Book Club Picks

1+ hour ago   (1264+ words) Eriq La Salle has many titles: Actor. Director. Producer. Novelist. But perhaps the one word that encapsulates them all is…storyteller. “As an actor and a director, you are handed a script. You are handed a world,” he says. “The…...

50+ min ago   (1760+ words) Want a good book recommendation? Ask a kid! Our panel of kid and teen reviewers (guided by librarians) selected the most exciting stories of the year. Reading with kids from an early age helps build crucial brain connections and expand…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (295+ words) Sisters Abby (left) and Maggie Lee have made their lifelong dream of owning a bookshop a reality, and the community has welcomed their new business with open arms. “We’ve always wanted to own a bookshop,” said Abby. “Growing up we…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (398+ words) Damascus, Oct. 14 (SANA) A poetry and literary criticism evening at Damascus’ Museum of Arabic Calligraphy on Tuesday explored the life and work of Syrian poet Anwar al-Attar, focusing on his poetic style, literary contributions and place in the development of…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (156+ words) Title: Sincerely, Your Murderer Publication Date: October 13, 2026 My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ⯨ ☆ It’s been one year and six days since seventeen-year-old Kay left her sleepy hometown after the devastating death of her best friend, Ivy. But now she’s back, forced to stay with…...

39+ min ago   (46+ words) Palestinian poet Lina Jawdat has published her first poetry collection, titled 70,000, revisiting the memory of thousands of Palestinian books confiscated from homes and private libraries during the 1948 Nakba. Palestinian poet Lina Jawdat documents the fate of 70,000 books lost during the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1215+ words) By Shakiba Barghi, The University of Melbourne It’s called a doof, but it’s actually all about quiet reading. There are beanbags, some chairs and a few shared tables, where readers sit (or lie) down and read their separate books. Maybe…...

19+ hour, 21+ min ago   (20+ words) Author Leslye Penelope talks fantasy-fiction thriller with 90s nostalgia NBC4 Washington Author Leslye Penelope talks fantasy-fiction thriller with '90s nostalgia...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (127+ words) Temple Now CHAT Presents: Writers of Color Series Join Dr. Srimati Mukherjee as she moderates a discussion of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland: A Novel (2013). The novel is a deeply moving story about two brothers that spans fifty years, moving between…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago   (633+ words) Every city has a few people who do more than participate in its cultural life, they connect it. I aspire to be one of those people, but in Miami’s literary community, Aileen Sabanal really sets the bar. On Episode 21 of…...