Books

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Indigenous Comedy in N. America

    Indigenous Comedy in N. America

    We Had a Little Real Estate Problem is exactly the book to read in the early…

  • The Drowning Kind

    The Drowning Kind

    “In the water, dark and deepWhere she waits, fast asleepAll alone, pale and coldDon’t wake her…

  • You Exist Too Much

    You Exist Too Much

    This novel grabbed me, its spine peeking out of the “New Books” display with a flash…