Author brings Booker Prize-longlisted novel to Kingston

Breadcrumb Trail Links Entertainment Local Entertainment Local News Author Maria Reva's novel "Endling" is on the finalists' longlist for this year's Booker Prize and is now also in the running for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize....

Author Jonathan Miller visits Horizon Science Academy of Lorain

South Carolina author Jonathan Miller recently came to the Horizon Science Academy of Lorain to visit and interact with students. As part of a two-week visit to Ohio, Miller said he aims to inspire students with his story of how “The Adventures of...

Review: BOOK OF MORMON at Kansas City Music Hall

The national non-Equity tour of The Book of Mormon has landed in Kansas City and if the roar of laughter on opening night is any indication, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez’s irreverent musical comedy hasn’t lost its bite. It is only a...

Book Review: Dealing Addiction

Dealing Addiction by Karen James Genre: Nonfiction / Drugs & Medication ISBN: 9798891327733 Print Length: 248 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Reviewed by Melissa Suggitt Content Warnings: Physical abuse, sexual abuse, drug addiction Born and...

Book Review: The Alzheimer’s Cure

The Alzheimer’s Cure by Peter Van Oossanen Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Action & Adventure ISBN: 9798891327818 Print Length: 488 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Reviewed by Jadidsa Perez Alzheimer’s Cure opens in a backdrop of wealth,...

Review: FALLEN SAINTS: TALES OF BLAZE CITY at Sawyer’s Playhouse

Force of Nature Productions is back with a FALLEN SAINTS: TALES OF BLAZE CITY, another creative and creepy look into the human soul. Taking place in the titular Blaze City, three guides tell us different stories about the unreliable and disturbing...

Book Review: Ruby Jean Cottle’s Black River is an intoxicating paranormal YA

Ever since her mother left, Dusty has always been a little withdrawn. Eschewing crowds and sticking with her younger sister Opi and best friend Mali, her books and the beautiful wilderness that surrounds her mountain home are enough for her. But...

Review Roundup: THE NOTEBOOK National Tour is Now Underway

The National Tour of THE NOTEBOOK is now underway! The tour launched on September 6, 2025, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH, and will continue to 30+ cities in its first year, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Read the...

Book review: P. Sesh Kumar's books offer insider look at India's CAG

Former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS) officer, P. Sesh Kumar, who spent significant time in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has penned two books about his experience, giving us a rare insider’s look into the working of the...

Book Review: ‘The Whisper Place’ by Mindy Mejia

It’s uncanny to drive by fictional crime scenes on my way to work. I have always wondered what it would be like to live in the type of place featured in novels — whether Catcher in the Rye is more palatable with intimate knowledge of New York, or...

Book Launch: The Congress of the Disappeared by Bernardo Kucinski

Join LAB, Brazil Matters, and Amnesty International UK Latin America coordinators for the launch of Bernardo Kucinski’s novella ‘The Congress of the Disappeared’, translated by Tom Gatehouse and published by Latin America Bureau and Practical...

Review: Broadway magic comes alive in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

Traveling across the country to see a Broadway show was an experience I never thought I would be doing, but sitting through the auditorium watching the famous “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” play at the Lyric Theatre in New York made every...

Bookmarks: Festival of Books & Authors Celebrates 20 years

One of the largest book festivals in the state will soon celebrate its 20th anniversary, as Bookmarks’ annual Festival of Books and Authors returns to the Triad. The 20th annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors will take place from Sept. 25...

Book sale in Springfield Sept. 17

Stock up on winter boredom busters by finding the perfect book this fall and winter. The Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale will feature new and used hardback and paperback books, CDs, movies, vinyl records, audiobooks, games and puzzles....

Lawrence authors talk Sunflower State literary spirit, local books ahead of Kansas Book Festival

Share this post or save for later The annual Kansas Book Festival will enter its 14th chapter this weekend, featuring a host of Lawrence-affiliated authors and events. The festival, which is free to all, includes author events, signings, book...

Do you know these 5 best-selling Huntsville authors?

Fall = perfect weather for curling up with a good book. 📚 (Cliff Martin / Hville Blast) If you’ve been in a reading slump lately, don’t fret! We’ve curated a list of local authors whose novels you should add to your ‘TBR’ (To Be Read) list to help...

Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘We have to live among the living’

BRAINERD — “Piñata” by Mexican author Leopoldo Gout was my latest book club read. It’s not something I likely would have picked up on my own, but it happened to fit in quite well with my fall reading list. It’s a horror novel rooted in cultural...

The <em>Seattle Met</em> Book Club Is Back

The best book recommendations don’t come from algorithms. They don’t come from influencers, either. The best book recommendations come from friends. In this case, that friend is Thomas Kohnstamm, the author of Seattle Met’s first ever book club...

Mississippi Book Fest draws in thousands

By STAFF REPORTS More than 8,020 book enthusiasts convened over the weekend at the 11th annual Mississippi Book Festival. Downtown Jackson came alive as festival-goers heard from hundreds of authors at the historic Mississippi State Capitol,...

Resilience Through Storytelling: How 3 Authors Are Fighting Cultural Erasure

Amid hurdles of cultural erasure and attempts to minimize African American history, DMV-based authors A’Lelia Bundles, Juanita Tolliver and Dr. Dana Williams are respectively leveraging truth and storytelling to set the record straight on four...