Librarian’s corner: Author Jim Harrison
The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library Jim Harrison is an author originating from Grayling, Michigan. He graduated from Haslett High School in 1956. Unfortunately, tragedy struck eight years later, when his sister and father were killed in a car accident. He […]
Librarian’s Corner: Spooky books
submitted by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library The spookiest month of the year obviously requires the spookiest books, but sometimes truth is far scarier than fiction. In Blood on the Mitten, the author, Tom Carr, describes truly terrible (and true!) murders throughout our great states, highlighting 57 different murder cases from all around Michigan. This […]
Librarian’s Corner: Mystery author P.D. James
submitted by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library Do you like crime mysteries? Do you like period dramas? Do you like dystopian fiction? If you answered yes to any or all those questions, then you should pick up a P.D. James novel. James started writing in 1962, starting with crime mysteries. Once Agatha Christie had died, […]
Librarian’s corner: Author Katie MacAlister
The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library Katie MacAlister started her writing career by writing a technical manual. When she was told not to include any fun quips or loves scenes in the manual, she realized that novels were a little more […]
Librarian’s corner: Author Josh Malerman
The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library Josh Malerman is both an author and a musician from Ferndale, Michigan. He started out as a member of the band, The High Strung, and wrote many novels and short stories for himself. But, once […]
Librarian’s corner: Not-So-Stuffy” Nonfiction books
The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library Nonfiction books have a history of being characterized as stuffy, boring, and even unreadable. Yet, nonfiction has a huge spectrum of books for you to choose from! While some nonfiction books are stuffy and boring, […]
Librarian’s corner: Author Alice Hoffman
The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library “My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue?” — Practical Magic Well, Alice Hoffman took her own advice: despite still being in college, Alice Hoffman wrote […]
Librarian’s corner: Author Stephanie Barron
The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. This week’s author is Stephanie Barron: by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library What if Jane Austen investigated murders and other nefarious crimes? Stephanie Barron explores this question in her popular series, named after the famous author herself. Stephanie Barron is the […]
Librarian’s corner: Author Louis L’Amour
by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week. This week’s author is Louis L’Amour: Louis L’Amour was born in 1908 as the last of seven children. Born with the name, “LaMoore,” L’Amour changed the spelling of his last name when he became a […]
September 2018 gardening advice
by Jennifer Fairfield So, it apparently wasn’t my imagination – we really did have a dry summer. At least, that’s what the National Drought Mitigation Center’s United States Drought Monitor report for Michigan says, and I guess they ought to know! According to these guys, the western part of Washtenaw County is experiencing “moderate drought” […]
