By Call for Poems: Kansas History’s “Kansas at 150” Special Issue Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, issued quarterly by the Kansas Historical Society, Inc., publishes new research on Kansas and central plains history and offers interesting, well-illustrated articles that appeal to both the serious student and the general reader. In commemoration of Kansas’s …
Caryn Mirriam Goldberg
Caryn Mirriam Goldberg, Kansas’ poet laureate, has started writing an Everyday Magic series on her blog, reflecting on “…one moment that lit up the world for me as if it, and not just my thoughts and thinking, really exists (which it does!). Follow her on her days of discovery: Caryn Mirriam Goldberg.
Tallgrass Faculty Booksigning
Saturday evening, the Town Crier Bookstore in downtown Emporia hosted its second booksigning event of the day. After 56 authors showed up at the morning event, the store seemed pretty spacious for this second one, with only seven authors. The evening booksigning was for authors who were on the faculty of the 25th Annual Tallgrass …
Authors Galore
Fifty-six authors showed up to sign books Saturday morning at the 4th Annual Author Extravaganza according to Becky Smith, manager of the Town Crier Bookstore in downtown Emporia. That’s a lot of peeps – and the store isn’t all that big. But they moved the movable displays into the back room, brought in tables and …
Authors Aplenty
Emporia’s Town Crier Bookstore was the place to be today if you are a writer or a reader. I’m not sure on the total number of authors who showed up, but it was in the 50-some range. I didn’t get to talk with them all, just seven or eight, maybe nine. It’s fascinating to talk …
4th Annual Author Extravaganza
Today at Town Crier Bookstore, 716 Commercial, downtown Emporia, they are expecting 56 authors or so. 11 a.m – 1 p.m. Go check it out. Talk to the authors. Buy books. I’ve bought a number of books at these events – books I really have enjoyed. Many are self-published, some are really fine books. ADAM …
Joshilyn Jackson
I’ve read all of Joshilyn (pronounced Jocelyn) Jackson’s novels (four of them) and so when I saw Wichita on her list of tour cities, I said, “I’m going.” And I fired off an e-mail to Tracy, my writer friend who had introduced me to Joshilyn’s books and blog four years ago. Tracy and I drove …
The Scent of a Best Seller
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Monument Rocks, Gove County, Kansas THE SCENT OF A BEST-SELLER “Did the rocks speak to you?” I asked Kansas author Nancy Pickard. Gove County’s Monument Rocks is the backdrop for Pickard’s new novel, “The Scent of Rain and Lightning.” “The rocks did speak to me,” …
Max Yoho
I had the pleasure of stopping by the Kansas Author’s tent at the Kansas Sampler Festival on May 2 to visit with my friend Max Yoho. Max is a funny guy. I mean that in a good way. He has a great sense of humor and tells a great story. He told stories in Emporia …
Longhorn Lounge
So, I told Dave this morning not to let me out of my chair until I had prepped 20 columns for my book. And he said OK. He left the house, I worked hard, then he came home at lunch and I had finished about 10 of the 20. “I know you’re not supposed to …
Nancy’s New Book
I dropped by the Town Crier this afternoon. The book came out on Tuesday. The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard (of Merriam, KS.) It’s another Kansas-based novel as was her enormously popular The Virgin of Small Plains. NancyPickard.com Nancy writes well and I’m looking forward to reading this novel set in “Rose,” …