Doug Gordon knows Philadelphia area writers. Since 2011, he’s been running the fiction series at Musehouse in Chestnut Hill. “As a lifelong recluse, I really didn’t know many people before I started the fiction series. I just drove myself to…

Caitlin Moran is reading at the Parkway Central Library this Thursday night, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. Who is Caitlin Moran? According to the library’s website – “The UK’s answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled…

Fran Wilde Booklovers, from left, Anna Golfarb, Stephanie Feldman, Cecily Wong, Daniel Torday On Wednesday night, Stephanie Feldman invited a few authors to celebrate the paperback release of her book,The Angel of Losses, at Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse. The crowd…

Local author Rachel Pastan first thought of writing a novel inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, when she started working at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) on Penn’s campus. She was in her 40s and hadn’t had a full-time…

Going to the Rare Books Department at the Parkway Central Library is a bit like going down the rabbit-hole. In this case, the magical portals are golden elevators separated by floral-patterned metalwork. Inside each, the walls are silver with horizontal…

Elise Juska’s novel The Blessings (just out in paperback) is the story of the Blessings, a large Irish Catholic family from Northeast Philadelphia. It begins from the point of view of Abby, a college freshman, home for Christmas break and…

Years ago, my parents went to see The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan’s movie with the boy who “sees dead people.” When a shot of the kid’s rowhome, located on a beautiful garden street, filled the screen, someone in the…

Spring has finally arrived to Philadelphia, but this winter was our coldest in a century. So you or someone you know may be in need of The Pregnancy Countdown Book. Local writer Susan Magee first thought of writing a book…