Gamma Girls – Reading Together in Kentucky
Hello Gamma Girls Book Club! It was a pleasure to sort of meet you, Jennie and Tricia (sisters) while listening to a podcast, The Perks of Being a Book Lover, and now to have you and the other members of your tight-knit book club here to share more. Visitors of this post will enjoy your […]
James River Writers Conference – Be There!
17th Annual James River Writers ConferenceSaturday, October 12, 2019Sunday, October 13, 2019Pre-conference Master Classes on Friday, October 11, 2019 Greater Richmond Convention Center403 North 3rd StreetRichmond, VA 23219 Writers, this is your event! And other literary people, too. James River Writers would love to see you at the conference which is an opportunity to learn […]
Books and Banter in Australia
Hello Gihan & Friends from Down Under! I’ve never been to Australia, but I’ve heard good things from several U.S. friends who’ve visited. If I’m lucky enough to get there, I’ll surely want to see The Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia’s favourite icon. Thank you, Gihan, for this postcard with its c 1932 image. I also […]
Cadwell Turnbull on Science Fiction Colonialism
Library Journal compares Cadwell Turnbull’s speculative stories with black characters to those of Octavia Butler, declaring his to be on par with hers. Wow!(More starred reviews on Blackstone Publishing) The Lesson is Cadwell’s debut novel. Mostly set on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the local people are sharing their homeland with the Ynaa, a race […]
Meghan Cox Gurdon – Reading Aloud
Meghan Cox Gurdon has written a book that readers will undoubtedly reach for upon discovery. I was that person when I read the title, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction. Every word fosters curiosity about its well-researched and in-depth content. And who better to give us this […]