The seeds were planted early for Trish Snyder’s blooming career, culminating in her new book, “Backyard Cutting Garden,” to be released Jan. 28. Snyder is the founder of Flourish Flowers, the East ...

The ‘Joy Luck Club’ author talks about her obsession with birds in her backyard and what it means to write a book that isn’t about Chinese culture. For Chinese Americans of a certain generation, Amy ...

Clucking, trilling, grumbling, the two-note “lost chick call” and the musical sound of the egg song: The language of chickens was just one of the revelations that struck Tove Danovich as she raised ...

In an interview, Tan describes what she hopes people will learn from her book. The celebrated author of “The Joy Luck Club” and more than a dozen other works will discuss “The Backyard Bird Chronicles ...

When an acclaimed novelist takes up bird-watching close to home, she finds new stories to tell. Colette is the former books editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She now writes for Bay Magazine. The Tampa ...

Literature lovers of all ages are invited to gather under the trees this month as Montevallo hosts the 2nd Annual Backyard BookFest, a daylong celebration of reading designed to support the ...