My book tour launched on April 3rd with a Facebook livestream hosted by LSU Press. Sunny Rosen, publicist for LSUP, moderated the Q&A session at the end. Watch it here and let me know what you think!
Barbara Drake-Vera
Come to My Books & Books Launch Party, April 10!
Oh, joy of joys. I am launching MELTED AWAY at Books & Books, in Coral Gables, on April 10, 7 p.m. It’s a free launch party, which means there will be a reading and slideshow by yours truly, a book sale and signings (of course), refreshments and general merriment.* The event is free and… Read more »
Virtual Launch Party for Melted Away, April 3
My very first event to celebrate the publication of MELTED AWAY will be a virtual launch party, Wed., April 3, 3 pm ET (2 p.m. CT) hosted by LSU Press. The event is free, and you can preregister on Facebook, at this link. I’ll be giving a short reading and sharing images, by Jorge Vera,… Read more »
You’re Invited to a Book Launch Party for Melted Away!
I’m so excited. My friend Cynthia Barnett has been helping organize and spread the word about my Gainesville, FL, launch party and book signing for MELTED AWAY, on April 17, 7 p.m., at the Matheson History Museum. You can attend in person or virtually, for free, but we do ask that you register (so we… Read more »
Pre-Order MELTED AWAY Now!
I’m excited to announce that pre-orders have opened for Melted Away. My pub date is March 27. You can pre-order your copy, in paperback or ebook format, through many bookstores. I recommend pre-ordering through my publisher, LSU Press, if you live in the United States. My friends abroad can easily preorder at Amazon. Note… Read more »
Spiffing Cover Reveal!
I am so pleased to finally share the cover of Melted Away, exclamation mark, exclamation mark! I received the art last month but had to sit on it until preorders opened. You can’t imagine how hard that was. The main image was taken by Jorge Vera, in 2008, while we were on our second pilgrimage… Read more »
Welcome to My New Site Design!
It’s a Sunday afternoon in North Central Florida, and I am rather in heaven poking under the hood of my redesigned website. Yes, this one. I’ve created and run four websites since 2009, but this is the first time I’ve hired a professional web designer. What a difference that has made! All the things I… Read more »
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- Books & Books, in Coral Gables, is one of my favorite bookstores. I used to sell books there (in the original storefront) in the 1990s, and in the early 2000s I wrote their monthly newsletter. I remember reading Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer” in the front window of the Books & Books location during Banned Books Weeks. Owner Mitchell Kaplan’s commitment to freedom of expression has never wavered. Credit: Books & Books
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- I used to lose myself in the stacks of the Strand Bookstore, in lower Manhattan, when I lived in the East Village in my 20s. If someone would like to throw me a post-reading party in the Strand’s atmospheric Rare Books Room, I would not mind at all. Credit: Booksbooks431
