Tom Springer’s new book, “The Star in the Sycamore,” was 12 years in the making, but it was worth the wait. It’s been a long time in writer years since Springer’s first book, “Looking for Hickories: The Forgotten Wildness of the Rural Midwest,” introduced his views on the natural world.
Veterinarian Ron Erskine knows a good story when he hears it. His second book, “Prometheus Scorned,” which features hero Malcolm Cromarty, weaves a complex tale involving greed, an arsonist and the Pennsylvania Amish community.
On a subzero night 70 years ago, tears were streaming down the face of Geneva Kebler Wiskemann. She stood in front of the Estes Leadley Funeral Home and gazed across Walnut Street as smoke and flames engulfed the State Office Building,
In the dark winter of 1936-1937 a group of Flint autoworkers decided they had enough of low wages, harassment and unsafe working conditions.
When Capital Area District Library’s Jean Bolley first donned the Cat in the Hat costume for a children’s storytime, she didn’t know it would become one of her favorite work outfits.
Early indications look like 2021 will be a very good year for reading. At the beginning of each year, I compile a list of books I want to read. The following list does not include political tomes on the recent election or the future of democracy. Those will come later.
Local writer Melissa F. Kaelin concluded a different response was needed, and she decided to experiment with social media to connect with other writers and creatives while social distancing.
This Christmas season why not start — or continue — a tradition of reading classic stories to your children?
The houses may be little, but they’re not made of “ticky-tack” and they definitely don’t all look the same — with hats off to songwriter Melvina Reynolds.
When Elizabeth Field Connor discovered her grandfather’s army footlocker from World War I while digging through her father’s musty basement, she had no idea the treasures and mysteries it would unleash
