Zipporah Osei

2 weeks ago | boston.com | Lauren Daley |Zipporah Osei

Every once in a while, I read a book so good I need to read it twice – immediately, back-to-back. Such was the case with Amity Gaige’s literary thriller “Heartwood,” out this month. So while I’m surprised to learn she never meant to write a thriller, I’m not surprised that when I catch up with the New Englander, she’s readying to appear on “The Today Show.”“It’s very exciting and nerve-wracking,” Gaige, 52, tells me with a chuckle of her then-upcoming appearance on the NBC morning staple.

3 weeks ago | boston.com | Claudie Bellanger |Zipporah Osei

Readers Say It’s finally starting to feel like spring and after another long winter, Bostonians are ready to get outside. And let’s be honest, Boston Marathon season always gets us inspired to pick up running.

1 month ago | boston.com | Lauren Daley |Zipporah Osei

Growing up in a small coal-mining town in Appalachia, travel “wasn’t a thing,” Jennifer Haigh tells me in a recent phone interview from her Boston home. “But I’ve wanted to go to China my whole life. Then this chance just fell out of the sky.”That chance was a fellowship from the Shanghai Writers Association in 2016. Haigh applied and got it. There, her wheels began turning when she witnessed the megacity’s traffic. “Shanghai makes New York look like a cowtown. In 2016, it was one big traffic jam.

2 months ago | boston.com | Maya Shavit |Zipporah Osei

To celebrate Black History Month this year, dive into a fellow reader’s favorite book by a Black author. While Black authors make up a smaller percentage of the publishing industry than their white counterparts, according to analyses by the New York Times and Lee & Low Books, in recent years, they’ve often been at the center of “book bans” across the country.

Oct 16, 2024 | boston.com | Zipporah Osei |Nia Harmon

Books "Needless to say, sleep would not come quickly!" For lovers of all things terrifying and thrilling, there's no better time to dive into a horror book than the Halloween season. If you're looking for a scary story to get you through the rest of October, Boston.com readers have a long list of suggestions for you. In honor of the holiday, the Boston.com Book Club is reading the fiction thriller "Horror Movie" by Paul Tremblay.