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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
On Friday, December 11, Bert's Pine Bay Gallery will host award-winning Author Robert N.
The Lacuna shows Barbara Kingsolver at her best and her worst. The first half of the novel is enthralling; the second half, not so much. The massive historical work moves from 1929 to 1959, documenting the life and career of the fictitious Harrison William Shepherd, best-selling author of historical potboilers about life in ancient Mexico.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Author Kimberly Ellen helps women pave the way to their dreams as she provides lessons gathered through her journey of attracting, enticing, and winning over rich men.
Bad sex judges pay tribute to 'part-genius' of winning novel and hope winner 'takes it in good humour' The American winner of the Prix Goncourt, Jonathan Littell, has added another feather to his cap. His novel, The Kindly Ones, was tonight announced as the winner of the Literary Review's 2009 bad sex in fiction award . The Kindly Ones, which tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of ...
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Mary Grimm used a local cafe as her office and received words of encouragement from cafe employees to write "The Tootsie Roll Lady: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Alcoholism and Faith," a book about finding hope and her personal struggles between 1998 and 2005.
Allentown native Deborah Heiligman, who was named a National Book Award finalist this fall, will be back in the Lehigh Valley for a talk and book signing.
While thumbing through a book a few years ago, Spencer Sadler saw an old photograph of members of Pennsylvania's Coal and Iron Police, a private police force created under state legislation to protect company property but which later became better known for their often heavy-handed, strike-breaking tactics.
NEW YORK - Julie Powell's new book is not for the squeamish, in more ways than one. It opens with her in the back of a butcher shop, flecked with blood and reeking of meat. She's busy slicing a raw, slippery liver with a foot-long knife.
Before she wrote "Eat, Pray, Love", Elizabeth Gilbert published "Stern Men". "Stern Men" is based on the lobster fishermen living on islands off the coast of Maine.
READING JESUS A Writer's Encounter With the Gospels
UNSEEN ACADEMICALS By Terry Pratchett Harper. 400 pp. $25.99
'Angel Time’ Author: Anne Rice Data: Alfred A. Knopf, 274 pages, $25.95 Review by AMANDA TEW The Times-Union “Angel Time” was my first step into the literary world of Anne Rice. Sure, I wanted to borrow her infamous vampire novels from the library when I was younger, but my parents always objected. read more
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- After being retired from his construction profession, author Cameron Rebigsol has had more time to involve himself in writings, which he felt, was quite controversial during his younger age.
Renowned Leelanau photographer Ken Scott will make a rare personal appearance at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay at 7 p.m. Friday as part of the store’s Friday Nights author events. Scott has chronicled the year-round beauty of Leelanau for nearly 20 ye read more
