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AUDIOBOOK: LIVE
The audiobook version of The Washashore has dropped and the book is now available as a listen. It is available on all major platforms from Audible and Spotify to Kobo, Google Play and Storytel, with Apple soon to follow.
Mystery series with office hours? Once a month, I’m letting the readers take over. Ask about the books, the characters, Provincetown, writing, research, what’s coming next. No homework. No need to have read everything—or anything. Just drop in, say hello, and see what you think. Free, on Zoom. Slack Tide: The Silas Lopez Readers’ Club. First gathering: October 7, 4 p.m. ET
I was thrilled to be one of the local authors selected from a large pool of applicants to do a reading from The Holdfast at the Provincetown Book Festival.
I’ve really enjoyed Annie Hartnett’s posts from her tour this summer so I was delighted to finally catch up with The Road to Tender Hearts. Hilarious, heartwarming, harsh, human, heartbreaking—Hartnett. Way too madcap to summarize. Just read it or listen to it; you’ll thank me.
Special shoutout regarding the documentary Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, directed and produced by Sasha Waters and released by PBS’s American Masters series. Fascinating insights about the life of a nonconformist artist, great overview of her trauma-fueled, Pulitzer Prize-winning work, and wonderful history of the Provincetown she called home.
If you’re reading this, you’re one of the people who have given me that most precious commodity: your attention. I don’t take that lightly.
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If something here caught your eye, I always enjoy hearing back. And if you prefer longer-form pieces, I post those on the blog.
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