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From continuing education to bestseller: Author Shelby Van Pelt’s journey to success

By Angela Mennecke, COD News Bureau
Nov 10, 2025 6:39 pm - Shelby Van Pelt developed early drafts of her novel “Remarkably Bright Creatures” in a College of DuPage continuing education writing workshop, highlighting the importance of being surrounded by a community of like-minded learners and the value of diverse perspectives and experiences.
Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited memoir is a humble look at greatness

By Roxana Robinson
Nov 10, 2025 12:18 pm - How did Margaret Atwood get to be so powerful? Her new work, “A Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts,” is radiant with it — full, expansive and joyful.
Top Teacher: Elementary educator in Prospect Heights makes library a welcoming place

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 10, 2025 9:45 am - Library media specialist Jill Schlomann spreads the love of books and learning at the school she once attended.
Anthony Hopkins’ memoir is a page-turner

By Michael O'Sullivan
Nov 04, 2025 10:44 am - On one level, “We Did OK, Kid” by Anthony Hopkins charts a conventional path, from obscurity in regional theater to the heights of Hollywood celebrity. Yet this story is more concerned with the inner journey than the outer one.
5 historical novels that deliver a perfect escape from the present

By Kat Trigarszky
Oct 30, 2025 3:13 pm - With this selection of historical novels, you can journey to various times and places: the royal courts of Henry VIII in England and Augustus the Strong in Central Europe, 17th-century Denmark, early-20th-century New York, the Roaring Twenties.
You can thank Elvis for Elvira, Cassandra Peterson says

By GINA ABDY
Oct 30, 2025 3:02 pm - Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four decades. And now she’s released a cookbook featuring spooky recipes, creepy craft ideas and photos of herself dressed as Elvira.
Gish Jen’s ‘Bad Bad Girl’ recasts a fraught relationship

By Hamilton Cain
Oct 28, 2025 12:52 pm - Gish Jen knows from judgmental mothers. Her new novel, “Bad Bad Girl,” is two books in one: the first half an imagined account of her mother’s early years in Shanghai and the United States, and the second Jen’s own fictionalized memoir, framed by her signature intellect and hilarity.
A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 28, 2025 10:51 am - A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for America’s 250th anniversary.
Naperville Writers Group launches ‘Rivulets 37’

Submitted by Thomas Guzman
Oct 27, 2025 10:41 pm - The Naperville Writers Group, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting local writers since 1987 celebrated the release of “Rivulets 37,” its annual literary anthology, on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Naperville 95th Street Library.
Judd Apatow welcomes us into his comedic life with the illuminating scrapbook memoir ‘Comedy Nerd’

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 27, 2025 2:20 pm - Judd Apatow likes to keep stuff. Fans of Apatow — and fans of comedy in general — get the benefit of this personality quirk with the Tuesday publication of “Comedy Nerd,” a bulging, 570-page, photo-filled memoir from every chapter of his storied career.

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