Winner of the Booker Prize in 2021, Damon Galgut's THE PROMISE is a riveting, haunting tale that chronicles the disintegration of a white, morally bankrupt South African family seen through the prism of four funerals over several decades. A great book by one of my favourite authors.

Sunday Book Review - Social Climbing: and Other Poems by Laura Lyndhurst dgkayewriter.com/2025/11/08/s...

Happy Birthday, Herbert West! audreydriscoll.com/2010/11/08/h...

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Book Launch at Sheldon Historical Society – The Weight of Snow and Regret This post first appeared on Substack 11/3/25. Live and In-person I used to babysit the man on the left; he is a social worker with Age Well now. The man on the right is my husband. My in-person book launch for The Weight of…

November Book Reviews! #SallyCronin #MarshaIngrao #BalroopSingh #DarleneFoster #PriscillaBettis #ElizabethGauffreau #writingcommunity #whattoread #mustread dlfinnauthor.com/2025/11/04/n... @sallycronin.bsky.social @marshaingrao.bsky.social @darlenefoster.bsky.social @lizgauffreau.bsky.social

Smorgasbord Book Reviews Round Up Oct 2025 - Terry Tyler, Darlene Foster, Veronica Kay, Nicole Sara, Laura Lyndhurst, D.G. Kaye, D.L. Finn, Beem Weeks, Elizabeth Gauffreau smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s... @terrytyler.bsky.social @dgkayewriter.bsky.social @lizgauffreau.bsky.social

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up - 27th October to November 2nd, Big Band Era, Movie Themes, Luxembourg cuisine, Book Reviews, Bloggers, Health and Humour smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/s... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social @carolcookstwo.bsky.social @lizgauffreau.bsky.social

Poetry That Breaks the Rules—and Works thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/10/28/b...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Books2Read.com/WeightofSnow For over 100 years, no one wanted to be sent to the Sheldon Poor Farm. By 1968, no one wanted to leave.

New Release! "Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog" by Darlene Foster #newrelease #mustread dlfinnauthor.com/2025/10/28/n...

Ready to share your best work? Ploughshares is looking for fresh voices during their Regular Reading Period! ✨ Send your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or longform prose for a chance to appear in a future issue. ⏳ Deadline: November 15, 2025 #writers #litmag #callforsubmissions @pshares.bsky.social

#NewRelease “Whispers of a Southern Moon” by #PriscillaBettis #shortstories #poetry #faith #writingcommunity #mustread dlfinnauthor.com/2025/10/23/n...

Spotlight on Whispers of a Southern Moon #NewRelease Description An artistic, new collection of inspirational fiction and poetry by Priscilla Bettis. Includes the award-winning story “Fix Your Face,” a “wonderful Southern Gothic piece akin to the work of Flannery O'Conner!”—Brooke Dreger, Editor,…

If you happen to be in the Franklin County, Vermont area on October 25th, I'm giving a presentation and book signing at the Sheldon Historical Association!

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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#BadMoonRising Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two by D.L. Finn #shortstories #paranormal #bookgiveaway teripolen.com/2025/10/14/b...

Untitled Thank you to my gracious hosts for The Weight of Snow and Regret blog tour and to everyone who followed, liked, and commented (and bought)! I'm so pleased with how well the tour went. Liz

How to be a kid detective... PLUS #BookReview of AMANDA IN IRELAND by Darlene Foster #humor #KidDetective barbtaub.com/2025/10/13/h...

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László Krasznahorkai, born in Hungary in 1954, has written 14 novels and won multiple awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 and the 2015 International Booker Prize. Discover his work here: serpentstail.com/contributor/...

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Carmi Delude Blog Tour: Character Spotlight: Carmi Delude Today I'm visiting fellow Story Empire author Beem Weeks to introduce you to another poor farm resident, Carmi Delude. A big thank you to Beem for hosting the final day of the…

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Sterlin’ D. Weed Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Sterlin' D. Weed Today I'm visiting the multi-talented Resa McConaghy at her Graffiti Lux and More blog to introduce a cameo appearance by New England's longest serving bandleader,…

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Emmett Couture Blog Tour: Character Spotlight: Emmett Couture Today I'm visiting fellow author Jacqui Murray to introduce you to disabled war veteran Emmett Couture. Jacqui is a long-time blogging buddy who is a very accomplished…

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Flossie Kimball Blog Tour: Character Spotlight: Flossie Kimball Today I'm visiting fellow Story Empire author D.L. Finn to introduce you to the oldest resident at the Sheldon Poor Farm, Florence Kimball, known as Flossie. I hope you…

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: The Vermont Accent Blog Tour: The Vermont Accent Today I'm visiting fellow Story Empire author Nicholas Rossis to introduce you to the Vermont accent that the farmers in The Weight of Snow and Regret and most of the poor farm residents would have had (to a…

Look at what just came for me today! (Now I’ll need to figure out how to review Weirdo Poetry. Looking forward to it!)

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Hobo Philo Roy #NewRelease Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Homer and Lester Shover Today I'm visiting fellow author Miriam Hurdle. Miriam writes books straight from the heart in a variety of genres (poetry, memoir, picture books).…

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The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Hobo Philo Roy #NewRelease Blog Tour: Character Spotlight on Philo Roy Today I'm over at fellow Story Empire writer Craig Boyack's place to introduce the first in a series of characters inspired by photographs of Vermonters in the…

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Smorgasbord Book Reviews - #Retribution #Justice - Served Cold: Book 1 of the Revenge Series by Terry Tyler smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/s...

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour: Historical Context #NewRelease Blog Tour: The Historical Context Today I'm over at John Howell's place today to discuss the historical context for the Sheldon Poor Farm. John is a wonderful support for indie authors, and he writes one of my favorite blogs,…

The Weight of Snow and Regret Blog Tour Kickoff!! #NewRelease Blog Tour Stop: The Inspiration I'm very excited to kick off my blog tour for The Weight of Snow and Regret on Jan Sykes's blog! Jan is an accomplished indie author who writes novels from the heart and loves music. She is also one of…

The Weight of Snow and Regret Launch Day! At long last, launch day has arrived for The Weight of Snow and Regret! A big thank you to all who preordered the ebook; I greatly appreciate it. Ebook, paperback and hardback versions are now available from your preferred book seller. Purchase The Weight…

Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry A collection of the finest new poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry. THE INTENTIONS OF THUNDER by Patricia Smith, available now: https://bit.ly/4nUi6m2

#BlogTour When Things Go Missing by Deborah Brasket PUBLISHER: Sea Stone PressPUB DATE: September 22, 2025PAGE COUNT: 352FORMAT: E-book $8.99, paperback $14,95, hardback $21.95 AVAILABLE NOW at Amazon, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and all major retailers. Welcome, Deborah! I am pleased to provide a…

I enjoyed this post on what exactly is literary fiction, written by a publishing professional. Especially this part: “What writers mean by literary: ‘I am smart’” which made me laugh. (warning it’s on substack) devonhalliday.substack.com/p/my-literar...

Books That Changed Me: 2025 Fall Edition! #JanSikes #NoelleAGranger #PTLPerrin #DawnPasturino#writingcommunity #mustreads dlfinnauthor.com/2025/09/22/b...

A poem, about kamikaze squirrels dashing in front of cars this time of year, and how confounding, how frangible everything is now. #poem #poetry #political #social #metaphor SEMIOTICS IN LATE SEPTEMBER IN AMERICA

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Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry, The Intentions of Thunder by @pswordwoman gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith’s decorated career. Here's an exclusive reading of "Man, Roll The Window Down!" found in her collection.