Author Greg Mortenson drew upwards of 1,000 people to his book signing and talk Saturday in Clayton. (Not to mention his packed event in Alton Friday.) At the Big Read book festival, Mortenson stayed three hours to sign books. He…

Missouri’s favorite author may have died a century ago, but he’ll be honored by community book groups in the next few months.

Five Missouri groups will receive government money to participate in Big Read events, the NEA announced Tuesday (June 23). Two in…

St. Louis’ one-day outdoor book festival is only three years old this Saturday, Oct. 11. I have written two stories that ran fact boxes about the festival, but I’ve still gotten calls about where the festival is. This year, it will…

For a story I’m working on, I’m interested in talking to any potential authors who want to pitch their book idea Saturday, Oct. 11, at The Big Read. There will be a workshop called Pitch-a-palooza, at which writers get a…

Peter K. Connolly says he went to high school with actor Alan Alda 57 years ago.

As he says, they “shared the stage in several theatrical presentations at Stepinac High School in White Plains N.Y.”

Connolly (who is the author of “When…