Author
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 This Month
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November 2008
Annette Journet Jaco, author of Songs & Whispers, will be featured in the Daily World News in Carencro Louisiana paper in the first week of November 2008. The Teche News of St. Martinville, LA is also featuring a story on her book accomplishment and her ministry, which aim to inspire others, in the second week of November 2008.
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November 2008
Emmazina Day, author of Dear Jesus, will have a book reading at Sea Side Facility in Virginia Beach. For dates, email wellybellibooks@yahoo.com.
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November 1 & 15, 2008
Brian Huey, author of Perpetual, will have a book signing at:
- Borders, Moorocroft, Charlotte, NC on Nov. 1from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
- Borders, North Lake Mall, Huntersville, NC from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
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November 1, 15 & 22, 2008
Addison Gast, author of Extraction, will have book signings at:
- Reader’s Digest outlet, Discount Trade Center, San Marcos, TX on Nov. 1 at 3:00PM
- Hastings Book Store, New Braunfels, TX on Nov. 15 at 3:00PM
- Hastings Book Store, San Marcos, TX on Nov. 22 from 3:00PM to 6:00PM
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November 7, 2008
Dr. Anne Slanina, author of Annie Mouse Meets Her Guardian Angel, will present on using children's literature for social/emotional development in young children at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference in Dallas, TX
Visit www.anniemousebooks.com for more details
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November 7, 8 & 11, 2008
Ann Johnson, author of Ever Heard of Us?, will have the following engagement:
- Book signing at The Granary in Bird Island, MN on Nov. 7-8 from 10:30AM to 4:00PM
- Guest speaker at Parent and Kids Breakfast at BOLD school in Bird Island, MN on November 11
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November 8, 2008
Kitty Arceneaux, author of Talitha Cumi, will host her book reveal celebration and book signing at the Church of Faith in Slidell, LA.
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November 8, 2008
Thomas Cirignano, author of The Constant Outsider, will have book signing at the Lakeville Public Library, near the intersection of Rtes. 18 & 105 in Lakeville, MA from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.
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November 8, 2008
Susan Paisley, author of A Goose Tale and Her Cumberland, will have a book signing at the Logan County Library Children’s Hour, Russellville, KY from 1:00PM to 3:00PM.
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November 8, 2008
Don Herion, author of Pay, Quit, or Die, will have a book signing at Borders 7100 W. Forest Preserve Dr. Norridge, IL from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.
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November 8 & 15, 2008
Kenneth Polcyn, author of MISTRESSES AMONG US!, will have book discussions and signings at:
- Waldenbooks, Edison Mall, Ft Myers FL on Nov. 8 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
- One For The Books, 3810 Del Prado Blvd. Cape Coral, FL on Nov. 15 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM
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November 8, 21 & 22, 2008
Mia Montgomery, author of It’s My Business Why I Am Still Single, will have the following engagements:
- Book signing at Barnes and Noble, Brandon, FL on Nov. 8
- Speaking& Book Signing at the Regional 3 Conference, NSBE Jacksonville, FL on Nov. 21-22
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November 9, 2008
Fran Lewis, author of Bertha Speaks Out, will have a book signing at Barnes and Noble in Central Avenue in Yonkers at 1:00PM. The book’s illustrator, Jamie Miller, will also grace the event.
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November 10, 2008
John Love, author of Truth's Pathway to Peace and Happiness, will officially launch his new website, www.johnalove.com.
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November 14, 2008
Michelle Finnegan, author of Hung Jury, will have a book signing at the Women’s Club to raise money for the Junior Women’s Club Scholarship Fund. You can also see her commercial on Youtube by entering "Michelle Finnegan" in your Youtube search engine.
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November 13, 2008
Connie Houser, author of The Letters: Portrait of an Artist, Jim Houser, will be publicized in a news article by the Palm Beach Post Treasure Coast feature writer, Julius Whigham with photographs of the author and artist, Jim Houser at their studio. The book was a finalist in the National Best Books 2008 awards in the art general category.
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November 15, 2008
Jeff Morlock, author of Ripples on the Water, will have a book signing in Edina, MN from 11:00AM to 1:00PM at the annual Northwoods Boutique.
Go to http://www.northwoodsboutique.net/ for details.
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November 15 & 16, 2008
Susan New, author of Pat Pat The Angel: Adventures in West Heaven, will have book signings at:
- Waldenbooks at Chesapeake Square Mall in Chesapeake, VA from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
- Waldenbooks Greenbrier, also in Chesapeake, VA from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
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November 15, 21 & 29, 2008
Doris Washington, author of A Blessing, Caring & Sharing and Faith, Hope & Love, will have book signings at:
- Borders Express Staten Island Mall 2655 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY on Nov. 15 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
- Borders Express Century III Mall 3075 Clairton Road W Mifflin, PA on Nov. 21 from 5:00PM to 8:30PM
- Borders Express 828 Park City Center Lancaster, PA on Nov. 29 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
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November 20, 2008
Marlyna Sevilla, author of The Living Past, will have a book signing at Marcelo B. Fernan Press Center, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines from 4:30PM to 7:00PM. Bogo Redeemers Society Foundation and Café Laguna Catering Services will sponsor this event.
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November 21, 2008
J.R. LaGreca, author of Afternoon Tea and Suburban Weird, will have a book signing at the Village Book Shoppe Inc., 7 North Village Ave, Rockville Centre NY at 7:00PM.
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November 21 & 22, 2008
Melba Elledge, author of Little Birds in the Sun, will have a book signing at Gospeland Bookstore Cape Girardeau, MO on Nov. 21 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM and on Nov. 22 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM.
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November 22, 2008
Sheila Hendrix, author of Bad Company, will have a book signing party and a reading of an excerpt from her book at The Innerchange Church, McCalla, AL.
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November 23, 2008
L. L. Bartell, author of These Kaleidescope Hills, will have a book signing at Watermark Book and Cafe 4701 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.
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 Book Signing
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Marlene Thornton
April 1, 2008 |
Marlene Thornton, author of Devil’s Conversation, will have an interview with native radio in Fredericton NB, Canada.
Alexander Molnar, Jr.
April 9, 2008
Al Molnar, author of Blood Cheaper Than Oil, will have a book signing in Palmerton, PA’s Library ( Palmerton Library, Delaware Ave.) from 6:30PM to 8:00PM.
Pam Strange
May 13, 2008
Pam Strange, author of The Only Way to Get to the Backyard is Through The House, will have a book signing at Santa Paula Library at 6:30PM.
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 On Tour
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Mary Fox
February 12-27, 2007 |
Mary Fox, author of recently released "Teach Me Thy Holy Will," went to La Paz, Honduras with the UP Friends of Honduras Mission team. |
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 Media
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Shawn Salzman
May 2, 2007 |
The promotional commercial for Shawn Salzman’s book, Order of the Wolf, debuted on YouTube. The commercial plays out like a movie trailer, using drifting text and still shots set to a haunting classical score.
Martin Coy
December 27, 2007
Martin Coy, author of Not All So Tall Tales, appeared in the Frederick County, MD GAZETTE entitled "Coy Story - Author Explores Human Behavior in New Book.” The story provided a charming look at his book and an interview with Martin concerning why he wrote it.
Janey Lee Caravallo
2007 & 2008
Janey Lee Caravallo, author of GILBERT C. Hurry Home I Just Want to Say I Love You…, has been featured in the following:
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November 14, 2007 issue of Santa Clara Weekly
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January 2008 issue of Women’s National Book Association (WNBA)
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March 4, 2008 issue of Missing Pieces Radio Show Episode 84
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May 2008 issue Spotlight on Recovery
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June 2008 issue of Canadian Federation of Poets Newsletter
Charles Walter Wooten
October 2007
Charles Walter
Wooten recently got some local publicity for his book, Letters from a Chinese
Angel, in two different publications, The Broomfield Enterprise, by Barb
Proeger; and, in the Rocky Mountain News, (YourHub/Broomfield print
edition).
Doris Washington
November 7, 2008
Doris Washington, author of A Blessing, Caring & Sharing and Faith, Hope & Love, will guest on the Love Broadcasting Radio Show Love Broadcasting Radio Show (www.lovebroadcasting.net), which will air in Richmond, VA at 7:00PM. She will be talking about her two books, her experiences as a mother who lives with autism, and how her son serves as her inspiration to write. The show will be inviting persons who live with autism to express their experiences living with autism
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 Speaking Engagement
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Sonia Pressman Fuentes
October 2009 |
Sonia will be a luncheon speaker at the October 2009 Third Annual Conference of the Florida Consortium for Women's and Gender Studies, followed by a Q&A.
TOPIC:
"The Women's Rights Movement: Where It's Been, Where It's At"
PLACE:
University of Tampa
401 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33606-1490
CONTACT:
Judy A. Hayden, Ph.D.
Conference Organizer
Tel. (813) 257-3535
jhayden@ut.edu
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 Awards
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Albert Russo
2008 |
Albert Russo has three books, which qualified as finalists at the National Indie Excellence Awards in the Photography category.
City of Lovers- City of Wonder
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Body Glorious/Corps á corps
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New York at Heart/New York au Coeur
Gina Jones
2008
Gina E. Jones, author of Flying Between Heaven and Earth, was voted semi-finalist for Fiction & Literature in the New Age Fiction category by USA Book News.
For more information, go to www.FlyingBetweenHeavenAndEarth.com.
Lucy Cain
November 5, 6 & 7, 2007
Lucy Cain, author of Secure the Fort, is the recipient of the 2007 Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal Award for Best Anthology to be presented at the annual conference/banquet in Branson, MO.
Kevin Weeks
June 2007
Kevin M. Weeks, author of The Street Life Series: Is it Suicide or Murder?, was inducted as the Best New Urban Author of the Year 2006 for his novel. A voluntary Top Advisory Board of one hundred active members inducts The YOUnity Guild Award Winners of Excellence each year. He also won an award (Wild Card) in the New York Book Festival.
Jameela Alter
2007
Jameela Alter, author of On Clipped Wings, is a finalist in Foreword Magazine's eighth annual Book of the Year Awards in the Fiction-General category.
Judy Snider
2006
Judy K. Snider, author of Goldy’s Baby Socks, and her illustrator, Thomas McAteer, won The Cat Writer's Association award of excellence and the 2006 CWA Muse Award for best children's book.
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 Others
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Phyllis Ann Mariani
March 15, 2008 |
Phyllis Ann Mariani, author of And Baby Makes a Family, will be at an adoption conference sponsored by Adoption from the Heart.
Sonia Pressman Fuentes
June 9, 2008
The Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) will honor about 30 feminist lawyers, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sarah Weddington (the winning attorney in the famous Roe v. Wade case), who made significant contributions to women’s rights in the 1960s and ‘70s. Sonia Pressman Fuentes, author of Eat First, is on the committee planning and also one of the honorees. This will be an all-day program held at the Harvard Club in New York City.
Sonia Pressman Fuentes
December 21, 2008
There will be a play reading of the play, called Let It Be Already, based on Sonia’s memoir at the historic theater of the Church of the Transfiguration, more often known as The Little Church Around the Corner, in New York City at 1 East 29 St. |
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