What happened on HMS Terror? Divers plan return to Franklin wrecks
Scientists hope that ice will give up more clues to the fate of the 1845 Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage
Jared Harris as Francis Crozier, Ciarán Hinds as Sir John Franklin and Tobias Menzies as James Fitzjames in the BBC TV series The Terror. Photograph: Nadav Kander/BBC/AMC Film Holdings LLC
Jared Harris as Francis Crozier, Ciarán Hinds as Sir John Franklin and Tobias Menzies as James Fitzjames in the BBC TV series The Terror. Photograph: Nadav Kander/BBC/AMC Film Holdings LLC
Sun 14 Mar 2021 03.00 EDT
It’s a good time for a timeless book. Especially one that rhymes.
Longtime Aspenite and Emmy-winning broadcaster Greg Lewis had been working on a project for nearly seven years that fits that description. At the end of 2020, he self-published “Chasing Wonder,” an aquatic life lesson written in six-line rhyming stanzas that follows the journey of a lovable oyster named Wonder who has been thrown out of his bed (his oyster bed, that is).
“Chasing Wonder” defies categorization as it mixes elements of a children’s book with messages that resonate in an almost spiritual sense. Think Dr. Seuss meets the Dalai Lama. Taking place under the sea in a land called “Curiosity” (forgive me, for it is hard not to fall into the rhyming mode and mood of the tale) the book follows our little oyster friend as he meets and confronts the kinds of existential challenges that afflict us all.
A Mighty Blaze Continues to Build
Year-old social media initiative promotes authors By Claire Kirch | Mar 11, 2021
A year ago this week as bookstores began closing their doors to in-person traffic and publishers started canceling author events, A Mighty Blaze was lit on social media. Its purpose, co-founders Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum told
PW last March, was to connect readers with the authors of new adult releases by traditional publishers whose tours had been canceled due to the pandemic.
“We’re two technophobe female novelists in yoga pants trying to save authors from canceled tours and indie bookstores from being shuttered and we’re doing it every Tuesday,” they said.
John Steppe
Special to the Globe Gazette
Sometimes these days, Nialle Sylvan is finding books for an 8-year-old âcompletely obsessedâ with water. Other times, sheâs seeking books for a fan of some â but not all â of fiction writer John Irvingâs novels.
Before 2020, customers looking for books wouldâve visited her store, The Haunted Bookshop, nestled on the north side of Iowa City, and sought her guidance.
But over a year of the pandemic, customers havenât been allowed to personally peruse the 50,000 books on the shelves of the 10-room, 174-year-old building.
Instead, Sylvan offers them âSurprise Me!â bags. Customers can email her with their budget, interests and phone number, and she uses her expertise to select books for them.
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