The American Library Association (ALA) is one of several sponsors of Banned Books Week, the purpose of which is “to celebrate the freedom...

Nineteenth century British poet Walter Landor made this observation, and many people have agreed since then. I thought it would be...

What I always refer to as “my personal book club” is celebrating reading, dining, and even traveling together for 24 years soon. I asked...

Perhaps you’ve noticed changes in your reading habits over the past year and a half. Personally, I have felt that I don’t have the same...

We are used to getting free books at the library. That’s the whole idea. To get the most out of the library’s resources, having a library...

One of life’s little treats is finding a mystery series where the books are good but so is the TV show. The British are excellent at this...

Books for Lunch had its first post-Zoom era in person meeting at the library last week, a dozen strong including three new people. Here...

For whatever reason, it appears that this column has only featured romance novels a couple times over the past nine years. Yet when I...

We’ve all done it. We’ve been baited into an argument about the best way to read a book. Paper only! many say. The feel, the smell, the...

This week let’s feature an author, no doubt toward the end of his career (he’s 79), who has a Michigan connection and has been productive...

Have you ever noticed when watching mysteries how often the English professor did it? As soon as I see an English professor as part of...

Funny books have enough in common to make up their own genre. Read more in this article about funny books -- and notice that David...

We all know tone when we hear it. Is there any mom or dad ever who hasn’t looked at their kid and said, “Don’t use that tone with me.”...

It’s time to review and highlight what’s happening at the library during these changeable times. First, what are our hours currently?...

All book clubs have their own ways of operating. My "personal book club" has been together nearly 25 years now. We've evolved as we've...

Ten of us had a lively book discussion via Zoom last week and shared recommendations. While every book club, such as the book worms'...

As we continue thinking about a variety of genres, we find that Irish authors deal in all of them -- and that Irish literature itself is...

St. Paddy’s Day is only half a week away from spring, so even if there’s no Irish in your family line, it’s a good holiday to enjoy....

By Roz Weedman When definitions are too general, concepts remain fuzzy. For example, if you look up a basic definition of a memoir you...

Tradecraft. The Circus. The Cousins. John le Carre, the British writer who recently died at 89, changed the vocabulary of how we speak of...