Chatting with Harvard Book Store

by | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

Harvard Book Store is truly a Cambridge institution. Not only has this independent bookstore survived for more than 80 years in what is arguably one of the most competitive commercial districts in the region, it has thrived. Renewed and expanded under current owner...

Five Questions with Lois Winston

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Uncategorized

No, it’s not Thanksgiving yet. But in publishing terms, it’s already the homicide, and Lois Winston’s latest sweet and funny crafting cozy, Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide will come out tomorrow. Lois’s Anastasia Pollack mysteries are always good fun,...

Five Questions with Greg Herren

by | Sep 23, 2019 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing

Greg Herren and I could be twins. Well, okay, except that he identifies as male while I’m female, he’s gay and I’m straight, and his ridiculously fun Scotty Bradley mysteries feature a protagonist who is all of the above, as well as in-depth looks at...

Mass. Book Awards

by | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

I am overjoyed. me and Jon! The Massachusetts Book Awards recognize significant works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s/young adult literature published by Commonwealth residents or about Massachusetts subjects. Massachusetts Center for the Book is...