David Housewright, Sujata Massey and more authors coming to local libraries
Mystery writers David Housewright and Sujata Massey are among the just-announced participants in Club Book this spring. The author series sponsored by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) ...
Minnesota booksellers are thrilled about the title bringing ‘Harry Potter’ readers back
It has a very similar energy to the young adult and independent reader fantasy books that have taken off over the past 20 ...
‘The Personal Librarian’ author tackles 1920s New York in ‘Harlem Rhapsody’
Victoria Christopher, co-author of "The Personal Librarian," turns to Langston Hughes and other lights of the Harlem ...
Who are the authors Twin Cities area readers can’t get enough of?
You can go down a rabbit hole about the ways in which St. Paul and Minneapolis residents are different. Who really knows who ...
Review: Latest Elinor Lipman comic novel is here to brighten your mood
Elinor Lipman is as reliable as Chex Mix or your favorite afghan. Her comic novels, often noted as the contemporary ...
A Victorian con woman schemes for money and love in zesty novel. She’s not the only one
If we are to believe novelists, England in the 1700s and 1800s featured two kinds of women: those who sat at home stewing about lost suitors, and con artists. It used to be that books featured a whole ...
Brothers take on a dangerous mission in adventure novel ’Beartooth'
On the back cover of “Beartooth,” a blurb from novelist Junot Diaz compares it to “A Simple Plan,” which is both high praise and a very dangerous game to be playing. “A Simple Plan,” which became a ...