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Barnes & Noble is pleased to announce the 12 finalists for their 2023 Book of the Year. The program, now in its fifth year, asks B&N booksellers across the country to nominate a title they find truly outstanding and in which they have felt the most pride in recommending to readers over the previous year. This year, the list features six novels, four nonfiction books, one middle-grade title and one picture book. The Barnes & Noble Book of the Year will be voted on by all booksellers and ann...

Christmas is coming and Ayla wants a snowman just like in her book, but there is no snow to be found in her drought-stricken town, not even a drop of rain. Only bales of hay.  Ayla’s Christmas Wish is inspired by the small, south-west Victorian town of Tarrington, which runs a hay bale design competition each year. This book compares European Christmas traditions with the reality of a hot, dry Australian summer. Behind the story of Ayla wishing for a snowman, there is a town wishing for rain.

At the annual conference for horror writers, I drank with my heroes, dressed up for "horror prom," and visited the Living Dead Museum. On the periphery of what's "normal," I finally found my center.

The launch for Brooke Carter’s latest for children is on Oct. 28 at Black Bond Books

Ayla's Christmas Wish by Pamela Jones and Lucia Masciullo Christmas is a time for joy and celebration, but for Ayla, a young girl living in a drought-stricken town in Australia, there is one thing that’s missing. All she wants is a snowman like the ones she's read about in her books, but with no snow in sight, it seems like an impossible dream.