The New York Times recently noted that “Masters of Prose” such as Jane Smiley, Calvin Trillin and Elena Ferrante, had warmed up to writing Children’s books. This trend, however, has not stopped…
Monica Wood, author of the sensational memoir, When We Were the Kenendys, will be coming to Devaney, Doak & Garrett 6:30 p.m. on April 7 to read from her new novel, The…
DDG will be 25 this year! One idea I had to mark the occasion was to pick one book of the year for each of our 25 years from 1991-2015. It’s a…
In Janet Taylor’s Into The Dim, when 21st century lead character Hope Walton enters 12th-century London, she reflects that “My mom was a renowned historian … Reviewers wrote how Sarah Walton’s lectures…
Our Valentine for Blobfish contest, in which local school librarians read Jess Keating’s stellar non-fiction book Pink is For Blobfish to K-4 classes and then have students write Blobfish a Valentine, was…
Pax, Sara Pennypacker’s new novel, has the rare quality of isolating its subject to the point of making the story a living portal for its readers. The story’s motion is rendered in…
A new Year walks among us now and she has graciously offered to provide her insights into what lays ahead in this exclusive interview! Kenny: Thank you indeed for taking the time…
It is time. Time, I mean, to announce the Seventh Annual DDG Stocking Stuffer of the Year Awards! The superb quality of the contenders demanded a worthy judge, one who could assess the…
As the holiday season draws near there are a crush of responsibilities that clamor for attention at the bookstore. One of them is the production of the Holiday 20; our picks of…
FARMINGTON – Mallett School’s Prime Time Reading, aka Jammie Night, is my favorite event of the year. Obviously. After all it has some of the best ingredients an event could have: a…