Queenstown, MD – Lauren Monroe, author of The Maryland Shores women’s fiction series will greet book-buying customers, looking for last-minute gifts on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Book Warehouse/Queenstown, all afternoon/evening. Monroe, who in real life is Loriann Oberlin, therapist and non-fiction author, has written two books in her series thus far, which is popular […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Rebecca Makkai, whose novel “The Great Believers” was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, will kick off the fall semester’s Rose O’ Neill Literary House Series on September 5, 2019. The free and public reading will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Lit House, followed by a […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Greg Farley, Washington College’s director of sustainability, will kick off WC’s fall 2019 lecture series in Talbot County on Sept. 5 with a discussion about sustainability and resiliency on the Eastern Shore and how local residents can help achieve it. The talk at Talbot County Country Club begins at 6 p.m. and […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, MD – Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer […]
Continue ReadingSt. Michaels author Gerald F. Sweeney has completed a series of seven novels called The Columbiad that follows one family through the 20th Century. The saga’s final novel, Comes the Electric Circus, will be featured at his reading at the Book Plate in Chestertown on May 25th at 2pm. His topic: “How the Mild 50’s […]
Continue ReadingLocal author Paul Briggs will be discussing his novel Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise on Earth Day, April 20, 2019 at 3 p.m. at the White Swan Tavern in Chestertown. Copies of the novel will also be on sale. Admission is $10. Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise is a 2018 Foreword Indies Finalist in science fiction. Set partly in […]
Continue ReadingStumped on something novel to get Mom this Mother’s Day? If you’ll forgive the pun, local author Lauren Monroe reports that while chocolates, a coffee mug or a bottle of wine are fun, the ability to lose oneself in someone else’s trials and triumphs coupled with a little Chesapeake fantasy may be the best ticket […]
Continue ReadingRomance Author K.L. Montgomery, who lives in the Rehoboth Beach area, newest novel, The Light at Dawn, will be release this week on February 7, 2019. I had the chance to receive a review copy of the novel. This one is much different than her Romance in Rehoboth series, which I have reviewed several of […]
Continue ReadingJohn Dedakis is coming to this year’s Bay to Ocean writing conference On March 9, 2019 in Wye Mills, MD. He brings with him an impressive resume and a deep knowledge of how to write a novel. We hope you will take advantage of the talented speakers we have assembled for the participants. Each year […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – In partnership with the Frederick Douglass Honor Society and the Talbot County Free Library, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is hosting Dr. David Blight on Saturday, November 10 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm for a talk on his newly released Frederick Douglass biography. Admission is free, but limited to 120 ticket […]
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