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May Literacy & Book Holidays
Add these book-related holidays to your May calendar and have some fun with family and friends. National Get Caught Reading Month National Family Reading Month Reading is Fun Week (second week of May) 5th: National Cartoonists’ Day 12th: National Limerick…
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Celebrate the 12th Annual Independent Bookstore Day
The 12th Annual Independent Bookstore Day happens Saturday, April 26th. This is a one-day celebration that stretches across the country. Indie bookstores host a variety of events such as author readings, scavenger hunts, bookstore crawls, contests, unique merchandise, promotions, and…
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National Library Week
National Library Week runs April 6-12. It’s a great time to visit a library and discover what makes these community centers so important. Library Trivia & Facts How to Support Your Local Library Surprising Programs Available at some Libraries Not…
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Read Amber Light and support Family Services
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This has personal significance to me, not only through experience, but in my writing as well. In the 1970s, I wrote an article about rape for a Catholic family magazine, and it focused on…
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Reading Recommendations
Don’t miss these new releases and great books from my author friends. EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WAS TRUE by Lisa Montanaro Los Angeles lawyer Lena Antinori has dedicated her career to fighting discrimination, including for the LGBTQ community, but her own…
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What is it about friendships?
Some time ago, a woman who has read all my books, romances and women’s fiction alike, commented that she was drawn to my stories because the characters, especially the women, have such lovely (her exact word) friendships. She wondered why…
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What is it about a series?
Bringing the Adelaide Creek books to a close has triggered thoughts about why a series is so much fun to write, and based on global sales of books of every genre, fun to read. Harlequin Enterprises has an entire division…
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Three Tactics to Move More
Sitting in front of a computer for hours on end poses a number of health risks: weight gain, changes to blood flow, back pain, decreased flexibility, depression, and even chronic health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and some types of…
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