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The LitScene
An exciting new addition to our site, The LitScene will feature all the latest news & events throughout the publishing industry, including book releases, readings/signings, seminars, and literary festivals. Check back often for informative & enlightening news from all corners of the literary world!

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NEW RELEASES

  • EXAMPLE: XYZ Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of The Write Stuff, the exciting new suspense thriller by John Q. Author! For more info, visit www.xyz.com.



AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • EXAMPLE: Vicki Versealot has been awarded the Hungry Poet Association's Prize for Poetry! For more info, visit www.hungrypoetassociation.com.
AUTHOR APPEARANCES


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH


Virginia Romance Writers of America Authors will host a collective book signing on Saturday, February 9, 2008, 4-6 PM, at Short Pump Barnes & Noble, 11640 W. Broad Street, Short Pump, VA 23233. For more info, contact (804) 360-0103.

SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:

Mary Burton - I'm Watching You, Cold Case Cop

Donna Dalton - The Calvary Wife

Jenny Gardiner - Sleeping With Ward Cleaver

Pamela K. Kinney (aka Sapphire Phelan) - Haunted Richmond, Forbidden Love: Bad Boys, Forbidden Love: Wicked Women, Forbidden Love: Sacred Bands, Coming Together Under Fire

Shara Lanel - Enlightened Love, Primitive Passion, The Zodiac Series Air

Sherry Morris (aka Sammie Joe Moresca) - Smolder, Coming Together For The Cure, Hundred Dollar Bill

Mary Montague Sikes - Eagle Rising

Natale Stenzel - Pandora's Box


FRIDAY-SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND-24TH


Author Pamela Kinney will be one of the guests of Shevacon in Roanoke, VA, from February 22nd-24th. The science fiction, fantasy, and horror convention will be held at the Holiday Inn Roanoke, Tanglewood, 4468 Starkey Road Roanoke, VA  24014. For more info regarding the convention, contact (540) 774-4400 or visit http://shevacon.org.


THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 6TH-9TH


Author A.C. Ellis will appear at Left Coast Crime, the annual mystery convention sponsored by fans of the genre, from March 6th-9th. A.C. will be a featured guest on the panel of thriller authors. For more info regarding the convention, visit www.leftcoastcrime.org/2008.


FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH


Author Pamela K. Kinney has been invited by the Virginia Festival of the Book to join authors Jean L. Cooper (A Guide to Historic Charlottesville & Albemarle County, Virginia) and Donna Akers Warmuth (Legends, Stories and Ghostly Takes of Abingdon and Washington County, VA) for the panel Traveling Historic Virginia: Sites and Tales, to be held on Friday, March 28th, 2PM, at the Sun Bow Trading Company, 110 W. South Street, Charlottesville, VA.





SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

  • EXAMPLE: The Readers & Writers Of Greater Sassafras will be hosting their 9th Annual Self-Publishing Symposium on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008, at 1 PM. For more info, visit www.sassafrasreadersandwriters.com.