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From thaw to thrill: "Bloom and Doom" spotlights Maine's dark fiction
1+ day, 17+ min ago (71+ words) WABI From thaw to thrill: "Bloom and Doom" spotlights Maine's dark fiction Debate in Maine House on 72-hour waiting period for firearms Career of George Hale celebrated at Maine State House Brewer is seeing a construction boom, city officials say…...
Book Review: Solving crime is child's play in Penny Tangey's What Rhymes with Murder?
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (214+ words) Penny Tangey is no stranger to the publishing world, with four novels for young readers to her name. She's also no stranger to the world of libraries. But her latest novel " set in the busy East Melbourne Library " is brand…...
From thaw to thrill: "Doom and Bloom" spotlights Maine's dark fiction
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (104+ words) OLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) - Old Town is welcoming spring in a spooky way. Doom and Bloom is a speakeasy-style event for local authors to showcase some of their work. The goal is to celebrate Maine's history of dark fiction. Katie…...
Step Into the Mystery: Award-Winning Author Kay A. Oliver Speaks at Book Fest Spotlight with "When the Reader Becomes the Detective" April 11th
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (125+ words) 24-7 Press Release Newswire LOS ANGELES, CA, April 09, 2026 /24-7 Press Release/ -- Award-winning author Kay A. Oliver will take center stage as a featured Spotlight Speaker at The Book Fest on Saturday, April 11, presenting her engaging talk, "When the Reader Becomes the Detective." Known…...
11 New Books for April That Step Inside Someone Else's World
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (759+ words) KQED Step Inside Someone Else's World With These 11 New Books for April April may well be "the cruelest month," as T. S. Eliot famously opined " and even a five-minute doomscroll makes it tough to deny that cruelty is riding at anything but…...
The Book Lounge in St. Petersburg
10+ hour, 52+ min ago (29+ words) FOX 13 Tampa Bay FOX 13's Jennifer Epstein takes us to a unique mother-daughter book store called The Book Lounge in St. Petersburg....
Six Thought-Provoking Novels to Get Lost In Right Now
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (160+ words) If you\u2019ve been leaning more towards fiction lately, but still want something with substance, you\u2019re not alone. The best novels don\u2019t just tell a good story; they pull you into someone else\u2019s world and leave you thinking about it long…...
Leamington romance author up for prestigious award
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (191+ words) A ROMANCE author from Leamington is "thrilled" her debut novel is up for a prestigious award. Karen Storey's The Approval of Sheep has been listed as a contender for the Romantic Novelists Association's prestigious Joan Hessayon Award. The award is…...
Column: Book club skeptic? So was Roxane Gay. Here's what converted her
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (156+ words) Book clubs are often treated as something of a cultural punch line, because they are largely the domain of women and we have a penchant for dismissing or diminishing anything women do. When I approached the Garden Gate Cafe, where…...
This buzzy trad wife-inspired novel is about to be everywhere " trust me
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (292+ words) Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear is a zeitgeisty exploration of the trad wive life There's one new book you're about to see everywhere, from coffee shops to the commuter train: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Only adding to the buzz surrounding…...