Internationally celebrated poet Maxine Kumin will appear at the Robert Frost Farm as part of the Hyla Brook Reading Series on Thursday, July 8, 2010, 6:30 -8:30 p.m. The former U.S. Poet Laureate will read from her newest poetry collection, Where I Live: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010, as well as other work. Hyla Brook [...]
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Posted in Books, Film on May 18th, 2010 View Comments
For those of you who follow the career of former Andover High teacher Richard Farrell, here’s a new tidbit of information. His memoir, “What’s Left of Us” is being made into a movie starring Dear John’s Channing Tatum, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The book is about the seven days Farrell spent in a rehab [...]
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Posted in Books on Apr 9th, 2010 View Comments
For Adrienne Martini, and countless other knitters, knitting is the linchpin of sanity. As a working mother of two, Martini wanted a challenge that would make her feel in charge. So she decided to make the Holy Grail of sweaters—her own “Mary Tudor,” whose mind-numbingly gorgeous pattern is so complicated to knit that its mere [...]
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Posted in Books on Feb 9th, 2010 View Comments
Haverhill scribe Christopher Golden has great news. His first novel “Of Saints and Shadows” (he’s authored or co-authored more than 60 books) is returning to book shelves with a new cover and a new introduction by Charlaine Harris. Harris is the author who penned the Sookie Stackhouse series books on which HBO’s “True Blood” is [...]
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Posted in Books on May 21st, 2009 View Comments
Hi readers. This just in: On June 19th, from 7-9 at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge, actress Amber Benson (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), will be on hand to sign copies of her latest work alongside Haverhill horror author Christopher Golden. The two teamed up for the BBC anime series “Ghosts of Albion,” and a [...]
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Posted in Books on Dec 9th, 2008 View Comments
In case you missed it, Wally Lamb is coming to the area. The famed writer will be appearing in Portsmouth, N.H., next Thursday (Dec. 18). I’ll post the link here when it’s up. I had the chance to interview him about a week ago via telephone — he was a lot of fun to talk [...]
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