Do you remember your favorite children’s book? I do. The beautiful illustrations told the story as much as its author’s voice. And it made me a lifetime reader. You can do the same for your children, grandchildren, in fact any children you love, if you give them one such treasure that catches their attention and […]
Lee Oskar stars at FAB Fest
Billboard Magazine once crowned him “Instrumentalist of the Year”, internationally he is known as one of the world’s best harmonica players, a founding member of the band “WAR”, an incredibly versatile fusion jazz composer, and the producer of a top-notch line of harmonicas: Lee Oskar. Fewer people might know him also as the gifted painter […]
Home from Home: Hiking
When I was a kid in Germany, my family went off hiking to the Black Forest or to the Swabian Alb, low mountain ranges close to my hometown, Stuttgart, on a regular basis. Either a newspaper clip or a hiking book was placed in my mother’s shoulder bag, and usually they were day trips. I […]
FAB Fest Features Dia Calhoun
Are you an avid reader? Then you have probably been shaped into that by some wonderful children’s books that you received during your very early years, maybe even before you were able to read yourself. One author of some wonderfully captivating and unusual children’s books will be present at the 6th Annual Lakewood Film, Arts, […]
FAB Fest Features Dealing with Doom
Sci-Fi fan alert – what-ifs and goosebumps reach new levels in Western Washington! You will have the opportunity to grab some really interesting reads at the 6th Annual Lakewood Film, Arts, and Book Festival. So, please, check them out! Lakewood-based author Brett Lawrence has published a captivating novel with his book “Shadow Guardians”. An alien […]
FAB Fest Features E. C. Murray
What fascinates us so much about autobiographies? Is it because we know the person? Or because of the person’s extraordinary experiences? A Kirkus Best Book of 2014, “A Long Way from Paris” is author E. C. (Elizabeth Corcoran) Murray’s story about personal transformation during a goat herding winter in Southern France back in 1980-81. Born […]
Home from Home: Household Items
The other day, I was vacuuming my house and was totally in deep thoughts when, all of a sudden, my vacuum cleaner died on me. The sudden silence woke me out of deep contemplation about a plot twist in my next novel, but I knew immediately what had happened. The plug had fallen out of […]
Home from Home: End of Summer
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Though, according to the calendar, it will be summer for a few weeks yet, we all know that Labor Day pretty much marks the end of summer everywhere in the United States. Certainly, here in Western Washington. In Germany, Labor Day would be in May and mark the beginning of early […]
FAB Fest Features Randall Platt
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Do you remember a time when you were “oh so above” reading young adult (YA) literature because you thought yourself finally grown up? And do you find that the more grown-up you are, the more often you grab a good young adults’ book and truly enjoy it? Well, then you simply […]