- 3 KU students win Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards
- January 31, 2012
- Three Lawrence writers have gained a little recognition in a city known for being a good place for a difficult profession.
- Tradition of mystery figure who toasted Edgar Allan Poe appears over, as ‘Toaster’ fails to show for third year
- January 19, 2012
- Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer’s grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the “Poe Toaster” shall occur nevermore.
- ‘Adopt a Grandparent’ a tradition for duo
- December 12, 2011
- It’s been a decades-long holiday tradition for Lawrence women Barbara Downing and Judith Scheff. For about 20 years, the duo have adopted a senior during the holidays as part of the Douglas County Senior Services “Adopt-a-Grandparent” program.
- Local author to hold book signing
- October 29, 2011
- Lawrence resident Bryan Welch will discuss his recently released book “Beautiful and Abundant” at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive.
- Tallgrass Voices exhibits diverse range of Kansas poetry
- August 1, 2011
- Despite his greater love for writing historical novels and short stories, last March, Tom Mach had an idea to assemble a collection of poems from other authors to highlight the talent he knew resided in Kansas.
- New book from University Press of Kansas documents birds in state
- July 18, 2011
- The bird population in Kansas is, well, flighty.
- Youth pastor’s widow makes his dying wish come true with publication of “Scarlet White.”
- April 15, 2011
- Jody White will sign copies of her book Saturday at Hastings.
- Langston Hughes Awards find new date: Feb. 17
- February 3, 2011
- The awards reception’s original date was snowed out Feb. 1.
- Langston Hughes Award honors go to two first-time entrants
- January 28, 2011
- For one, it’ll be a coming out party into Lawrence literary society. For the other, it’ll be a chance to show her chops in a medium other than the one she uses to pay the bills.
- Part and parcel: Lawrence duo launches literary journal
- January 27, 2011
- With a penchant for the printed page, Heidi Raak and Kate Lorenz have spent the past six months making a publication that would be a work of art in itself.
- Library Public Library announces romance book sale
- January 24, 2011
- Friends of the Lawrence Public Library has announced plans for a Romance Book Sale next month.
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘Little Spirit’
- December 5, 2010
- Little spirit, oh child of mine,
- Lies, the liars who tell them, and how to spot both
- Former FBI agent who helped catch Oklahoma City bomber promoting new book
- December 5, 2010
- After a 30-year career in the FBI, Mark Bouton realized he had a lot of experience dealing with liars. He’s written a book, “How to Spot Lies Like the FBI,” which he will discuss at 7 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
- Little book on the prairie
- 05:10 p.m., November 30, 2010 Updated 05:10 p.m.
- Topeka artist tries his hand at children’s stories.
- Poet’s Showcase: “My Eyes”
- November 14, 2010
- My eyes Have seen the beauty of a rose in bloom
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