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  Writing Workshops

  I will be hosting one final writing workshop of the 2024 year: Writers Mix-Up Mash Up at Easton Area Public Library (Main Branch, downtown Easton) on Monday, December 16 at 6 p.m. Register here. This evening workshop is aimed at building writing community and offering space for writers to work together or independently to reach…

  9 Dec 2024
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  Kneedler Ave renamed today

  Thanks to the research of author Wayne Sherrer for his historical survey of Phillipsburg’s African-American heritage (released in his book in January), Phillipsburg’s Kneedler Avenue will be renamed and recognized today in a ceremony at 1 p.m. The street currently honors former mayor Frank Kneedler. Phillipsburg Town Council voted to…

  7 Dec 2024
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  Buying our books for the holidays

  I encourage anyone local to register for Larry Sceurman’s author visit to Easton Area Public Library (Palmer Branch) on Wednesday, December 11 at 6 p.m. He’ll be reading and discussing Bookworm’s Magical Journey— his new dyslexia-friendly children’s book that breaks down the concepts of reading into a whimsical adventure in the forest. Register for…

  6 Dec 2024
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  Finding some relief and reunification after the election

  Poetic Relief at Book & Puppet November 14 I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that maybe poetry offers the outlet and the hope we all deserve. In November, Noble Quills at Book & Puppet Company, the independent bookstore in downtown Easton, will feature McKenna Graf and Darrell Parry. That event is November 14,…

  8 Nov 2024
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  Wine and a ghost story…

  Bill Prystauk and I will be headed to Cellar Beast Winehouse in Andrees on November 15 for what might be the most unusual book event ever… We will be joining J.Z. Nieves and Liz Rosen reading our various horror-adjacent works. And the sommelier at Cellar Beast will be pairing wines…

  29 Oct 2024
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  Join me for NaNoWriMo at Easton Public Library

  November is National Novel Writing Month, where ambitious writers try to write an entire novel in a month. To celebrate, Easton Area Public Library is hosting some  FREE public writing-themed events:

  26 Oct 2024
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  Arts & Crafts & Words

  The fourth week of the month is always hairy for me because my local public library’s board meets, of which I am vice president, and my local writers’ group meets, and of that I am president. Plus, if you’re like me, the mundane items like bills and finances seem to…

  26 Oct 2024
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  Update on Echo City

  Echo City Capers will be at the Barnes & Noble at Lehigh Valley Mall on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you miss them this weekend, they have plans to be at the 26th Annual Easton High School craft fair November 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event supports the…

  25 Oct 2024
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  Craft your Zine with your inner child, TONIGHT!

  I have been asked several times recently what I publish. What kind of books I like and promote. And I usually smile and reply that I don’t have a certain genre— that I collect people, storytellers, voices. The creative world is so vast, and with artificial intelligence improving and distribution…

  8 Oct 2024
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  Lehigh Valley Poetry Round-up

  If you like your poetry in the comfort of your own home, Stick Figure Poetry released its fall issue a few days ago, edited by Darrell Parry, author of Twists: Gathered Ephemera and founder of that online poetry publication that began life as a program at Mary Meuser Memorial Library. Poet and familiar face at Parisian Phoenix Nancy…

  7 Oct 2024