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Anne Hillerman is back with new book in Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito series

Author will be in Durango to talk about ‘Shadow of the Solstice’

DATE: Apr 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too

So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would read or watch anything this mind produced for public consumption...

DATE: Mar 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

It’s back to work for author C.J. Box

Writer releases 25th Joe Pickett book

DATE: Feb 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Hansel and Gretel’ is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak

Book to be released Sept. 2

DATE: Feb 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

John Irving’s ‘Queen Esther’ returns readers to setting of ‘The Cider House Rules’

NEW YORK – In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster announced Fe...

DATE: Feb 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Claude Steelman chronicles ‘Wild Journey’

Durango photographer releases new book of photos

DATE: Jan 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Debut novel transforms ‘The Perfect Home’ into a gut-roiling thriller

Dawn and Wyatt Decker are a reality TV couple renovating homes on-screen and dealing with fertility problems offscreen. Their story and their marriage seem like a foregone conclusion, but on...

DATE: Jan 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Santa’s book picks for young readers

From babies to young adults, there are plenty of fun options

DATE: Dec 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Calendar celebrates knitting in unexpected places

‘Extreme Knitting 2025’ also helps support nonprofits

DATE: Nov 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Kate Niles’ new novel a veritable New Mexico buffet

Kate Niles’ new novel, “The Last Hanging of Ángel Martinez,” is a glorious New Mexican buffet of all the good – and not so good – about this unique state. Nowhere else but northern New Mexi...

DATE: Nov 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment