These books will keep kids reading this summer - and discovering Alaska in the process
These books are a great way to introduce children in Alaska and beyond to our state and its many cultures and wonders.
In 'To the Edges of the Earth,’ a look at the people who pushed human exploration to its limits
Book review: 1909 was a climactic year for great accomplishments at the global extremes, historian Edward J. Larson tells us in his history of that year’s events.
Bears are coming for you, says humorist and ‘Bearmageddon’ expert
Book review: According to author Ethan Nicolle, the bears are out and there’s no escaping them.
‘Wildcat Women’ spotlights trailblazers in Alaska’s Arctic oil fields
Book review: Carla Williams gives readers a sense of what it was like to be there during the most tumultuous cultural and economic shift in the state’s history, from the perspective of those who were making their own history.
In winter or summer, Fairbanks is a place of breathtaking extremes
Located near the geographic center of the state, Fairbanks is Alaska’s year-round tourism destination.
For national poetry month, 3 Alaska poets shine
New works by Mar Ka, Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen and Kim Cornwall remind us of the power of poetry and the necessity of maintaining it.
Aliens, angels and perhaps the end of days in ‘Upon this Rock’ sequel set in fictional McCarthy
If you think the actual Pilgrim saga was strange, try adding space aliens, zombies, and demons to the mix. That’s just the start of what David Marusek has done with a series that has to be the weirdest Alaska story ever.
Book review: Gas tank empty, the Bush plane went down — but was it an accident or murder?
The Nathan Active series is the best thing going right now in Alaska mystery writing, and “The Big Empty” is one of the best episodes yet.
Peggy Shumaker’s ‘Cairn’ unpacks a life lived in poetry
The subtitle, “New and Selected Poems and Prose,” only hints at what is contained within these pages: a career retrospective tracing her pathway to now, and work moving in new directions.
In new novel, teens fight for survival in a dystopian future Alaska
In keeping with his first book, Paul Greci’s “Wild Lands” is at heart the story of a young man coming into adulthood through the process of survival.
In ‘Born to Ice,’ iconic photographs of polar animals
This expansive and beautiful book, scenes range from vast panoramas to facial closeups, unveiling an Arctic that is far from the barren wasteland some would dismiss it as.
New book for young adults describes life of iconic Alaska civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich
Many Alaskans, especially younger ones, don’t know about the conditions inflicted on Alaska Natives in the first half of the 20th century. It’s a knowledge gap that makes this book an important contribution.