Tag: literature

Did you know that June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month? This year marks the fourteenth celebration since President George W. Bush’s proclamation in 2006. In commemoration of the rich literary history of the...

As with many conferences, book signings and literary events, this year's L.A. Times Book Awards were held virtually. Below is the list of this year's winners and a link to the live...

Summertime Guests: A Novel by Wendy Francis Perfect for fans of Jamie Brenner, Elin Hilderbrand, and Meg Mitchell Moore, Wendy Francis's latest is a witty, juicy, and thoroughly enjoyable story of four very...

Oregon Book Awards Presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc., The Oregon Book Awards acknowledge the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers in the genres of Fiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Drama, and Young Readers' Literature. Here...

“There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive.” BY MARIA POPOVA (reprinted with permission from...

Milkman by author Anna Burns has been awarded the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Burns from Belfast, Ireland, is the first Northern Ireland author to win the prize. Burns was praised by the...

It has been announced that in light of an alleged sexual scandal involving a literary board member, the 2018 prize will be postponed. The Swedish Academy has decided the damaging details are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4UZ7esf0As   Dying to Give by Gary B. Shelly As a parent, the first chapter brought me to tears. By the second chapter, I was sobbing, while simultaneously rooting for the characters and by the...