3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (92+ words) TheDailyNewsOnline.com Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author of the novels “On Rotation” and “Between Friends & Lovers.”Her new paranormal summer romance, “Die for Me, ...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago   (412+ words) A Saddleworth author is enjoying early success with his novel after seeing a story inspired by real-life events finally make its way into readers’ hands. Mike Rooke’s Go, Going, Gone: A Tale of Two Countries is now available, following an…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (631+ words) PARIS -- A black background. A skull wearing a crown like a dark monarch. Red roses and a dagger. Then a short video on Goodreads, one of the world's largest online book communities: a hand with long, deep-red fingernails slowly turns…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (209+ words) Visiting Assistant Professor of English Vince Omni’s short story “Mine Own” was published August 4 in Virgin Islands Noir, a new anthology from Akashic Books. Set on St. Croix in 1973, the story follows Desmond, a young man who returns to the…...

9+ hour ago   (535+ words) “You aren’t given power. You take it.” The Red Book of Farewells (Penguin International Writers, £14.99), in a sparkling translation by Mia Spangenburg, is the final volume in Pirkko Saisio’s hugely acclaimed Helsinki trilogy. It continues, as with previous works Lowest…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (689+ words) As the owner of a bookshop specialising in "whodunnits", Isla Coole is no stranger to the world of crime fiction. Now, she is at the heart of a murder mystery story herself after she won a competition to have a…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago   (219+ words) The Independent Barbara does not require a biographer to rescue her from mockery. She was too steely for that. If a cartoonist drew an unflattering caricature of her, she bought the original and hung it in her downstairs bathroom. But…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (887+ words) We live in a world of digital curators and taste makers. Social media is populated with videos recommending the best places to eat, what to wear, even the minutiae of how to spend your Sunday evening and who to bank…...

10+ hour, 33+ min ago   (238+ words) To loyal Bacon’s Rebellion readers…. As I explained in my good-bye post, I’m not posting about state/local politics on the blog anymore. And given the toxicity of the national discourse, I’m steering as far clear of Washington politics as…...

16+ hour, 51+ min ago   (788+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: Magazine Is a Vibrant, Funny Debut Set In the NYC Literary World “We’re all adults here,” someone says with great sincerity in Alexandra Pechman’s debut feature, Magazine. However, as this 2011 period piece testifies, nothing could…...