Alamo Heights Junior School teacher Stephen Briseño and his family proudly identify as “book nerds.” Year after year the avid readers excitedly make plans for the San Antonio Book Festival. This year, Briseño’s wife and 8-year-old daughter will be in the audience, and he will be on the other side of the table. As the …
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A former soldier and Veteran Readiness and Employment Service (VR&E) participant has turned the page, becoming an accomplished children’s book author. Well before joining VR&E, Winsome Hudson-Bingham grew up in Florida and joined the Army as a unit supply specialist and armorer. She served at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, prior to deploying to …
May 20—DJ Screw was one of the most influential artists to come from Houston. The artist was known as the creator of the now-famous chopped and screwed DJ technique and was a central and influential figure in the Houston hip hop community. A new book by former Houstonian Lance Walker explores the life of the …
Who better to tell us what to read than a writer? We asked nine — established authors, new authors, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, cartoonists, poets, business execs and thought leaders — from Seattle and around Washington to recommend us books for the summer. They recommended a little bit of everything: local, national and international authors’ …
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When an advance copy of Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, “How to Raise an Antiracist,” arrived in my mailbox, the massacre in Buffalo hadn’t yet happened. Nor had the shooting in Laguna Woods, where another gun-toting man is accused of killing out of hatred. So much sorrow in a single weekend. Few of us were …
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To be released on 5th June 2022 and on pre-orders now, the book chronicles the journey of Ed-tech giant Unacademy from a nondescript YouTube channel to a 3x Unicorn Delhi, India – Business Wire India Nistha Tripathi, a bestselling start-up author , announces the release of her new book titled ‘Unstartup’. This book uncovers the …
Placeholder while article actions load You should know, before you begin this journey, that “This Time Tomorrow” is a story about time travel. So prepare your suspension-of-disbelief mind muscles for the heavy lift. Or just settle in for the ride, confident that Emma Straub will conduct you to the welcoming place where fiction and wishful …
Recent release “Mr. Insane and the Bandits: Part II of Daddy’s Magical Adventure Series” from Newman Springs Publishing author Mike Patton is a thrilling story involving a father and daughter who are separated by dangerous bandits that are after the father’s magical dust. To save his daughter from him, the father must gather a team …
Long time Merrick resident Jen Calonita has her hands full, most of the time, with her two boys, and a feisty chihuahua named Ben Kenobi. However, this busy mom also fills her time writing New York Times best-selling novels and children’s books. Calonita has been writing for nearly two decades, with her debut six-book series …
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Anita Diamond (“Period. End of Sentence.: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice”) reads in person at 2 pm at Needham Free Public Library. . . Katerina Canyon (“Surviving Home”) reads in person at 6:30 pm at Trident Booksellers. MONDAY Ren Hutchings (“Under Fortunate Stars”) is in conversation with Karen Osborne at 6 …
