6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (905+ words) Author Shelby Van Pelt must be pleased; book-to-film translations aren't often treated with this much respect. Granted, director Olivia Newman's script " co-written with John Whittington " changes some minor details, and compresses events; that's to be expecting, when turning a 368-page…...

12+ hour, 10+ min ago  (356+ words) An emotional adaptation of Catherine Cookson's best-selling 1920s novel. Bridget Mc Queen and her new husband, a black seaman, are faced with bigotry on all sides. A docker falls in love with the local shipyard owner's daughter. An enlightened mill owner…...

18+ hour, 52+ min ago  (15+ words) NST Online What To Read Next...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (195+ words) Celebrate America's 250th birthday with the "Liberty and Literature" book club. You are invited to explore the lives and events that made America what it is today and brush up on your American history through literature. In this session, participants will…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (235+ words) The live-action series The Legend of Kitchen Soldier is driving a sharp resurgence in the original web novel and webtoon. According to Naver Webtoon on May 20, views of the original web novel surged 170 times in the week after the series…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1156+ words) In a culturally just world Ivor Davies would be well-known everywhere. He is among Wales" pre-eminent contemporary artists and has contributed enormously to rescuing Wales from a visual arts nether world where it lay for generations. Welsh art still faces…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (100+ words) I know we are all looking forward to those warm, summer days. Be sure when you are making your summer plans, you add Shreve Memorial Library to the list so that you can plant a seed and read. Don't forget…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1501+ words) In this chapter of A Room with a View, Lucy's piano playing reveals a passionate inner self hidden beneath polite Edwardian manners. Beethoven becomes a symbol of emotional freedom, while Italy continues dissolving English social rigidity. Mr. Beebe recognizes Lucy's…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (421+ words) Hugh Bonneville has turned the most unusual parts of his childhood into his first children's book. The actor, best known for Paddington and Downton Abbey, said his debut novel, Rory Sparkes and the Elephant in the Room, grew out of…...

2+ day, 7+ min ago  (200+ words) Stewart Monti invites readers into a richly imagined world of 12th century England with his latest release, Hillary and Sir Edward, a compelling historical tale that challenges tradition and celebrates courage, identity, and possibility. The inspiration behind the book stems from…...