John Krakauer is one of the many authors at the Santa Fe Literary Festival. (Courtesy of Scott McDermott) Jon Krakauer is done writing books. “They are just too much,” the author says. “I’m 68 now and I don’t want to spend the rest of my life sitting and writing. I’m going to do all those …
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Don Winslow will talk about his latest book, “City on Fire,” during the Santa Fe Literary Festival. (Courtesy of Robert Gallagher) Don Winslow often takes time to drive across the country with his wife. It is during those trips he finds inspiration for his novels. Winslow’s journey into writing started decades ago and he finds …
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The festival is back in person this year for the first time since the pandemic started, with plenty of authors, writing workshops, food and fun. WASHINGTON — For the first time since the start of the pandemic, book lovers can attend the annual Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland on Saturday. The festival was started by …
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Local artist and author Brenda Harrington celebrated her second art show and book signing on Sunday at Grace Church: Nashville in Franklin. “The Art of the Spirit” by Brenda Harrington Submitted Harrington’s new book, “The Art of the Spirit,” blends faith and realism with a collection of 25 paintings and the uplifting stories that inspired …
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WORTHINGTON — Former Daily Hampshire Gazette editor Joan Livingston will be reading from her latest mystery novel at an event at the Worthington Library this Saturday. Livingston, of Shelburne Falls, was a longtime resident of Worthington who covered the Hilltowns as a reporter for a number of years. “It’s like going home again,” said Livingston, …
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According to an NBC analysis, almost 240 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were filed across the United States in the first few months of 2022. That’s about three bills filed every day from January to March. While the legislation takes aim at a range of rights for people in the LGBTQ+ community, over half of the bills specifically …
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This book project includes three CDs curated by Steve Guasch from Salsaneo Records, with a selection of forty original Salsa and Latin jazz songs from the Pacific NW bands so that readers can enjoy different samples from the last forty years of Salsa music in the area. Author Oswaldo Lucca wanted to document, validate, and …
This book is a fifty-year global living history of women’s experiences and journeys in the steel industry and manufacturing. I read well into the night because I couldn’t put the book down. I wanted to read the next chapter. I was inspired by the interviewee’s struggles, choices and how they became successful.” — Reader of …
Award-winning children’s book author Jim Murphy, best known for his carefully researched nonfiction documenting dramatic events in history through the experiences of young people of the time, died suddenly on May 1 at his home in Woodstock, NY He was 74. Murphy was born September 25, 1947 in Newark, NJ, to James K. Murphy, an …
Since we checked in with Navy veteran and former SEAL-turned-author Jack Carr last year, his star has continued to rise with a high-profile Prime Video show based on his first novel “The Terminal List” set to premiere this summer and the release of “In the Blood,” the fifth book in the Reece thriller series. James …
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