Adventure-filled week celebrated at Big Elm Retirement Center

Published 12:10 am Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Karen Kistler karen.kistler@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — The residents at Big Elm Retirement Center embarked on adventure as they celebrated National Assisted Living Week earlier this month....

BOOK REVIEW | Love without limits: Every Day explores identity, connection and the cost of hope

David Levithan’s Every Day is not the kind of love story that offers easy resolutions or happy endings. Instead, it delivers a tale that is both gut-wrenching and thought-provoking, forcing readers to question the nature of love, identity, and...

Paxton Carnegie Library highlights new books

PAXTON — The Paxton Carnegie Library has acquired the following new books: Adult fiction — “The Sunflower Boys” by Sam Wachman, “Indian Country” by Shobha Rao, “The Medicine Woman of Galveston” by Amanda Skenandore, “Marrow” by Samantha Browning...

Fall Book Explorers at the Gunn Junior Library, Mondays Beginning September 22

WASHINGTON — The Gunn Junior Library invites fourth- and fifth-grade readers to join Fall Book Explorers, a youth book club held on Mondays from September 22 through November 17 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Participants will explore a variety of...

Crime Branch busts fake call centre, arrests 13 people

MUMBAI: The police arrested 13 people on Tuesday after busting a fake call centre in Goregaon East for duping American citizens by luring them into buying fake gift cards to purchase antivirus software for their computers. The accused would send...

The Best Books of Fall 2025

“T he Best Books of Fall” is a project that inspires both glee and gravitas in The Walrus staff. First come the catalogues of titles, the arrival of galleys, the silent tucking into pages and chapters. And then there is the deliberation, the...

5 Canadian writers shortlisted for $70K Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize The award, named after Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, recognizes the best Canadian fiction of the year. Books |1 hour ago

Five Canadian writers have made the shortlist for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. The annual award recognizes the best novel or short story collection by a Canadian author. Funded by the Balsillie Family Foundation, the winner...

Netflix announces new Southern Gothic thriller series based on 'chilling' bestseller

Elle Griffiths and Katie Palmer 05:55 ET, 17 Sep 2025 Thriller enthusiasts are set for a major treat as Netflix has just revealed plans for an adaptation of a gripping novel by writer S.A. Cosby. Joe Robert Cole is spearheading the adaptation,...

8,800-Plus Books Published in 2024 with Nearly 5.3 Mln Copies in Circulation

A total of 8,891 books with a circulation of 5,297,385 copies and 1,252 pamphlets with a circulation of 1,009,001 copies were published in 2024, according to the National Statistical Institute’s latest publishing activity report shared on Facebook...

Kelly launches new GAA book 

A book written by Palatine GAA member, John Kelly, has reached number three in the Irish best-sellers list for the category of hardback non-fiction. The GAA Covered encapsulates the collection of All-Ireland and provincial match programmes going...

The week’s bestselling books, Sept. 21

Hardcover fiction 1. The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $38) Symbologist Robert Langdon takes on a mystery involving human consciousness and ancient mythology. 2. Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager: $35) The deluxe limited...

Louisiana Book Festival announces faculty for 2025 Wordshops

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Book Festival has announced the faculty for its 2025 WordShops writing workshops, which include a former Louisiana Poet Laureate, multiple award-winning authors, and a top-selling literary agent. The three-hour...

Netflix announces new thriller series based on 'chilling' bestseller

Netflix is set to thrill audiences with a new adaptation of a thriller by acclaimed author S.A. Cosby. The project will be led by Joe Robert Cole, with Gangs of London and Black Rabbit star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù taking on the lead role. The upcoming...

The Ghostwriter: This week’s Book Whisperer find

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark is her first murder mystery. Like her earlier novels, The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell, The Ghostwriter is a character-driven thriller, and I highly recommend all three. Olivia Dumont was once a successful...

Attendance is up at Vernon Friends of the Library book sales (Vernon)

Photo: Chelsey Mutter A stack of books purchased at the July 17, 2024 Friends of the Library book sale. More people are attending Vernon Friends of the Library book sales, according to the group. Nancy Crerar, Friends of the Library board member...

Brad Ingelsby's HBO Crime Drama Task Redeems Mixed Echo Valley Reviews

Writer and creator Brad Ingelsby's current HBO series Task is a critical success, redeeming the filmmaker's 2025 releases after his recent thriller movie received far more mixed reviews. Just two episodes in, the impressive new HBO crime drama...

Minor Abducted, Gang-Raped On Gun-Point In Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior; 2 Booked

Minor Abducted, Gang-Raped On Gun-Point In Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior; 2 Booked | File Photo Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): A minor girl was allegedly abducted at gunpoint and gang-raped by two men in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, as reported by police on...

Marco Pierre White Jr 'smashed £44k worth of rare fossils and crystals during crime spree' - as he faces jail

By RORY TINGLE, HOME AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Published: 07:30 EDT, 17 September 2025 | Updated: 07:34 EDT, 17 September 2025 The troubled son of chef Marco Pierre White damaged £44,000 worth of crystals during his latest West London crime spree, a...

Writers' Trust announces fiction short list, increases prize pot

TORONTO - The Writers' Trust of Canada is deepening the purse for its fiction prize, increasing it to $100,000. The organization says the winner of the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize would receive $70,000, up from $60,000, while the...

House takes up 2 more DC crime bills Wednesday after approving 2 controversial measures

WASHINGTON (7News) — Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are expected to consider two additional D.C. crime bills later on Wednesday. These proposals would allow police pursuits in certain cases and would limit D.C.’s authority to weigh in...