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See you at the SPlovefest!

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Your Scribbler, Darlyn Finch Kuhn, will read from her debut novel, Sewing Holes, at 3:45 p.m. TODAY, Friday, May 29th, in the (first floor) Citation Room of The Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

It’s the Celebration of Recently Published Books, where you can enjoy snippets from eleven exciting new works!

Then, from 5-6 p.m., chat with the authors at the SPLoveFest in the (first floor) Secretariat Room at The Brown, where you can pick up your signed copies of their books.

Stop by the Sewing Holes table for information on Twisted Road Publication’s Southern Gothic Revival Short Story Contest, featuring cash prizes, to be judged by Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina.

The books, provided by Carmichael’s Bookstore, are:

The Café of our Departure, by Priscilla Atkins

Life with Charley: A Memoir of Down Syndrome Adoption, by Sherry Palmer

Flavors from Home: Refugees in Kentucky Share Their Stories and Comfort Foods, by Aimee Zaring

Dinner with Doppelgangers: A True Story of Madness and Recovery, by Colleen Wells

Swim Your Way Back, by Karen George

The One That Flies Back, by Barry George

The Sins of Omission, by Foust

The Eyes of the Window, by Marci Johnson

Dreamfire, by Kit Alloway

Sewing Holes, by Darlyn Finch Kuhn

Splitting the Soil, by Rosemary Rhodes Royston

 

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SCBWI Conference at Disney

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Bookmark It will be the official bookseller for this year’s SCBWI (Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators) Mid-Year Workshop conference. The conference will be held at Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort (500 Epcot Resorts Blvd – Orlando) from Friday, June 5 to Saturday, June 6 with sessions from 8 am-3 pm. Their list of ‘Comprehensives’ (specialized sessions) delivers invaluable advice from industry leaders to writers at all levels. Registration is still open and welcome to all.

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Dark Humor, Weird Characters, and Strange Places

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From 1 pm-4 pm on Sunday, June 14, MAD about Words will be hosting a writing workshop (fee $35) at MAD’s Condo Community Clubhouse in Winter Park (address provided at registration). The workshop will focus on the Southern Gothic style and will feature Darlyn Finch Kuhn (author of Sewing Holes) and Mary Ann De Stefano (founder of MAD about Words).

Traditional Southern Gothic literature has earned its place in the literary canon through classic works by authors like William Faulkner, Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams, and Flannery O’Conner. Come learn how current writers are rediscovering this fascinating sub-genre dealing with disenfranchised voices in warped communities—not necessarily set in the American South.

The workshop will begin by examining some much-beloved Southern Gothic works, move into current examples, and end the day with you generating new material of your own that embodies some of the characteristics of the Southern Gothic Revival

You’ll also learn about exciting places to submit your work after you’ve spit-shined it, including one involving author Dorothy Allison and the chance to see your work in a short story anthology to be published by Twisted Road Publications next year.

And please stick around afterwards to enjoy wine, cheese and camaraderie with Darlyn, Mary Ann, and the workshop participants!

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Debut Novel by Lauren Gibaldi

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The young adult novel, The Night We Said Yes, by debut author Lauren Gibaldi will be published June 16, 2015, staged in alternating then and now chapters, crafting a charming, romantic story of first loves, lifelong friendships, uncovered secrets, and, ultimately, finding out how to be brave.

Before Matt, Ella had a plan. Get over a no-good ex-boyfriend. Graduate from high school without any more distractions. Move away from Orlando, Florida, where she’s lived her entire life.

But Matt was never part of that plan.

And neither was attending a party that was crashed by the cops just minutes after they arrived. Or spending an entire night saying “yes” to every crazy, fun thing they could think of.

Then Matt abruptly left town, and he broke not only Ella’s heart but those of their best friends, too. So when he shows up a year later with a plan of his own—to relive the night that brought them together—Ella isn’t sure whether Matt’s worth a second chance. Or if re-creating the past can help them create a different future.