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Medicine for the Soul: A Dozen Poets Who Might Change Your Life

On August 12, 2018 by admin

Some “medicine for the soul” comes to us via Huffington Post in the form of a collection of “12 Awe-Inspiring Poets To Read In Your Lifetime.” Poets have a way of evoking life’s most complex philosophies in just a few short lines….

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Sir Vidia Has Died

On August 11, 2018 by admin

The controversial Nobel Prize winning author author V.S. Naipaul died on Saturday at home in London at age 85. From BBC News: Sir Vidia, who was born in rural Trinidad in 1932, wrote more than 30 books including A Bend in the…

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Science Says Reading Fiction is Good for Almost Everything

On July 30, 2018 by admin

Want to be a better human? Read a book. A recent article on NBC News’ Better lays it all out: Whether you’re the reader who rips through a new book each week or the one still slogging through that bestseller your friend…

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Stephen King’s <i> From A Buick 8 </i> to be Adapted for Film

Stephen King’s From A Buick 8 to be Adapted for Film

On July 23, 2018 by admin

Another novel by dark master Stephen King will soon be heading to the big screen. King’s 2002 novel, From A Buck 8, has been optioned by Hyde Park Entertainment (Prey, Antitrust). From Deadline Hollywood: Stephen King’s bestselling novel From A Buick 8…

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<i>The English Patient</i> Awarded Golden Man Booker

The English Patient Awarded Golden Man Booker

On July 10, 2018 by admin

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje has been awarded the Golden Man Booker Award. From the Man Booker news site: The winner of this special one-off award for the Man Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary celebrations was chosen by the public. All 51…

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Non-Fiction: <i>A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment</i> by Barbara A. Radnofsky

Non-Fiction: A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment by Barbara A. Radnofsky

On July 4, 2018 by admin

Don’t know how we missed this one, but it seems even more relevant today than it did when it was published last September. A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment (Melville) is a non-partisan look at what it takes to bring home an impeachment,…

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New Today: <i>It All Falls Down</i> by Sheena Kamal

New Today: It All Falls Down by Sheena Kamal

On July 3, 2018 by admin

A core of sadness runs through It All Falls Down (Morrow), Sheena Kamal’s dark and thoughtful followup to her debut novel, 2017’s The Lost Ones (published in the UK as Eyes Like Mine). It All Falls Down continues the back story sketched…

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January Interview: Ann Cleeves

On July 3, 2018 by admin

In the tradition of the very best of overnight sensations, Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland Island and Vera Stanhope novels, was an overnight sensation. It’s just that it took 20 years. labored away in relative obscurity for a long time before…

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SF/F Grand Master Harlan Ellison Dies at 84

On June 28, 2018 by admin

The world of science fiction lost a hero on Wednesday when Harlan Ellison passed away. His wife, Susan Toth, said the 84-year-old writer died in his sleep at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. On Twitter, author Stephen King said, “Harlan Ellison:…

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New Spenser Film Deal Underway

On June 27, 2018 by admin

Netflix and Mark Wahlberg have made a deal based on the character of Spenser by the “dean of American crime fiction” Robert B. Parker, who died in 2011. Deadline Hollywood carries news of the deal here: Netflix has made a deal with…

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JANUARY MAGAZINE

Science Says Reading Fiction is Good for Almost Everything

The English Patient Awarded Golden Man Booker

Fiction: The Rule of Stephens by Timothy Taylor

This Just In… A Child Went Forth by Boston Teran

The Passage Heads for Small Screen

Kidman and Kelley to Team for Series Based on Novel

Man Booker International Prize 2018 Longlist Announced

New Fiction: Need To Know by Karen Cleveland

Fiction: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Authors on Snacks: Jonathan Moore

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Medicine for the Soul: A Dozen Poets Who Might Change Your Life

Sir Vidia Has Died

Science Says Reading Fiction is Good for Almost Everything

Stephen King’s From A Buick 8 to be Adapted for Film

The English Patient Awarded Golden Man Booker

Non-Fiction: A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment by Barbara A. Radnofsky

New Today: It All Falls Down by Sheena Kamal

January Interview: Ann Cleeves

SF/F Grand Master Harlan Ellison Dies at 84

New Spenser Film Deal Underway