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Author Jessica Anne Pressler talks new novel "Traitor Within" on Coast Live
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (100+ words) WTKR Author Jessica Anne Pressler talks new novel "Traitor Within" on Coast Live More from Coast Live Cox Mobile expert talks staying safe from AI misinformation on Coast Live Shannon Laymon Pecoraro talks digital assets & Estate Planning on Coast Live…...
These Full-Cast Historical Fiction Audiobooks Feel Like Bingeing a TV Series
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (165+ words) From WWII drama to '70s rock and roll, these audiobooks feel less like listening and more like living inside the story From 16th-century Europe to the 1970s rock-and-roll scene, here are the best full-cast historical fiction audiobooks. What listeners are saying:" "A…...
Author, activist Stacey Abrams explains using about storytelling to make people feel smarter
9+ hour, 37+ min ago (293+ words) Stacey Abrams is best known as a politician and voting rights activist. She's also a bestselling author of books across several genres. In the first interview of the latest season of the award-winning LPM podcast "Race Unwrapped," hosted and produced…...
Historical Fiction 'The Siren's Daughter' by Claire Fuge
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (443+ words) 1126. The Norman conquest grips Wales. Rebellion stirs. And one woman's choice could ignite it all. Nineteen-year-old Angharad, the daughter of a Norman knight and a captive Welsh princess, arrives at Aberteifi Castle to face an arranged marriage. But her stepfather,…...
BBC Audio | Profile | Maggie O'Farrell
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (192+ words) Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Keen to move away from The Troubles, her father took a job at the University of Wales and the family moved to Bridgend when Maggie was a child. At the age of…...
Maggie O'Farrell's Most Ambitious Novel Yet
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (117+ words) Books: Maggie O'Farrell's Most Ambitious Novel Yet This month, we're reading two novels that wrestle with troubling episodes of political history in Ireland and Venezuela. Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf, 400 pp. , $32, June 2026) Jonathan Jakubowicz (Grand Central Publishing, 288 pp. , $29, June 2026) Maduro's censorship efforts…...
A World-Changing Writer Makes Her Debut
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (150+ words) View All posts by Vanessa Diaz Before she was a bestselling author, beloved teacher, and Oprah mainstay, Maya Angelou was an adventurous little girl named Marguerite Johnson who was obsessed with books and wanted to become a poet someday. In…...
Bryanston teen goes from matric learner to published author
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (586+ words) While many teenagers are focused solely on passing exams and planning for life after school, Naledi Setzin spent her matric year doing something extraordinary: Publishing two books. The young Bryanston author released Jacaranda Tree, a children's book, and Locked in…...
Elisa Speranza to discuss new novel at Adams Street library on June 10
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (210+ words) Dorchester Reporter Elisa Speranza to discuss new novel at Adams Street library on June 10 Elisa M. Speranza will appear at the Adams Street Branch Library in Dorchester on Wed. , June 10 at 6 p. m. as part of a book tour for her new novel,…...