Author
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August 2, 9, 16, 23 & 29, 2008
Doris Washington, author of A Blessing, Caring & Sharing and Faith, Hope & Love, will have a book signing at:
- Borders Express 2132 Whitemarsh Mall 8200 Perry Hall Blvd Baltimore, MD on August 2 from 4:00PM to 7:30PM
- The Bookworm Bookstore West Shore Farmer's Market 900 Market Street, 2nd Level Lemoyne, PA on August 9 from 9:00AM to 2:00PM
- Borders Express Century III Mall 3075 Clairton Road W Mifflin, PA on August 16 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
- Borders Express 828 Park City Center Lancaster, PA on August 23 from 12:00PM to 3:00PM
- Waldenbooks Colonial Park Mall Route 11 & Colonial Road Harrisburg, PA on August 23 from 4:00PM to 8:00PM
- Brentano's 28 West Fourth Street Tower Place Mall Cincinnati, OH on August 29 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM
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August 2, 2008
G.J. Lewis, author of First Lady, will have a book signing at Eastland Mall, Harperwoods, MI from 3:00PM to 6:00PM. This event is sponsored by Flipside Ink & Custom Eyes.
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August 5 & 14, 2008
Liz Cosline, author of Transcendental Sojourn, Arrival To One Journal, will have an interview with Radio Jack in California on Aug. 5 and will also be interviewed on the Tina Lees radio show on Aug. 14.
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August 7 & 8, 2008
Marcus Jones, author of Everyone Has A Story, This Is Mine, will have a book signing at Jeffery Manor Branch 2401 E. 100th St. on Aug. 7 from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. He will also have a speaking engagement at the community public non-violence forum at the Abraham Lincoln Centre, Chicago, IL on Aug. 8 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.
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August 9 & 30, 2008
Marissa Lynn Jordan, author of A Faery's Tale, will have a book signing on August 9 at Red's Place Restaurant's Family Fun Festival from 12:00PM to 4:00PM in Twinsburg OH. Another book signing will take place on Augusr 30 at Borders in Cuyahoga Falls from 1:00PM to 4:00PM.
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August 9, 2008
Fran Lewis, author of My Name is Bertha, will have a book signing at Barnes and Noble in Mohegan Lakes at 2:00PM.
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August 9, 2008
Sue Chevalier, author of Sarah's Special Birthday, will be doing a reading of her book at Barnes and Noble, Boynton Beach at 11:00AM. Call 374-5570 for directions.
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August 15 & 16, 2008
Marilyn Parmelee, author of Hearing God's Voice For Yourself, will be interviewed by Lauro Adame at the local Christian TV station, GNS Channel 39 in Lansing, MI on Aug. 15 at 1:00PM. She will also hold a workshop on Aug. 16 at the Covenant Worship Center, 1380 Haslett Rd., Haslett, MI from 4:00PM to 6:00PM. Workbooks will be provided to those who have purchased the book. To register, email the author at marilynparmelee@yahoo.com.
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August 15, 2008
Lolae Jolie Lambert, author of Good Grief, will have a book signing at Bogart's Book Store 210 N. High Street, Millville, NJ from 7:00PM to 9:00PM.
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August 16, 2008
Theodora Aggeles, author of Answering The Call: Nurses of Post 122, will have a book signing at the grand opening of The Armed Forces Military Museum, Inc. 2050-34th Way N., Largo, FL from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. Call 727-539-8371 for more information.
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August 27, 2008
Joie Davidow, author of I Wouldn't Leave Rome to Go to Heaven, will have a book reading at Book Soup, Sunset Plaza, Los Angeles, CA. |
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August 30, 2008
Dr. Teresia Felton Dennis, author of Leadership in the Christian Atmosphere, will have a book signing at the Montezuma Historic Depot Montezuma, GA from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. |
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August 30, 2008
Jeannine Reardon, author of Confidential Communications, will have a book signing at Borders, The Mall, Columbia, MD from 2:00PM to 4:00PM. |
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August 31, 2008
Tara Lewis, author of Will the Real You Come Out?, will have a speaking engagement and book signing at the Young Adult Day program in Brunswick County, NC at 5:00PM. A book signing will follow the event.
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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).
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 Speaking Engagement
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Sonia Pressman Fuentes
October 24-27, 2008 |
Sonia Pressman Fuentes, author of Eat First, will be speaking at the 12th Annual
Conference of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC), at the
Marriott Hotel, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, on the topic, “My Yidishe Tate-Mame” (“My Jewish Mother and Father”). A Q&A and book signing will follow. |
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 Awards
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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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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.
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