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  • Rachel Carson

    Rachel Carson

    Meet my Earth Day superhero, Rachel Carson. Probably more than anybody else, Carson helped inspire the…

  • OBOC 2021 Is Here!

    OBOC 2021 Is Here!

    April 21, 2021 – One Book, One Community, is celebrating it’s 20th year! The longest running community…

  • The Last Thing To Burn

    The Last Thing To Burn

    The Last Thing To Burn was my first book by British author Will Dean, and it…

  • Cooking With Herman

    Cooking With Herman

    Eat your words. Herman Melville was a powerful author but a culinary inspiration? Writer Valerie Stivers…

  • Ah, Romance

    Ah, Romance

    Authors, editors, agents, cover artists and one mononymous male model (can you guess who?) — recount…

  • Bookshelfies

    Bookshelfies

    Have you listened to the Bookshelfie podcasts, created by the Women’s Prize for Fiction? In a…

  • Calling All Poets!

    Calling All Poets!

    April is Poetry Month and entries are now open for the CBC’s Poetry Prize contest. The…

  • Peaces

    Peaces

    I’m in pieces about this book! I’m so sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I am a…

  • Elementary

    Elementary

    Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must…

  • Unhappy Authors

    Unhappy Authors

    If you thought the book was better than the movie, imagine how these writers felt! Mary…