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Guardian Guardian First Book Award. Petina Gappah became only the second short story writer to win the award in its 10-year history." The Guardian (UK) 12/02/09
What does the heart of Africa mean to an African? The author of Dark Continent My Black Arse gets down and dirty in his quest to find the source of the Nile.
MORE than three years after his sixth book was published, local photographer, author and historian Jim Walker has a new work out on the shelves.
Children's book author and illustrator Bonnie Christensen returns to the Barton College campus for a book signing and reception celebrating her latest work, "Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist." ...
Allen Schellenberg acknowledges most people are more likely to know him as a cabinetmaker than an author. Even with the upcoming release of his third book, the Morden resident still admits to struggling at times with his writing craft, but said he keeps learning with each project.
A "HUMANE and disarmingly funny" collection of short stories by Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah right has won the Guardian First Book Award 2009 in association with Waterstone’s.
Roberta Hoffer, a local author, will be at the Brownsburg Public Library for a book signing at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8.Hoffer is a Pittsboro resident and has been the director and a teacher at Christ Lutheran Preschool in Brownsburg for the past 18 years. She has written several children’s books that were not published but instead dedicated to her grandson, Christian, for each one of his birthdays ...
Christine Carr, author of "Mother Daze", joined The Rhode Show to talk about the challenges for all women who are mothers, and celebrates their hard work in her new book.
Saginaw Township author Larry G. Toft and illustrator Elizabeth J. Nagel sign copies of their book, "Remembering Our Past: Historic Saginaw Township."
Kota Kinabalu: Author Nancy Koh conducted a photography and video shoot session to promote her upcoming book, Borneo's Hidden Treasures, at the Waterfront and Sinsuran evening market here.
Local author Jaimee Wriston Colbert will read from her new novel, "Shark Girls," during a book-launching party at 7 p.m. Saturday at RiverRead Books, 5 Court St., Binghamton. Refreshments and signed books will be available.
South Dakota author Michael Trump will read from his “Raiding Deadwood’s Bad Lands: Its Illegal History of Prostitution and Gambling” next weekend at a book-signing event at Borders in Rapid City.
What's Your Reaction? Julie Powell, author of "Julie & Julia" and, most recently, "Cleaving" speaks about her new book and why she turned to butchery when her marriage was in crisis.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Since his youth, author Jeff Helms has struggled with many different physical and medical problems. With all the hassles and costs that happened, he persevered to improve himself and tried to live decently.
After waiting anxiously for nine years, fans of Chinese author Zong Pu were thrilled to hear that the 81-year-old writer has published the third of her four-novel series, Prelude of Wild Calabash (Ye Hu Lu Yin). Most introductions of the writer, whose real name is Feng Zhongpu, invariably begin with her father Feng Youlan (1895-1990), one of the most important philosophers and educators in ...
Tracy Daugherty's biography of author Barthelme earns slot on Times' list of notable books
