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Rosemary and Larry Mild bring you The Moaning Lisa, their fourth Paco and Molly mystery. Now in their eighties, Paco and Molly have moved into Gilded Gates, an assisted living community in Maryland. They expect their golden years to be blissful. They are dead wrong. Some residents have mysteriously vanished. One distressed resident is a sleepwalker and hears a woman’s anguished moaning, but where is she? Retired Inspector Paco and Molly reluctantly agree to investigate. Available on Amazon and on e-books.
The Hawaiʻi Literary Arts Council announced Rosemary and Larry Mild have been named recipients of the 2024 Elliot Cades Awards for Literature, the state’s most prestigious literary honor.
Patrice M. Wilson's 5-poem spread called "the music arrives," appeared in Issue 96 of the print literary journal CHOLLA NEEDLES, Richard Soos, Editor. Available at Amazon.com, the journal's name refers to a California cactus that has small, sharp needles; it is published in Joshua Tree, CA. Her section’s title is a phrase taken from one of the poems called "Such Music." The other titles are "Everyday," a revision of her poem about squirrels; ”A Mother”; "From the Diary of a Lunatic"; and "Closing the Chicken Run.” She read “Everyday” and “A Mother” at previous NLAPW May meetings.
Kaethe Kauffman PhD is in a group exhibit, Art on Paper, a New York Art Fair in Manhattan, Pier 36 in September with the Walter Wickiser Gallery based in New York. In October she'll be featured in a one-person exhibit with the gallery.
Kaethe Kauffman PhD will co-edit the Chasing the Light column in Midweek, a weekly newspaper. Please send submissions to her at: kauffmanart@gmail.com. The essay must be 300 words plus a quotation plus a photo. (If you don't have a photo, Midweek will find one for you.) The essay should be spiritual, heartfelt, inspiring or insightful, in keeping with the Chasing the Light tradition.
Leslie Hayashi has published two picture books with national presses. Mazie's Amazing Journey: From Immigrant to US Senator has been released as the first in the Many Faces of the Lawseries by the American Bar Association. Saving Hawai`i's Honu released by Reycraft. Manners Matter, Stitch! a project of Disney Learning published by Random House. Leslie also continues to write for HMSA's Island Scene.
Marcia Zina Mager’s illustrated novella, Quest, is now an audiobook book narrated by a brilliant British voice actor! Available on Audible and wherever audiobooks are sold. "A Soul-Stirring Journey — Masterfully Written, Beautifully Voiced." Listen to the prologue @https://tinyurl.com/MarciaQuest.
Quest is also available as a book on Amazon
Patrice M. Wilson's poem "The Music Arrives" in the 96th issue of the monthly literary journal available at Amazon.
Dorothy Winslow Wright, our oldest (and wisest) Honolulu member, has a new book out! Her younger son, Stephen, and grandson Nicholas, made it possible and it's now available on Amazon. Dorothy Winslow Wright, Selected Poems gives a small sampling of her poetry and sketches. At 102, Dorothy still writes and sketches in her journal each day.
The Fat Lady Sings—Nine Stories from the Hollywood Beat is the fifth in the Meredith Ogden Legwoman Mystery series from Penny Pence Smith. the book peaks under the curtain for inside looks at the popular and powerful people, places and pathways that Hollywood columnist Meredith Ogden has met on her way to becoming America’s top observer of the famous faces in the entertainment world. Revealing probes into the lives and deaths, dangers and spills, chills and triumphs of movie stars and rock stars, as well as the close knit village of friends and loved one surrounding the columnist herself. Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Ian Evans’ new novel The Last Villa was published in November 2024 by the UK publisher Pegasus, and is available from the publisher or on Amazon. A sequel to one of his previous historical novels, The First Village, his new book is a tale of love, family tensions, danger, faith, endurance, and change during the final years of Roman domination of Britain.
Jane Marshall Goodsill’s Voices of Hawai`i: More Untold Stories from the Aloha State will be released in October 2024. This is the third volume of Voices of Hawaiʻi series. It is a collection of vignettes from oral history interviews on a number of topics related to Hawaiʻi will be available on Amazon. A special thanks to Pen Woman Joan Gencarelli for her poem included in my introduction. And to Pen Woman Susie Y. Anderson for the use her painting. (This is the power of networking within our group.)
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 a Russian Federation Army facility. But he’s unprepared for the brutal consequences—and the lure of a passionate Russian woman. "The Milds' new novel is everything a reader of thrillers could wish for. The narrative is rich with historical context and vividly portrays the complexities of a nation in transition.” Five-star review from Authors Reading. Available on Amazonand all e-readers.
Penny Smith’s new book, Detective in the Crosshairs—Murder in the Desert - Released on January 19 - is the fourth book in 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 installment, 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,
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The late Jan McGrath’s book Wayward Poet, illustrated by Anita Benson Bradley, is available on Amazon andBarnes & Noble. 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 Maine, Kenya and her home in Hawaii. Together they form the writer's memoir in poetry.
Carol Polcovar's book A Murder on Allen Street is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. 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.
Joan Gencarelli’s 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?
Patrice Wilson - My poem, "Newborn Fawn," was published on Lawrence Robinson's poetry lovers daily email
https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/poetrylovers
Four other poems were accepted for future publication. "Diving" and "The Cheese" were accepted for publication on Poetry Super Highway's Poet of the Week, for April 29-May 5, 2024. It can be accessed online: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/category/poets of the week/
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.
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
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
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
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/
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/
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