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High Tea and Hijinks

Laurie Pillman October 28, 2023
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

Laurie Pillman September 27, 2023
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

Laurie Pillman August 26, 2023
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’

Laurie Pillman August 1, 2023
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

Laurie Pillman June 28, 2023
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

Phil Luciano June 1, 2023
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

Laurie Pillman April 27, 2023
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

Jennifer Davis March 31, 2023
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

Jennifer Davis March 31, 2023
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

Nick Vlahos February 28, 2023
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

Steve Tarter January 1, 2023
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

Laurie Pillman November 30, 2022
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

Laurie Pillman October 1, 2022
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’

Laurie Pillman August 1, 2022
Mary Boone is a Tacoma, Washington-based author. An Iowa native, she also is a former journalist...
Laurie Pillman

Healing With Words

Laurie Pillman June 27, 2022
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

Phil Luciano June 27, 2022
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

Jennifer Davis June 27, 2022
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

Steve Tarter April 28, 2022
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

Mike Bailey interviews author Kathryn Miles April 1, 2022
Our ongoing quest to connect local readers to the work of authors with central Illinois ties takes us this month...
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