Lenox Library and The Bookstore will host bestselling author Kurt Andersen for a discussion of his new novel, “The Breakup,” a story set in 2045, with Brooke Allen at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the library, 18 Main St.
Drawn from the authors' twelve years as primary caregivers, the newly published Caring for Mom (and/or Dad) follows three families through the legal, financial, and medical decisions of elder care.
For those who always have a book on the nightstand, a running list of authors to discover, or a favorite bookstore they can spend an afternoon in, Huntsville has something to look forward to this November. The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library will host The Great Big Book Festival on Nov. 7, welcoming readers and writers…
We chat with author Kennedy Cole about There Used to be People Here, which is set in 1970s Mississippi and follows a Black detective and his temporary partner who are assigned to a case that shifts from murder to paranormal conspiracy with life-altering repercussions.
We welcome November with a wonderful crop of literary works: Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, Michelle Porter, and more, all contribute to our stunning pile of newly released fiction. On the nonfiction side, legendary historian Dan Jones, as well as journalist Stephen Pinzer, and many more, all have fresh works for us today. Read…
I’ve always found reading about Ireland compelling, having family lineage that includes a paternal great great grandmother who immigrated from County Cork to Galveston in the nineteenth century. Mary Beth Keane’s Whale Harbor,her fifth novel, was a revelation. She tracks several generations of one family rooted in Ireland, who migrate to England, Montana, and New…
In October 2013 the nameless narrator of Saul Leslie’s novel A Working Title I Want to Change starts a new job at a branch of Tesco, the largest supermarket in the UK. The position is a means to an end. A native of rural East Anglia, he has moved to London to study for a…
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The November installment of the relaunched The Rumpus Book Club* will be on November 16 at 5pm ET. Host Debbie Millman will be speaking with Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and New York Times best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver about her brand new book Partita.
The official description for Hotel & Farm describes the book as the chronicles of what happens when “a group of story-addicts lingers after dinner to share 140 tales that examine the mysteries and idiosyncrasies of hotel culture and agriculture.” This is technically correct, as are subsequent descriptions of these stories being about the dangers of…