For all those fans of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, a prequel authorized by the Mitchell estate will be published in October.  The novel is tentatively entitled Ruth's Journey and focuses on the house servant Mammy, who otherwise remained nameless.

Here's a recent staff pick. Dinaw Mengestus's All Our Names received a glowing review in The New York Times Sunday Book Review this week.

Winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced.  The winner for fiction is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the winner for non-fiction is Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink.

For fans of literary trivia, can you name twelve books that end mid-sentence?

Do you love listening to audiobooks?  You're not alone.  The Ridgefield Library has an extensive collection of audiobooks on CD and Playaways and as downloadable audiobooks for your listening pleasure. Here's an article from The New York Times on the joys of listening to audiobooks.

What can literature tell us about love?  Here's what some writers think.

Nancy Horan's Loving Frank was a favorite of book groups.  Her just released Under the Wide and Starry Sky explores the tumultuous relationship between novelist Robert Louis Stevenson and and Fanny von de Grift, a strong-willed American artist.  Here is an interview with the author about her new book from BookPage.