1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (142+ words) Silent Book Club returns  The Asbury Collegian Silent Book Club returns It is once again time for Kinlaw Library’s Silent Book Club, which provides a space for members of the Asbury community to bring their own books and read together…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1346+ words) Romantasy – fantasy stories packed with romance, danger and increasingly “spicy” scenes – has surged in popularity. For many women, these stories offer something rare: The promise that emotional effort will be rewarded and love will last. The romantasy genre is resonating…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1295+ words) Book Review: A Critical Review of Pagdandi Ka Musafir,  thekashmirimages.com In Urdu literature, the short story is not only a literary form but a mirror that reflects human consciousness, social truths, and psychological complexity. Through the medium of short…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago  (435+ words) The Ritz Hotel in Paris has a bar called “The Hemingway Bar,” and if you want in on a Friday night, you’re going to have to line up, and it’s uncertain you’ll get in unless you have a room. Rooms…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago  (227+ words) Sayantani Dasgupta and Christyne Morrell discuss their latest collaboration at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Georgia. Apr. 11, 2026 at 6:30pm At the event, Dasgupta and Morrell will discuss the inspiration and themes behind 'The Theft of the Ruby Lotus', which blends…...

5+ hour, 21+ min ago  (304+ words) The author's latest work explores friendship, survival, and the complexities of identity. Apr. 11, 2026 at 4:35pm Tayari Jones' new novel 'Kin' follows the intertwined lives of two motherless girls, Vernice and Annie, as they navigate the challenges of being Black women in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (983+ words) After she self-published her first children’s book, Selina Brown approached a distributor about placing it in stores. “They told me that my book wouldn’t sell because it had a black girl on the cover. I obviously said, ‘Yes, it will…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (191+ words) Even the Blitz didn’t stop us grabbing a book, comic or newspaper — this journey through the decades celebrates a habit we’re at risk of losing Reading for fun transforms lives, but we’re losing the habit. Six months ago The Sunday…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (387+ words) I am lucky: I was born in 1980, so my entire childhood was in the pre-technology period, just as my entire adulthood has been shaped by the post-tech, dystopian sequel.  The point is that I grew up in a finite world…...

19+ hour, 56+ min ago  (125+ words) Author Thomas Lopez’s Jerome home has one of the town’s oldest trees. The walnut tree, pictured above, sits in his backyard next to a rugged porch with a beautiful view of Jerome’s mine across Cleopatra Hill. (VVN/Nicholas Valdez) The…...