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Hot Buzz About Books and Book Clubs

For those of you in the greater Hartford area (and beyond), I will be joining a panel of esteemed book lovers and professionals in the publishing industry to discuss book recommendations on Thursday evening at 7:00 at the West Hartford Jewish Community Center. This is an annual event that runs in conjunction with the JCC’s…

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Hot Buzz About Books and Book Clubs

I’ll be speaking on the panel below alongside RJ Julia Bookseller’s President Roxanne Coady and Books on the Nightstand hosts Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness. If you’re a reader and a book lover, you should come. Before I joined the panel onstage, Elysha and I attended this event for years. It will be fun. I…

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Children swallowing poisoned beads was not my original plan. I swear.

In 2012 I participated in the Books on the Nightstand Booktopia event in Santa Cruz, California. The culmination of the weekend is an event called the Celebration of Author, wherein each author speaks for about ten minutes. My talk, as well as that of author Cara Black, was broadcast on the Books on the Nightstand…

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Random thoughts and observations from a weekend spent with authors and readers

Booktopia, the annual weekend retreat in Vermont that brings authors and readers together, has come to a close. Hosted by Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness, producers of the Books of the Nightstand podcast, it has become one of our favorite weekends of the year. As I sit at my dining room table on Monday morning,…

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Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness

Imagine: You launch a podcast in order to share your passion about books and story with the world. You dedicate your time, money and expertise to the cause. In return, you expect nothing. In fact, you actively reject opportunities to profit from your enterprise. As a result of your time and effort, a community of…

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