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Naperville Writers Group names winners of high school writing contest

Submitted by Thomas Guzman
Apr 22, 2025 11:19 am - Naperville Writers Group announces high school writing contest winners in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction categories. Winners received cash prizes and publication.
Book Review: ‘Hope Dies Last’ visits visionaries fighting global warming

By JEFF ROWE
Apr 22, 2025 9:52 am - Alan Weisman has found an all-world cast of scientists, engineers and environmentalists who have dreamed big and worked passionately to repair some of the world’s wrecked...
Book Review: How would Joan Didion feel about her therapy session notes being published as a book?

By ANITA SNOW
Apr 21, 2025 2:08 pm - Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions converted into a book after her death.
St. Charles Public Library hosts third annual poetry reading

Submitted by St. Charles Public Library
Apr 15, 2025 2:58 pm - To celebrate National Poetry Month, the St. Charles Public Library invites the community to a poetry reading on Friday, April 25.
Naperville leaders partner with woman’s club to ‘Drop Everything and Read’

Submitted by Susan Stockton
Apr 15, 2025 2:50 pm - On April 12, the Naperville Woman’s Club’s encouraged everyone to “Drop Everything & Read.” This date was chosen as it’s also the birthday of the beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary.
AAUW honors local student authors

Submitted by Anita Walls
Apr 15, 2025 1:55 pm - The Batavia-Geneva-St. Charles AAUW branch proudly continues its tradition of encouraging and honoring aspiring young writers through its Creative Writing Contest. This ...
Book Review: Mark Synnott heads ‘Into the Ice’ to chase the maritime mystery of Sir John Franklin

By ROB MERRILL
Apr 14, 2025 3:58 pm - Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that ...
Book Review: ‘Golden Girls’ inspired ‘cozy mystery’ is no comedy, but still a nostalgic nugget

By TERRY TANG
Apr 14, 2025 3:43 pm - After 40 years, people of all ages are still thanking the Golden Girls for being their friend. So, a whodunit read — “Murder By Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery” — doesn’t seem like a far-fetched tie-in.
Celebrating creativity: Meet the 2025 District 214, Daily Herald Community Art & Writing Contest winners

Daily Herald staff report
Apr 11, 2025 4:11 pm - We proudly present the winners of the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. Their winning submissions will publish over the next week.
Third place winners, Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest, 2025

Submitted by District 214
Apr 11, 2025 4:04 pm - Here are the third place winners in the 2025 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest.

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