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Larry and Rosemary Mild bring you Kent and Katcha: Espionage, Spycraft, Romance—drawn from Larry’s former association with secret operatives and their spook agencies. The Soviet Union has collapsed. Still, danger persists. A novice American spy arrives in Moscow to infiltrate and compromise a Russian Federation Army facility. But he’s unprepared for the deadly consequences.
Available on Amazon.
Penny Smith’s new book, Detective in the Crosshairs—Murder in the Desert - Released on January 19 - is the fourth book the Meredith Ogden Hollywood Legwoman Mystery series. It features an intrepid journalist who finds challenge and adventure as she covers entertainment industry stories. In this latest, she digs into a murder in a Las Vegas showroom while her partner, detective T.K. Raymond, investigates the 25-year old death of a young actress—a journey that takes him into his own perilous past. Available on Amazon, Smashwords.com and BookEnds book store in Kailua.
Jan McGrath’s new book Wayward Poet, illustrated by Anita Benson Bradley, is available now to preorder from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for Oct. 1, release.The author's poems in this collection, some cheeky, others poignant or pointed or fierce, are introspection and observation of family, friends, and lovers, as well as places lived from rural hometown to Kenya, Maine, and her home now in Hawaii. Together they form the writer's memoir in poetry. Her previous book HOME: Four Plays was published in 2020.
A Murder on Allen Street by Carol Polcovar is available now on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online. Rivka Lenski, a sixteen-year-old, newly orphaned, illiterate Russian-Jewish immigrant factory worker is determined to find her co-worker's murderer. In Rivka's pursuit of justice, she meets many of the famous and infamous characters of nineteenth century New York and finds herself.
Eric Paul Shaffer's Green Leaves: Selected & New Poems will be published in 2023 by Coyote Arts. The book includes work from seven volumes and thirty-five years of publication. On voyages around the Pacific Rim, from California to Okinawa to Hawai‘i, the book savors and illuminates life in and beyond the islands. Green Leaves will be available soon for pre-publication orders as a paperback or an e-book from https://coyote-arts.com/poetry/green-leaves/ or from online sources
Rosemary and Larry Mild announce their new book Charley and the Magic Jug and Other Stories, 23 suspense-filled tales. Plus, their own Menehune legends and Shattered Fairy Tales. Climb with Charley up the Hungarian mountainside. Feel the neighbors’ shock waves in “Tsunami.” Watch brothers devour a deadly dessert in “Death by Agreement.” Flee with thieves to a time warp. Learn how a tiny pill disrupts four lives in “A Hard Act to Swallow.” Jog through a Honolulu park seeking romance in “Roses.” And much more. Available on Amazon (paperback), Kindle, and Barnes & Noble. Visit them at www.magicile.com.
Jan McGrath’s new book Wayward Poet, illustrated by Anita Benson Bradley, is available now to preorder from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for Oct. 1, release.The author's poems in this collection, some cheeky, others poignant or pointed or fierce, are introspection and observation of family, friends, and lovers, as well as places lived from rural hometown to Kenya, Maine, and her home now in Hawaii. Together they form the writer's memoir in poetry. Her previous book HOME: Four Plays was published in 2020.
A Murder on Allen Street by Carol Polcovar is available now on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online. Rivka Lenski, a sixteen-year-old, newly orphaned, illiterate Russian-Jewish immigrant factory worker is determined to find her co-worker's murderer. In Rivka's pursuit of justice, she meets many of the famous and infamous characters of nineteenth century New York and finds herself.
Eric Paul Shaffer's Green Leaves: Selected & New Poems will be published in 2023 by Coyote Arts. The book includes work from seven volumes and thirty-five years of publication. On voyages around the Pacific Rim, from California to Okinawa to Hawai‘i, savors and illuminates life in and beyond the islands.
Green Leaves will be available soon for pre-publication orders as a paperback or an e-book from https://coyote-arts.com/poetry/green-leaves/ or from online sources
Rosemary and Larry Mild present their 19th book: On the Rails, The Adventures of Boxcar Bertie. What’s a woman to do? Bertie Patchet has just graduated from a New England college in 1936 to become a grammar school teacher. But securing employment in The Great Depression? With no income, she dresses like a man and hops railway boxcars. A female hobo? Unheard of! Will she ever find a teaching job? And will she dare to find romance in the bargain? Available on Amazon (paperback), Kindle, and Barnes & Noble. Visit us at www.magicile.com
Joan Gencarell’s newest book is now available on Amazon. Part love story, part travelogue, Call Me Tai Tai, Passages from the Life of an Expat in China, explores author Joan Kelleher’s life-changing journey as she follows her husband to 1980’s China. What would you do if given the chance to relocate to a far-off country, leaving everything you know behind?
Kaethe Kauffman's current exhibit, Altar Meditations, is presented by the Walter Wickiser Gallery in New York City. It's a virtual exhibit only, Feb. 8 to May 1, 2023. Altar Meditations are a series of ink drawings. To view the exhibit, go to https://www.walterwickisergallery.com click on Artists and click on Kaethe Kauffman.
Carol Polcovar's soon to be completed memoir Hello, My Coney Island Baby chronicles growing up in Coney Island with her eccentric Romanian immigrant family. Recently Carol did a podcast interview for the Coney Island Historical Society. Here is the link:
https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/oral-history-archive/carol-polcovar
Marcia Zina Mager has a new book: QUEST, an illustrated novel for adults. “QUEST is a magical ride! A page-turning modern parable.”, “A precious read. Be prepared to tune into the lightheartedness of your own soul!” Available in paperback, hardcover, and kindle on Amazon.
Penny Smith’s new book, Shadow of the Wave—Stranded and Stalked had beene released on Amazon and Smashwords. It’s the third in the Meredith Ogden Hollywood Legwoman Mystery series.
Joy Gold’s poem, “Memories of the Moon and Bon Dance Ed,” is published in Bamboo Ridge’s newest journal, Snaring New Suns.Visit BambooRidge.org for more information or email read@bambooridge.org
Jane Goodsill, Volume Two, Voices of Hawaii, Preserving Island Culture One Story at a Time. Will be released in December 2022
HOLIDAY CONCERT: “The Year Christmas Was Almost Cancelled,”
a new musical written by Roslyn Catracchia and Kyle Kakuno, on December 3-18 at Mamiya Theatre in Kaimuki. “We wanted to bring something new and fun for everyone this Christmas. We hope our story and songs warm your heart and helps to usher in the holiday season!” In addition to the musical, there will be snow, lights, Santa Letters, S’mores Pit and so much more!
For ticket information, https://moolelostudios.square.site
TAG Theater presents “Painting TJ”, November 25 - Dec 18, 2022. When high school junior Sonya, spray paints a penis on the school’s statue of Thomas Jefferson due to her new understanding of racism…
“Painting PJ” is a play by Nancy Moss, a longtime Member, and previous President of NLAPW, when she lived in Hawaii.
For information: https://www.taghawaii.net/ tickets: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/tag/items/381890
We welcome Claire Bowman, our August presenter, who has recently joined our Pen Women Branch as a Friend.
Rosemary & Larry Mild have two stories in ISLAND FEVER, a new anthology by eleven Hawaii authors. Since the time of Captain Cook, Hawaii has battled fevers, all devastating to the Hawaiian population. Even now, modern disease—from the physical to the emotional—threatens our way of life. The Mild’s also announce their new book, CHARLEY AND THE MAGIC JUG AND OTHER STORIES: 23 suspense-filled tales. Plus, their own Menehune legends and Shattered Fairy Tales. Both books are available in paperback and on all e-readers. Visit the Mild’s at www.magicile.com
Lizbeth Hartz's, story, Love Fever and Second Chances is also included in ISLAND FEVER. The e-book version of ISLAND FEVER, available on Amazon
The paperback will be available at Barnes and Noble.
Also link to a blog post on Hartz's website, which includes an excerpt from her new mystery short story and her memoir Angel Hero, Murder in Hawai'i, A True Story.
https://authorlizbethhartz.com/excerpts-from-my-new-mystery-short-story-and-my-old-memoir
Dorothy Wright
On July 20th, the oldest Member of our Pen Women branch, turned 100 years old.
Susan Wurtzburg
"Sweet with a Dash of Salt" took 1st place in the 2022 competition in the Elizabeth M. Campbell Award.
Marsha Zina Mager
Won Honorable Mention in the Marion Doyle Poetry Award category.
Marcia also successfully completed her kickstarter campaign for her new illustrated novel, QUEST, a journey into the unseen, mystical realm of nature. Find out more at marciazinamager.com/quest
Kaethe Kauffman
July-November, 2022, solo exhibit, Kaethe Kauffman YOGA: Interiore e Eterna, Castello 925 Gallery, Venice, Italy
You can see most of the exhibit online at KaetheKauffman.com
Click on Collections/Pieces. Click on Meditations. Click on Muscle Movement and also click on Muscle Movement Collage
Darlene Weingand
Crystal Saga 1 series is now complete and published. It consists of six volumes, each one holding two books—so a total of 12 books. It’s available from LuLu.com and is being released globally through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. She is working now on the continuing series, Crystal Saga 2.
Marcia Zina Mager, new illustrated novel
QUEST, a journey into the unseen, mystical realm of nature. Find out more at www.marciazinamager.com/Quest
Kathryn Takara, new book release
Pocket book. Seasons in Haiku
“With Haiku, an Invitation, Kathryn Takara bids us once again to follow her down a pathway of purposeful communication cleared by poetic power. Only this time, she widens her focus beyond human interconnectivity to include human kinship with the four seasons of the natural world.” Liza Simon
Available on Pacific Raven Press, & Amazon
Dorothy Winslow Wright & E. Shan Correa have just “established an online presence” with publication of their work in the religious literary journal “The Agape Review” in mid-March. Both writings might be familiar because they have been shared at Pen Women’s Christmas parties. To read Dorothy’s dramatic monologue, “The Carpenter,” click the link www.agapereview.com/TheCarpenterPoem
Shan’s short story, “Myrrh,” may be found at https://agapereview.com/2022/03/09/myrrh/
Susan J. Wurtzburg has two poems published recently: "Why I am not a Herpetologist," in the Naugatuck River Review (Summer/Fall issue, 2021), p. 80; and "Out of the Box," in Crosswinds (Fall issue, October 2021), p. 90.
Luanna Meyer and Ian Evans are co-authors of an authoritative new resource published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022: A Breast Cancer Guide for Spouses, Partners, Friends, and Family: Using Psychology to Support Those We Care About, by Stephen N. Haynes, Luanna H. Meyer, and Ian M. Evans. This is a practical, science-based book with up-to-date information about breast cancer and its treatments, emphasizing how best to provide support to a loved one to enable her to cope, recover, and thrive based on the authors’ experiences. To preview the book and order a copy, use the following URL:
Joan Gencarelli's new book:
When the Bough Breaks - World War II, Memories of operation Pied Piper by Joan Kelleher (maiden name). A historical memoir available on http://amazon.com/ or http://barnesandnoble.com/
“Operation Pied Piper,” code name for the evacuation of British children during World War II, forces four-year-old Joan to face the horrors of war during five years of living with various unwelcoming foster parents. She survives through her connection with nature and her dream of a perfect family, waiting for her in a world at peace.
Darlene Weingand
Books One and Two of the Crystal Saga Series.
Tamara’s Crystals and Genesis Explored
Published by Luanna Leisure through LuLu.com
I have dedicated my book to Baerbel Miller
Books can be ordered through: http://www.LuLu.com
http://amazon.com/ or http://barnesandnoble.com/
Kaethe Kauffman has five poems included in the newly released 2021 poetry anthology Pua La'a Kea: Sacred Light of Flower, edited by Robert Uhlene Maikai, published by Savant Books and Publications.
Kaethe Kauffman: Recent Work is an online solo exhibit, August 30 – March 31, 2022 curated by Cross Contemporary Partners Gallery in New York. Enter Kauffman's exhibit at https://crosscontemporarypartners.com/exhibitions/43-kaethe-kauffman-virtual-solo-exhibition/
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