Once an author’s book is written and published, a second chapter in their work begins. The promotion of a book is crucial to making bestseller lists, increased book sales, and turning a passion into a career.
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Orphan Train a Success Because of Literary Events
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Jamie Ford Provides Writing Insight
Many people attempt to break in to the literary world, but few are able to break into the industry. Whether your goals are to make writing into a vocation, or write to tickle your creativity, Jamie Ford gives his two cents on how to become an author in this article. In another interview, Jamie Ford describes his own writing process and journey from start to finish his novels.
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Supporting Your Local Author
Garth Stein’s, How Evan Broke his Head, was recently re-launched for its 10th anniversary, an event that was recently highlighted in the Seattle Times.
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Jamie Ford Talks about His Upcoming Novel
Jamie Ford was interviewed, on an online radio program, recently about both his published books, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost, as well as the upcoming novel he’s working on. Jamie Ford discusses how his love of reading started with comic books and that as a child he had a passion for telling stories. He explains the importance in enjoying what he is writing and that is how he knows it works.
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Sonia Nazario Discusses Border Town Crisis
As the number of children crossing the border alone increases dramatically, Sonia Nazario has been discussing the reasons they travel into the US. She explains the situation in Central America is filled with gang violence and threats of murder which is causing the wave of children crossing the border to surge.
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Upcoming BIC Events
Summer is around the corner which means there are some amazing opportunities to listen to your favorite author. Here are a couple June events coordinated with Books in Common.
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Sonia Nazario Discusses Enrique’s Journey with NPR
Catch a conversation with Pulitzer winner Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, with Robin Young of NPR’s Here and Now. Listen as they catch up with Enrique’s continuing struggle to bring his family together in the United States and discuss the many difficulties facing the children pouring into America to reunite with their parents. To listen to Sonia’s interview click HERE.
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Lisa Genova Describes Alzheimer’s Effects
Lisa Genova author of, Still Alice, recently blogged about how the human brain expresses/suppresses emotions. From an early age we’re socialized to hold back what we feel and act according to societal standards. When the brain is attacked, by a disease such as Alzheimer’s, those pathways that prevent emotional expression are destroyed; therefore, the people with Alzheimer’s seem to develop atypical characteristics.
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Using Orphan Train in the Classroom
Christina Baker Kline’s novel, Orphan Train, is popular with classrooms and communities because of the multiple themes for discussion. Orphan Train, is about the unlikely connection between a 17-year-old Penobscot Indian, Molly, and the 91-year-old widow, Vivian, she helps with a community service project. While they get to know each other, their parallel stories are revealed.
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Still Alice Helps Open Alzheimer’s Discussions
Neighbor To Neighbor recently started the Still Alice Project using a grant to purchase multiple copies of Lisa Genova’s novel, Still Alice. They plan to use the book to open discussions on Alzheimer’s and help refer people to additional resources available.
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