Local Authors-Another Option for Holiday Sharing
Many Local authors can ship signed copies of their books.
We will add to this list as new information comes in.
Dragonfly Notes: On Distance and Loss by Anne Panning
“When a seemingly routine medical procedure results in her mother’s premature death, Anne Panning is left reeling. In her first full-length memoir, the celebrated essayist draws on decades of memory and experience as she pieces together the hard truths about her own past and her mother’s.
We follow Panning’s winding path from rural Minnesota to the riverbanks of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta and all the way back again—a stark, poignant tale of two women deeply connected, yet somehow forever apart. Dragonfly Notes is a testament to the prevailing nature of love, whether in the form of a rediscovered note, a sudden moment of unexpected recall, or sometimes, simply, the sight a dragonfly flitting past.”
Elemental Spirits: The Poetry of Jan Carr
This is the first book from Jan, the founder of Cobblestone Springs in Dundee, NY.
“This graceful volume includes 29 poems by Ms. Carr, capturing her careful observations and insights into the natural world around her. She has been writing poetry for many years, but this is the first time a collection has been available to the public. A limited edition was published; copies will be available while they last for $15 each. Proceeds benefit programming at Cobblestone Springs.”
_____________________________
Where the Path Leads, YA Fantasy by Mary Drake
“Castles, knights and ladies, jousting, and tournaments have always fired my imagination. I’ve often wondered, How did people live back then? What was it like? So, the Middle Ages was a natural setting for my first novel, Where the Path Leads. Medieval settings naturally call out for magic, ghosts, wizards, dragons—my book has all these. The main character is a thirteen-year-old girl who discovers that the Middle Ages is nothing like she expected.”
Available on kindle.
_____________________________
South of Little Rock by George Rollie Adams
Historical Fiction: A powerful story of race, family, and small town life in the South during the 1950s
“When the Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis sends shock waves across the nation in 1957, widower Sam Tate, a white merchant and councilman with two young children, faces new questions of conscience, belief, and child-rearing in tiny Unionville, Arkansas. Becky Reeves, an unmarried northerner who has come south to teach while hiding a secret past, must decide how to approach current events in her seventh-grade class without getting fired.”
Praise for South of Little Rock
Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Award for Regional Fiction (US and Canada); Winner, National Indie Excellence Award for Regional Fiction (Southeast); Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers IPPY Award for Regional Fiction (South); and Silver Medal, Readers’ Favorite Award for Social Issues Fiction. See owllightnews.com/learning-from-history/ for a related review.
_____________________________
Poetry from Dansville, NY author George Guida
Including the newly re-released New York and Other Lovers
“In poems that are in turn part Frank O’Hara, part Woody Allen and part Frank Sinatra, George Guida gives us a book that celebrates love and New York. Unabashed and joyously unapologetic in its romanticism, New York and Other Lovers builds a cityscape of poems where we may all fall head over heels.”—Gerry LaFemina, author of The Story of Ash, Vanishing Horizons and Composing Poetry: A Guide to Writing Poetry and Thinking Lyrically
“George Guida is the author of eight books, including The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times, four collections of poems–the forthcoming Pugilistic and The Sleeping Gulf, along with New York and Other Lovers and Low Italian–and the novel Letters from Suburbia. His work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. He teaches English and creative writing at New York City College of Technology, and serves as Poetry Editor of 2 Bridges Review.”
__________________________________
Give a Gift Subscription to Owl Light News, which features at least 15 local authors in each issue.
Owl Light News – where inspiration and inquiry converge – is a 24 page SUBSCRIPTION ONLY publication started by Canadice Press in 2017. In addition to our quality advertisers, our main support comes from our subscribing readers (our online community site is paywall free).