For Readers
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Ridley Pearson Releases Kingdom Keepers VI
Saint Louis’ own and local favorite, Ridley Pearson visited Saint Louis County Headquarters on Saturday, April 6 to share with all his fans the release of Kingdom Keepers VI: Dark Passage. Audience members, both young and old, sat in anticipation, many receiving personal greetings and handshakes from the author himself prior to the start of [...]
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April Poem
by Marcel Toussaint Walking the field, passing through the woods I need to find a place to sit to take a big breath recover for a longer journey to reach the cottage where the hearth is lit, where smoke rises over the chimney, where a hot soup will warm my insides. I find a low [...]
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Antony John Talks Elemental
Local author Antony John appeared at Left Bank Books on Tuesday, November 20 to celebrate his latest release, Elemental. John is the author of four novels, with Five Flavors of Dumb being one of the most talked about books in 2010. His newest release, Elemental is his first piece of fantasy and is the beginning of [...]
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Young Adult Authors of Saint Louis
Three local young adult authors gathered for a question and answer session on November 29 thanks to Saint Louis County Library and Left Bank Books. As the crowd slowly filled the event room at the Schlafly Branch in the Central West End, the authors mingled, personally welcoming guests with smiles and enthusiastically chatting about books [...]
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Fierce Reads Visits Saint Louis
Fierce Reads, a group of five young adult authors, stopped in Saint Louis September 20 as part of their cross country trek. Hosted by Left Bank Books amidst the beauty of the Saint Louis Ethical Society, fans picked the brains of these women behind the words, from writing to reading and so much more. Let’s [...]
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Book Review: I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Fern Michaels
by Julie Failla Earhart I don’t need to remind anyone how hot it has been during the summer of 2012. In order to combat the heat, especially after a night at the MUNY, I raided my bookcase to find a book set in a cool location. Christmas always brings thoughts and hope of snow, ice, [...]
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Alafair Burke on a Dark and Stormy Night
On September 25, a dark and stormy night, Alafair Burke visited Saint Louis County Library Headquarters for the first time to discuss her novels. Burke, an author of eight suspense novels featuring strong female leads, comes by her talent honestly. Her mother was a school librarian; her father an English teacher and the bestselling novelist, [...]
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Talking with Curtis Comer
Recently, I had the great pleasure of talking with local author Curtis Comer about his new book (Not Quite) Out to Pasture. Congratulations on your newest publication! (Not Quite) Out to Pasture is, effectively, a collection of pieces you had written for the St. Louis LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) magazine – The Vital Voice [...]
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Terry Brooks Marks 35 Years of Writing with Wards of Faerie
As with many boys engrossed with reading do, I went through various phases of interest when it came to literature. My first love, around the third grade, was dinosaurs. Next up was space and astronomy, which lead to a love of science fiction. The fact I was a full-blown Star Wars nerd (still am, actually) [...]
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Missouri’s Poet Laureate Speaks at St. Louis Public Library—Schlafly Branch
By Diana Davis At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, I went to the St. Louis Public Library—Schlafly Branch to hear William Trowbridge, Missouri‘s new Poet Laureate, share his work. If I was asked to describe the reading in one word, it would be—FUN! Trowbridge has a wonderfully delightful, wicked sense of humor, which kept [...]
