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‘The Diné Reader’ an unforgettable experience

Maria’s Bookshop to host a talk with book’s contributors

DATE: Apr 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Anne Hillerman releases new novel

‘Stargazer’ is a welcome addition to ‘Leaphorn’ series

DATE: Apr 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Dave Grohl memoir ‘The Storyteller’ coming out Oct. 5

NEW YORK – Some unexpected free time in 2020 led Grammy Award winner Dave Grohl to put some thoughts and memories into words. Grohl’s memoir “The Storyteller” will come out Oct. 5...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

From Colorado to Florida: Fort Lewis College grad releases 1st book, ‘Tabloid Baby’

It’s always cool to see where fellow Fort Lewis College graduates – and fellow former staff members of the school’s newspaper, In the case of Kevin Lynch, who graduated in 1999, his post-F...

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104

NEW YORK – Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

DALLAS – Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” and returned them to modern-day landscap...

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

SkyWords program welcomes author Tommy Orange

Fort Lewis College resumes Common Reading Experience

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

C.J. Box’s ‘Dark Sky’ offers real-life lesson

In this 21st outing of his awarding winning series featuring everyman hero, Joe Pickett, C.J. Box delivers “Dark Sky.” In the opening, Joe is not a very happy camper. It’s a cold, windy morn...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Hair metal bacchanal: New book looks back at ’80s hard rock music scene

Musicians share stories in ‘Nöthin’ But a Good Time’

DATE: Mar 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Norton Juster, ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ author, dead at 91

NEW YORK – Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of adventure and punning punditry in the million-selling classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and remained true to...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Stephen King talks about new novel

NEW YORK – Stephen King doesn’t think of himself as a horror writer. “My view has always been you can call me whatever you want as long as the checks don’t bounce,” King told The ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Longtime editor Genevieve Young left legacy in publishing

NEW YORK – Genevieve Young was a publishing editor with a long and diverse legacy. She entered the business in the early 1950s, when there were few female editors and even fewer A...

DATE: Feb 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books