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Literary places to visit for hardcore lit fans
It’s easy to visit Edgar Allan Poe’s home in Baltimore – it’s a must-see for most Baltimore tourists – or Charles Dickens’ home in London. But the hardcore …

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Guest Post by Will Vaus
November 2012 marked the 114th anniversary of the birth of Clive Staples Lewis, celebrated author of Chronicles of Narnia. That same month also saw the 49th anniversary of Lewis’ death, and …

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What’s on your holiday list? Here are some fun new ideas you might want to add to your holiday list!
 
Sherlock Holmes Action Figure
History’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes,  is great to have on your desk. Missing …

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Intended to educate and motivate the five book Fish on Kids book series gets kids inspired to put down the smart phone and pick up the fishing rod.
With a career in the American Sportsfishing Association …

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As the author of four books about C. S. Lewis and his works, I am often asked for advice about touring the sites in Ireland and England related to this twentieth century author of The …

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To Buffalo residents, everything in the series of books about Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire is more than real: the people, the places and even the food. Now fans of the books and new TV series …

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Guest Post: AnyBook
Reader on the Road
Maintaining daily reading habits with your children can get a bit tricky on a family road trip. For families with earlier readers (like ours), options for reading while driving including using …

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By Jennifer Bertram
Maybe it was the relatively limited selection in my small hometown’s public library, my voracious reading appetite, or a connection I felt to the heroine, but I was arguably the biggest fan of …

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Many library patrons have dozed off in a soft chair at their favorite local library, book in hand, but only a lucky few get the chance to snooze at the library with a cat.
Yes, a …

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Libraries aren’t like they used to be. It’s pretty rare to hear a “SHUSH” from a stern librarian sitting at a desk, stamping due dates on a pocket inside the cover of her tomes. Today’s …

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Just in time for the summer reading season, Amazon.com announced its list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities in America. After compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print …

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It takes about eight hours to travel South Dakota by car from border to border. I am so thankful I don’t have to travel in a wagon like the Ingalls family did in the 1800s. …