Mark your calendars for July 10! I’ll be reading with the enchanting Susan Lilley on Thursday evening, July 10, at the Orlando Public Library. Our reading, which we’re calling “Double Trouble,” will start at 6:30 sharp in the Albertson Room on the 3rd floor of the library, 101 E. Central Blvd.
I’ll read from my new book, Hold Still, as well as dip into the others: Beauty Lessons, Flame and Behind Every Door. Susan will share from her collections: Satellite Beach, Night Windows and When We Were Stardust.
We’ll sign books afterward and then intend to carouse downtown in an attempt to live up to our billing. We don’t think it will be difficult.
I’m pleased to have an opportunity to read from my new book, Hold Still, at this fine independent bookstore, which has been one of my favorite bookshops for decades.
The Vero Beach Book Center has always been admired for its wide selection of books and its impressive calendar of author events and readings.
My reading will start at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. Afterward, I’ll answer questions and sign copies of my books.
The store is at 392 21st St. in Vero Beach. The phone number is 772-569-2050.
I’m delighted that The Cancer Poetry Project 2, which included one of my poems, “Infusion Fridays,” won the 2013 Midwest Book Award in the poetry category last night. Nice work, Tasora Books, editor Karin D. Miller and all the poets!
I’ll be at the Locally Grown Words Summer Book Fair at East End Market on Sunday, May 18, with copies of my new book, Hold Still, as well as Beauty Lessons, Flame and Behind Every Door. The free event sponsored by Orlando’s new independent bookstore, Bookmark It, will be at the popular market at 3201 Corrine Drive from noon to 4 p.m. Dozens of local authors and publishers will line the halls both upstairs and down, as well as in the beautiful courtyard. I’ll be sharing a table with Susan Lilley, author of When We Were Stardust, Night Windows and Satellite Beach. Grab lunch, check out the shops, visit with the authors and stop in at Bookmark It, which is extending the market’s grow-eat-shop-local mantra to include Central Florida readers and writers.