New Bedford 11-year-old girl a published writer with essay on peace

Nova Amirah Jones, 11, of New Bedford, says she wants to be an author when she grows up. And with her first piece of writing published earlier in 2025, she's already on her way. The book, called "Global Voices for Peace" — celebrated with a book...

Author Esme Raji Codell

Author Esme Raji Codell celebrates her birth date on Oct. 5, 1968, in Chicago. Her mother is a secretary and her father is an activities director at a nursing home. Her younger brother is a professional rapper who runs a record store. Codell...

Author donates books to Kilbeggan library

Published: Fri 3 Oct 2025, 11:59 AM Around 30 years ago, Kinnegad's old primary school first came on the market. It was purchased privately, but the sale was never completed. In the local area plan for Kinnegad, the old primary school was zoned...

Book review: In ‘Where Blackbirds Fly,’ Shann Ray shows the unforgiving truth of modern love stories

If You Go If You Go Shann Ray What: The Spokane author discusses his latest, “Where Blackbirds Fly,” on the Northwest Passages stage with Lindsey Treffry When: 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Where: Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. Tickets: $10 general...

Book People

The headline for his 1911 obituary read, “Old Ball Player Dead.” Most readers of The Commercial Appeal knew Walter Burke: After all, for years baseball fans considered him the best first-baseman in the city, “having played that position for the...

Author hosts public discussions about book bans, LGBTQ issues

The author of a book about the lives of transgender teenagers in America will visit five North Dakota cities next week for a series of discussions about LGBTQ issues and book bans. Nico Lang’s 2024 book, “American Teenager: How Trans Kids are...

Novel Membrane Gel for Cancer Research Offers Insight Into Cell “Neighborhoods”

In 2020, right when Jane Baude was starting her Ph.D. research at UC Santa Barbara, she learned that a critical component of her experiment — the gel needed to grow and test mammary epithelial cells — wouldn’t be available for nearly a year...

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ fails to give promised behind-the-scenes look into superstardom

I’m not mad — I’m just disappointed. With the midnight hour came the release of yet another Taylor Swift album. One the megastar previously touted as a record she’s been “wanting to make for a very long time.” “The Life of a Showgirl” promised to...

Book Nook: A selection of political books from Southeast Asia

Accessible and engaging recommendations from someone who grew up in the region By: Phone Min Thant, Arts & Culture Editor From the protests against corruption happening in the Philippines and Indonesia, to armed struggles for democracy in Myanmar,...

Writer, documentary-maker and Irish language advocate Manchán Magan has died aged 55

MANCHÁN MAGAN HAS died aged 55. The writer and documentary-maker, who was widely known for his work presenting travel documentaries and in the Irish language, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2023. His family confirmed that he died in Dublin...

Review: Tom Holland’s ‘Pax’, The Folio Society edition, is immersive Roman history

‘Pax’ is the third book from historian Tom Holland’s extensive bibliography to receive an exclusive luxury edition courtesy of The Folio Society. It now joins his magisterial sweep through Western civilisation in ‘Dominion’ and account of the fall...

Review: ‘Mazel Tov!’ – Mel Barren’s little book of Jewish wit and wisdom

We all need a spiritual lift from time to time. ‘Mazel Tov!' is a short, punchy pocket book to help you put challenges into perspective and celebrate life and achievements instead. This compilation offers famous Jewish proverbs and sayings (some...

SS Edmund Fitzgerald book published in writer's memory

SUPERIOR — A new children’s book about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is a grieving family’s tribute to the book’s author, Mckenzie Williams, who died in a motorcycle crash in June 2024. “There’s a lot of love within this book,” said her mother, Missy...

Book Review: A Call to Arms About the Threat of Anti-Science

In the 1995 book “The Demon Haunted World,” the astronomer Carl Sagan warned that the United States was turning its back on science, and that the consequences would be dire. Near the start of their new book, “Science Under Siege: How To Fight The...

'I'm 82 and just had my first book published' - Sunderland author who can't believe he's achieved his dream

Sunderland Brian Blanckley has achieved a lifelong dream at 82 years old - by having his first book published. His special moment came when ‘Fly, Fly Blackbird’ was published, and it was inspired by Brian watching the blackbirds in his garden and...

Woody Allen’s first novel and award-winning books in this month’s new releases

This month, the first novel by American filmmaker Woody Allen, ‘Que se Passa com o Baum?’, is being released by the Almedina group. The novel portrays an intellectual paralyzed by neurotic worries about the futility and emptiness of life, offering...

Edmonds author signing her mystery books at Northgate Barnes & Noble Saturday October 4, 2025

Author Erica Miner will be at the Northgate Barnes & Noble, signing copies of her mysteries on Saturday October 4, 2025 from 12pm to 4pm Erica Miner has a passion for writing, in which music, poetry and journaling have reflected her own life's...

Here's what to know about the 17th annual Iowa City Book Festival

Iowa City's permanent UNESCO City of Literature designation will not be affected by the U.S. withdrawal from the organization. The 17th annual Iowa City Book Festival will run from Oct. 5 to Oct. 12. The festival will feature local talent,...

Swiss author Kracht tipped for Nobel Prize for Literature

Nobel Prize for Literature: Swiss Christian Kracht among the favourites Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial...

Required Reading: The 7 Books That Inspired Grace Byron's New Novel

Journalist Grace Byron’s debut novel Herculine (Simon & Schuster), out next week, follows an unnamed protagonist from New York to the would-be promised land of her ex-girlfriend’s all-trans-girl commune in the woods of Indiana. Witty,...