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What is the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend?
And why will I be flying off to Nacogdoches, Texas, in January? This Writer's Digest article explains more about the world's LARGEST book club – and the annual party that I am so looking forward to being part of! When else will I get to wear my cowboy boots AND a...
Pulpwood Queen Book Club Girlfriend Weekend
Alice Hoffman headlines this annual weekend-long celebration of books and readers. Jan. 11 - 14, 2018, at Stephen F. Austin State College in historic Nacogdoches, TX. For ticket packages, check out the Beauty and the Book page.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
By Jay Strafford A most unusual detective team -- a girl and a cat -- returns for a second outing in "As Dark as My Fur" (208 pages, Severn House, $28.99), the second installment in Clea Simon's newest series. Carrie "Care" Wright is in her early teens and has taken...
Texas and tiaras!
WOOT! It's official! I'll be at the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend in January! I have wanted to attend this wild and crazy book-club-cum-crazy-wild-party since I first heard about it (probably from the super-talented New York Times-bestselling author Caroline...
“A most unusual team…”
"A most unusual detection team..." begins this review of As Dark As My Fur in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The piece goes on to praise the book's "combination of hard-boiled crime novel, feline fiction, corruption and even a touch of the supernatural." Why, thank you!
Thank you, Boston Public Library!
Seen in the wild!
“Daze of Futures Passed….”
“Music-scene insider Clea Simon’s WORLD ENOUGH shows how the daze of futures passed on the Boston rock underground reaches into the present to stir up darkness. Makes me want to get out my old Aught Nines vinyl.” –Milo Miles of NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” Thank...
Happy Bookstore Day!
It's Independent Bookstore Day today!Why? To quote the website: Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They...
What a great cat! (Happy #FelineFriday!)
A cheery #FelineFriday story from a hard-working campus kitty!
Diversity makes us stronger!
We all know that a full spectrum of characters, people, and places are what bring our favorite books to life. Now the wonderful organization Sisters in Crime, of which I'm a proud member, is offering the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, a...