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RESTORATION
Hilliard and Harris
Publishing
Available for Readings,
Book Clubs
and Conferences
Please Contact Author
at:
Caron627@aol.com
Scheduled Events:
April 2006
4/21/06 - 4/23/06
Malice Convention, Arlington, VA
July 2006
7/15 9:00 - Noon
Martinez Adult School
Writer's Workshop,
Martinez, CA
Reading/Discussion/Signing
August 2006
8/8 Book
Club hosted by Alicia Hoadley, Reno, Nevada
8/9 Book
Club hosted by Jennifer Ditmer, San Ramon, CA
8/31 Book Club
hosted by Janice Hildreth, San Ramon, CA
September 2006
9/27 - 9/30 Paris Auto
Show, Paris, France. Okay, I'm not doing any readings, but I
will be doing some research (and shopping)!
October 2006
10/12 - 12/15 The
Greenbrier, West Virginia, 2006 Global Leadership Conference
10/17 Book Club
hosted by Sue Clark, Lincoln, CA, 6:30 PM.
10/18 Reading/Signing
of Restoration at Winston Smith Books in Auburn, CA, 4:30 -
7:00 PM. Children's author, Kevin Kurtz, will be joining me
to read and sign his book, Mortimer and the Powerful Sword,
so bring the kids too!
10/20
Book Club hosted by Denyse Gagnon and Jill Specter, Irvine, CA
7:00 PM.
10/22 11th Annual
Chronicle Book Fair, Queensbury Hotel in downtown Glens Falls, NY, 11 AM - 4 PM. I'll be signing copies of Restoration
and participate in panel discussions. It's the perfect time
to visit the Adirondacks...the leaves will be changing! I
always look forward to going back to the place where
Restoration is set.
November 2006
I'm writing!
December 2006
12/6 12:15 PM
Speaking to Young Writers @ IHS
On Holiday Remainder
of Month
January 2007
1/11 Sacto Book Club
Q&A Chat
April 2007
4/28 - 4/29 Los Angeles Times/UCLA Book Fair. I
will be at the IWOSC booth on Sunday from 11 - 1.
January and February 2008
Shopping Restoration to stores in Connecticut and New York.
Future Readings T.B.A.
2/14 Book Club Aliso Viejo, 7 PM
March 2008
3/5 Book Club Q&A Chat by Phone 7 PM
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News/Reviews
Early
Praise for Restoration:
“Caron Kamps
Widden’s novel is a vivid portrait of a family struggling to
survive after a tragedy. Beautifully written, it is threaded with
emotional truth as the main characters restore an old home and
rebuild their lives.”
~Lisbeth
Thom, author of Row Away From the Rocks.
Restoration was
mentioned in ZYZZYVA'S Winter Edition 2006. Many
thanks to Founding Editor, Howard Junker, for his continued
support. You can visit ZYZZYVA at
www.zyzzyva.org. A
wonderful literary magazine featuring West Coast writers.
Check out my ad for Restoration in the Fall and Winter 2006
additions!
“Caron Kamps
Widden restores my faith in the domestic novel, the novel of
ordinary people and their ordinary struggles and glories and
passions, the novel written in clear, compelling prose, the novel
you keep reading because you want to find out what happens to
characters you have come to care about.”
~Howard
Junker, Editor of Zyzzyva.
Interesting Sites and Events:
Zoetrope: All-Story,
Francis Ford Coppola's, award winning literary magazine offers
on-line writing classes, contests and a yearly conference in
beautiful Belize. For more information, visit Zoetrope's
on-line virtual studios:
www.zoetrope.com or
www.all-story.com.
Some years back, a
short piece I wrote was published in a small college journal
called Spindrift. Every year they do a fabulous job
coordinating art, photography and written word onto glossy pages.
My work, And Then There Was Light, was featured with a
beautiful photograph submitted by a college student. I'm a
huge fan of small literary journals which provide a forum for
emerging writers. This obscure journal is particularly good.
Visit Spindrift at:
www.shoreline.edu/spindrift/
Caron attended her
first
Malice Domestic Convention in Arlington, VA the weekend of
4/21/06. Malice Domestic is an annual event for authors,
publishers and fans of mysteries in the classic tradition.
Even though Restoration is a work of literary fiction,
Caron still wanted to travel to Malice XVIII to meet, in person,
her publishers and fellow authors at Hilliard and Harris.
Two authors from Hilliard and Harris were nominated for an Agatha
Award, a big honor in the mystery world. A great weekend and
highly recommended for anyone who loves mysteries. For more information about the convention, please
visit the Malice Domestic website:
www.malicedomestic.com
The Hilliard and Harris table
at Malice XVIII Awards Banquet. Caron is second from the
left!
Book
Club Update:
The book clubs I
visited this summer were a real kick! I was welcomed and
made to feel right at home discussing Restoration with
thoughtful readers who love to analyze the pages they read and get
to the heart of the meaning. I was fascinated listening to
their observations and have drawn so much from their
feedback...it's a great way for a writer to expand their craft to
new levels. The Reno group opened my mind to the importance
of writing from the heart, how the story seemed to touch them
emotionally and personally. Plus, we were sitting in a
beautiful dining room with breathtaking views of lit-up Reno.
Wow. Two other groups I visited actually had names for their
clubs: LYLAS (Love Ya Like A Sister) and Wild Women Who Like
To Read -- Book Babes (This group even had T-shirts! And
believe me, they live up to their name!)...they've all met for
years and not only discuss the books they read, but are great
friends who support each other in many ways. Very inspiring
-- they know how to have fun, yet take their reading seriously and
the food...delicious. If you're not in a book club, I highly
recommend joining one, it will stretch your reading list and you
might just make a new friend or two.
Recommended Internet Stops:
An author friend, Kate
Pearce, from writing classes years ago has a fun blog you can
visit at
www.katepearce.com.
She's a very talented, witty Brit who writes books that
will make you blush!
Looking for a wonderful portrait photographer in Southern
California? Visit the websites for Anamaria Brandt, the
fabulously talented photographer who is responsible for my cover
photos. www.anabrandt.com
and www.b--seen.com
If you like good
Architecture, please visit:
www.kampsfalconearchitects.com, a
premier design firm in Southern California. Their site and
photos of their work will simply astound you.
© 2006 Caron Kamps Widden
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