A box of books from Powell's Books was the highlight of my week last week! What new books came to your house? Do any of these catch...

Every year, the Mystery Writers of America award the "Edgar"  Award in nine categories of mystery and crime writing, plus a han...

It's a new month and a new start for Book Beginnings. I've also remodeled Rose City Reader, as you can see!    The blog nee...

Billy Lombardo is an author, editor, and writing coach. After teaching literature and creative writing for 25 years, Billy now runs a wr...

Four new books showed up at my house last week. I don't know about you, but looking forward to book mail is a big part of my corona stay...

Lian Dolan 's new novel, The Sweeney Sisters , met me right where I want to be. It was exactly the book I wanted to read to take my ...

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Writer Erica Heller is the editor of a new collection of essays she gathered from dozens of contributors, asking them to imagine a final ...

Black Box by Gary D. Cole came through my front door mail slot the other day and I was pleased to see it. Book mail is particularly fun whe...

The James Tait Black Prizes , established in 1919, are Britain's longest running literary awards. The Prizes for fiction and biogr...

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Jackie Shannon Hollis is a writer, storyteller, and speaker who grew up with the assumption she would get married and have kids. When sh...