Today (horray!) is the publication date for My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop. Richard Russo kicks off this …
Juliette Fay: I Never Wanted to Be a Writer
Juliette Fay’s Shelter Me was a 2009 Massachusetts Book Award “Book of the Year,” and her Deep Down True was short-listed for the Women’s Fiction award by the …
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Lake Forest Book Store, Lake Forest IL
Charming suburban Chicago bookstore with smart booksellers and great events When folks ask where I grew up ... well, it's complicated, so I either give the long …
The Book Bin, Northbrook IL
My teenaged bookstore I have a sentimental attachment to The Book Bin in Northbrook, Illinois, which Janis and Lex Irvine opened when I was growing up there. It …
Debra Dean: Taking the Long Way
Debra Dean’s bestselling debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, and an …
Victoria Brown: Who's Your Mentor?
I met Victoria Brown at the fabulous Christamore House Guild Author Book and Author Benefit the week her first novel released. Publisher's Weekly calls Grace in …
Parnassus Books, Nashville TN
A new bookstore in my old home town My best writer-pal, Brenda Rickman Vantrease, and I stopped in to see Parnassus Books while I was in Nashville last week. …
David Abrams: The Birth of Fobbit, and Other Happy Accidents in a War Zone
David Abrams' debut novel, Fobbit, is one of the most anticipated releases of the fall. It's a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, a …
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Beach Books, Seaside OR
a book store with exceptional warmth and charm Kristina McMorris, author of Letters from Home and Bridge of Scarlet Leaves shares her love of Beach Books, in …
Harvard Books, Cambridge MA
an indie store on Harvard Square We're headed to the east coast for Thanksgiving this year, and one of the things I'm looking forward to is a return to Harvard …