Literature
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Explore the classic children's book 'The Snowy Day' Feb. 10Feb 04, 2018 10:00 pm - The Hoffman Estates Chapter of Links Inc. invites the community to "The Snowy Day: Exploring the Art of Ezra Jack Keats" from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Me...
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Chicago poet Eve Ewing to read at Oakton Writers Series eventFeb 04, 2018 10:00 pm - Join Chicago essayist, poet, editor and scholar Eve L. Ewing as she reads poetry from her acclaimed book, "Electric Arches," at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, at Oakton Commu...
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Author events: Meet Addie Gundry, Eli Finkel this weekFeb 03, 2018 6:29 am - • Food Network star Addie Gundry hosts a Slow Cooker Pop-Up Event from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Lake Forest Book Store, 662 N. Western Ave., Lake Forest. Ta...
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Meg Gardiner's 'Black Nowhere' has strong female characterFeb 03, 2018 6:28 am - Meg Gardiner's follow-up to her best-selling "UNSUB" novel, "Into the Black Nowhere," continues the riveting adventure of FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix. Saturday nigh...
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Chelsea Clinton to sign new book in La GrangeFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Chelsea Clinton is set to make at least her third book tour appearance in the suburbs, this time promoting a new children's title called "She Persisted Around the World:...
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'Killer Choice' ekes out suspense despite puzzling stakes
Feb 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Killer Choice" (Berkley), by Tom Hunt Gary's pregnant wife, Beth, has a brain tumor. It's going to take $200,000 they don't have to save her. Fittingly, that's how much...
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Jojo Moyes charms readers again in new novel, 'Still Me'
Feb 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Still Me" (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking), by Jojo Moyes In 2012, author Jojo Moyes introduced readers to delightful caregiver Louisa Clark in the best-selling novel "Me B...
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Journalist Sam Weller to visit ECC for Writers Center Reading Series event Feb. 15Jan 31, 2018 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College will welcome Sam Weller as the next featured guest of the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Feb. 15. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in th...
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Schaumburg author to discuss latest young adult novelJan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - Susan Miura, author, longtime Schaumburg resident and public relations coordinator for the Schaumburg Township District Library, will speak about her latest young adult ...
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Review: Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz's 'Hellbent'
Jan 30, 2018 6:00 am - "Hellbent: an Orphan X Novel" (Minotaur Books), by Gregg Hurwitz Evan Smoak is known by many aliases, including Orphan X and the Nowhere Man. In "Hellbent," the latest n...