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Review: My Chemical Romance marches bloody Black Parade into San Francisco

East Bay Times - California · July 20, 2025

Fans were given placards as they entered Oracle Park in San Francisco on Saturday night (July 19). On the red side of the placard was the word “Yea,” while the black flipside simply read “Nay.” Fans would later be directed to use these signs to...

Local authors showcase their books at Indigo

SNnewswatch ·

The showcase featured books ranging from children's and young adult stories to historical fiction. THUNDER BAY — Twelve authors stopped at Indigo Thunder Bay to display, sell and sign their books for its First Annual Local Author Showcase on...

Final 'V.C. Andrews' book set for publication in October

United Press International (UPI) ·

July 20 (UPI) -- Birdlane Island, the final book in the decades-long "V.C. Andrews" gothic novel franchise, is set for publication in October. "The SECRET is out: Birdlane Island is the last new novel in the V.C. Andrews book franchise to be...

‘Coupledom is very oppressing’: Swedish author Gun-Britt Sundström on the revival of her cult anti-marriage novel

The Guardian · July 20, 2025

At a glance, Engagement, Gun-Britt Sundström’s classic novel of the 1970s, looks like a conventional story of young student love floundering in the face of ambivalence. The 79-year-old author, who is speaking via video call while cat-sitting for...

Arctic Pablo’s $0.0005 Presale Could Flip To $0.1—That’s A 19,900% ROI Waiting To Explode While Dogecoin And Book Of Meme Gain Steam

Crypto Economy · July 20, 2025

In the wild frontier of meme coins, 2025 is shaping up to be the most explosive year yet. But let’s not pretend this space is for the faint of heart. With thousands of coins launching and dying in the same breath, only a few truly deliver...

Bristow author and illustrator releases third book

FOX23 News - Oklahoma ·

BRISTOW, Okla. — A local author is making waves in the publishing world with her unique approach to storytelling and illustration. FOX23 sat down with Kylie Shockley at her meet and greet at the Bristow Creative Arts Center where she was...

New books connect Oxfordshire pupils with peers in rural Kenya

Oxford Mail ·

The Nasio Trust, based in Abingdon, has published the books as part of its Global Storybook Project. The project invites children to write and illustrate stories around shared themes like favourite heroes and animals. Through this creative...

Cover revealed for final book in Philip Pullman trilogy

Oxford Mail ·

The Rose Field, the third and concluding volume in The Book of Dust trilogy, will be published on October 23, by David Fickling Books in association with Penguin Random House. The announcement comes 30 years after the release of Northern Lights,...

Why was the author of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' horrified?

GEO TV · July 20, 2025

I Know What You Did Last Summer was adapted from a film in 1997. But what made the book’s author, Lois Duncan, “horrified” was the changes to the film’s script without her knowledge. Clark Collis, in his upcoming non-fiction book, Screaming and...

Local History Book Club will meet at Bennington Battlefield

Bennington Banner - Vermont ·

Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site, 5231 Route 67, Walloomsac, N.Y. Two battles took place there on August 16,...

Review: The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston Presents Iolanthe

Houston Press - Texas · July 20, 2025

There’s fairy dust strewn all over Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center. It’s not sprinkled as in Peter Pan, it’s a downpour. Everyone is covered in it, from the actors, stagehands, all production people, even the audience, especially the audience. You...

I Know What You Did Last Summer Author Was 'Not Happy' About Movie's 'Sensationalized Violence' After Real-Life Daughter's Murder By Charna Flam

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW An excerpt from a new non-fiction book, Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie, notes that I Know What You Did Last Summer author Lois Duncan did not like the 1997 adaptation of her...

The Idaho Four review – a disturbing, necessary portrait of a killer and his victims

The Guardian · July 20, 2025

In the early hours of 13 November 2022 in an off-campus apartment in Moscow, Idaho, a masked assailant murdered four students. The dead, who would come to be known as the Idaho Four, were Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison...

Dr. Robert Mirak, Scholar, Author, Family man, and Entrepreneur, Passes

The Armenian Mirror-Spectator · July 20, 2025

WINCHESTER, Mass. — Robert Mirak passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones on July 17th at the age of 92. Bob was born in 1933, the first son of Artemis and John Mirak, both orphans who had survived the Armenian genocide and...

Maine author's debut novel being turned into a movie with Paramount

WMTW 8 - Maine · July 20, 2025

Maine author's debut novel being turned into a movie with Paramount Travis Kennedy's book, 'The Whyte Python World Tour,' was released in June And joining us in studio here on this Sunday is this guy Travis Kennedy. How about that? We've got the...

'I've read more than 100 books so far this year — I couldn't put these five down'

Daily Express · July 20, 2025

I've read over 100 books so far this year - these are five of the best (Image: Talya Honebeek) I've always been an avid reader, but my love for books intensified in 2024 when I transitioned from reading a book a month to consuming several novels...

'I've read 21 Freida McFadden books and The Housemaid isn't the best one'

Daily Express · July 20, 2025

The Freida McFadden hype is real – and many are obsessed with her twisty-turny books that leave you gripped from start to finish. Most notable of all the books is arguably The Housemaid series, with countless BookTokers shouting from the rooftops...

Gwyneth Paltrow was disappointed when Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston tied the knot, upcoming book reveals

Sportskeeda · July 20, 2025

Gwyneth Paltrow, an Oscar-winning actress and health businesswoman, was reportedly distraught when her ex-fiancé Brad Pitt married Jennifer Aniston in 2000. Amy Odell's Gwyneth: The Biography, set to be released later this month, highlights this...

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity episode 4: Exact release date and time, where to watch, and more

Sportskeeda · July 20, 2025

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity episode 4 is set to be released on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at 12:30 am JST on Tokyo MX, BS11, and other Japanese channels. However, because of simulcast differences, the episode will be streamed on August 3,...

Lord of Mysteries episode 6: Exact release date and time, where to watch, and more

Sportskeeda · July 20, 2025

Lord of Mysteries episode 6 is scheduled to be released on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at 10 am Chinese Standard Time, as per the series' official platforms. The episode will be available on Crunchyroll, Tencent Video, and other digital services,...