Paris’ Shakespeare & Co. appeals for help
Iconic bookshop hit hard by COVID-19, long shutdowns
DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
‘Magic Tree House’ books to be adapted into graphic novels
NEW YORK – Mary Pope Osborne is preparing her million-selling “Magic Tree House” series for a new adventure.
She is teaming with playwright Jenny Laird and the illustrators-sister...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Former Durango Police captain releases new mystery
Former Durango Police Department Capt. Micki Browning has a new novel out that should appeal to many Durango readers. After retiring, Browning moved to Florida and wrote her first two novels...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
‘50 Adventures in the 50 States’ cultivates kids’ spirit of discovery
New children’s book available at Maria’s Bookshop
DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Great reads to top off summer
Fill your bookcase with these fiction, nonfiction recommendations
DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Maria’s hosts talk with author
Herald staff report
Maria’s Bookshop will host a conversation between author Julie Buntin and former Durango resident Mckenna Goodman about her debut novel, “The Shame,” at 6:30 p...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82
RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82.
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DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
National Park Mystery Series returns
Scott Graham sticks close to home with ‘Mesa Verde Victim’
DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Author Murakami DJs ‘Stay Home’ radio show
TOKYO – Acclaimed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, hosting a special radio show from home, painted a brighter side of the world with his favorite music, and said the fight against the coro...
DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Romance writers association announces new award, the Vivian
NEW YORK – The Romance Writers of America have dropped their annual RITA awards and replaced them with a prize dedicated to the association’s co-founder and meant to address criticisms about...
DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham’ imagines a different ‘Hillary’
NEW YORK – Over the past few years, author Curtis Sittenfeld has gotten to know Hillary Clinton in a way uniquely suited for a novelist – by writing a work of fiction about her.
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DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic
NEW YORK – As the coronavirus spread in March, poet Ada Limon struggled at first to write, feeling “flattened and silenced” by a pandemic that had shut down much of the world she knew. ...
DATE: May 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
