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...

Ten classic Christmas stories at least a couple of which you haven’t read Why not compile an oddball little list of Christmas stories,...

What’s new in December If there’s a theme to several of these selections, it is with the most anticipated authors. Do they thrill or...

(This column was published in the Frankenmuth News on Nov. 18, 2020, by Roz Weedman.) Nine of us, including a first-time person (welcome,...

What’s new in Chick Lit (and is that even a thing?) (The following column was published in the Frankenmuth News on Nov. 11, 2020, by Roz...

We know what we like but do we know why we like it? There’s a big difference between an intellectual exercise and a good story. For many...

(This article was published in the Oct. 15, 2020, Frankenmuth News.) The October Books for Lunch Bunch has feedback for us on newer books...

Some years it just isn’t enough to write about creepy books all alone. Indeed, “all alone” are words that create anxiety and fear in many...

Ann Cleeves is an award winning best selling British author of two mystery series -- the Shetland series and the Vera Stanhope series --...

Today we're going to add two book podcasts that many of you might enjoy listening to. A podcast is like a radio show that you can access...