Fiction

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (297+ words) What a great dilemma. Which of two book-oriented events will your family go to next weekend? Both offer authors and entertainment. The 24th annual Minnesota Children’s Book Festival, one of the largest gatherings of the state’s authors and illustrators of books…...

28+ min ago   (144+ words) Traverse City Record-Eagle HIGH 'n MIGHTY: Bluffs and lookouts about to pop Small Craft Advisory from SUN 2:00 PM EDT until SUN 11:00 PM EDT In the blink of an eye, another summer has come to an end. Soon we’ll be…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (566+ words) Have you been anticipating Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel? Of course you have. Kingsolver is not a Minnesotan but we’ll make her an honorary one since she and her daughter wrote a book for Edina-based Gryphon Press. That children’s picture book…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (103+ words) The book OPPENHEIMER was adapted from, a short story by a horror queen, Amish true crime, and more of today's best book deals Today's Featured Book Deals $3.99Nevada by Imogen BinnieGet This Deal$1.99American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J SherwinGet This…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (560+ words) In the summer of 2017, while walking along a sea-facing boulevard in Mumbai, Zeenath Khan began imagining a novel set against one of the most dramatic episodes in Hyderabad's history. India's 1948 military takeover of the princely state, she felt, had everything…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (261+ words) So we have a mismatched couple, from families torn by Partition and big Bombay dreams of the film industry. A room in an apartment divided up between three and then four families, with shared bathrooms and kitchen, but so desirable…...

7+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1463+ words) I am standing in an anonymous room in the James Hardiman Library at the University of Galway, where Barry Houlihan, the institution’s archivist, has brought some boxes from storage downstairs. Back in 2003 McGahern engaged in an act of what was,…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (203+ words) SELF-ISH by Jonn Penney Published by The Pop Group SELF-ISH, the long-awaited lyric book/autobiography from Ned’s Atomic Dustbin frontman Jonn Penney, is now available. As with any good autobiography, it’s open and honest, highs and lows, warts and all,…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (412+ words) A Saddleworth author is enjoying early success with his novel after seeing a story inspired by real-life events finally make its way into readers’ hands. Mike Rooke’s Go, Going, Gone: A Tale of Two Countries is now available, following an…...

13+ hour, 27+ min ago   (18+ words) Win a copy of The Midnight Guests by Alex Hay in this week’s Fabulous book competition The Sun...