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Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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As a little kid I always had my nose in a book. And now that I'm thoroughly grown up, I still do. Below you'll find author profiles (lots of memoirists) as well as mini – and not-so-mini – book reviews.

Rain Taxi Review Puts on a Lively Book Fest

October 21, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 6 Comments

Tim Jollymore of Oakland, writes novels. Here with Barbara Falconer Newhall, author of Wrestling with God, at the Twin Cities Book Festival, Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Barbara Newhall

The Twin Cities Book Festival, sponsored by Rain Taxi Review of Books, was a book-lover’s paradise: Minnesota authors, publishers and, of course, books. Read more.

50 Books 50 Covers — How Top Designers Catch the Reader’s Eye

August 11, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

stark SophieWant to see some gorgeous book cover designs? Check out the 50 Books 50 Covers competition. Read more.

Julie Hill Barton’s Dog Medicine Goes Big

July 21, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

Julie Hill Barton reads from her book, "Dog Medicine," at A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, CA. Here with a fan, Kirby, a brindle-haired boxer. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Julie Hill Barton has lucked out. Her wonderful memoir, “Dog Medicine,” has been scooped up by a major publisher — Penguin. Read more.

Jesus Was a Loser — Does That Make Donald Trump a Winner?

May 26, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

Barbara Falconer Newhall with Scott Dikkers, editor of "Trump's America: The Complete Loser's Guide" at Book Expo America 2016. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Jesus was a loser who couldn’t keep his hair out of his eyes. That’s satirist Scott Dikkers channeling Donald Trump in his new — very funny — book “Trump’s America: The Loser’s Guide.” Read more.

BookExpo America: Dog Books, Funny Books, Holy Books, Swag

May 19, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

The exhibit hall of Book Expo America 2016 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Barbara Newhall

BookExpo America — the trade show where a Buddhist nun, a bald satirist, and a 136-pound Newfoundland dog were equally at home. Read more.

‘Dog Medicine’ — A Dog-Lover’s Journey From Depression to Health

January 14, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

Julie Barton, author of 'Dog Medicine,' with her soul mate dog Bunker, 2007. Photo by Heather Knape, heather Knape.com.

I’m not crazy about dogs. But I am crazy about a book called “Dog Medicine.” (“Soulmates” photo by Heather Knape.) Read more.

Atticus Finch — Meet Mother Emanuel

July 14, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

My copy of "Go Set a Watchman" on the counter of my local bookstore. Atticus Finch story. Photo by Barbara Newhall

“Go Set a Watchman” didn’t have a craft problem. It had a theme problem – in the character of a bigoted Atticus Finch. Read more.

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Xi’An to TX and Mao to LBJ — I’ve Been Traveling and I’m Back

Writer Barbara Falconer Newhall poses with a mock-up of Pope Francis at the Religion Newswriters Association conference in Austtin, 2013. RNA photo

China, Austin, a Religion Newswriters conference — I had a great, traveling September. It started with on my birthday on September 6, which lasted only a few hours because Jon and I were on a plane to Shanghai when somewhere over the Pacific we hit the International Date Line. Read more.

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Bare trunks of slender trees in an upper Midwest woods in winter. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Winter in the Midwest — When Trees Bare Their Souls

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I’m 83 and I’m Dumping My Bucket List

Barbara Falaconer Newhall taking a gift from the family Christmas tree. Photo by Jon Newhall

The Perfect Christmas Tree — I Finally Found It

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