Literature
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Celebrate Harry Potter's birthday in SchaumburgJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - All ages are welcome to celebrate Harry Potter's birthday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, immediately followed by a...
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Historical fiction author explores world of a NY socialite
Jun 26, 2018 7:00 am - "Lady Be Good" (Crown), by Amber Brock Historical fiction author Amber Brock explores the world of a New York socialite in her latest novel, "Lady Be Good." The story fo...
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Giffin ventures into new territory in 'All We Ever Wanted'
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Why Laura Ingalls Wilder's name was stripped from children's book awardJun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Laura Ingalls Wilder was on the brink of having an award named in her honor, from the Association for Library Service to Children, when in 1952 a reader complained to th...
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Author Susan Wiggs celebrates unexpected love story
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Author events: Chad Sell, Ken Auletta, Elaine Weiss come to the suburbsJun 24, 2018 7:29 am - Chad Sell: 7 p.m. Monday, June 25, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville, (630) 355-2665, andersonsbookshop.com/. Chicago-area author Chad Sell and c...
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'The Anomaly' slowly simmers as story groundwork is set upJun 24, 2018 7:27 am - "The Anomaly: A Novel" by Michael Rutger, Grand Central Publishing, 352 pages Rumors have swirled that early in the 20th century an explorer on the Colorado River d...
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'You Were Made for This' explores marriage, parenting and deceptionJun 23, 2018 7:00 am - “You Were Made for This” by Michelle Sacks, Little, Brown, michellesacksauthor.com/, 352 pages Appearances sometimes are not just deceiving but can hide fissures so ...
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Constable: Northwestern next for Plainfield author with cystic fibrosisJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - A top scholar and published author who recently won a scholarship she'll use in the fall at Northwestern University, Ravina Thakkar spends four hours a day doing somethi...
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Constable: Finding love not like job huntJun 19, 2018 5:00 am - June used to be the month for weddings, but recent surveys find that more and more people are postponing their marriage ceremony until September. Or October. Or never. W...