The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is planning Indie Author Day activities at the Central Library on November 14.
“Whether you’re a published author or just starting your journey, this free event is for you,” the B&ECPL noted in an online announcement. “Book lovers are encouraged to come meet local and indie talent and shop local and indie books.”
Artpark State Park will welcome the return of the Better Off Read Summer Book Festival to Lewiston, NY, on Saturday, September 5. The all-ages literary festival is free to attend. Now in its fifth year, the event will take place in the Lower Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The mission of the annual event is “to encourage reading, promote writing, and celebrate storytelling.”
Some bookstores are still snobbish to carry romance books, but Bookstore Romance Day has created a dialogue. Now more bookstores are carrying romance books — some are only carrying romance books.
Susan Wiggs’ novel “Wayward Girls” was published a year ago today and a new paperback edition is now available at bookstores. The story, set in the 1960s, follows girls sent to the Good Shepherd Refuge in Buffalo, part of a network of Catholic reformatory institutions.
Wiggs, a New York Times bestselling author, grew up in Olean. She started researching reformatories after a trip back to Western New York.
Susan Wiggs became fascinated with the influence of the Catholic Church during the 1960s and ’70s. Her new novel, “Wayward Girls,” is inspired by the real-life confinement of teenagers in Catholic reformatories,… Read More »Buffalo Magazine | WNY authors uncover secrets, solve mysteries and more