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Hannah Orenstein wanted to write a love letter to her lake house
There’s a painting of a house on the cover of “Maine Characters” (Dutton), Hannah Orenstein’s new novel; it’s based on a photograph of the author’s lake house. “It’s my favorite place in the world and ...
Canadian author Thien takes on big ideas in her experimental, speculative novel
Lina calls it the South China Sea, while a neighbor says it’s the Baltic — he’d “know that blue anywhere.” Among Lina’s ...
Rebecca Solnit: ‘Fiction was always treated as the most important, literary, aspirational goal – f*** that’
The prolific non-fiction writer returns to her favourite themes of hope and uncertainty in her cheerful new book, ‘No ...
A Novel About Motherhood, Childhood, and Secrets
Honor Jones’s debut novel, Sleep, starts with a child’s perception of the world around her. I’ve known Honor, a senior editor ...
Mara Brock Akil Says Being Her Own ‘First Audience’ Led to Her Reinvention of Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’
For IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking, Mara Brock Akil talks reinventing Judy Blume novel 'Forever' in her own image. — 'What ...
Inside the sketchbook of Sergio Mancinelli: the watercolour world of a Netflix and Apple background artist revealed
Sergio Mancinelli is a character designer and visual developer based in Italy. He worked on the Netflix feature film Klaus ...
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New children’s book spotlights old oak tree named Charlie, once well-loved by locals
Three years ago, a 300-year-old white oak tree named Charlie — a beloved local fixture — shattered and collapsed during a ...
Column: ‘Self-Talk’ book by Aurora author Marianne Renner about overcoming negative stories we tell ourselves
Weaving her own compelling and often raw memoirs through the chapters, Renner takes on those narratives of self-doubt.