Never has so much exceptional new literary work been produced to nurture young minds as is being published today. This is why the economic downturn, and the sad necessity of having the…
One of the most outstanding fantasies to surface this year is Kersten Hamilton's Tyger Tyger . This dynamic re-imagining of the Irish mythos in modern-day Chicago is loaded with convincing romantic tension,…
On Thursday, Nov. 4, local author and attorney Woody Hanstein will be coming to Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers in downtown Farmington at 5 p.m. to celebrate the release of his sixth…
As many of you may know Trish Flint, Cascade Brook School's wonderful long time librarian retired in June. There's great news for area children and parents though, because that tradition of excellence…
Not all biases are created equal. For example, if our aquaintence Ralph is found to have discriminating taste in wine we feel that Ralph is a person of culture. If, on the…
This year award-winning author and illustrator Debra Frasier developed a marvelous literacy outreach concept, a Fabulous Fair Alphabet Game, to be played by children at fairs. If they complete the game card,…
There's a terrific middle grade novel coming out in paperback next week that you might not have heard of, The Last Newspaper Boy in America. In order to help thwart the potential…
We had a sensational response to our contest, with over 35 entries. Thanks to everyone who entered! To recap the contest, the winning entry went to the best single, complete sentence…
FARMINGTON – Lovecraft once wrote that “the most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.” Pshaw, I say! There are…
Today, we'll be featuring a debate between two experts on the so-called Digital Revolution in publishing, Genghis Khan, and our own Amy Graham.…