Category Archives: Literature

RED BANK: Doors away from the Basie's storied marquee, Monmouth Arts unveils a new home for fostering art dubbed ArtSpace.

RED BANK: Twenty years later, a writer captures the story of his neighbor's escape from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

RED BANK: Library trustees embark on five-year strategic plan update, starting with public survey of attitudes and input on services.

RED BANK: Story Walk, a three-year-old summer feature in Riverside Gardens Park, gets an upgrade to permanent displays in its latest edition.

RED BANK: Elizabeth McDermott checks out as library director and gets a proclamation; Barbara Pickell named interim director.

RED BANK: After a career pivot, a tumultuous chapter and the restoration of calm, library director McDermott announces plan to retire.

LITTLE SILVER: RBR teacher Gretna Wilkinson honored for literary blog, the Raven's Perch.

FAIR HAVEN: Best-selling novelist Patti Callahan Henry pays a Wednesday visit to a fave local bookshop with her latest beach read in her beach bag.

RED BANK: More than 500 kids submitted drawings of their favorite things about the town for the library's bookmark contest. Here are the winners.

RED BANK: As part of an effort to prevent educational "summer slide," the Primary School is to receive 500 books.

RED BANK: Pat Guadagno's annual 'Bobfest' returns to the Count Basie Theatre with an edition that packs the heft of "War and Peace."

LITTLE SILVER: Friends of the Library plan their annual book sale fundraiser over two days next week. Stock up on your summer reading.

RED BANK: Community members invited to share a few words about what they love, and see their responses woven into an "epic" poem.

RUMSON: Busy actor Siobhan Fallon Hogan adds 'co-author' to her résumé. She and collaborator Lori Oakes will debut their new kid's book at the Oceanic Library.

RED BANK: Project Write Now hosts a Night to Remember fundraiser at the Two River Theater Tuesday, with readings and art by local luminaries.

RED BANK: Bartender-slash-author serves up his third novel in two years.

Author Troy Lewis makes a GAS MONEY pitstop at the county library's Eastern Branch, in a Saturday afternoon appearance.