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Czech Easter exhibits

April 1, 2025 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

Easter egg display in Vizovice, Moravia in the Czech Republic. Stay tuned for full story.

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Author Teri M. Brown pens Daughters of Green Mountain Gap

March 28, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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“Healing and being healed are some of the most human of all activities, and Brown encourages us to dive deeply into their rivers.”

Scott’s Book Review

In her new book Daughters of Green Mountain Gap, author Teri M. Brown dives deeply into the healing rivers of the main characters Granny Maggie, her daughter Carrie Ann, and granddaughter Josie May.

Sponsored by https://moraviansonsdistillery.com

Doc Chavent, and author Carla Stockton.

Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe.

Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town’s apothecary, Josie Mae doesn’t know whom to follow. But what happens when neither family traditions nor science can save the ones you love most?

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Daughters of Green Mountain Gap.

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Author Mikel Classen pens Piracy on the Great Lakes

March 21, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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“Loaded with rare period photos and engravings of the infamous pirates who wreaked havoc in Great Lakes waters and shore communities, Classen’s inviting narrative is fast-paced and filled with legends of treasures and daring exploits.”

-Sue Harrison, international best-selling historical novelist

Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery, Doc Chavent and author Carla Stockton

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Piracy on the Great Lakes.

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Author Carla Stockton pens Too Much of Nothing, a memoir

February 20, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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In Too Much of Nothing, Carla Stockton, a first-generation American baby boomer, shares her life story through a series of vignettes. The memoir begins with her mother’s escape from Europe before World War II and culminates in Stockton’s own journey to break free from a stifling marriage.

With a blend of humor and heart, Stockton reflects on the challenges and triumphs of living in the shadow of history. Her story is a meditation on the resilience required to navigate the complexities of identity and womanhood in a changing world.

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Too Much of Nothing.

Sponsored by author Carla Stockton, Doc Chavent, and Moravian Sons Distillery.

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Poet Kathy Johnson pens anthology Roots in Water

January 16, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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In her poetry anthology “Roots in Water”, Kathy Johnson captured the simple moments in life that matter the most: the love and passion for what we do.

“The only thing you take with you at the end of your life is your love, not your bank notes, not your honors, not your book,” she said in the For the Love of Books Podcast episode hosted by author Emma Palova.

As a Chaplain for the local hospice in the Copper Country of the Upper Peninsula, Johnson has met her final inspiration. “The saddest people are those who have given up on various things in life.

I’ve come away from death more alive to human beings, the world, and self-worth.”

A stanza from Kathy Johnson’s poem “Ceremony” shows the poet’s passion for life.

As the seasons turn

One to the next, so we travel

From East to West.

We rise and flow with the years.

Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent.

Listen to the podcast episode for a chance to win a signed copy of “Roots in Water.”

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Holidays with Lowell authors Glad Fletcher and Kathryn Den Houter

December 6, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

Lowell authors Glad Fletcher and Katherine Den Houter joined forces for a special holiday book signing event at the Coffee House at Cascade Christian Church on Dec. 14 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Holiday episode sponsored by authors Kathryn Den Houter, Glad Fletcher, Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent.

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Fletcher’s or Den Houter’s books.

For the love of books podcast with host author Emma Palova

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NaNoWriMo 2024 reimagined

November 27, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Happy Thanksgiving. Make words happen because books make great gifts.

Some policy changes in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) non-profit organization caused a mass exodus of writers and authors into different stratospheres.

TrackBear tracks your writing progress and multiple goals.

For 19-year NaNoWriMo veteran author Jean Davis switching tracks from NaNoWriMo to TNT was simple. She uses TrackBear to organize multiple writing projects. In case you’re wondering what TNT stands for, it is That November Thing.

“I am not as behind the organization as I used to be,” she said. “November is still my writing month.”

The new variations of NaNoWriMo carry on the same basic principle of getting people together to write. TrackBear allows you to work on separate goals

together.

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Author Larry Jorgensen pens Shipwrecked and Rescued

November 26, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Happy Thanksgiving. Books make great gifts.

Author Larry Jorgensen tells the true-life adventure of the 1926 City of Bangor shipwreck rescue off the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan.

A fierce November storm tossed the ship with a crew of 23 and 240 new Chrysler automobiles onto a Lake Superior reef. For the first time, Shipwrecked and Cars and Crew tell the near-tragic story of lost and desperate shipmates floundering for two days in the deep snow and near-zero temperatures. Jorgensen’s detailed research and collection of historical photos chronicles what happened, introduces the key players, and finally reveals the fate of those collectors’ prizes in the century since.

Listen in to win a signed copy of Shipwrecked and Rescued. Contact Emma via the website emmapalova.com with the name of the city that deceived Captain Mackin’s logistics in this story. Please comment below if you know the name of the city.

Sponsored by @Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent

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Author poet Martin Achatz pens A Bigfoot Bestiary and other Wonders

November 25, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Happy Thanksgiving.

A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders is a collection of poems that explores the mysteries of the human condition–from pain and loss to joy and friendship–all the big, hairy things that fill our lives with wonder and, sometimes, heartbreak.

The poems in the book chase the mythical figure of Bigfoot through mountain and forest, trying to capture the greatest mystery of all–love.

Listen for a chance to win a signed copy of A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders.

Sponsored by @Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent.

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Author Joan H. Young pens How to Hike the North Country Trail

November 15, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

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The first 100 pages of How to Hike the North Country Trail: not quite a Guide explain why the North Country Trail is unique among National Scenic Trails and why its political history causes the checkerboard of allowed uses found along its length.