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Book News
2021 Nobel Laureate for Literature: Abdulrazak Gurney
2021 Nobel Prize for Literature The 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature has just been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah. He is the seventh African to receive this honor. The announcement was made earlier on October 7, 2021, after a closed-door deliberation by members of The Swedish Academy. Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah Paradise is at once the story of an African boy’s coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African […]
Pre-Order these Fantastic Titles
We’re excited for you to join us for a special author event. We’re welcoming author Colleen Cambridge, author of “Murder at Mallowan Hall” on October 29th, from 4:00pm – 6:00pm to Bay Books. At 5:00, we’ll have a Q & A time with an additional book signing afters. Can’t make it? Email us your questions and we’ll be running this on Facebook Live. Don’t miss out on all the fun, come and join us! You […]
Pulitzer Winner- Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdich is a Native American author who we would like to congratulate on winning a Pulitzer. She won Fiction in the “Books, Drama & Music” category for the book The Night Watchman. We’re more than excited to read this fabulous book. “In the Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich creates a fictional world populated with memorable characters who are forced to grapple with the worst and best impulses of human nature. Illuminating the loves and lives, the […]
Thought Provoking Books- We love them!
Here are some thought provoking books that we’ve been loving at Bay Books. Check these titles out, let us know what you think. If there are other titles you’ve recently found thought provoking or strongly standout to you, let us know. We’d love to feature more great books.
Books to Watch Out For and Read
“Sanitorium” by Sarah Pearse A Cross between “The Shining” and our own Traverse City State Hospital. “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner Hidden in eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele: Women who buy well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Exposure, mystery, historical references—all the good stuff. “Consent” A Memoir” by Vanessa Springora Exposes the hypocrisy of a French culture 30 years ago that […]
Staff Picks
October Staff Picks
Autumn’s Picks Broken by Jenny Lawson “Lawson’s knack for storytelling with honesty, vulnerability, comedy, self-kindness, and empathy kept me turning the page and alternating between laughing aloud and tearing up. She reminds me of my mother and also of myself, which made me feel less alone in our combined weirdness. I am now a loyal fan of Jenny, and I can’t wait to laugh and cry reading whatever she comes up with next.” Vampenguin by […]
September Staff Picks
Autumn’s Picks: Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson “Reading this book added so many titles to my tbr list! Smart, informative, and fun to read. This book is a great resource for learning more about the women who impact(ed) the gothic, horror, and speculative fiction genres. I can’t wait to read some of these authors this coming fall and winter!” The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas “This short gothic novel […]
August’s Staff Picks
Robin’s Pick The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate This book is very engrossing, yet difficult to describe. There is a new drug on the market, only legal in one state and only to be prescribed by its creator. Memoroxin is the breakthrough drug for Alzheimer’s patients, PTSD, severe trauma and other mental disorders. This makes it rife for abuse. There is a death that forces the doctor to establish a rehab center…….. free to abusers. But is […]
Author’s Corner
Reading with… Joyce Burd Hicks
About Joyce Joyce Hicks' stories have appeared in Literary Mama, Great Lakes Review, and others. Her debut … [Read More...]
