Book Release: The Defect

Congratulations to new Wordherder and new author, Jeff Bailey, on the June 9th release of his first novel, The Defect. Check it out!

Congratulations, Jeanette Mendell! 2016 PNWA Finalist!

Congratulations to Jeanette Mendell who has been selected as a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest. Jeanette is being recognized among middle grade authors. In addition to receiving a bargain on the registration for the 2016 PNWA Conference July 28 – 31, Jeanette will be honored at the Awards Celebration and Dinner at the conference. Well done, Jeanette!

Time Out of Time: The Telling Stone out in paperback!

The second book in the Time Out of Time series, The Telling Stone, will be available for sale in paperback as of May 10, 2016. The paperback version includes a stellar reading guide and the famous map! For Maureen’s local Tri-Cites friends, Adventures Underground always has signed copies of her books in stock.

Donelle Knudsen’s Book Signing at Columbia Center’s Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble: What better place is there to browse for books and enjoy your favorite beverage at the Starbucks Cafe? Stop by and say “Hello” at Donelle Knudsen’s book signing at Kennewick, WA Columbia Center’s B&N Saturday, May 7, from 2-4 PM.

Take a Flying Leap with The Water Master

To celebrate the release of her book, The Water Master, Betsy Dickinson is sponsoring a special Take a Flying Leap Day promotion. Check it out!

Book Release: All Fall Down

Congratulations to Jennifer Churchill on the release of her first novel, All Fall Down: Part 1 Spring Showers! Check it out! 

Book Release: The Water Master

Congratulations to Betsy Dickinson on the release of her new book, The Water Master. Check it out!

Fanfare for Between Heartbeats!

Donelle Knudsen‘s book, Between Heartbeats, is featured in the Winter 2016 edition of the Portland State Magazine Fanfare section. Check it out!

Time Out of Time: The Telling Stone in the News!

Check out the cover below for the paperback edition of The Telling Stone by Maureen McQuerry.  The paperback is to be released May 2016. Abrams, the publisher, has created a discussion guide for the book with questions for literature circles, book groups and class discussions. The discussion guide will be in the back of the paperback edition, or you can get it directly from Maureen’s webpage.

Robyn Hood: Galaxy of Thieves – a Fresh Voices quarter-finalist

Another round of recognition for Deidre Havrelock’s screenplay, “Robyn Hood: Galaxy of Thieves“. It was selected as a quarter finalist in the 2015-2016 Fresh Voices Screenplay competition. Deidre has a chance to edit and revise her screenplay in advance of the March 1 2016 announcement of semi-finalists. We’ll keep all our Wordherders fingers crossed!