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St. Louis is my epi-center, I swear. There is so much Josephine B. energy there, and it's all because of Carole Wantz, bookseller extraordinaire at Barnes and Noble in Ladue. She has personally hand-sold over 3000 titles!
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Fireball Carole Wantz
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St. Louis is my epi-center, I swear. There is so much Josephine B. energy there, and it's all because of Carole Wantz, bookseller extraordinaire at Barnes and Noble in Ladue. She has personally hand-sold over 3000 titles!
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St. Louis is my epi-center, I swear. There is so much Josephine B. energy there, and it's all because of Carole Wantz, bookseller extraordinaire at Barnes and Noble in Ladue. She has personally hand-sold over 3000 titles!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The most beautiful library imaginable
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No, I confess I never expected to find the most beautiful library in the world (surely) in Kansas City: The Kansas City Public Library. A former bank, it's been made over into a library with a coffee shop, theater, communtity spaces -- all those things an ideal library should have. The former vault is a video room: how perfect. There's an out-door life-size chess game. I could go on and on.
This is the entry:
This is looking into the coffee shop area:
The event itself was with me and UK author Rebecca Stott. I'd read about her historical mystery, Ghostwalk, and it was a pleasure to meet her. A great evening.
(Photo below: Rebecca and me with Roger and Vivien from RainyDayBooks.)
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No, I confess I never expected to find the most beautiful library in the world (surely) in Kansas City: The Kansas City Public Library. A former bank, it's been made over into a library with a coffee shop, theater, communtity spaces -- all those things an ideal library should have. The former vault is a video room: how perfect. There's an out-door life-size chess game. I could go on and on.
This is the entry:
This is looking into the coffee shop area:
The event itself was with me and UK author Rebecca Stott. I'd read about her historical mystery, Ghostwalk, and it was a pleasure to meet her. A great evening.
(Photo below: Rebecca and me with Roger and Vivien from RainyDayBooks.)
Friday, June 13, 2008
Awesome luncheon!
Sue Boucher is an amazing book-seller. She's sold 1600 Josephine B.! This luncheon for 70 in elegant Loveli's restuarant in Lake Forest, IL, was a fantastic event.
To the left, a photo of Eileen and Beth, a charming mother and daughter.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Launch of luncheons by Nicola's Books
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I was honored to be the first guest author at a Nicola's Books luncheon in Ann Arbour, IL. It was such a lovely event that I predict that people will be clamouring to come. Nicola, in the blue dress at the front, is a vibrant book-passionate woman, which accounts for how wonderful her busy bookstore is, and how lovely the staff.
I had wonderful chats with the readers after. One, Anna, told me that it was her grandmother's crypt that's mentioned in the last story in Alice Munroe's The View from Castle Rock. Another, Helen, related the story of her father, who was born in a sod house in Rosetown, Sasketchewan.
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I was honored to be the first guest author at a Nicola's Books luncheon in Ann Arbour, IL. It was such a lovely event that I predict that people will be clamouring to come. Nicola, in the blue dress at the front, is a vibrant book-passionate woman, which accounts for how wonderful her busy bookstore is, and how lovely the staff.
I had wonderful chats with the readers after. One, Anna, told me that it was her grandmother's crypt that's mentioned in the last story in Alice Munroe's The View from Castle Rock. Another, Helen, related the story of her father, who was born in a sod house in Rosetown, Sasketchewan.
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