Download a book this summer!

Enjoy a downloadable book this summer!  Whether you’re gearing up for a vacation at the beach or enjoying a day at the park, relax with a downloadable audiobook or ebook on your iPod or ebook reader.  It’s available 24/7.   There are no books to return and no late fees.  You have two weeks to read or [...]

What was your memorable summer read?

An article from the British newspaper The Guardian asks authors for their best summer holiday reads.  Jennifer Egan read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History in the summer of 1991 and remembers thinking, “I want to do this to people.”  When he was 17, Colm Toibin worked at a bar from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m.  During [...]

Thriller Award nominees

ThrillerFest VI is taking place July 6-9 in New York City.  You probably won’t see any Michael Jackson wannabes here.  This production is sponsored by International Thriller Writers (ITW). ITW “is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as ‘thrillers.’  This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as [...]