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Oprah Winfrey picks David Wroblewski’s ‘Familiaris’ for her book club

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 11, 2024 12:58 pm - NEW YORK — Author David Wroblewski has reached special status among contemporary authors: a two-time selection for Oprah Winfrey's book club. Winfrey announced Tuesd...
Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne’s memoir ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’

By MAE ANDERSON
Jun 10, 2024 5:19 pm - Actor and producer Griffin Dunne grew up in New York and Los Angeles with the glitterati all around. His father, Dominick Dunne, a television executive and film produ...
Book signing for John Robert Wiltgen’s ‘The Candy in My Pocket’ set for June 21-22

Submitted by Aimee DeBat
Jun 07, 2024 6:36 pm - Author and internationally acclaimed, award-winning residential designer John Robert Wiltgen will be signing his memoir “The Candy in My Pocket” at noon Friday, June 21, ...
Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel ‘Fire Exit’

By ANN LEVIN
Jun 07, 2024 2:23 pm - Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection “Night of the Living Rez” with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what constitutes identity — family or tribe?
Book Review: From Crichton and Patterson, ‘Eruption’ is poised to be seismic publishing event

By ROB MERRILL
Jun 07, 2024 1:46 pm - You know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 years after your death. “Eruption” is the completion of a partial manuscript found by the late Michael Crichton’s wife, Sherri, and finished by James Patterson.
A new ‘Hunger Games’ book — and movie — is coming

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 06, 2024 12:08 pm - Inspired by an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for...
Book review: ‘When the Sea Came Alive’ expands understanding of D-Day invasion

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Jun 05, 2024 9:49 am - Writing about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading into familiar history with his latest book. From books by historian Stephen Ambrose to films ...
Elmhurst Public Library seeks submissions for Local Author Fair

Submitted by Carol Pavlik
Jun 03, 2024 9:41 pm - Submissions are now being accepted for Elmhurst Public Library’s Local Author Fair on Saturday, Aug. 24.
Book Review: Twin brothers go on a wacky road trip through South

By ANN LEVIN
Jun 01, 2024 3:53 pm - In the beginning was … a lie. One day a rabbi knocked on the door of a woman with a Jewish-sounding last name in a small town in Georgia to recruit new members for his sy...
Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to nonfiction and explores the power of stories in upcoming ‘The Message’

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 30, 2024 7:37 am - For his first all-new book of nonfiction in nearly a decade, Ta-Nehisi Coates traveled the world. One World announced Thursday that Coates' “The Message” will be published Oct. 1.

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