Tag: Books
The College Hustle
UNITED STATES—Right now, a host of students are getting ready to head back to college or to step onto a college campus for the...
Santa Monica Library To Host Virtual Insect Discovery
SANTA MONICA—On Monday, August 9, the Santa Monica Public Library announced that they will be presenting a virtual Insect Discovery Lab as the final...
Carla Malden’s New Time Travel YA Novel Speaks To All Generations
UNITED STATES—Author Carla Malden will discuss her new YA novel Shine Until Tomorrow, set in San Francisco’s 1967 “Summer of Love,” in a virtual...
Spiritual Books A SF Executive Should Read
UNITED STATES—Executives in Silicon Valley aren’t typically spiritual. While they are aiming to change the world, they don’t tend to think about their energy.
This...
Losing The College Experience
UNITED STATES—It seems COVID-19 has claimed another casualty America: the college experience. I don’t know about many of you, but I know with certainty...
“The Magic School Bus” Creator Passes Away
UNITED STATES— Creator of ‘The Magic School Bus’, Joanna Cole, passed away Sunday, July 12.
Cole, who was 75 at the time of her...
“Discovering Griffith Park” Gives Locals Historical Insight
GRIFFITH PARK—Founder and editor-in-chief of ModernHiker.com, Casey Schreiner published his second book, "Discovering Griffith Park: A Local’s Guide" on May 15.
Schreiner has the “most-read...
Study Overload
UNITED STATES—With school being back in session that means one thing: studying is a must. Rather you’re in grade school, middle school, high school,...
Beverly Hills Library Allowing Food To Pay For Fines
BEVERLY HILLS—To celebrate National Library Week and the “Libraries = Strong Communities” campaign, the Beverly Hills Library will accept non-perishable food items in place...
SMPL Comes To The Beach
SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Public Library will be hitting the beach this summer for Beach 2017, a series of four seaside pop-up libraries at...
Henderson, A Magnet For Authors & Writers
HELLO AMERICA!—Recently, when I was invited to Las Vegas to meet and speak with numerous authors and writers, it caught me off guard because...
Kaminsky’s Lost Masterpiece
UNITED STATES—Peet Boggs: So Nita stays behind to accompany Benjamin, the refugee with a heart condition?
Jules Kaminsky: The film is about a hopelessly naïve...
Reading Is It All Fun?
UNITED STATES—I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to reading material in the classroom I easily get bored. It takes a...
Books, Books And More Books People
UNITED STATES—Over the course of my educational career I have read many books, and obtaining an undergraduate degree in the field of English, I’m...
“Sarong Party Girls” A Great Feminist Novel
UNITED STATES—It’s a tale of sexism, status, and capital set in the late night clubs and bars of Singapore. Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan’s novel “Sarong...
Jesse Ball’s New Novel Is A Tremendous Tale
UNITED STATES—Jesse Ball continuously asks us a question in his new novel “How To Set A Fire And Why?”
Why does Lucia desire to burn...
PEEPSapalooza At The Santa Monica Public Library
SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Public Library is hosting its second annual PEEPSapalooza event on April 1, from 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. The event is open for...
“Goosebumps” Is Spooky Fun
HOLLYWOOD—As a kid, I have to give loads of credit for my burgeoning reading skills to R.L. Stine and his highly popular series “Goosebumps.”...
Local Authors Add To Tween Series
SANTA MONICA—Santa Monica resident, Marcy Winograd, collaborated with Brentwood local, Jackie Hirtz, on tween novel “New Girl on Salt Flat Road,” the second book...
The World Of Books!
HOLLYWOOD—In 1982, the American Library Association began an annual event Banned Books Week. It’s a week-long event, held during the last week of September...