Books

To say Chet Sharma – or Dr Chet Sharma, to give him his full title – is detail-oriented…

Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales…

Kate Riley’s ambitious début novel, “Ruth,” opens in 1963, the year that its protagonist, Ruth Scholl, is born…

Nicholas Boggs, whose new book, “Baldwin: A Love Story,” offers a fresh, intimate portrait of James Baldwin. Drawing…

Recently I’ve spent a lot of time listening to the radio. It’s been a companion as I move…

Mystery, crime-thriller girlies assemble! New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny is back with a new book this…

COGAN STATION, Pa., Aug. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Mark Morgenfruh, in partnership with GetHRready, today announced the release…

My favourite book growing upBrian Jacques’s Redwall (and all its sequels). All I wanted was to be a squirrel in the Mossflower…

1WRECKING BALL: RACE, FRIENDSHIP, GOD, AND FOOTBALL, BY RICK BASShigh road books In a special Alta Journal folio,…

Raymond Antrobus, poet One of my favourite reads recently has been Childish Literature by Chilean author Alejandro Zambra,…

In 1928, Amelia Earhart became an international celebrity for being the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean…

Author Michael Shew. Photograph: courtesy Troubadour Are you loyal to your partner or to your country? Not many…

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