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High Tea and Hijinks

Moving is stressful. Moving to a foreign country is a whole different level of stress. But most people don’t expect...
Author Sue Rovens

Stories to Shock and Disturb

Retired librarian Sue Rovens is all smiles when she sits down to discuss her recently published book, Sanctum. She has...
Pekin author Phillis Dewitt with her book

Pain into Purpose

At 63, Phillis Dewitt is a powerhouse. She’s a nurse practitioner with a post-doctorate degree. She teaches future nurses at...

‘A rapper’s approach’

As high school seniors start their final year, some are making decisions about careers while others are focused on college....
Fat Girls in Fiction founder Mary Warren, right, and her assistant Kayti Lake

A Novel Approach to Representation

Mary Warren defines herself as an author and a “fat liberation activist.” As the author of two romance novels featuring...

Central Places Are familiar places

When Audrey Zhou leaves the big city to visit her childhood hometown, she sees a lot of familiar Peoria-area landmarks.There’s...

A Place For Writers, By Writers

Peoria-area writers have a new place to call home thanks to the hard work of three of their own. It’s...

A Q&A with Author James Klise

James Klise is a Peoria native and author of the Edgar Award-winning book The Art of Secrets and of Love...

Read outside your comfort zone

It was September 2012, and James Klise was invited to a “Right to Read” event in Kansas to speak to...
Peoria Basketball Feature

The golden era of Peoria hoops

About 35 years have passed since the beginning of the greatest era of Peoria high school boys basketball, a period...
Ken Zurski

Ken Zurski lands on his brand

Ken Zurski has always found history to his liking. His first book, The Wreck of the Columbia, chronicled the 1918...
Reising Shepler Book Lola and the Tree of Life

Lola and the Tree of Life

Everyone experiences grief. It can bring overwhelming physical and emotional suffering. While mental health professionals say this is a natural...
Sylvia Shults holding books in front of a red brick building

One Spooky Storyteller

According to Sylvia Shults, her passion for ghost stories started when she was 9 years old and summer vacations were...
A book cover of "Bugs for Breakfast" with books on shelves in the background.

‘Bugs for Breakfast’

Mary Boone is a Tacoma, Washington-based author. An Iowa native, she also is a former journalist...
Laurie Pillman

Healing With Words

Every July the Par-a-dice Hotel Casino is flooded with readers and bestselling authors coming in from all across the United...
Man holding a book

Famed Sportswriter Tries Hand at Poetry

In the longest project of Rick Telander’s career, the renowned sportswriter aims at a new audience:Kids. Specifically, sick kids.For nearly...
Jennifer Davis

On ‘Controversial’ Books

The quote reads like it’s ripped from today’s headlines, but it’s actually from the “Freedom to Read” policy adopted 70...
Steve Tarter

Review: In The Spirit Of Wetlands

Sometimes, environmental progress is just a matter of forgiveness.That’s one of the messages of "In The Spirit of Wetlands," a...
Kathryn Miles

Peoria Native Explores True Crime Genre

Our ongoing quest to connect local readers to the work of authors with central Illinois ties takes us this month...
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