STAFF OPINION: You owe yourself a children’s book
As a babysitter, and especially as a babysitter for parents who value reading, most of my job revolves…
Don’t forget to give yourself permission
Alaina Love is a healer. Her discipline is not health care, though she was once a medical school…
This Simple Exercise Makes You the Author of Your Own Story
Elise Loehnen wrote her 2023 bestseller, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women…
Arts Ahead: Calling all book lovers (and more!)
I go to the library every week and check out a huge stack of books. Admittedly, I don’t…
Die My Love’ Author New Book ‘Unfit’ Set for Film Adaptation
Ariana Harwicz, the bestselling author whose first novel “Die My Love” was brought to the screen by Lynne…
While you wait for The Pumpkin Spice Cafe
The air is starting to cool, the leaves are turning to shades of yellow, orange and red and…
New chapter opens for winners of Irish language book awards
A celebration of publishers and writers of Irish-medium books was held in the National Irish Language Theatre, An…
In Memory of Ann Granger, 12 July 1939 – 7 September 2025 — Blake Friedmann
All of us at Blake Friedmann are deeply saddened by the death of Ann Granger, a much-loved client…
Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry review – a brilliant meditation on mortality | Sarah Perry
The novelist Sarah Perry’s father-in-law, David, died of oesophageal cancer in 2022. This book tells the story of…
The Book Whisperer recommends Flynn Berry
Some books should be read in autumn, and the Tessa Daly books by Flynn Berry, set in Northern…
Abigail Hing Wen and Stephanie Lim
Abigail Hing Wen’s Loveboat, Taipei trilogy is now the movie Love in Taipei on Netflix, which she executive…
Klutz Activity Books for Adults
From the company that brought kids fun and quirky instructional books in the aughts, we introduce these new…