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July 2008
Shelby Adams Lloyd, author of Grains of Sand, will be selling her book in the waterfront in Southport, NC throughout the month of July. Southport has a marketplace where artists, crafters, farmers, quilters and flower growers can sell their goods. She will be the only selling books.
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July 1, 2008
G.L. Giles, author of The Vampire Vignettes, had an interview with Vila SpiderHawk in the Summer 2008 issue of MetaCreative Magazine to be released in July 1.
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July 2, 2008
William Shuttleworth, author of New Diamonds and Old Gems, A Poet’s Buried Treasure, will have a book signing at Inside Downtown Library Entrance, Jacksonville, FL from 5:30PM to 8:30PM.
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July 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2008
Doris Washington, author of A Blessing, Caring & Sharing and Faith, Hope & Love, will have a book signing at:
- Borders Express 3587 Capital City Mall Camp Hill, PA 17011 on July 5 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
- Borders Express 2132 Whitemarsh Mall 8200 Perry Hall Blvd Baltimore, MD 21236 on July 12 from 4:00PM to 7:30PM
- Borders Express The Gallery Market 9th and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA 19107 on July 19 from 12:00PM to 3:00PM
- Waldenbooks Military Circle Mall 880 N Military Highway Norfolk, VA 23502 on July 26 from 5:00PM to 9:00PM
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July 12, 2008
Susan Paisley, author of A Goose Tale and Her Cumberland, will have a book reading and signing at the Morgan University Center, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM.
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July 12, 2008
G.J. Lewis, author of First Lady, An Old School Love, will have a private book signing from 5:00PM to 8:00PM. This is by Invitation Only.
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July 17-20, 2008
Gloria Taylor-Boyce, author of Why Are You Here?, From Chaos to Cohesion and a prophetess under the Prophetic Order of Mar Elijah, will be addressing the opening session of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Annual Region 1 Conference. Throughout this three-day conference, her book will be on sale and she will also have a book signing.
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July 19, 2008
Heather and Carmen Lee, authors of The Mystical Adventures of the Linkling Fairies, will be guests at the Author! Author! Book Festival in Shreveport, LA. Carmen will be a guest speaker and both of them will be available for questions and autographs.
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July 19, 2008
Betty Jean Grant, author of Falling Through The Crack, will have a book signing at True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 East Ferry Street, Buffalo, NY from 1:00PM to 2:00PM during the pastor’s love radio broadcast.
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July 25 & 26, 2008
Runda Poe, author of Inspirational Harmony, will be attending the 2008 International Society of Poets Symposium and Convention at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. The event will consist of workshops, seminars, lectures, banquet dinner, award ceremonies, entertainment, and Poet of the Year competition. From 9:00AM to 6:00PM, visit the Poet’s Display Rooms to see the creativity exhibited by fellow poets and purchase a signed copy of Inspirational Harmony and other memorable souvenirs. Visit www.TheInspirationalHarmony.com for more information.
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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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