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For Halloween: The Salem Witch Trials
As the witch hysteria subsided in England, it began in the colonies.

Mindy Lawrence
6 hours ago1 min read


The 2025 Nobel in Literature: Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature…

Mindy Lawrence
1 day ago1 min read


The 2025 Nobel in Literature: Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature…

Mindy Lawrence
1 day ago1 min read


The Fate of the Library of Alexandria, Egypt
For six centuries, the Great Library of
Alexandria. In Egypt was one of the most significant libraries of the ancient world.

Mindy Lawrence
Oct 61 min read


Independent Bookstores: The Whispering Shelf
Downtown In the Lockerbie Square Neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, there is an independent bookstore called the Whispering Shelf.

Mindy Lawrence
Sep 301 min read


Independent Bookstore: Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
Brookline Booksmith, in the heart of Coolidge Corner,Brookline MA, is one of New England’s premier bookstores.

Mindy Lawrence
Aug 291 min read


Book Review: THE HARLEQUIN OF PIZZA COUNTY
A group of bank heists performed by a person in a jester costume occur in Pizza County, Pennsylvania.

Mindy Lawrence
Jul 191 min read


Book Review: Cloris Hughes
Cloris Schermer returns to the east of
Pittsburgh. After she arrives, she gets romantically involved with Reynold Hughes.

Mindy Lawrence
Jun 221 min read


Adventures of a Writing Fool by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
It started with my discovery of an announcement was doing the sequel to his 1986 blockbuster movie “Top Gun.”

djonzim
May 16 min read
Red Engine Loses a Writer and Friend: Dr. Stephen Tannenbaum
By David Tannenbaum (friend. Not related.) Dr. Stephen Tannenbaum, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on March 5, 2025...

Mindy Lawrence
Apr 181 min read


Book Review: MURDER IS FOR THE BIRDS, Pat McGrath Avery
An editor winds up dead and three of his clients are suspects…

Mindy Lawrence
Apr 181 min read


Book Review: The Killing Spree by Anita Paddock
John Edward Swindler was fresh out of prison where he had learned nothing.

Mindy Lawrence
Mar 301 min read


Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
10 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World

Mindy Lawrence
Mar 150 min read


An Interview with Author Anita Paddock
When Anita Paddock worked at the Miller Branch of the Fort Smith Library Public Library, she was already a seasoned reader of true crime.

Mindy Lawrence
Mar 152 min read


2024 TAZ WINNERS
Here are the winners of the 2024 TAZ Awards.

Mindy Lawrence
Feb 281 min read


Researcher Karen Daggs
Karen Daggs has helped do research on three of Joyce Faulkner’s books.

Mindy Lawrence
Feb 284 min read


SHRIMP TALES 2, THE WOMEN OF SHRIMPING
This is the second book on shrimping by Red Engine Press.

Mindy Lawrence
Jan 281 min read


BOOK REVIEW: SHRIMP TALES
Rudy H. Garcia and Pat McGrath Avery wrote an excellent book on shrimping in the Port Isabel- Brownsville area of Texas.

Mindy Lawrence
Dec 27, 20241 min read


INTERVIEW WITH RUDY H. GARCIA, CO-AUTHOR OF SHRIMP TALES
Rudy H. Garcia and Pat McGrath Avery wrote a book about the shrimpers in Port Isabel, Texas.

Mindy Lawrence
Dec 21, 20243 min read


VIDEO: GAIL NEUSTADT TALKS ABOUT HER BOOK, TRAVELING OUR ROAD
Gail Neustadt (Dylan Weiss) talks about her book, TRAVELING OUR ROAD. It’s a lovely tale about a couple living through medical...

Mindy Lawrence
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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