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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Little Free Libraries

August 30, 2022
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I spent some time driving around my local area yesterday, placing books in little free libraries. The styles and colours are all very individual and the range of books just as varied. The locations are somewhat difficult to find among the streets, crescents and drives, but I managed a few! It will be interesting to see if I am contacted about the books I left and my other novels. As a local author it is this connection I find so gratifying.

I looked up some facts about free libraries. From its humble beginnings, with first one being built in 2009 by the late Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin, as a tribute to his late mother, a book lover and school teacher. There are now over 100,000 registered in 91 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. To date more than 120 million books have been shared worldwide. We should celebrate that fact alone – after all stories are part of human history and the future. Access to books should be for everyone, no matter where they live.

Do you have a local free library? Do you frequent it or own it?

Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Steampunk Prize Draw

June 14, 2022
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Until the end of June, if you buy any one of my books from this incredible Edmonton bookstore, you will be entered to win this superb steampunk themed basket.

The contents include a shawl, cookie tin, steampunk crow, china cup, candle, steampunk pin, clockwork plaques, chocolate bars, teatime cloth purse, and a bookmark.

Go to Daisy Chain Bookstore, 12525 102 Ave, Edmonton, AB T5N 0M4, from today!

Fill in the entry form for the draw. Good luck!

Fighting against society’s feminine expectations, Owena’s excellent strategic and swordsmanship skills come to the fore after an attack and imprisonment of villagers. Running for their lives, a small group escape persecution but find new dangers ahead. Propelled into the world of rebel forces, she joins the battle against the Buldrick Empire. After seeing the failings of the rebel encampment, she makes changes – some well received, others not. Her unlikely champion is a giant of a man, who is feared by all. Their mutual respect and his acceptance of her as an equal propels them to organize a win or die fight to restore the rightful King to the throne.

Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Dream Write Publishing on Sound Sugar Radio

July 22, 2021
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A local publisher for local authors.

Get to know my publisher, Dream Write Publishing and it’s incredible owner, Linda J. Pedley.

You can hear the whole interview here: soundsugarradio.com Episode 17 will be uploaded shortly.

SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL highlights writing and the publishing industry. Talking tips and examples, and a deeper into the need-to-knows as we take the steps from writer to Author …or even, first-time Author to multi-published 😉 …or even first-time writer. Linda J. Pedley joins me, owner of Dream Write Publishing , treasurer of Alberta Authors Cooperative , and co-founder of Writers Foundation of Strathcona County with nine books published of her own.

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