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Book review: India's Partition riveting in deeply human debut novel

By DONNA EDWARDS Associated Press
Jan 09, 2023 5:00 am - "The Book of Everlasting Things" by Aanchal Malhotra (Flatiron) Star-crossed lovers. Intoxicating scents. Old war journals containing ghosts and secrets....
Prince Harry accuses Camilla of 'dangerous' leaks to media

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press
Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - Prince Harry has accused his stepmother, Camilla, the queen consort, of leaking private conversations to the media to burnish her own reputation as he promotes ...
Harper professor's new book looks at Illinois statehood

Submitted by Harper College News Bureau
Jan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - A lifelong passion for Illinois history, research, storytelling and teaching is embodied in the new book "Avenues of Transformation, Illinois's Path from Territory to St...
Learn about 'Inciting Joy' with poet Ross Gay Jan. 11

Submitted by Illinois Libraries Present
Jan 05, 2023 10:00 pm - Kick off your new year with a conversation about joy with best-selling essayist and award-winning poet Ross Gay. Ross will discuss his most recent collection of essays,...
Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
Jan 05, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book "Lovely One." "...
Book review: A reporter at a dying paper solves a serial murder

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Jan 03, 2023 5:00 am - "Dogtown" by Howard Owen (Permanent Press) Willie Black is a multiracial, 60-year-old reporter who covers the night cops beat for a dying Richmond, Virgi...
Check out Used Magazine and Children's Book Sale Jan. 7

Submitted by St. Charles Public Library
Dec 28, 2022 10:00 pm - The Friends of St. Charles Public Library is holding a Used Magazine and Children's Book Sale on Saturday, Jan. 7. It will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Huntley Commun...
Holiday historian shares lore about popular Christmas movies

By Dave Heun
Dec 22, 2022 5:00 am - Gathering the family to go to the movie theater or park in front of the TV to munch on treats and watch Christmas movies has been a popular holiday tradition for decades...
Book review: 'The Good Country' revives Midwest's history

By Stephen Groves Associated Press
Dec 20, 2022 5:00 am - "The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900" by Jon K. Lauck (The University of Oklahoma Press) Dismissed as Flyover Country. Romantic...
Book launch set for 'Two Floors Above Grief'

Submitted by Elgin History Museum
Dec 19, 2022 10:00 pm - A book launch party for Kevin O'Connor's book "Two Floors Above Grief: A Memoir of Two Families in the Unique Place We Called Home" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec...

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