The beloved comic book character Asterix captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide.
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‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy
Mantel builds suspense by turning readers into alarmed onlookers as Cromwell meets his fate.
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How far will artists go to live the creative life?
Portlander Anne Elliott’s debut collection of interlinked short stories offers some answers.
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A few reading suggestions while you’re staying at home (hopefully) without the flu
What are we going to do as we hide out during the weeks, or possibly months it takes the COVID-19 storm to run its course?
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One local writer, two books, and two very different emotions
Charlotte Agell’s latest publications for kids boldly address both joy and sorrow.
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Michael Schur’s `How to Be Good’ will be published in 2021
The creator of “The Good Place’ is here to help.
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Barbara Neely, creator of 1st black female series sleuth, dies at 78
She was named the 2020 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
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Obscure chapter of Maine’s history – 19th-century spiritualist camp – has unexpected resonance
Writer Mira Ptacin skillfully blends history, contemporary storytelling and memoir in ‘The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna.’
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All the presidents’ books
In ‘Author in Chief,’ Craig Fehrman tells little-known stories about how presidents, or their ghostwriters, produced, published and sold their books.
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Long-rumored Woody Allen memoir coming in April
Allegations by daughter Dylan Farrow that he molested her as a child in the early 1990s effectively idled the director’s movie career in the U.S.