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09/22/2026

Six famous books. The context behind the challenges, bans, and book burnings that followed. Read the new guide from Text With Authors: https://textwith.me/blog/famously-banned-books-reading-guide/

Six books that have faced censorship or restricted access, plus the historical context that makes them worth reading carefully.

09/16/2026

Fretuoso for Android is now in open beta.

After more than a decade as an iOS-only app, Fretuoso is coming to Android. Try it on Google Play and help shape what comes next.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fretuoso

09/14/2026

Before you share a historical quote, check the document behind it.

Our new guide helps readers trace the wording, speaker, date, and original source.

https://textwith.me/en/blog/how-to-check-a-historical-quote/

09/07/2026

A translated classic is made by an author—and carried to you by a translator.

Read our new guide to noticing the choices that shape the book in your hands.

https://textwith.me/en/blog/translator-is-part-of-the-book/

08/24/2026

What should AI do when you are reading a classic novel? Help you stay with the book.

Our new Text With Authors guide offers a practical way to use questions, notes, and discussion without handing the reading to a chatbot.

https://textwith.me/en/blog/how-to-read-a-classic-with-ai/

A practical guide to reading classic literature with AI. Use questions, notes, and short checks to stay close to the book instead of handing the reading over to a chatbot.

08/17/2026

Frankenstein is more than a monster story. Our new reading guide explores what Mary Shelley’s novel says about creation, abandonment, responsibility, and the creature’s own voice.

Read it here: https://textwith.me/en/blog/frankenstein-what-movies-change/

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is more than a monster story. Read what the original novel says about creation, abandonment, responsibility, and the creature's own voice.

08/10/2026

Why World Humanitarian Day falls on 19 August

Read the history behind the day, the first Geneva Convention, and the principle that care should not depend on which side someone fought for.

https://textwith.me/blog/world-humanitarian-day-geneva-convention/

08/03/2026

August 23 is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

Our new guide looks at the 1791 uprising in Saint-Domingue, the Haitian Revolution, and how to approach this history with care.

https://textwith.me/en/blog/remembering-slave-trade-abolition/

07/27/2026

What Is the Transfiguration? Why Moses and Elijah AppearExplore the Gospel scene, its verses, and a thoughtful way to pray with it.

https://textwith.me/en/blog/what-is-the-transfiguration-why-moses-elijah-appear/

07/23/2026

Long before Apollo 11, Jules Verne used fiction to explore the constraints of lunar travel: launch location, crew, equipment, and the unknown. Our new article compares that imagination with the real mission—and asks a better question than whether he “predicted” it.

Read it: https://textwith.me/en/blog/jules-verne-apollo-11-what-he-got-right/

Jules Verne did not predict Apollo 11. But his moon novel asked some of the same practical questions that a real lunar mission had to answer a century later.