Mark Reynolds

Sep 24, 2024 | keene.edu | Mark Reynolds

The passing of this incredible soul leaves a deep hole in the history and connection of the Keene State communityThe Keene State College community lost one of its most dedicated and engaged alumna on April 27, 2024, when Norma V. (Wright) Walker ’51 M ’59 went forth to serve a higher calling. Knowing Norma and her selfless love for the College’s older alums, I’m sure that’s exactly what she’s doing. Norma learned her lessons in generous service on her family’s hard-scrabble farm in Hancock, NH.

Sep 6, 2024 | bookanista.com | Mark Reynolds |Farhana Gani

Lights, camera, action! The 68th BFI London Film Festival is set to dazzle audiences for twelve days in October. From Steve McQueen’s Blitz to French auteur-provocateur François Ozon’s latest, to animated marvel Flow, the festival promises a cinematic feast spanning genres, generations, original features and literary adaptations in a rich tapestry of storytelling, showcasing celebrated superstars and emerging talents across the world.

Aug 4, 2024 | bookanista.com | Mark Reynolds

Set over the course of a sunny November day in suburban Delaware in the late 1950s, Jessica Anthony’s The Most dissects the hopes, uncertainties and secret desires of a married couple whose life hasn’t quite panned out as they’d hoped. Handsome people-pleaser Virgil Beckett drifted into a job as an insurance agent, but is ill-equipped to drive home expected sales, while his wife Kathleen, once a prospective champion tennis player, is reduced to an unfulfilling role as a home-maker and mum of two.

Jun 20, 2024 | bookanista.com | Mark Reynolds

Susan Muaddi Darraj began her debut novel Behind You Is the Sea six years ago, as a series of interlinked portraits of daily life among the Palestinian diaspora in Baltimore. The stories that make up the novel are centred on three Palestinian American families who are rooted in a common identity, but whose concerns are at once both deeply personal and universally relatable.

Nov 17, 2023 | bookanista.com | Mark Reynolds

Ami Rao’s Boundary Road is an inventively structured, deftly observed and uncompromisingly raw snapshot of contemporary multicultural London in which two young passengers on the Number 13 bus from central to north London have fleeting encounter whilst lost in their own pasts. Aron is making a new start as an assistant in a suit shop, embarking on a life beyond the gangland scene that once defined him, and chats brightly to anyone within earshot, gathering their stories.