Michigan Bookstores Fired Up for A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach

Loreen Niewenhus packed ‘em in for an early bookstore event for A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach last Thursday. Here’s a photo from the talk and signing at McLean & Eakin, a fine indie bookstore in Petoskey, Michigan. Loreen’s book about her walk all around Lake Michigan poses that question we’ve all had, walking on [...]

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A War of Her Own Author at East Texas Book Fest

Author Sylvia Dickey Smith will lead a break-out session on “Plotting the Mystery Novel” at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, at the East Texas Book Fest, on the campus of the University of Texas at Tyler. (Tyler, for us non-Texans, is midway between Dallas and Shreveport, Louisiana.) Besides penning A War of Her Own, her [...]

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Saving Sailing Book Author Nick Hayes at Minneapolis Boat Show (Jan. 22-23)

Nick Hayes, author of Saving Sailing (Crickhollow Books, 2009), will be speaking in Minneapolis at the Minneapolis Boat Show / SailFest Seminar Series this weekend. As a featured speaker in the SailFest Seminar Series, Hayes will be speaking 7:00 p.m. on Friday (tonight), on the topic of “Saving Sailing,” based on his book with that [...]

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Books for the Holidays – Plank Road Summer Co-Authors at Country Rose Bakery (Racine Co.) on Thanksgiving Saturday

Hilda and Emily Demuth, co-authors of Plank Road Summer, a middle-grade historical novel set in Racine County, Wisconsin, in 1852, will autograph books at the Country Rose Bakery & Cafe in Yorkville (just west of Racine, Wis.) on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 28), from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. The Country Rose is easy [...]

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Guide to Fantasy Literature – Signing at Boswell Book Co., Tuesday, Aug. 18

Attn: Milwaukee area folks . . . Philip Martin will be doing a talk and book-signing Tuesday, Aug. 18, 7:00, at Boswell Book Company, on his new book, A Guide to Fantasy Literature: Boswell Book Co. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 7:00 2559 N. Downer Ave Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 Stop by and hear Martin tackle the dragons! [...]

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Co-Authors of Plank Road Summer at Racine County Fair

Hilda and Emily Demuth, co-authors of Plank Road Summer, a wonderful middle-grade historical novel, will be appearing at the Racine County Fair on Saturday, August 1. Why we’re excited: the culminating event in the chapter-book Plank Road Summer (Crickhollow Books, May 2009, $13.95, paperback) is . . . the first Racine County Fair! It was [...]

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