BOOKS
Weekend Watch: Debra Marquart 
Tonight and Friday
For her latest book, “The Horizontal World: Growing up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere,” Debra Marquart returned to her North Dakota roots.
March 04, 2010
National Book Award authors at Concordia
International best-sellers Colum McCann and Daniyal Mueenuddin will read and speak at the fifth annual National Book Awards at Concordia College on March 25.
February 27, 2010
Saberi’s book set for release March 30
Fargo native Roxana Saberi was in an Iranian jail a year ago, uncertain about her fate. Today, she’s gearing up for a national book tour to share firsthand her gripping story.
February 26, 2010
Kids’ book helps explain deployment
Tricia Sterling and Tracey Tischler are close friends who discuss all their good ideas with each other.
By Judy Spooner, Forum Communications Co. , February 16, 2010
Author continues story about schools
Mortenson focuses on Afghanistan, Pakistan“Three Cups of Tea,” Greg Mortenson’s popular first book, told the story of the American mountaineer’s 10-year effort to build a school for the remote Himalayan village that took him in after his failed attempt to climb K2, the world’s second-highest peak.
By Mike Young, Dallas Morning News , February 14, 2010
Weekend Watch: Jane Jeong Trenka
Monday
A story of adoption by a Minnesota German Lutheran family may not seem too compelling as the subject of a memoir, but Jane Jeong Trenka’s “The Language of Blood” was just that.
February 11, 2010
The do’s and don’ts of Valentine poetry
Today is Feb. 11, which means that in exactly two days men everywhere will start panicking, realizing Valentine’s Day is Sunday and they haven’t even thought of a gift for their sweetheart.
February 11, 2010
Friends of the West Fargo Public Library to host February sale
Friends of the West Fargo Public Library will host a one-day book sale Feb. 6.
January 24, 2010
MSUM visiting writer series starts Feb. 15
The 24th season of the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series at Minnesota State University Moorhead kicks off Feb. 15, featuring author Jane Jeong Trenka, who will speak at 4 p.m., followed by a reading at 8 p.m., both in Comstock Memorial Union 101.
By Forum staff reports , January 24, 2010
Full list of recommended books
Here is a full list of the books recommended as winter reading from five Fargo-Moorhead area book experts. The list is divided into age groups from infants to teens:
January 12, 2010
Cool winter reads for kids
Summer reading lists are all well and good, but for many people winter is the best time to curl up with a good book.
January 12, 2010
Scenes and syllables: Fargo pastor, artist team for new book
Jamie Parsley is used to working with someone else’s words. As a pastor at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Fargo, he goes to the Bible for inspiration, guidance and interpretation.
By John Lamb , January 07, 2010
S.C. first lady Jenny Sanford will have memoir published in Feb.
By Associated Press , January 05, 2010
Local libraries evolve with advent of new technology
The old adage that the Internet would bring about the death of local libraries might just be a tall tale, after all.
By Kristen Daum , January 05, 2010
West Acres’ B. Dalton bookstore to close
Fargo’ West Acres mall is losing one of its original tenants.
The B. Dalton bookstore will close Jan. 16.
By Jon Knutson , January 02, 2010
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When Everyone Is Equal
"When I was your age, television was called 'books.'" - The Princess Bride Reporter Justine Wettschreck wrote about her experience of the Junior Great Books program yesterday, and I thought I would chip in with my own impressions. Essentially, Junior Great Books was a program
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Mar 10, 2010 at 5:00 AM | Oh Look, a Shiny Thing!Bear All at the Library
For decades my parents have threatened to lock me out of the house and skip town, and today, after plenty of fair warnings, they finally did. (They tell me they'll be back in an hour, but I have my doubts.) So instead of hanging out at their house, I'm sitting in a comfy chair at the library, righ
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Mar 5, 2010 at 5:00 AM | Oh Look, a Shiny Thing!Why the Internet Will Fail
From a now-hilarious 1995 Newsweek article: Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised instant catalog shopping–just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Mar 1, 2010 at 2:40 PM | Oh Look, a Shiny Thing!Grab your Hat and Read with the Cat!
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Tuesday, March 2 is Read Across America Day!
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Fargo Public Library hosts children’s events
Posted by: MC405 on Feb 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM | Doing it Downtown
A Danie Day
This morning I watched a television show on the deadly Civil War battle at that occurred at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. While I watched, I prepared myself for myself for the drudgery of year-end bookkeeping and taxes; an act which in comparison makes Gettysburg seem not so bad, at least I’d be o
Posted by: Grant Nelson on Feb 11, 2010 at 1:17 PM | Rural Reflectionsmama mondays: where have all the encyclopedias gone?
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Review: Sherlock Holmes
I was hesitant to watch "Sherlock Holmes," the latest movie adaptation of the exploits of the world's first consulting detective, because I like Robe
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