In Jodi Carmichael’s novel "The U-nique Lou Fox", a young playwright learns lessons in creativity and perseverance. Lou knows that she is destined to be a famous playwright. In the meantime, though, she is stuck navigating the fifth... Read More

The connected stories in Iris Smyles’s "Droll Tales" are innovative—filled with surrealistic imagery, dark comedy, and people unmoored in their lives. A young woman who believes that she will never find someone to whom she would give... Read More

Sara El Sayed’s heartwarming, humorous memoir "Muddy People" concerns her life growing up in an Egyptian Muslim family in Australia. El Sayed’s childhood was both messy and marked by feelings of being “other.” When she was a... Read More

In Michael J. Seidlinger’s chilling novel "Anybody Home?", a quiet suburban home is the stage for a terrifying invasion. In this surreal version of modern life, home invasions are watched with glee behind closed doors. Here, an unnamed... Read More

Hector Fox and friends are back in the second installment of this charming series about a group of forest creatures with boundless curiosity and courage. Hector Fox receives an urgent call for help from the mice of the Stone Tower: an... Read More

Textured illustrations and clean lines complement this story about the love between people and pets. A little boy wants a dog, but his mother refuses, saying dogs are too much work. When a cat shows up on their doorstep on a rainy night,... Read More

In this inspiring tale, a dance-dazzled dachshund, Dotty, cannot resist mimicking the ballet moves she loves—even when her person, Ms. Austere, issues other commands; even when she’s out on walks among other, baffled dogs. Rendered... Read More

Veteran music journalist Caryn Rose became an instant Patti Smith fan at the age of twelve, when she saw Smith appear on Saturday Night Live. Her book "Why Patti Smith Matters" brings that fan enthusiasm to bear, resulting in an... Read More