Former North Adams Transcript reporter and Adams native Donna Roberts has published her second novel, "Running with Hounds … and an English Degree."
Pittsfield-based author Kevin O’Hara is known through his books and decades of Berkshire Eagle columns for his warm, witty and whimsical tales. There are plenty of all three in his newly released book, but the title, “Ins and Outs of a Locked Ward: My 30 Years as a Psychiatric Nurse” tells r…
At a time when the news is filled with war, with civil unrest, with uncertainty, with fistshaking and fingerpointing, a little bit of kindness can go along way. With a seeming sixth sense for this universal need of messages for kindness and care, James Crews has partnered with Storey Publishing on a second anthology of poems, "The Path To Kindness," set to release on April 12.
Authors in and around the Berkshires have been busy. Here's a look at a few of the new works, ranging from collections of poetry to memoirs about less-than-friendly pooches, that have been published in the last 10 months.
Author Ruth Bass has released a new book in her series about the Sherman and Hibbard families.
The Mount has invited author Rebecca Hall to highlight the art and craft of memoir writing in the form of her graphic novel, "Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts." She'll participate in a virtual conversation with Courtney Maum on Thursday, Feb. 24.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy never made it through his one term as president of the United States but his brief tenure and his life leading up to his presidency are well-chronicled. However, the Brookline native’s links to the Berkshires in the far west of his state are not as well known. That has been addressed in a recently published posthumous memoir, “The Human Touch: My Friendship And Work With President John F. Kennedy” by John G. W. Mahanna.
Kira Bingemann, adult programming and reference librarian at the David & Joyce Milne Public Library in Williamstown, is helping us out by sharing a few must-read titles to honor Black History Month:
The key word in the title of Daniel Bullen’s “Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion,” subtitled “An American Story,” is “Honorable.” It is Bullen’s contention that the grievously unfair portrayal of the Western Massachusetts farmers as violent, anti-government rebels by their foes has stuck, wh…
In the span of eight years, beginning in 2013, Eugene Christy has written more than half a million words that now comprise a five-volume book series he calls "The 20th Century Quintet."
At the start of the new year, there are a ton of books out there to help start and guide you on your journey. Here are three recently released books aimed at helping you create a "healthier you" by encouraging acts of gratitude, self-healing and self-care.
Great Barrington author Roselle Kline Chartock, a revered educator, author and recently recommitted Elvis fan talks about her book “The Jewish World of Elvis Presley,” ahead of the anniversary of his birthday on Saturday, Jan. 8.
A new book on the Salem Witch Trials, "A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse," examines how an elderly pillar of community, considered to be a living saint by the Puritan faith, came to be at the center of the trials which took her life and that of 24 other individuals by the time they ended. Using primary sources, Daniel A. Gagnon refutes theories by many historians and paints a picture of gross judicial misconduct that allowed false accusations to be hurled upon hundreds of innocent victims over the course of a few months.
The seasonal flood of best-of-the-year lists and holiday gift-giving recommendations can be overwhelming — not least, as a reminder of how many great-sounding books we haven’t gotten to yet. Yet even as I scour them for what I might have missed in 2021, I can’t resist also looking ahead to what looms just over the horizon.
Western Massachusetts is fascinating, says author Robert E. Weir. His new book, "Who Knew? Roadside Revelations in Western Massachusetts" details the curious and unique roadside curiosities found in the Bay State's most western counties.
Trending Now
The farmers markets are opening up again, and some of the great joys of the early season produce are tender, sweet greens. Dress those greens with easy homemade salad dressings and crunchy croutons.
Tomatoes may get more attention, but throughout Italy, lemon also often finds its way into pasta. This one-pot pasta dish is the perfect way to highlight lemon in an easy weeknight meal.
The most powerfully comforting dishes combine the personal with the universal. In my kitchen, a bowl of soft polenta does exactly that.
What's better than attending a tea party? Attending a tea party with ginger scones and homemade jam!
This 5-ingredient, no-knead peasant bread is simple to make and ready in just three hours.
Although the most traditional combination would be strawberry-rhubarb, feel free to mix different combinations of fruits for this cobbler.
Entertainment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Obi-Wan Kenobi” — now that’s a name casual “Star Wars” fans haven’t heard in a long time. The Jedi master gets his own moment in the suns with a new six-part Disney+ series starring Ewan McGregor.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard told jurors Thursday that a harassment campaign waged against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life from multiple death threats, and said she just wants “Johnny to leave me alone.”
NEW YORK (AP) — When choreographer Camille A. Brown is asked to describe her kind of movement, she uses an analogy from the kitchen.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Portland has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Kravis wedding train has rolled into Italy.
CANNES, France (AP) — When the Cannes Film Festival audience stood to applaud James Gray's richly observed autobiographical drama “Armageddon Time," about the director's own 1980s childhood in Queens, Gray's voice quivered as he addressed the crowd.
NEW YORK (AP) — For comedians of a certain age, there was one album that was worn out on the turntable, dutifully memorized and acted out. That was George Carlin's signature “Class Clown.”
The Oscars are getting back to normal, eligibility-wise. After two years of pandemic-related adjustments, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that Oscar hopefuls will once again have to launch their films in movie theaters.
MIAMI (AP) — “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced Wednesday.
