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Coming Oct. 1: “Chanukah Tales from Oykvetchnik,” a collection of new stories that celebrate Jewish history, culture, and the Old Country
On October 1, in time for National Jewish Book Month (November) and Chanukah 2017 (December), Jewish Storyteller Press will release its latest title, Chanukah Tales from Oykvetchnik , via Amazon.com, BN.com, Powells.com, and other online and local bookstores. The publisher predicts that the 120-page book will become a new tradition for an ancient holiday. Chanukah…
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Winston-Salem Author’s New Football Novel Wins Best Book Award
In the NABE’s Young Adult Category Winston-Salem author Frank McNair recently learned that his new novel Life on the Line: Football, Rage and Redemption has been named Best Book in the Young Adult category for the Spring 2017 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards. “This is a great book for anyone who loves football or loves someone…
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YES!WEEKLY: “Summer Reading for Middle- and High-School Sports Fans – Gritty New Football Fiction by Triad Author Will Make Them Want to Read”
By Charles Womack June 29s, 2017 (Winston-Salem, NC) – Just in time for summer football camps, a new sports novel for middle- and high-school sports fans will give camp-goers something to do during downtime. For all football fans who love the game whether they play/played or not, Life on the Line: Football, Rage, and Redemption could go…
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FORSYTH FAMILY: “Frank McNair, Life on the Line”
By Vonda Henderson Frank McNair, a native North Carolinian, knows about football. He loves the game. The football team of his youth was the Laurinburg Fighting Scots, the same as that of his characters. “I had a 72-hour career as a football player for the University of North Carolina,” Frank shared. “I was invited to…
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Modern Home in Raleigh’s Historic Cameron Park to be Open for Public Touring September 6th
During the evening “ModHop” Tour of private homes in Raleigh, NC The Hawthorne Residence, a modern, award-winning home in Raleigh’s Cameron Park neighborhood, will be open to the public during the “ModHop” Tour, an evening house tour on September 6th from 6 – 8:30 p.m. hosted by North Carolina Modernist Houses in association with the 2017 Hopscotch Design…
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THE INDIE VIEW: “Interview with Frank McNair, author of Life on the Line”
My agent retired and I am a 65-year-old man with a first novel. Given the state of publishing today, I was never going to find an agent. Frank McNair – 28 August 2017 The Back Flap Life on the Line is the ideal book for the sports novel enthusiast or the reluctant teenage reader. It is…
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NC Author Awarded Residency To Create Screenplay
August 16, 2017 (Chapel Hill, NC) — Mark Spano, the Chapel Hill-based author of the critically acclaimed murder mystery, Midland Club, has been awarded a month-long residency at Escape to Create in Seaside, Florida, to turn his award-winning novel into a screenplay. Escape to Create (E2C) is a nationally recognized, non-profit, multidisciplinary artist residency hosted by the Seaside community since 1993.…
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New Critically Acclaimed Murder Mystery, Midland Club, Is Now Available at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham
Book reviewers compare it to “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” and film noir classics. Chapel Hill author Mark Spano is pleased to announce that his new, critically acclaimed mystery novel, Midland Club, is now available at The Regulator Bookshop on Ninth Street in Durham. Since opening in December of 1976, The Regulator…
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A Small Jewel…Flawlessly Smooth and Realistic…An Engaging Work of Noir Fiction
Critics and readers alike praise Mark Spano’s Midland Club. (Chapel Hill, NC) — Thunderfoot Press author Mark Spano’s new 120-page book, Midland Club, officially released just one month ago, is already receiving rave reviews from critics and readers and remains ranked at 4.3 stars out of five among Amazon Customer Reviews. “I’m stunned and humbled by the…
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Extended Opportunity: “PR on a Platter” Package for 2017
A public relations opportunity for small businesses with big PR goals (exposure), big PR dreams (media coverage), and not-so-big 2017 PR budgets. What’s included on the Platter? o Professional press releases that are written by a former newspaper and magazine editor on all the news your firm generates (new projects, completed projects, awards, new hires, etc.,…