SkyWords program welcomes author Tommy Orange
Fort Lewis College resumes Common Reading Experience
DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
C.J. Box’s ‘Dark Sky’ offers real-life lesson
In this 21st outing of his awarding winning series featuring everyman hero, Joe Pickett, C.J. Box delivers “Dark Sky.” In the opening, Joe is not a very happy camper. It’s a cold, windy morn...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
Hair metal bacchanal: New book looks back at ’80s hard rock music scene
Musicians share stories in ‘Nöthin’ But a Good Time’
DATE: Mar 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
Norton Juster, ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ author, dead at 91
NEW YORK – Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of adventure and punning punditry in the million-selling classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and remained true to...
DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
Stephen King talks about new novel
NEW YORK – Stephen King doesn’t think of himself as a horror writer.
“My view has always been you can call me whatever you want as long as the checks don’t bounce,” King told The ...
DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
Longtime editor Genevieve Young left legacy in publishing
NEW YORK – Genevieve Young was a publishing editor with a long and diverse legacy.
She entered the business in the early 1950s, when there were few female editors and even fewer A...
DATE: Feb 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
‘Catching a Memory’ a fresh take on genre
Judith Shaw, an author with strong ties to Durango, has released her first book of fiction after writing two books that involved health and parenting. She was the educational director of The...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
Pennington ‘climbs for the beauty’
Durango photographer publishes book about mountains
DATE: Jan 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books
Rarely seen Shirley Jackson story is finally published
NEW YORK – Laurence Hyman, son of the late Shirley Jackson, has been on a quest for more than 20 years.
Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive ba...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Looking for book ideas for young readers on your holiday list?
This is the season for giving, especially for children, and especially since it is 2020. Here are some suggestions that are sure to entertain and educate.
‘The Box Turtle’
“The Bo...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Colorado’s Tattered Cover bookstore sold to local investors
NEW YORK – A leading independent bookstore, the Colorado-based Tattered Cover, has been sold to a group of investors and will become the country’s largest Black-led bookseller.
An...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
Sinead O’Connor memoir coming out in June
NEW YORK – Sinead O’Connor hasn’t released any albums in the past few years, but she has been getting some writing done.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Monday t...
DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
