Friend Request
Three years ago, Barbi Callahan Burris of Milton received an email from Facebook saying she had a friend request from Catherine Janelle Barbee. She didn’t recognize the name, but her heart still skipped a beat…
Riverview Book Club
“…For never was a story of more woe / than this of Juliet & her Romeo.” With these lines, the actors at Atlanta’s New American Shakespeare Tavern ended their performance of William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” Joining in the applause were seven members of the Riverview Book Club who carpooled from Roswell to Atlanta to enjoy dinner and a play in honor of their most recent book club selection, “Juliet”…
She Reads On the Road: Savannah Book Festival
Love was in the air of Telfair Square in Savannah over Valentine’s weekend in February as over 10,000 book devotees gathered to share their love of reading with an impressive line-up of bestselling authors at the annual Savannah Book Festival…
Chatting with the Danbury Park Book Club
The ladies of Danbury Park in Milton could never really get into Bunco. They tried, but it fizzled out. Still wanting a group social activity, they organized a book club instead, which is still going strong seven years later…
Celebrating Chinese New Year in America
Amy Meadows, a freelance writer, was inspired to capture her niece Briana’s story in a children’s book, “Emma’s Chinese American New Year”…
Claire Cook to speak at Roswell Library
Local author Claire Cook will be the guest speaker at the Atlanta Authors Speaker Series on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Roswell Library. The 2 p.m. program is free and open to the public…
Give the gift of reading
Want to know which books are flying off the shelves this holiday season? Three local bookstores (Once and Again Books in Johns Creek, Humpus Bumpus Books in Cumming and Peerless Book Store in Alpharetta) suggest the following titles as great gifts for the lit-lovers on your list this year…
LOL: Ladies of Literature
I’ve been interviewing local book clubs for two years now and can honestly say that I have never seen one quite like the Ladies of Literature (LOL)…
Celebrating the Spirit of Survival
To recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month, this issue of Northside Woman contains stories of local women who bravely faced cancer and now count themselves as survivors. In honor of their courage, She Reads is recommending books that celebrate the female fighting spirit…
The Book Babes of Crooked Creek
When Janet Sweet moved into Crooked Creek, a 650-home neighborhood in Milton, she mentioned to her realtor that she would be looking for a book club…
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