Tag: Elephant Speak
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
Please pass the word along to your reader friends near and far. We’re bound to have a fun time talking about elephants, not to mention all the other stuff that crops up. Hope you’ll join us in September at the Thompson Branch of Geuga… Continue Reading “Coming Soon to an Ohio Near You”
Category: Animals, Appearances, Authors, Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous, Writers, WritingTags: Animals, Biography, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, 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
On June 5, I received an email from Sharon Glaeser at the Oregon Zoo. In part, she wrote: “I have a tribute to Roger to share with you. We finally published our long-term study on our bulls … In our long list of thanks… Continue Reading “Bit of Pleasurable News”
…to the staff and patrons at Estacada Library in Estacada, OR for the opportunity to be the kick-off presenter for the 2022 Adult Programming. I appreciate all who attended, eager to learn more about my friend Roger Henneous and his remarkable elephants through my… Continue Reading “A Hearty “Thank You””
Category: Animals, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Estacada Library, Oregon Zoo, Roger HenneousTags: Animals, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Estacada Library, Memoir, Ooligan Press, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous
…is often how it goes in this game of writing, or at least that’s my experience of it. Famine, feast, famine. It’s an oft-used example, but it really is a lot like one loose pebble on a hillside. Once it begins to roll, you… Continue Reading “Momentum Like a Long, Low Swell…”
Category: Animal Books, Animals, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Nonfiction, Oregon Zoo, Roger Henneous, WritingTags: Elephant Speak, Elephants, Oregon Zoo, Zookeeper
“What a year” has become so cliché that no one is saying it much anymore; we merely give one another that look and move on. We all know where we’ve been, at least to some degree. No need to belabor the point. Like many… Continue Reading “Coping with All that’s Been”
One of the world’s greatest elephant men died today. Roger Henneous knew nothing about what he came to call “the great gray clowns” when he took the zookeeper job at the Portland (Oregon) Zoological Gardens back in 1968. All he knew was that he… Continue Reading “Let the Elephants Trumpet”
I’m so very proud to have been able to participate in the Newburyport Literary Festival, forced to go virtual thanks to COVID-19. You can access the various segments on YouTube, and see mine here: Newburyport Festival
Category: Appearances, Books, Elephant Speak, Elephants, Newburyport Literary Festival, Nonfiction, Ooligan Press, Writers, WritingTags: Elephant Speak, Elephants, Newburyport Literary Festival, Ooligan Press
Melissa Crandall 