Literature
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Teen author brings 'keep-it-real' guide to NapervilleJan 16, 2018 10:00 pm - Small shoulders, big issues. At age 11, Marley Dias found a major issue: books she was exposed to featured characters who did not look like her. An avid reader from Ne...
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Review: Author creates equivalent of 'Cheers' bar
Jan 16, 2018 6:00 am - "The Music Shop: A Novel" (Random House), by Rachel Joyce Author Rachel Joyce has created the equivalent of the "Cheers" bar in a record store: "The Music Shop" is a war...
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James Anderson delivers unconventional mystery in new novel
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'The Girls in the Picture' is clever novel about friendship
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Schaumburg library hosting monthly true-crime book clubJan 15, 2018 12:00 am - Fans of true crime and forensic science are welcome to participate in "An Hour to Kill" book club, which meets monthly at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S...
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Waterline Writers to feature four authors Jan. 21Jan 14, 2018 10:00 pm - Authors Gint Aras, Jennifer Boyle DuBose, Bruce Steinberg and Donald G. Westlake will be featured at the next Waterline Writers event at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, in the W...
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Still learning from Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years laterJan 14, 2018 6:00 am - It seems essential to reckon with Martin Luther King Jr.'s death even as we celebrate his remarkable life. On Monday we will commemorate the 89th anniversary of his birt...
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Read the book, see the movie in Hanover ParkJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - Movie buffs may want to attend "Who Filmed this Book?" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Feb. 14 and 28 and March 14 and 28 at the Hanover Park Branch Library, 1266 Irving Park Road i...
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Author events: Judson Todd Allen, Chloe Benjamin come to Anderson'sJan 13, 2018 6:29 am - • Best-selling author Melanie Benjamin presents and signs her historical fiction novel "The Girls in the Picture" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 ...
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'The Immortalists' is a sweeping family sagaJan 12, 2018 5:00 am - To describe Chloe Benjamin's second novel, "The Immortalists," as a story about the evolution of a family would be true, but wholly insignificant for the breadth and dep...