I like reading memoirs. Recently I started to wonder about how the authors decide to organize their material, because sometimes there would be a character or situation that I wished they’d devoted more ink to.
For instance, one of my favorite books of the year, Wade Rouse’s “America’s Boy: a Memoir“, has a lot of interesting characters [...]
Dave Cullen has written the definitive account of what really caused two Columbine High School students to plan and execute one of the worst school shootings in recent history. If you missed Cullen’s incredibly excellent and informative talk on his book Columbine this past Saturday, never fear! We’ve provided the following handy podcast [...]
Welcome to the Dryden Code! Listen to our podcast of Michael Sheehan’s Celebration of the Book performance on language, conspiracy and dark cabals in the 18th century.
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This past Saturday, GRPL held our annual Celebration of the Book. New author Kristina Riggle spoke about her debut book Real Life and Liars.
To hear her speak, check out the recording:
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Mardi Link, author of Isadore’s Secret and When Evil Came to Good Hart, and Arnie Bernstein, author of Bath Massacre, joined our very own Bill Hill for a lively discussion on writing true crime last Saturday at Celebration of the Book. Listen and enjoy!
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In case you missed Gillian Flynn this past Saturday, or would like to re-experience her amazing presentation, now you can listen to the podcast! Gillian writes dark thrillers with messed-up but fascinating characters and was nominated this year for a British Steel Dagger Award.
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Do you use blogs, amazon.com, or websites such as Good Reads to find new books and connect with other readers? Or maybe you are just starting to explore what the Internet can do for you?
Whether you were able to attend the Readers and the Online World panel discussion at Celebration of the Book or not, [...]
Roby’s 6th book of her Rev. Curtis Black series, “The Best of Everything” 2009, mixes inspirational and urban fiction in a best-selling brew. Her many fans were able to meet her when she spoke at the Main Library in 2008, sharing stories about her life and her work. If you missed it you can always listen [...]
The Vander Veen Center for the Book of the Grand Rapids Public Library hosted the book launch on June 3rd for Wade Rouse’s third memoir, At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life. The enthusiastic crowd thoroughly enjoyed Wade’s rollicking sense of humor. Rouse’s hilarious [...]
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