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July 16 (Sunday)

Dodie Heath, who has died aged 96, was an actress who arrived in Hollywood in the 1950s by way of Broadway, where she sang in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the musical about immigrants in New York; on the opposite coast she went on to appear in such acclaimed films as Brigadoon and The Diary of Anne Frank.

July 16 (Sunday)

In The Diary of Anne Frank, she played Miep Gies, the brave employee of Anne’s father Otto who helped to hide the Frank family

An editor recommends old and new books.

I HEARD THE CHILDREN SCREAMING before I saw them, jumping up and down and laughing while running on the glittering sidewalk in Brooklyn. “Kill them! Kill

In her debut thriller, Clémence Michallon tells the story of a male serial killer, through the voices of the women around him

Two Marblehead middle schoolers were among those honored by The Massachusetts Center for the Book in its 23rd annual Letters About Literature program last month.

I will miss her powerful oratory, independent spirit and strong sense of social justice – she fought for her constituents and ignored the party whips

"I wrote this book to help you learn more about Ireland and to help you decide which topics interest you so much that you will want to look for eve...