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Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize Published 5/23/2012 at 10:18 a.m. 0 comments
Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.
Review: 'Cliff Walk' is chilling murder mystery Published 5/22/2012 at 2:25 p.m. 0 comments
In his Edgar Award-winning first novel, "Rogue Island," published in 2010, retired AP writing coach Bruce DeSilva introduced readers to the affable Liam Mulligan, a crime-solving Rhode Island metro reporter for the fictional Providence Dispatch.Mulligan, an old-school newspaperman with a ...
Maryland company submitted lowest bid to run Simi library Updated 5/22/2012 at 5:56 p.m. 10 comments
Maryland-based Library Systems and Services LLC submitted the lowest of three bids to run the Simi Valley library, proposing to administer it for about $1.4 million a year for five years.
A tale of family, loyalty, dealingwith fanaticism Published 5/19/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
They say in a small town, everyone knows everyone else's business. But no one but the congregation of the Church of Christ with Signs Following knew what was going on with a mysterious death during an evening church service, and ...
Unraveling of woman's claim to be 9/11 survivor detailed Published 5/19/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Two years after the horrific attacks of Sept. 11, a woman named Tania Head started posting to a 9/11 survivor's forum online. She claimed she was one of only a handful of people who had been above the point of ...
Literary Happenings: Author explores queen's long reign Published 5/19/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
At 10, her uncle's marriage changed her family's future forever. When she was 13, she met the young man who would become her husband of nearly 65 years (and counting). At 25, she became the monarch over a European nation ...
Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies Published 5/15/2012 at 3:45 p.m. 0 comments
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital.
Simi council wants county to run library for another year Updated 5/15/2012 at 6:37 p.m. 4 comments
The Simi Valley City Council has rejected three outside proposals to run its library in favor of letting Ventura County continue to administer it for another year.
Book best-sellers: May 13, 2012 Published 5/12/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
In 'The Right-Hand Shore,' past is a burden Published 5/12/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
"A place like this holds history," observes Wyatt Bayly, the new master of a vast Eastern Shore estate known as the Retreat. "It drives you back into the past just living here."
'Solitary House' a mystery that has a dose of Dickens Published 5/12/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
The star of Lynn Shepherd's intriguing mystery novel is midcentury Victorian London, depicted in all its filthy glory and without a hint of the jolly charm that found its way into the tales of Charles Dickens.
Simi council to weigh letting county run library for another year Updated 5/11/2012 at 6:44 p.m. 1 comment
The Simi Valley City Manager’s Office is recommending the City Council reject three outside proposals to run its library in favor of letting Ventura County continue to administer it for another year.
Newbury Park sixth-graders share importance of reading with Oxnard pupils Published 5/9/2012 at 5:38 p.m. 0 comments
A group of sixth-graders from Sequoia Middle School in Newbury Park came to Marina West School in Oxnard to share some of the 1,000 books they collected, and read them to the younger children.
Where the wild things still are: bedtime rituals Published 5/9/2012 at 3:47 p.m. 0 comments
The claws and teeth of wild things are a near-nightly affair at bedtime for Gregg Svingen's 2-year-old, Tessa. She raises a tiny index finger and issues a clear and forceful "Be still!" to knock Maurice Sendak's monsters into shape.
Literary Happenings: Former resident will offer Youth Summer Writing Camp Published 5/8/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Former Ventura resident Dallas Woodburn, a published author and writing instructor at Purdue University, will offer her fifth annual Youth Summer Writing Camp this month. Designed for writers of all genres from ages 8 to 18, the camp will be ...