG assets, alongside guidance for consistent use in digital products.

Matt Webb's notebook of essays and observations about technology, design and everyday life. Posts connect small experiments and personal encounters with broader ideas about digital and physical systems.

SQLBolt

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Interactive introduction to SQL with browser-based lessons and exercises. It covers querying, filtering, joins, aggregation and changes to database tables through small worked examples.

OpenAQ

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Platform providing public access to air-quality measurements from sources around the world. Users can explore monitoring locations, examine historical readings and access data through an API.

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces

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Textbook by Remzi and Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau introducing operating systems through virtualization, concurrency and persistence. Its website provides chapters, exercises, projects and teaching resources.

Geist Font

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A typeface family from Vercel with sans-serif and monospace styles for digital interfaces and development tools.

Decoder Ring

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A podcast hosted by Willa Paskin investigating cultural objects, ideas and social phenomena.

Human Cell Atlas Data Portal

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A portal for exploring and downloading community-generated datasets that characterize cells in the human body.

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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A podcast about the origins, design and cultural significance of familiar and unexpected sounds.

OpenMoji

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An open-source collection of illustrated emoji that designers and developers can use under a Creative Commons license.

Nand2Tetris

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A project-based course sequence in which learners build a computer system from logic gates through a software platform.

Hidden Brain

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A podcast examining the psychological patterns that influence human behavior, decisions and relationships.

Open Food Facts Database

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An openly reusable collection of food product data, including ingredients and nutrition information contributed by a worldwide community.

Ologies

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A science podcast hosted by Alie Ward featuring conversations with specialists about their fields of study.

The Allusionist

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A podcast exploring language, words and the ways people use them through stories and conversations.

Remix Icon

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An open-source library of interface icons in a consistent visual style for websites, applications and design work.

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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A BBC Radio 4 series combining scientific discussion and comedy to explore questions about the world.

Material Symbols

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A collection of configurable interface symbols from Google, available as fonts and individual assets for digital products.

An Introduction to Statistical Learning

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An introductory statistical learning textbook with R and Python editions, covering methods for modeling and understanding data.

NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory Data

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A collection of atmospheric observations and datasets covering greenhouse gases, aerosols, ozone and radiation.

No Such Thing As A Fish

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A weekly podcast from the researchers behind QI, discussing unusual facts and the stories behind them.

Seeing Theory

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An archived interactive introduction to probability and statistics from Brown University. Visual chapters cover probability distributions, inference, regression and related mathematical ideas.

Works in Progress

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A magazine publishing essays about scientific, technological and social progress. It covers subjects including cities, health, energy, infrastructure and the history of useful ideas.

Quanta Magazine

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An editorially independent science publication covering mathematics, physics, biology and computer science. Its reporting explains research through articles, interviews, illustrations, videos and podcasts.

Nautilus

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A science magazine connecting research with culture, philosophy and everyday life. It publishes reporting and essays across subjects including evolution, astronomy, psychology and the environment.

Asterisk Magazine

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A magazine publishing essays and interviews on science, technology, economics, culture and human flourishing. It offers an online archive and quarterly print issues.

Learning How to Learn

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An online course about learning strategies, memory, procrastination and effective practice. Taught by Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski, with exercises and examples across different subjects.

An online introduction to fragment shaders by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and Jen Lowe. Its lessons cover algorithmic drawing, color, patterns, randomness and noise with code examples.

An online linear algebra textbook with interactive figures. Chapters introduce vectors, dot and cross products, matrices, linear mappings, eigenvalues and related concepts.

The Pudding

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A publication explaining cultural questions through visual essays. Its stories use data, graphics and interactive storytelling to explore subjects such as music, language and everyday experience.

The Public Domain Review

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An online journal exploring art, literature and ideas through public-domain material. Essays and curated collections introduce historical books, images, films and other cultural works.

The Creative Independent

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A publication offering practical and emotional guidance for creative work. Interviews, essays and guides cover topics such as process, money, collaboration and sustaining an artistic practice.

Red Blob Games

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Interactive explanations of algorithms and mathematics by Amit Patel. Topics include pathfinding, hexagonal grids, procedural maps, visibility and other problems encountered in game development.

Low-tech Magazine

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A magazine examining low-tech approaches to energy, transport and everyday equipment. Its solar-powered website publishes research, historical examples and practical construction guides.

Information is Beautiful

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A collection of infographics and interactive visual stories turning data into explanations. Topics range from science and technology to culture, food, economics and the environment.

Explorable Explanations

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A hub for interactive explanations and learning through play. It gathers projects by artists, programmers and educators and offers resources for making explorable explanations.

Beautiful Public Data

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A publication by Jon Keegan exploring visually interesting public datasets. Stories examine material such as maps, building footprints, archival photographs and vessel records.

Learning Music

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Ableton's browser-based introduction to music making uses interactive exercises to teach beats, notes, chords, basslines, melodies and song structure.

Allen B. Downey's introductory Python textbook develops programming concepts through explanations, exercises and executable notebooks.

The Nature of Code

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Daniel Shiffman's book teaches creative coding with JavaScript through simulations of motion, forces, autonomous agents and other natural systems.

The Fuzzing Book

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An interactive textbook on automated software testing, with executable Python examples covering fuzzing, test generation and program analysis.

Dive into Deep Learning

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An interactive deep-learning textbook combining mathematical explanations, executable code and practical examples of neural-network methods.

Crafting Interpreters

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Robert Nystrom's programming book guides readers through building interpreters for a scripting language, from syntax and semantics to a bytecode virtual machine.

Gastropod

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A podcast examining food through science and history, hosted by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley.

The People's Paper

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Matthew Pressman traces the New York Daily News and its influence on American journalism, politics, and popular culture.

Natural Risk

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Sarah Stanford-McIntyre examines oil production in West Texas and the relationships between extraction, politics, and environmental change.

Patently Successful

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Nicole Reineke introduces intellectual property concepts and examines how patents, trademarks, copyright, and related tools shape professional work.

The Rust Programming Language, 3rd Edition

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A guide to Rust programming covering ownership, types, concurrency, and development tools, with examples for building maintainable systems.

The Book of Debugging

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Johannes Kuhlmann explains a systematic approach to diagnosing software defects, investigating their causes, and using debugging tools effectively.

Liars, Cheats, and Copycats

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James O'Hanlon explores mimicry, deception, and other survival strategies used by animals and plants in the natural world.

The Secret Life of Circuits

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Michal Zalewski's illustrated introduction to electronic circuit design explains components and circuit behavior through physical principles and practical examples.

Trilobites A to Z

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An illustrated reference exploring trilobites, their fossil record, and the diversity of these ancient marine arthropods.

Puppet Masters of Evolution

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Andrew A. Davinack explores how parasites influence their hosts, ecosystems, and the evolutionary development of life.

Big American Writer

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Jean-Christophe Cloutier examines Jack Kerouac's bilingual writing and the relationship between his literary work and French Canadian background.

Emergence as Harmony

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Venkat Venkatasubramanian explores mathematical approaches to self-organization, complexity, and collective behavior across interacting systems.

Fuzzing Android

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A technical book by members of Google's Android security team explaining fuzz-testing tools and methods for finding vulnerabilities across Android components.

Mary Kay

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Cassandra L. Yacovazzi examines Mary Kay's cosmetics business and its role in changing women's work and entrepreneurship in the United States.

Practical AI Security

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Harriet Farlow introduces threats to AI systems and methods for testing, defending, and auditing them through explanations and Python exercises.

Automate Excel with Python

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John Wengler's practical guide shows how to process spreadsheets and automate recurring Excel workflows using Python and pandas.

Fast Culture, Slow Justice

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Richard Jean So studies digital platforms and Black Lives Matter, examining the gap between online cultural attention and social change.

The Craft of Post-Training

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Chris von Csefalvay explains how to adapt pretrained models through post-training methods to improve their behavior on specific tasks.

The Book of China

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An English edition of Ali Akbar Khatayi's account of Ming China, translated and contextualized for readers of early modern cross-cultural history.

Embedded AI

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David Such's engineering guide covers collecting data, training models, and deploying AI on embedded hardware through practical projects.

Building LEGO Worlds

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Jeff Friesen's illustrated building guide explores techniques for designing LEGO landscapes, structures, vehicles, and interconnected miniature environments.

Her Rising Flame

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Cliodhna O'Sullivan's sequel to Her Hidden Fire follows Éadha as a fugitive facing fear, defiance and the consequences of her growing powers.

Stations

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Louise Kennedy's novel follows Róisín and Red from their troubled teenage friendship in 1980s Ireland into adult life. It explores how first love, family wounds and regret continue to shape the present.

90DaysOfDevOps

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A public learning resource covering DevOps principles, tools and workflows through structured daily topics. Its community contributions extend the material into security and practical engineering subjects.

Bear Wakes Up

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Lisa Chow's picture book follows a bear experiencing winter for the first time. The story combines the character's discoveries with the author's illustrations.

America Obscura

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An illustrated guide from Atlas Obscura to unusual places and lesser-known stories across the United States. Photographs, maps and suggested routes connect sites into possible journeys.

The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade: The Graphic Novel

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A graphic-novel adaptation of Max Brallier's adventure, illustrated by Brian Churilla. Jack and his friends investigate disappearing zombies while facing monsters and a growing threat.

How to Be Less Useful

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Priyanka Mattoo combines memoir and reflection in a book about reclaiming pleasure in midlife and reconsidering the pressure to make oneself constantly useful.

Take My Word for It

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LeVar Burton's memoir reflects on his life in storytelling, including Roots, Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation, alongside his work promoting literacy.

Grumpy Monkey Poop!

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A board book by Suzanne Lang, illustrated by Max Lang, following Grumpy Monkey's search for a suitable place to go to the toilet.

There Used to Be People Here

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Kennedy Cole's novel follows a Black detective and a temporary partner in 1970s Mississippi. A disappearance draws their investigation from a murder case into a paranormal conspiracy.

The Friday Bookshop

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Sawako Natori's novel, translated by Yui Kajita, centers on a small bookshop inside a train station north of Tokyo and the readers drawn to its shelves.

System Origin

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The ninth System Universe novel by SunriseCV continues Derek's adventures as his connections with other people challenge his commitment to relying only on himself.

Defy the Dusk

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A fantasy novel by Danielle L. Jensen about a woman whose magic fractured the world. Her struggle against powerful rulers brings her into conflict with creatures that emerge after dark.

The Last King of Faerie

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The opening novel in Cassandra Clare's Wicked Powers trilogy follows Drusilla Blackthorn into the dangerous realm of Faerie and her encounter with Prince Ash Morgenstern.

Today We Are Cooking . . .

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A cookbook by Tini Younger featuring comfort-food recipes and explanations of the techniques behind them. It is aimed at home cooks who want to understand how their dishes work.