Books – The Durango Herald

Colorado’s Tattered Cover bookstore sold to local investors

NEW YORK – A leading independent bookstore, the Colorado-based Tattered Cover, has been sold to a group of investors and will become the country’s largest Black-led bookseller. An...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Sinead O’Connor memoir coming out in June

NEW YORK – Sinead O’Connor hasn’t released any albums in the past few years, but she has been getting some writing done. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Monday t...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Craig Johnson is back with new novel

‘Next to Last Stand’ adds another chapter to Walt Longmire story

DATE: Dec 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Tarantino has deal for two books on films, including one of his own

NEW YORK – Quentin Tarantino’s next work of imagination will be in book form. The Oscar-winning director has a two-book deal with Harper, beginning with a novelization of “Once Up...

DATE: Nov 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

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. ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books