Will Schwalbe and his mother, Mary Anne, read fifty books together during the last two years of her life. Will wrote the book The End of Your Life Book Club in tribute to his mom and to continue the conversations they started. He hopes to inspire others to share their reading experiences and to have confidence to act when they are moved by the books they read. Mary Anne started each book by reading the end first. […]
Without translators, some of the best stories ever written would be inaccessible to millions of people. Lucia Graves’s first translations were those of her father’s work, British writer and poet Robert Graves. A trilingual translator, she has since translated more than thirty volumes, including worldwide bestselling novels by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
It is late afternoon on a chilly Tuesday. David Small and Sarah Stewart have gathered in the parlor of their historic home on the river in a small Michigan village. They laugh as they talk about books, life, and what it’s like to be married to an intensely creative person. Their multiple-award-winning creations come from a place that spans broken childhoods and a happy 32-year marriage. Books have mended them and given them each a voice to inspire others. […]
