Texas author Amanda Churchill to headline libraries' annual book festival on Nov. 15

Fort Bend County Libraries' Annual Book Festival 2025 will take place on Saturday, Nov. 15, from noon to 4 p.m., at George Memorial Library, located at 1001 Golfview in Richmond. This year's event features "FBCL Community Reads" author Amanda...

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Live Review: The ruling couple of Americana dazzle at their first London show in 14 years

The London Palladium, Sunday October 26, 2025 There have been no less than six Prime Ministers since the last time Gillian Welch and David Rawlings played a gig in London. At that show in November 2011 the incumbent of 10 Downing Street, David...

Review: David Cronenberg’s ‘A History of Violence’ on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray

David Cronenberg’s brutal, brooding A History of Violence, loosely adapted from John Wagner and Vince Locke’s 1997 graphic novel of the same name, examines the ways in which individual and social violence often intertwine. It also explores the...

Hygge Place brings a cozy touch to downtown with books and plants

Editor’s note: This is the second of four articles spotlighting the locally owned bookstores in downtown Pocatello. POCATELLO — Pocatello is home to four unique independent bookstores—Walrus & Carpenter Books, Hygge Place, White Owl Books, and...

Review | ‘Frankenstein’ and what ‘The Monster’ means in 2025

The same day Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the book “Frankenstein” premiered on the big screen at FilmScene on Oct. 24, my class discussion section was debating the story’s central question, “Who is the monster?” With Mary Shelley’s original...

Loyalty to truth and solidarity—not to the authoritarian state

Seattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian recently spoke at a National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths organized by the American Association of University Professors. It’s an honor to stand among those who still understand that silence in...

'Regretting You' Movie vs. Book Differences

The latest movie adaptation from popular author Colleen Hoover is Regretting You. The story follows a mother and daughter who experience a horrible tragedy that strains their relationship. Find out how the new film differs from the 2019 novel....

Ian Rankin: We authors should write for modern attention spans

There’s no mystery about why people are losing the motivation to read: from TikTok to The Traitors, the world is full of reasons not to pick up a book. But one of Britain’s best-loved crime writers believes that, in the tradition of detective...

5 Books That Teach You to Stay Two Steps Ahead Without Looking Like You’re Trying

5 Books That Teach You to Stay Two Steps Ahead Without Looking Like You’re Trying (Picture Credit - Instagram) There’s a quiet kind of intelligence that doesn’t announce itself. You see it in people who anticipate problems before they occur, who...

2,38,000 visitors attended Frankfurt Book Fair 2025

The 77th edition of the Frankfurt Book Fair has been all about growth, global discourse, and a passion for reading across generations, recording a total of 2,38,000 visitors. The 77th Frankfurt Book Fair (15–19 October 2025) continued the book...

A journey through Mangaluru’s cricket heritage: Book and photo exhibition launched

Veteran umpire Kasturi Balakrishna Pai being felicitated at the launch of the book ‘Red Cherries on the Canara Coast: The Story of Cricket in Mangaluru and Udupi’ and inauguration of a photo exhibition at Kodialguthu Centre for Art and Culture on...

Historical novelist. award-winning journalist to talk about their new books

Two major authors will visit the New Orleans Public Library virtually in the coming week to talk about their latest , and very different, books. Historical fiction queen Philippa Gregory will visit via Zoom on Oct. 29 at 1 p.m to discuss her...

Corcoran alum’s spellbinding, witchy children’s books series stands the test of time

As seasonal picks line the shelves of children’s books aisles, young readers reach for the beloved classics of one Corcoran School of the Arts & Design alum time and time again. Ruth Chew, who attended Corcoran in the 1930s, authored the...

The Rise Of Online Book Communities Within E-Libraries

Reading has always had a quiet charm – a person a book and a world unfolding in silence. But that silence is starting to hum with voices. Online book communities have emerged as virtual campfires where readers gather not just to consume books but...

Amelia Coburn: Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London – Live Review

Photo credit – Emma Johnson Amelia Coburn Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London 24 October 2025 Debut album Between the Moon and the Milkman established Amelia Coburn as a voice to listen out for in folk circles. With a new single and work on a...

Mitchell Beazley acquires The Book of Coffee by Julian Baggini and James Hoffmann

Mitchell Beazley has acquired The Book of Coffee: A Philosophy by Julian Baggini, illustrated by Mariya Suzuki, featuring a foreword and afterword by James Hoffmann. Publishing director Alison Starling acquired world all-language rights from...

The Séance of Blake Manor review – gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace

A remote manor house on the west coast of Ireland, an eccentric cast of misfits and ne’er-do-wells, a dapper investigator with secrets of his own. The Séance of Blake Manor sounds like the stuff of cosy Sunday evening gaming. Thankfully, this...

From White Teeth to Swing Time: Zadie Smith’s best books - ranked!

How do you follow a smash hit like White Teeth, which, as everyone now knows, sold for a six-figure sum while the author was still at university, and turned Zadie Smith into a literary superstar and poster girl for multi­culturalism at 24? With a...

Kingston hosts book talk with novelist J. Courtney Sullivan

Massachusetts author J. Courtney Sullivan is scheduled to speak about her novel "The Cliffs" at 5 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Kingston Council on Aging, located at 30 Evergreen St., according to a community announcement. The event is free and open to the...

Publishing boss claims AI can help authors beat writer’s block

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