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TGP Book Club: June Review
In an effort to read more in 2025, this series is dedicated to a monthly recap of what we at TGP have been reading each month. Feel free to add what’s on your TBR below! June Home Runs Title: Julie Chan is Dead Author: Liann Zhang TGP Contributor:...

Book Review: Abbreviate
Reviewed by Victoria Lilly Sarah Fawn Montgomery examines how girls are taught to shrink themselves—be small, silent, submissive—at the expense of their safety or happiness or even selfhood in Abbreviate. The essays tackle issues of domestic...

Book Review: Our Lives In Pieces
Our Lives In Pieces by Tracie Adams Genre: Memoir / Essays ISBN: 9798992661606 Print Length: 122 pages Publisher: Good Heritage Press Reviewed by Nikolas Mavreas In Our Lives in Pieces, Tracie Adams collects over forty flash essays, each one an...

Book Review: A Short Supply of Viability
A Short Supply of Viability by Annette Gagliardi Genre: Poetry ISBN: 9781956285154 Print Length: 102 pages Publisher: Poetry Box Reviewed by Elizabeth Zender In a variety of poetic devices and sharp imagery, A Short Supply of Viability by Annette...

Book Review: An inheritance game, a steamy romance and family turmoil in 'These Summer Storms'
It’s one thing to look at someone like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk and envy their wealth and success. It’s a totally different thing to be the child of a tech pioneer, with a reputation to uphold lest stock prices suffer — at least according to Sarah...
Book Review: An inheritance game, a steamy romance and family turmoil in ‘These Summer Storms’
It’s one thing to look at someone like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk and envy their wealth and success. It’s a totally different thing to be the child of a tech pioneer, with a reputation to uphold lest stock prices suffer — at least according to Sarah...

Book Review: Christine Brennan’s ‘On Her Game’ explores the Caitlin Clark Effect on the WNBA
“On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports,” the title of USA Today columnist Christine Brennan’s new book about the WNBA star, is doing a lot of work. On one hand, it’s about the game, right? Nobody can deny Caitlin Clark’s...

Book Review: Ruth Ware revisits old characters in new thriller, ‘The Woman in Suite 11’
Ruth Ware’s new thriller “The Woman in Suite 11” is a sequel of sorts to her breakout hit of 2016, “The Woman in Cabin 10.” Will you enjoy it more if you read the first book? Yes. Or you can wait until the Netflix version of “The Woman in Cabin...
Book signing, concerts and yoga among summer offerings at Kennebunkport’s Graves Library
Maine author Steve Hrehovcik will be at Graves Memorial Library in Kennebunkport to read his book, “The Rabbit Said to the Bird.” Told in verse and brought to life with illustrations, the story invites readers to imagine what animals might...

Book Review on A Study on Materia Medica by Dr. N.M. Choudhury by Dr.Deepali Mali
Thesis Statement This book by Dr. N.M. Choudhury is very clear and easy to understand, making it simple for students to study and remember each remedy. It explains important symptoms in a straightforward way, which helps in learning Materia Medica...

Book Review: ‘Hotel Ukraine’ wraps up Martin Cruz Smith’s detective Renko book series on a high
Arkady Renko now fumbles with his keys at the door as his Parkinson’s disease gradually grows worse. The legendary Russian detective has struggled to keep his declining health a secret, but the worsening symptoms have become impossible to hide....

ReviewWhat's new at the refreshed Relais & Chateaux Cape Weligama, Sri Lanka
On Sri Lanka's southern coastline, Cape Weligama, a Relais & Chateaux resort, has been welcoming guests for more than a decade and recently completed a refresh to mark its 10th anniversary. Additions include a secluded bay, more interconnecting...

Book clubs, crafts, classes and more Downriver
What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost and contact information. Submit announcements at...

Novel explores growing up in 1969
CHARLOTTE – Janet Sarjeant explores the parallels of historical events and personal life in her new book, “Half Year, Half Light.” Published by Warren Publishing, the novel follows a teenager's senior year of high school in small-town America...

Eruption: Michael Crichton & James Patterson adaptation finds writers, loses directors
Author Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, but several of his novels have been published years after his death. Pirate Latitudes came along in 2009, Micro (which was completed by Richard Preston) followed in 2011, Dragon Teeth (originally...

Frankfurt Book Fair may focus on the book-to-screen adaptation market (Deadline)
Juergen Boos, President and CEO of Frankfurt Book Fair, has said the event has plans to expand its remit to launch an official network of market-focused events at film festivals across the world to promote and facilate book to screen adaptations....

'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women
In this adapted excerpt from "Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science" (Oxford University Press, 2023), physicist Athene Donald examines the role of bias against women in scientific publishing, and its pervasiveness that still...

Scientists caught gaming AI to cheat peer reviews by burying secret prompts
In an unusual twist that exposes growing vulnerabilities in academic peer review, researchers from leading institutions have been caught embedding hidden instructions in their manuscripts to manipulate AI-assisted reviewers into approving their...

What happened when Michael Archer, publisher of Guernica magazine, visited TheNEWS in Lagos
Clockwise: Michael Archer, Kunle Ajibade, Molara Wood, Ademola Adegbamigbe, Nehru Odeh. Photos by Ijiola Emmanuel By Nehru Odeh Michael Archer looks every inch the intellectual with a large heart. He is not just the publisher of Guernica, a...

Tailored publishing efforts allow Chinese stories to go global
Illustration: Liu Xiangya/GTThe recently released 2025 China-ASEAN Book Influence Report at the 2025 China-ASEAN Book Culture Week reveals a significant leap in China's cultural engagement with Southeast Asia, where publications in various...