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

By Matthew Dicks | April 18, 2013 | Comments Off on 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

By Matthew Dicks | April 15, 2013 | Comments Off on 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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