January 2021
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The Edgars
Attention mystery fans! The Mystery Writers of America’s nominations for the 2021 Edgar Awards, one of…
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The Great Toni Morrison
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet,…
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The Thirty Names of Night
In The Thirty Names of Night, a closeted Syrian-American trans boy, grieving his mother after a…
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The Mystery of Mrs Christie
Despite having written several successful books I am sure that author Marie Benedict must have thought…
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Staying Alive
If you love cozy (and sometimes not so cozy) British murder mysteries, you know that those…
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The Paris Library
Historical fiction continues to be a very popular genre – particularly stories set during WWII. I…
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Who Was Mary Shelley?
English novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in 1797. Most well known as being the author…
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What’s In the Soup?
Me: Do you like quirky independent comedies starring Steve Buscemi? Also Me (AM): Who doesn’t?!? I…
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eMagazines at WPL
On this day in 1981, Rolling Stone released its latest magazine, featuring John Lennon and Yoko…
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Jann Arden
Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden’s latest book, If I Knew Then, focuses on getting sober, aging and…