The creators of the children’s book, Snowpolcalypse, will be signing copies at a New Jersey store.
Author Rob Watts and illustrator Susan Saunders will be on hand from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday night at Bobby’s News & Gifts located at 521 Main Street in Boonton, New Jersey reading and signing Snowpolcalypse. You can find out what happens when Walter wishes for a snow day.
Don’t miss this chance to meet them and to pick up a perfect Christmas gift for your children.
Author Stacey Longo will be at the Douglas Library this coming Wednesday, Dec. 11, to discuss finding the path to becoming a published writer. Some of the topics she will be covering include writing habits, editing, successful query letters, the importance of editing, and recognizing unscrupulous publishers.
Longo is a former humor columnist for the Block Island Times and the author of Secret Things: Twelve Tales to Terrify and Pookie and the Lost & Found Friend. Her stories have appeared in dozens of anthologies and publications including Shroud magazine, Shock Totem, and the Litchfield Literary Review. She has also edited a number of books including the anthology Wicked Seasons: The Journal of New England Horror Writers, Volume II.
Longo’s presentation starts at 6:30 p.m. The library is located at 22 Main Street in Hebron, CT. Any questions, call the library at (860) 228-9312.
For more information on Longo, check out her website here.
The third Anthocon has come to an end. All we have left are good memories and pictures until next year’s convention. Anthocon is organized by the Four Horsemen ( Timothy Deal, Mark Wholley, ZjOhnny Morse, and Danny Evarts). It’s an excellent convention where there are panels, author readings and vendors selling everything from books, t-shirts, wooden bookmarks and even lemon curd.
Post Mortem Press table.
Author and Books and Boos co-owner Stacey (Longo) Harris.
Authors Thomas A. Erb and T.G. Arsenault’s table.
The New England Horror Writers’ table.
Author Holly Newstein Hautala giving Anthocon’s Keynote address.
From left to right: authors Morven Westfield, Errick Nunnally, Trisha Wooldridge, and Jennifer Allis Provost.
Artist Stephanie Johnson’s artwork in the Art Show.
Author and editor Stacey Longo introducing Wicked Seasons, which she edited for the New England Horror Writers.
Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover reading her story in Wicked Seasons.
Anthocon organizer Tim Deal.
The Gnombies table.
Author T.T. Zuma behind the New England Horror Writers’ table.
Paranormal author Jolynne Valerie.
From left to right: authors and NEHW members Morven Westfield, Scott Goudsward, and Gordon Bean.
Anthocon’s vendor room.
Authors John Goodrich and T.T. Zuma.
Authors K. Allen Wood and Catherine Grant.
Secret Things author Stacey Longo reading her story in Anthology: Year Two: Inner Demons Out.
Author David North-Martino reading his story in Anthology: Year Two: Inner Demons Out.
Author Tracy Carbone at the Shadowridge Press table.
Items on the Books and Boos table.
Author Catherine Grant signing a copy of Wicked Seasons.
A lot of activity at the Books and Boos table.
Author Scott Goudsward reading his story in Wicked Seasons.
More artwork in the Art Show.
Author Tracy Carbone reading her story in Anthology: Year Two: Inner Demons Out.
Authors Gordon Bean and Jennifer Allis Provost.
Authors Stacey Longo and Trevor Firetog.
The offerings of Shock Totem.
Author K. Allen Wood.
Authors Laura Hickman and Kelli Jones.
The artwork of Charles Day.
Authors Peter Dudar and L.L. Soares.
Authors Errick Nunnally and Trisha Wooldridge.
Authors Kelli Jones and L.L. Soares.
Authors Scott Goudsward and Kristi Petersen Schoonover.
Author Rob Smales.
Author Rob Smales reading his story in Wicked Seasons.
Author Stacey Longo was at the Bozrah Farmer’s Market recently for Connecticut Author’s Night. She was one of 18 authors at the event.
Longo has a collection of 12 stories, Secret Things, coming out in October. She is also editing Wicked Seasons,which is the New England Horror Writers’ second anthology. It will debut at this year’s Anthocon in November. You can see the TOC here and the front and back covers here.
This Friday, the Bozrah Farmer’s Market welcomes 18 authors and illustrators.
The farmer’s market takes place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Maple Farm Park located at 45 Bozrah Street in Bozrah, Connecticut.
Here is the list of the 18 authors and/or illustrators who will be selling and signing their work:
Donna Marie Merritt
Lee Ann Graham
Julie Wakely
Liz Michalski
James Rourke
Richard Haesche
Melissa Damon
Susan Scheyder
Ryan San Angelo
Pat Demers Kaneda
Matthew Goldman
Laura Jacques
Carol Majewski
Trent Young
Dan Waters
Jan Grosskopf
Stacey Longo
Mary Elizabeth Lang
There will also be over 30 vendors at this event. Live music will be performed by Boom Chuck.
Check out the market’s website here.
The New England Author Expo and Book Sale organized by Christopher Obert and Pear Tree Publishing took place at the Harborview Ballroom in the Danversport Yacht Club in Danvers, MA. on Wednesday, July 31.
The Books & Boos tables at the New England Author Expo.
The New England Horror Writers table with author Scott Goudsward sitting behind it.
Authors Erin Thorne and Dale T. Phillips.
The Rosstrum Publishing table.
Author Stacey Longo talking with Joseph Ross of Rosstrum Publishing as author Vlad Vaslyn photobombs.
Author Stacey Longo (middle)helping author Tracy Carbone (right) with her banner as author Scott Goudsward looks on.
The Shadowridge Press banner after Stacey Longo put it together for Tracy Carbone.
Tracy Carbone’s table.
Author Erin Thorne at the Books & Boos table.
Authors Rob Watts and David Price behind the Books & Boos table.
Author Vlad Vaslyn behind his table.
Author Rob Smales setting up his books at the New England Horror Writer table.
Author Dale T. Phillips behind his table.
Author Rob Smales’ books on the NEHW table.
The Penguin Lady’s table.
The Books & Boos table.
Authors Michael Evans and Stacey Longo at the Books & Boos table.
The New England Author Expo – Book Sale is a week away. It happens next Wednesday, July 31 from 4 p.m to 9 p.m. in Danvers, MA.
This expo has over 50 authors attending it. You can find out who is attending here.
The Expo will also be attended by artists, illustrators and photographers such as KC Bowman, Brian Codagnone, and Lisa Greenleaf.
There will also be publishing and writing related groups such as Independent Publishers of New England and the New England Horror Writers organization. There are a number of NEHW members attending this show. There will be three members at the NEHW table; Scott Goudsward, Rob Smales, David Price, and Ken Wood. There will be six members at the Books & Boos table; Michael J. Evans, Stacey Longo, Erin Thorne, Rob Watts, and T.T. Zuma. A few members, Tracy Carbone, Dale T. Phillips, and Vlad Vaslyn have their own tables at the expo.
This expo has been happening for a number of years. It was started and is organized by Christopher Obert and his company, Pear Tree Publishing. It takes place in the Harborview Ballroom at the Danversport Yacht Club in Danvers, MA. from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The yacht club is located at 161 Elliott Street (Rte. 62) in Danvers.
The fundraiser went well today. The bookstore raised almost $350 for Holly. Her husband, author Rick Hautala passed away unexpectedly on March 21, 2013. Unfortunately, before he died, his life insurance policy lapsed. His widow and family are struggling to pay expenses related to his death. Anyone who has met Rick knows what a genuinely kind and decent man he was.
Not every item in the silent was bid on so we will be putting those items up on Ebay and/or our Amazon page. We will let you know when they are listed.
We want to thank Bill and Marge Rockwell, Scott M. Goriscak, David Price, T.T. Zuma, Trisha Wooldridge, Vincent H. O’Neil, Ronald Winter, Dan Foley, G. Elmer Munson, Jennifer Allis Provost, Dale T. Phillips, Vlad Vaslyn, Lauren Middleton, Tim J. Finn, Brian and Loretta White, Richard Tomas, Sandy Deluca, Leslie O’Grady, Linda Orlomoski, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Daniel Keohane, Tracy L. Carbone, Stephen D. Rogers, Alex Scully, T.G. Arsenault, Carson Buckingham, Hal Kinney and Robert Heske.
The above list of people participated by appearing at the fundraiser, donating to it, or just helping by setting up and making food for the event. It was greatly appreciated.
We also would like to thank Rob Watts, Erin Thorne, Philip Perron, Gardner Goldsmith, Bracken MacLeod, Stephanie Johnson, Kate Laity, Amy Grech, and Catherine Grant for either sharing on Facebook, tweeting/retweeting on Twitter and/or writing blog entries about this fundraiser. Thank you for taking the time to promote this event.
We would also like to thank John Valeri of the Hartford Examiner and Ryan Blessing of the Norwich Bulletin for writing about this fundraiser.
We want to thank Pastor Kevin Zufall (Church of Hope) for lending us chairs for the event.
This entry is from the Books & Boos’ blog. You can read and see the pictures from the fundraiser by clicking here.
Author Erin Thorne, from Sturbridge, MA., will be appearing at the Tatnuck Bookseller on Saturday, June 8, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The bookstore is located in the Westborough Shopping Center at Rte. 9 and Lyman St. in Westborough, MA.
She will also be appearing at the Windowbox in Stafford Springs, CT. from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m during the Arts on Main event on Friday, June 14. The store is located at 44 Main St.
She’ll sign copies of all of her books at both events, which will be available for purchase. These events are free and open to the public.
Please check out Erin Thorne’s Amazon page here or her Facebook page here where you can find out about her and her three books, Behind the Wheel, Diane’s Descent and Deals Diabolical.
Erin Thorne welcomes interviews and different types of speaking engagements and signings. Feel free to contact her by phone at (508) 347-3677 or (774) 757-7159. She can be contacted by email too, AuthorErinThorne@gmail.com.
Author Rob Watts will have a table at the Southcoast Toy and Comic Show this Sunday, May 19. The convention runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Watts will be selling and signing copies of Huldufolk and Crabapples. Each book comes with a CD of music that he personally created for each book. Don’t be afraid to ask him about his books or the craft of writing.
This is his second time at the Southcoast Toy and Comic Show. The last time he was there was back in 2011 with the New England Horror Writers organization.
The convention takes place at the Seaport Inn and Marina, located at 110 Middle Street in Fairhaven, MA. For more information about the convention, click here.
For more information about Watts, visit his website by clicking here.
Check out this article that includes a write-up and pictures from the 2011 Southcoast Toy and Comic Show. You can find the article here.
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