Katherine's Book Backyard

Temperatures hit 24 Celsius in London this weekend, which is a rather balmy 75 Fahrenheit.  That's much cooler than almost anywhere in...

I've always loved historical fiction but I don't read that much of it any more, unless it's for work. In the past year I'v...

When the "Nevertheless, she persisted" meme first showed up, it was in honor of Elizabeth Warren. But as it turns out, there have ...

This terrific boxed set is going wide. Sure, you can get it on Kindle and Barnes & Noble, but it's also available for your iDevic...

My first encounter with Shakespeare's play Julius Caesa r was watching the star-studded 1953 film in my 9th grade English class. James...

Margaret Atwood is one of the authors who is rewriting Shakespeare's plays for the "Hogarth Shakespeare'" collection. He...

This has been a good year for coming-of-age stories by debut authors and Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali is another one.  Just read the sale...