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When I heard that Sonia Purnell was coming to the Fairfield University bookstore, my immediate reaction was to run into our weekly pitch meeting to announce to Gracie, our Vine editor, that I had to interview...

Who is Lance Manion? In short, he’s the self-published author of eight “books,” which includes a collection of around 430 short stories, and has recently published “Tales of Adventure with Nap...

“I usually write out of rage,” said Laurie Halse Anderson. “I prefer fire coming out of my fingertips.” Anderson has mastered the art of working with fire. She lights the fires of her soul and...

Laurie Halse Anderson, famed author of the New York Times best-seller, “Speak,” and Meg Wolitzer, author of New York Times bestsellers “The Ten Year Nap” and “The Wife” are coming to the downtown...

Last week I began a familiar task that I have completed annually since 2008: re-reading the novel “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery. Yet, this year, my perception of the book has been slightly...

The art of book making has been around essentially since the concept of communication emerged. Anything from scrolls to tablets can be considered a book and in a historical context, books have been crafted by...

Roxane Gay’s “Difficult Women,” a 2017 anthology of short stories, has a self-explanatory title. The female characters in these short stories behave in ways that are opposed to society’s standards. The...

Before even opening this book, I was privileged to experience a stream drawing session with Elaine Clayton. What many of us call “doodling,” Clayton terms “stream drawing,” or intuitive stream drawing....

A demonic curse whose origins lie in the early Catholic Church, a seemingly peaceful Maine wood and an escaped convict fill the pages of this suspenseful page-turner. This is a “can’t-put-it-down” book...