Local authors Jim Dwight and Gary Cullen and the South Delta-based newspaper Delta Optimist have been recognized by the city for their work in preserving Delta’s heritage. On March 7, Mayor George Harvie and Councilor. Jeannie Kanakos presented Dwight and Cullen with the Friends of Heritage award for co-writing the …
Read More »Leonard Kessler, author of colorful children’s books, dies at 101
Mr. Kessler often found inspiration in everyday life. A little boy’s feelings of hunger on a trip to the supermarket, for example, are amplified in “Crunch Crunch” (1955), the sequel to “Plink Plink”, a book about the feeling of thirst. He once told an interviewer that he crawled on the …
Read More »Every Classic Book to Movie Adaptation Coming in 2022
Ever since the invention of motion pictures, Hollywood has been on the hunt for great stories and, at least in theory, there’s no better place to look than the canon of great literature. From Jane Austen’s country novels to Stephen King’s scary tales, these works are time-tested and timeless masterpieces. …
Read More »Assessment: From the big screen to the book | Book reviews and short stories
J.KEMPER CAMPBELL “20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Making of the Modern Motion Picture Studio,” by Scott Eyman, Running Press, 295 pages, $28. A reader raised in the middle of the 20th century will recognize the influence of films on the culture and social development of our country. People …
Read More »Author Carmel Zipes’ latest novel serves as a history lesson
Doug Zipes has always been intrigued by World War II and Adolf Hitler. So the 82-year-old Carmel resident’s fifth novel, “Ari’s Spoon,” takes readers on a time travel to the Warsaw Ghetto and Nazi death camps. The novel was published on December 23 by iUniverse. zippers The story centers on …
Read More »Naruto novels will be adapted into manga
Naruto announces new manga adaptations for Konoha Shinden: Steam Ninja Scrolls and Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendents and the Heavenly Stardust. Naruto gets a manga adaptation for two of his light novels. The official Twitter account of Naruto announced that two new manga for Sasuke Retsuden: Descendants of Uchiha and …
Read More »Why Sakura Hiden’s novel needs to be animated
There are tons of material in Naruto Light Novels that begs to be animated, especially Sakura Hiden’s novel which shows how powerful the female ninja is! Sakura Haruno is one of the most underrated characters of all Naruto. The young ninja started the series as an unskilled fighter but ended …
Read More »Author Yamashita wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Karen Tei Yamashita appears in stream for the 72nd National Book Awards. (National Book Foundation) Rafu wire services Karen Tei Yamashita received the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation on November 17. âA daring and groundbreaking writer, Yamashita’s deeply creative work has had …
Read More »Noah Gordon, 95, dies; American novelist with audiences abroad
Noah Gordon, an American author who was virtually unknown at home but whose novels on Jewish history, medicine and identity turned him into a literary luminary abroad, died Monday at his home in Dedham, Mass. He was 95 years old. His death was confirmed by his wife, Lorraine Gordon. Mr. …
Read More »Nationwide Author Steve Sheinkin Fallout Tour & Breakdown Workshop
Presented by: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group and School Library JournalDate and time of the event: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PT Calling all classes and libraries! Join the bestselling and award-winning author Steve sheinkin for a conversation on …
Read More »BOOKS: Take Paris: Martin Dugard | Local News
There is no mention of the word “Killing” in the title except for a brief promotional line, and Bill O’Reilly is reduced to an attribution for blurb but “Taking Paris: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights “reads like one of the” Killing “books that Martin Dugard regularly co-writes …
Read More »Celine’s newly unearthed work is causing a stir in France
PARIS – Dragging two large suitcases filled with yellowed sheets of paper filled with scribbled lines, Jean-Pierre Thibaudat, a former cultural writer for a French newspaper, entered the office of Emmanuel Pierrat, a lawyer specializing in intellectual property. “It’s big,” Mr. Thibaudat told the lawyer on the phone before coming …
Read More »Jock Serong wins $ 50,000 ARA Historical Fiction Prize for novel The Burning Island
âI think there’s an unspoken pact that you’ll use your imagination to build character, empathy, and emotion, but you’re not actually bending known history. What you hope is that people will read the story and wonder what really happened and go on their own little journey. “ He said he …
Read More »Europe’s Best Walking Cities: Seven Wonders of the Wandering World | Holidays in Europe
TThe art of the flâneur is perhaps French and its most famous practitioners Parisian, but other European cultures have traditions of walking, from Italian to passeggiata and Spanish paseo – social walks to get some fresh air at nightfall – German desire to travel: hike with envy. Nothing opens up …
Read More »The Rise and Fall of the American Mall – Daily Freeman
My buddies Ayres and Klinger and I walked its crowded hallways for hours on Friday night, hoping to meet some girls. Columnist Tom Purcell This is what we did at South Hills Village Mall in the late 1970s when we were teenagers and the American Mall was in its prime. …
Read More »Book review: novel paints the portrait of artist “Mona Lisa”, subject, preservation effort | Arts
The stolen lady By DAVID ARNDT FOR FREE LANCE â STAR Leonardo da Vinci’s âMona Lisaâ is undoubtedly one of the most famous works of art in the Louvre. The beauty of the model, the cunning, almost shy smile, and the creative artistic setting have drawn untold visitors to the …
Read More »Small press promises to “unearth neglected authors” – Twin Cities
We are cultural diggers. Some of our greatest political and moral challenges have been taken up by voices long lost in history. We will unearth neglected authors and books from the twentieth century, before we are buried. – Extract from the Little Mole & Honey Bear Press mission statement Jack …
Read More »10 best 1950s novel movie adaptations
Hollywood has always sought out successful and acclaimed novels to adapt to the cinema. Indeed, some of Hollywood’s most legendary franchises – James bond, Harry potter, The Lord of the Rings – started as novels before moving to the big screen. RELATED: Marion Davies and Other Underrated Actresses of Classic …
Read More »Novel about the murder of Robert Cushing Sr. by his neighbor, a cop from Hampton NH
HAMPTON – John Tommasi has had a varied career, but his new book, “Front Door Murder”, about a 32-year-old local homicide, proves one thing: he has the nose of a crime cop. The 1988 murder of longtime Hampton resident Robert Cushing Sr. by his neighbor, then veteran Hampton police officer …
Read More »San Antonio novelist Leila Meacham dies at 83 after battling pancreatic cancer for two years
Best-selling author Leila Meacham didn’t find success as a novelist until late in life, but her writing edified many in her final days as she detailed her battle with pancreatic cancer on social media. . Meacham, a retired teacher from San Antonio, died Sunday at the age of 83. In …
Read More »Book Explores Connections Between Alaska Native and Asian Peoples
As an Asian American who grew up in Alaska, Juliana Hu Pegues has often been told stories of Asian immigrants, by her family and friends, even by teachers, who have never entered the schools. history books from his country of origin. “Something I felt as a young person, but became …
Read More »Post-Apocalyptic Novels in America’s Declining Era by Brent Ryan Bellamy – Locus Online
The Leftovers of the American Century: Post-Apocalyptic Novels in America’s Declining Era, Brent Ryan Bellamy (Wesleyan University Press 978-0819580313, $ 24.95, 256 pages, bp) June 2021. In this fascinating study of predominantly American post-apocalyptic fiction from the end of World War II to the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Brent Ryan Bellamy …
Read More »What Fran’s Reading: Women Leading the Way in Two Inspirational War Novels
It is heartwarming that novels based on WWII continue to pour in. Every time I see a new one, I hope it catches the attention of high school history teachers. There is no more enjoyable way for young adults to soak up history than through well-researched works of fiction set …
Read More »Colm Tóibín writes a captivating account of the life of Thomas Mann in “The Magician”
Book review You don’t have to be a Thomas Mann fan to be gripped by the story of his life that author Colm TóibÃn (“The Master”, “Brooklyn”) delivers in his new novel, “The magician. “ The German Nobel Prize winner’s prose (“The Magic Mountain”, “Death in Venice”) may be intimidatingly …
Read More »Celebration of the centenary of novelist Brian Moore, the literary genius of Belfast
LIKE Northern Ireland itself, Brian Moore was born in 1921 on August 25 in the family home on Clifton Street in North Belfast because – according to family legend – the sound of gunfire could be heard . The centenary of Northern Ireland’s greatest novelist is an opportunity to celebrate …
Read More »Long-time Sonoma County emergency doctor was a bestselling author
Longtime emergency physician, novelist and photographer Dr. Edward “Ted” Hard Jr. died July 16 of stomach cancer and heart problems. He was 81 years old. For over 20 years, Hard led the emergency department at Sutter Medical Center Santa Rosa and served the same role when he was the Sonoma …
Read More »8 Events For Your Art Calendar This Week, From A History Of Censorship In Art To A Robert Longo Show In East Hampton
Every week, we search for the most exciting and engaging shows, screenings and events, both digitally and in person in the New York City area. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST, unless otherwise noted.) tuesday 3 august Life Magazine (1888). Courtesy of the Art …
Read More »Alternative history: pulp science fiction novels asking “what if” to a sad partisan modern-day reality
My first experience reading a book featuring an alternate history was the classic Philip K. Dick novel, “The Man in the High Castle”. The appeal of it in an imperfect world was “what if” events turned out differently? Dick envisioned a past where World War II left Japan to occupy …
Read More »Trump Tells Chief of Staff Hitler “Did a Lot of Good Things,” Book Says | Donald trump
Visiting Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Donald Trump insisted to his then Chief of Staff John Kelly: “Well, Hitler did a lot of good things. . “ The remark by the former U.S. president on the 2018 trip that allegedly “stunned” Kelly, …
Read More »Explained: why it is important to note the failures of Enid Blyton, not to erase his work
Citing the death of children’s author Enid Blyton on November 29, 1968, the Times UK obituary reports: âMiss Enid Blyton, who died yesterday, was perhaps the most successful children’s author. and the most controversial of the post-war years. Controversies over Blyton’s work – its intellectual merit, inherent racism, and problematic …
Read More »Jacksonville Girl Wins International Holocaust Art Competition
A LaVilla School of the Arts An eighth-grader won the 2021 college’s ‘best show’ award in an international art competition for middle and high school students. The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes’ six annual ArtEffect Project asks students to honor âunsung heroesâ through art. The center was established in …
Read More »Grisham’s novel and non-fiction essays are bestsellers
1. Sooley by John Grisham. Samuel Sooleymon receives a basketball scholarship in North Carolina and decides to bring his family from South Sudan ravaged by civil war. 2. The last thing he said to me by Laura Dave. Hannah Hall uncovers truths about her missing husband and connections to her …
Read More »Navy veteran becomes bestselling author | Local News
Today’s Veteran: Jack McDevitt, 86 Service: Marine, 4 years, 4 months Tasks: communication specialist Duty stations: Japan, Washington DC and Newport, RI His story: Jack McDevitt thought he would be an aviator when he enlisted in the Navy until his vision test results showed he was partially color blind. But …
Read More »Marshall Memo: Families Receive ‘Honored Patriots of Marshall County’ Book | News, Sports, Jobs
A military book titled “Honored Patriots of Marshall County – 1861-2019” was presented to several people in attendance at the bimonthly Marshall County Commission meeting. Some of those who received books were family members of people whose military history was in the book, while others were people who were somehow …
Read More »Obituary: Lyn Macdonald, historian who became famous as the “ recording angel of the common soldier ”
Died: March 1, 2021. LYN MACDONALD, who died at the age of 91, has written an acclaimed series of intricately documented WWI books, focusing on people who lived through the true horrors of the trenches. She recounted their daily lives with seductive and sympathetic understanding. Historians had already written about …
Read More »Thomas Branigan Memorial Library welcomes author Lesley Poling-Kempes on May 13 via Zoom
By Mike Cook Readers of the Branigan Library’s Purple Sage Book Club will welcome author Lesley Poling-Kempes. via Zoom at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 13. The event is free and open to the public. Poling-Kempes will speak about all of his work, including âBone Horses,â which won the Tony …
Read More »Irish authors shortlisted for several grand prizes
In Saturday’s Irish Times, Lisa McInerney tells me about her new novel, The Rules of Revelation. Louise Nealon talks to Edel Coffey about her first novel, Snowflake; and Rachel Donohue writes about heat waves in literature, a hallmark of her second novel, The Beauty of Impossible Things. Critics include Eoin …
Read More »Château de Sully-sur-Loire: prison, hiding place or refuge?
Château de Sully-sur-Loire in all its fairytale splendor. Photo: Dawn Dailey At the confluence of the Loire and La Sange rivers stands an imposing castle surrounded by the reflective waters of a protective moat. Over the centuries, this castle has welcomed many illustrious guests; however, not all of them came …
Read More »Books to bond this Mother’s Day
Is the mother figure in your life a great reader? If so, gifting a book or offering to read a book can be the perfect treat for Mother’s Day. Here are a few bridging books that explore the varied and powerful experiences of motherhood. “Caramelo”, by Sandra Cisneros – While …
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