My Name is Not Easy, by Debby Dahl Edwardson of Barrow (who posted here yesterday) was just named as a finalist for the National Book Award! Not sure if we have ever had an Alaskan prose finalist… http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/national-book-award-finalists-2_b39892 Should be on the NBA site soon. Congratulations, Debby – and thanks for placing us on the […]
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Debby Dahl Edwardson’s latest young adult novel is a Junior Literary Guild selection Thirty-five years ago, when I first came to Alaska, I fancied myself a poet. I was also dabbling with short stories and thinking–although daunted by the thought–of novels. I was living in an old log cabin outside Fairbanks on the corner of
It’s your last chance to register for Revision Intensive, a six-hour course beginning tomorrow, Oct. 23. Today, Friday October 22 from 4:30pm-6:00pm there will be a discussion at the UAA Bookstore titled The Genre of Romance: Is Romance Changing? Cheryl Lovegreen, Kianna Alexander, Marcy Gentemann, Jackie Ivie and others discuss the nature of Romance books and what is
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We still have a few slots open for our 49 Writers Benefit Book and Tea Talk this Sunday, Oct. 17, from 2 – 4 p.m. Join us as we learn about tea and sample new blends as we hear about some of Alaska’s great books. There’s no charge, but donations are welcome. Email 49writers@gmail.com to
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