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11.02.2009 5:09 am

Is Hulk Hogan your favorite wrestler?

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Is Hulk Hogan on your dance card for tonight?

He’ll be at the St. Louis Public Library to sign his new memoir, “My Life Outside the Ring.” The only injury possible is a hand cramp: Hogan is scheduled to sign books for…

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10.30.2009 10:14 am

Alicia Silverstone cancels stop in St. Louis

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Brief update from the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, which begins Sunday.

Alicia Silverstone has canceled all of her remaining book presentations, including the one she had scheduled at the Festival on Nov. 12 at 7:30pm. For more information, people may…

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10.23.2009 3:07 pm

Authors take stage at Pet Expo

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Two St. Louis authors will be at the St. Louis Pet Expo Saturday to talk about their books.

Stray Rescue’s Randy Grim takes the stage at 1:30 p.m. He’s the nationally known for his rescue efforts, which are also described in…

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10.22.2009 6:06 am

Saturday Writers offers workshop

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A Saturday Writers workshop Saturday (Oct. 24) will feature novelist Pat Carr talking about “Vision, Voice and Viewpoint”  and Storytelling Magazine editor Regina Williams, who will give tips on “How to Query an Editor.”

Carr’s  books  include “The Women in the…

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10.19.2009 4:41 pm

Co-writer’s death comes as authors release STL brewery history

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Just as a longtime book project was unveiled,  one of its three authors died.

Henry Herbst died Friday of cancer on the very day that co-authors Kevin Kious and Don Roussin were featured in Go!, talking with Evan Benn about  “St. Louis…

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10.09.2009 11:02 am

Big Read offers full day of free entertainment

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Plenty of parents and others like to emphasize that books are fun, not just something involved with tedious things like homework.

Luckily the rain is supposed to stop for Saturday (Oct. 10). So there should be plenty of opportunity to experience that fun at…

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10.03.2009 8:25 am

‘Strunk and White’: fusty or fresh?

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 Harry Levins, who reviews “Stylized” this Sunday, asks whether you use the little, 50-year-old bible of word nerds everywhere:

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of  “The Elements of Style” - better known as “Strunk and White,” after its authors,…

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09.29.2009 2:01 pm

Kimberla Lawson Roby includes social issues in her fiction

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Kimberla Lawson Roby includes social issues in every book. Her newest book, “A Deep Dark Secret,” features a 12-year-old girl who is being molested. 
 “I truly think this particular story will help even more people on a number of different levels…
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09.22.2009 3:28 pm

Put John Lutz on Kindle for free

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Amazon said last week that first-day sales of Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” were faster on its Kindle than in hardcover. It’s an odd statement: The hardcover version has been among Amazon’s top-selling books for 156 days. The novel has only…

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09.14.2009 1:15 pm

Pudd’nhead offers ‘Lost Symbol’ free (with $100 purchase)

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Nikki Furrer at Pudd’nhead Books in Webster Groves says of “The Lost Symbol,” which goes on sale Tuesday: “You know it’s not well-written, you know the story and characters and plot are beyond ridiculous, and you still can’t put it…

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