Category: Booksellers
Posted on September 12, 2022
by Author Melissa Crandall
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A bit ago, round about the time I received my concussion, I also received an inquiry from the book lovers/promoters at Shepherd.com about whether I’d like to promote ELEPHANT SPEAK by also helping to promote the work of others. I did a bit of… Continue Reading “Attention Writers and Readers: Introducing Shepherd.Com”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Authors, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Writers, WritingTags: Animals, Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Shepherd.com, Writing
We’re a (very) short three weeks and four days from the beginning of Loganberry Books’ Author Alley gatherings. For three Saturdays in a row, the good people at Loganberry Books will bring together up to 30 area authors to talk about their work. Each… Continue Reading “Three Weekends of Writers”
Category: Animals, Appearances, Authors, Books, Elephant Speak, Loganberry Books, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous, Washington Park Zoo, Writers, Writing, ZooTags: Animals, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Loganberry Books, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Writing
And the hits keep coming. I just received word that ELEPHANT SPEAK (and I) have been chosen by the good folks at Loganberry Books in Shaker Heights, OH (http://www.loganberrybooks.com/) to participate in one of their three Author Alley gatherings in August. August 6 highlights… Continue Reading “More Wonderful News”
Category: Appearances, Biography, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Loganberry Books, Loganberry Books, Ooligan Press, Roger Henneous, Writing, ZooTags: Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Loganberry Books, Ooligan Press, Writing
By the end of our day at the zoo–and walking around Portland, window-shopping and stuffing ourselves with great food–I was more toast than human. We’d planned on driving the three hours of Bend, OR that night, but Ed and I were both so wrung… Continue Reading “World Tour – The Final Two Days”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Appearances, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Nature, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore, Roger Henneous, Roundabout Books, Sunriver Books and Music, Wildlife, Writing, ZooTags: Animal Books, Animals, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Nature, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore, Roger Henneous, Roundabout Books, Sunriver Books and Music, Wildlife, Writing
By the time my Powell event began, we were 130 strong (or more). Staff had to bring in more chairs, and even then there were people standing in the back. I was delighted that so many came out to wish the book Happy Birthday… Continue Reading “World Tour, Part Two”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Appearances, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore, WritingTags: Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore
Okay, so maybe not the entire world, but let’s not get too picky here. I did cross an entire continent for these events, and it’s a grand thing I’m a morning person, because I usually have to get up at something like o-dark-stupidly early… Continue Reading “World Tour, Part One”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Appearances, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Nonfiction, Powell's Bookstore, WritingTags: Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore
As the ELEPHANT SPEAK launch date approaches, I thought I’d give everyone a run down for the month of March (so far): March 4 – KATU “Afternoon Live” appearance (to air between 2-3 pm) BOOK LAUNCH – Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside Street, Portland,… Continue Reading “March Events”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Appearances, Bank Square Books, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore, Publishing, Reading, Roundabout Books, Sunriver Books and Music, Wildlife, Writers, Writing, ZooTags: Animal Books, Animals, Appearance, Bank Square Books, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Powell's Bookstore, Reading, Roundabout Books, Sunriver Books and Music, Writing
Very happy to say that Barnes and Noble will carry ELEPHANT SPEAK.
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Barnes and Noble, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, ElephantsTags: Barnes and Noble, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants
Especially when you wrote it! Just had to share the smiling faces of my friends at Ooligan Press when they unboxed copies of ELEPHANT SPEAK the other day. I can’t speak more highly of their great team. We are exactly five weeks out from launch, and… Continue Reading “Happiness is a Warm Paperback”
Category: Animals, Books, Booksellers, Elephants, Memoir, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Publishing, WritingTags: Animals, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Memoir, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Publishing, Writing
After the book launch at Powell’s Books in Portland, OR on March 4, I’ll be following it up with a visit to Sunriver Books and Music in Sunriver, OR on March 7. Come and say hi!
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Appearances, Books, Booksellers, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Sunriver Books and Music, WritingTags: Appearance, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Ooligan Press, Sunriver Books and Music
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