Allende sorry for remarks about mystery novels
Monday, 17 February 2014, 14:03
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Isabel Allende would like to apologize to all the fans and writers of mystery novels. Not everyone is forgiving her. The million-selling author, whose latest book,...
Teenage blogger Tavi Gevinson has book deal
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 13:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
This is more than beginner's luck: Teenage blogger-actress Tavi Gevinson has a two-book deal for more highlights from her online magazine Rookie. Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin...
Smartphone app makes diagnosis in 'Cell'
Saturday, 15 February 2014, 13:49
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Cell" (Putnam), by Robin Cook Robin Cook has been entertaining medical thriller fans for decades, but he does much more with his latest novel, "Cell." The...
Muslim men write about love in new anthology
Friday, 14 February 2014, 13:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy" (Beacon Press), edited by Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi There's the story of an actor whose father was chairman...
DiCamillo wins Newbery for best children's book
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 13:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Kate DiCamillo's "Flora & Ulysses," a comic superhero tale featuring a deadly vacuum cleaner and a mighty squirrel, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best work of...
Al From recounts rebuilding of Democratic Party
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 13:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The New Democrats and the Return to Power" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Al From Al From's "The New Democrats and the Return to Power" tells the important story of how...
A writer devoted to George Eliot and "Middlemarch"
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 13:12
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"My Life in Middlemarch" (Crown), by Rebecca Mead New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead first read George Eliot's "Middlemarch" at age 17, when she was an ambitious...
Immanuel Mifsud poetry collection published in Slovenia
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 10:58
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Immanuel Mifsud’s poetry collection A Handful of Leaves has just been published in Slovenia by the IRIU Institute, one of Slovenia’s most innovative and culturally committed entities at...
'Windfall' explores the business of climate change
Thursday, 30 January 2014, 15:01
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming" (The Penguin Press), by McKenzie Funk Apparently, if you look at climate change the right way, it looks like money instead of...
New Piper Donovan mystery is the best so far
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 15:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"That Old Black Magic" (William Morrow), by Mary Jane Clark Piper Donovan doesn't care about playing detective. She'd rather design wedding cakes and go to auditions for...