Literature
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Newtown Square Home Makeover Melds Hollywood Light with Traditional Main Line
A family home in Newtown Square got a big time makeover from the two medical professionals who live there with their two young children, writes Eileen Smith Dallabrida for Main Line Today. The house was built in the early 2000s, but the owners’ wanted a more contemporary aesthetic. “The colors were dark and rich, but…
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‘Born to Run’ Author, Drexel Hill Native Chris McDougall Has a New Book Out
Chris McDougall grew up near Aronimink School. He played hoops at St. Dot’s and rode his bike out to a quarry near Springfield Mall to do some fishing, writes Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. There was a lot of action, a lot of running as a kid in 60s and 70s suburbia. He may…
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Neumann University’s Bock Book Award for Children’s Literature Marks 20 Years
The 20th Bock Book Award for Children’s Literature will be presented to author Kelly DiPucchio and illustrator Stephanie Graegin on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 10:30 a.m., in the Mullen Communication Center at Neumann University. The duo won the 2019 award for their book, Super Manny Cleans Up! In the book, Super Manny and his pal Gertie…
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Delaware County Woman’s Book Shares Local Stories of Survival and Inspiration
A Delaware County mom has written a book she hopes will inspire as it shares real life stories from people in the Philadelphia region who turned heartbreak and hardship into hope, reports Stephanie Stahl for CBS Philly 3. The book, “The People You Meet in Real Life,” is about how people have overcome what seems…
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Amy Rigby, Haverford Music Festival Performer, Is Also a Writer
Amy Rigby, who performed this past Saturday at the Haverford Music Festival, has written a memoir, “Girl to City: A Memoir”, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Rigby was backed by a band that included drummer Doug Wygal and her husband, Wreckless Eric on bass–the British punk-era songwriter who penned the immortal 1977 anthem…
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Free Books Help Make SEPTA Daily Commutes a Little Easier
SEPTA riders have another option besides staring at their phones during their daily commute—free books to read, reports Mike Denardo for KYW News Radio. Barbara Nolan knew that London and New York offered free books to their transit riders. It got her thinking, and she approached SEPTA. “It’s an excellent way to pass the time…
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Journey Across Delco! Students Are Invited to Visit All 28 Delco Libraries This Summer
Children in Delaware County can pick up a free passport style booklet at their local library and journey across Delco to all 28 member libraries in the county this summer. Journey Across Delco is geared toward children in pre-school and early elementary school. Booklets are currently available at all Delaware County Libraries (DCL). Students can…
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Ridley Creek State Park Plays Host to Elegant Harry Potter Wedding
This Harry Potter wedding at Parque at Ridley Creek State Park toes the line beautifully between a fully fleshed out concept and just plain overboard, writes Sarah Zlotnick for Philadelphia Magazine. Cory Waddell and Lawrence Mallard dated for two years and decided to celebrate their birthdays with a trip to Universal Studios. “I am incredibly…
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Memoir Takes an Intimate Look Inside Life at Ardrossan Estate
For decades, Janny Scott’s grandmother, Helen Hope Montgomery Scott, and her husband, Edgar, presided over Ardrossan, an 800-acre Villanova estate established by the Montgomery family in 1912, writes Melissa Jacobs for mainlinetoday. It was the Main Line’s Downton Abbey, a 50-room manor laden with art and antiques, where glamorous people lived glamorous lives. Ardrossan was…
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Dave Barry Stops By to Chat at Haverford College 50th Reunion
Funnyman Dave Barry entertained fellow alumni at Haverford College’s 50th reunion Saturday, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Barry, 71, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist who graduated from Haverford in 1969 with a bachelor’s in English. He began his journalism career two years later at the West Chester Daily Local. He moved to…
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Lansdowne Poet Wins Two Awards at West Chester University Poetry Conference
Lansdowne poet Janie McNeil will be accepting two awards from West Chester University this week at the 24th annual Poetry Conference, June 5-8, writes Ruth Rovner for the Delaware County News Network. The nation’s only all-poetry writing conference is dedicated to formal poetry, drawing renowned poets, teachers of poetry, poetry lovers and student poets. The…
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12-Year-Old Takes Winning Book to the Smithsonian
Twelve-year-old author Gabrielle Jones Fields is taking her book to the Smithsonian Institution this weekend, reading from it, and signing copies during a Saturday Mother’s Day-themed event at the National Postal Museum, writes Chris Kaltenbach for The Baltimore Sun. Gabby, a seventh-grader at Mount Royal Middle School, won last year’s inaugural Amazing Women’s Edition contest,…
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New Book Tells Story of Hidden Lives at Famous Ardrossan Estate in Villanova
Janny Scott, the daughter of Robert Montgomery Scott, has written a new book on hidden lives behind the walls of the famous Ardrossan estate in Villanova, writes John Timpane for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father is based on the diaries of Scott’s father, who was the grandson…
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Radnor Resident, School Counselor Publishes Humorous Book of Tips for Middle Schools Parents
Radnor resident Andy Mullen, a Tredyffrin/Easttown School District counselor, has published Middle Schooled: Parenting Tips and Reminders to Keep You Smiling, a humorous guide for parents of children in middle school, writes Max Bennett for Patch. The book is a compilation of Mullen’s observations, insights, and advice for parents. It is based on e-mail messages…
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Renowned Social Activist, Cheyney Grad Authors Book on Nonviolent Campaigning
George Lakey, a Cheyney University graduate and veteran of social activism, is in Pittsburgh for a book discussion and workshop, writes Bill O’Driscoll for 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station. A life-long activist, Lakey was arrested for the first time in 1963, during a civil rights demonstration. Two years later, he published his guide book…
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For This Man, the Journey of 4,000 Miles Began with a Single Step … in Chadds Ford
Andrew Forsthoefel shares the stories of people he encountered on his 4,000-mile walking journey in his book Walking to Listen, writes Jim Sullivan for The Daily News of Newburyport (Mass.). Forsthoefel, a native of Chicago, graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont eight years ago, but said he was not done learning. In an attempt to…
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Author Raised in Drexel Hill Publishes Fourth Novel in Series Set in Delco
Tom Faustman, an author who grew up in Drexel Hill, has released the latest installment in his “The Misadventures of Dylan” series that is set in Delaware County, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The fourth book in the thrilling series that takes place in post-Vietnam Delco is called Dylan’s Devils. In…
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Media Native, Golf Writer Plays 111 Rounds in 57 Days as Research for His New Book
Media native Tom Coyne, an author and professor at Saint Joseph’s University, has released his latest book on golf, entitled A Course Called Scotland, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. A Devon resident, Coyne graduated from Notre Dame, and is now the director of creative writing at SJU. This is his third book about…
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