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Authors Black, Reaves to sign books

By Laura Milbrath Stewart
Nov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - •Meet authors Michael Black and Sam Reaves as they make a joint appearance at a discussion and book-signing event at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Centuries & Sleuths, 741...
Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize

Associated Press
Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Judges for the National Book Award honored a comeback, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a thorough revision of a trilogy of ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author pens Champlain bio

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Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. -- In most American text books, Samuel de Champlain serves as a sort of historical speed bump between Christopher Columbus and Lewis and Clark. Pulitzer Pri...
Batman, 'Twilight', 'Watchmen' stirring up fanboy frenzy

By Matt Arado
Nov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Do you drool over droids? Love blogging about Batman? Then you probably belong to the group known as fanboys - passionate devotees of genre work in comics, television, f...
'Twilight' fans can vamp it up at Indian Lakes Resort

By Elisabeth Mistretta
Nov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - While everyone else in the suburbs packed their Halloween decorations back into storage, Jamie Martin scoured every store she could find that still stocked fangs, spider...
St. Charles native pens 'Chocolate Story'

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Once upon a time there was a father who liked to take his three children for walks in the woods. He would take along some chocolate candy for a snack. They enjoyed their...
Book details rise of Veuve Clicquot empire

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - If you like champagne, "The Widow Clicquot" by Tilar J. Mazzeo is definitely worth a drink. Mazzeo's book details the life of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, who took control of ...
The aura has vanished from Updike's witches

Associated Press
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Even the most wicked witches age. And, as it turns out, a sorceress' decline is by turns as painful, lonely and even common as that of any unmagical being. The aura has ...
Critic John Leonard dies at age 69

Associated Press
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Literary and cultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and informed by...
Author Michael Crichton dies of cancer

Associated Press
Nov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historical and prehistorical science thrillers as "Jurassic Park," ""Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain...

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