Literature
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Teen writers to be featured at Waterline Writers Jan. 15Jan 03, 2017 10:00 pm - Waterline Writers will feature poets from the Teen Writers and Artists Project at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St. in Batavia. It will b...
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Review: Fisher's 'The Princess Diarist' doesn't dish enough
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - "The Princess Diarist" (Blue Rider Press), by Carrie Fisher "I've spent so many years not telling the story of Harrison and me having an affair on the first 'Star Wars' ...
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Police detective Karen Pirie returns in 'Out of Bounds'
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Teen Writers and Artists Project to be featured at Waterline WritersDec 11, 2016 10:00 pm - Waterline Writers will feature storyteller Kimberly Gotches and showcase many of the writers in the Teen Writers and Artists Project, plus director Diana Zwinak and teac...
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Hawthorn Woods Book Nook club to mmet WednesdayDec 11, 2016 12:00 am - The Hawthorn Woods Book Nook Reading Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at village hall, 2 Lagoon Drive. The group will discuss Stieg Larson's "The Girl wit...
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Author events: Meet middle-grade author K.A. Holt in Arlington HeightsDec 10, 2016 6:26 am - • Local author Erica O'Rourke (writing under the name of Lucy Kerr) celebrates the release of her new adult mystery book, "Time of Death," at an author event at 3 p.m. S...
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Hooked has millions of teens reading books by text
Dec 10, 2016 6:15 am - OK, it's not exactly Dickens. But how about a great story delivered to you by text message? That's the idea hatched by Prerna Gupta and Parag Chordia. The two entreprene...
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Radio personalities Steve and Johnnie reminisce about WGN, Les PaulDec 06, 2016 10:00 pm - For 27 years, Steve King and his wife Johnnie Putman were comforting companions to night owls around Chicago, broadcasting their "Life After Dark" show to dozens of stat...
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Book Review: "Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance"
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Schaumburg library hosts book discussion groupsDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Several book discussion groups of the Schaumburg Township District Library will meet in January. The Young(ish) Adult Book Club will discuss "A Monster Calls" by Patri...