Books

Imagine a book club focused on death and grief. That’s what Hands of Hope began this year with its Turning the Page Book Club.

The program will be hosted from noon to 1 p.m. at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave.

National Poetry Month in April is the largest literary celebration in the world. Consider inviting poetry into your space.

Stop by the Plano Library meeting room beginning March 23 to stock up on books and movies sold at bargain prices.

Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held Saturday, March 23 - Saturday, April 6 at the Plano Library, 5 W. North St.

Shopping Small inspires a lively winter boutique trip.

The Goddard Schools of Will County are hosting a book drive for Bernie's Book Bank, which provides books to children in under-resourced communities

Rikki Lee Travolta has been racking up awards for his imaginative screenplay creating an alternate history for Elvis.

The launch event will begin at 5 p.m. Jan. 16 at The Next Picture Show, 113 W. First St., in downtown Dixon. At 6 p.m., the author will sit for an interview with Tom Demmer, executive director of the Lee County Industrial Development Association.

Fulton Book Club members Kathy Wolf, Connie Koehn, Jane Orman Luker and Carol Kolk joined Barbara Mask at her home Thursday to celebrate the group’s more than 50 years of discussing books that have included everything from Sybil to The Great Gatsby.

Katie Sauer, a Dixon native, has released her first co-author publication, “Womanhood: Identity to Intimacy and Everything in Between”.

At 8:30 p.m. Dec. 9, author Emily Bleeker will be hosting a one-night-only special event at the Improv Playhouse, 735 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville.

Illinois families with infants and toddlers now have access to free children’s books that can be sent directly to their home, regardless of their income.

Mathius Carter, who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, wrote a children’s book, “Instead of Sheep: A soldier’s way of explaining PTSD to his son.”

Jack Mead and Tom Dempsey put a book together to make sure the stories of Lee County soldiers who lost their lives in World War II would never be forgotten.