Literature
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Co-founder of Pixar to headline Willow Creek Leadership SummitAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - The co-founder of Pixar, a Harvard Law professor and the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School are among the “teachers” at the Global Leadership Summit starti...
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Author appearances: Sara Paretsky signs 'Brush Back' at Naperville's Anderson'sAug 03, 2015 6:00 am - • Meet author Paula McClain as she signs copies of her book "Circling the Sun" at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, at Anderson's Bookshop's newest location at 26 S. La Grange Road...
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Gacy investigator Kozenczak recorded account of case weeks before his deathJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - Weeks before he died, Joseph Kozenczak discussed one last time how he and a team of Des Plaines police investigators broke the case that led them to serial killer John W...
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Author appearances: Anderson's to host Sherrilyn Kenyon's 'Dragonbane' eventJul 25, 2015 7:00 am - • New York Times best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon will be on hand to sign copies of her latest "Dark-Hunter" novel, "Dragonbane," at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at t...
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Off to college? This book will guide youJul 24, 2015 6:00 am - Thirteen long, interesting years. Imagine: More than 115 months of your life spent with your hiney under a school desk. That's a lot, but now you've graduated (or will ...
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American author, essayist E.L. Doctorow diesJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK — Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as “Ragtime” and “The March” and applied its lessons to the past and future ...
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Constable: 'My kingdom for bug spray!' Suburban actors face summer's tormentJul 20, 2015 1:00 am - Full of sound and fury, wet basements, hot offices, cold picnics, hail damage and mosquitoes from hell, this summer of our discontent proves a challenge for actors in “T...
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Author appearances: Ernest Cline presents 'Armada' at Naperville's NCCJul 18, 2015 7:00 am - • Children's book author Liz Climo signs copies of her book "Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad" at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., ...
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Harper Lee's new novel is a story of lost innocenceJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Like her classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," the Harper Lee novel coming out Tuesday is a coming of age story. And not just for Scout Finch. "Go Set a Watchman" ...
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Author appearances: Music critic Jessica Hopper discusses book in Arlington HeightsJul 11, 2015 7:00 am - • Music and culture critic Jessica Hopper, a senior editor at The Pitchfork Review, discusses and signs copies of her new book, "The First Collection of Criticism By a L...