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Claudia Chapline will Read from her Book at Folio Books

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BAIPA member Claudia Chapline, author and artist, will be reading from her latest book, the memoir of her creative life, Moving Out of the Frame, published by Norfolk Press, on March 7, at 7pm at Folio Books,  3957 24th Street, San Francisco. It is … [Read more...]

Gordon Burgett to Speak at Santa Rosa Junior College

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Gordon Burgett will offer “Creating Travel Articles That Sell!” at Santa Rosa Junior College Saturday, March 19, from 1-5 p.m. in the Emeritus Building on the Santa Rosa campus. For specifics and to register please contact communityed.santarosa.edu … [Read more...]

Tim Jollymore – On the Road Again Soon

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Not since Ratliff, William Faulkner's sewing machine salesman in the Snopes' trilogy, has so much news traveled at such a snail's pace. BAIPA member Tim Jollymore, an Oakland Resident and IBPA member, has traveled three times to Beagle and Wolf … [Read more...]

Julie Freestone Shares New Website for Marketing

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Before Rudi Raab and I published our historical novel Stumbling Stone, we launched a website, stumbling-stone.com. It’s been a great place to post photos and other material that was the basis for our mystery/romance novel. Recently I’ve been … [Read more...]

Mining Minnesota for Stories, an Interview with Author Tim Jollymore

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[BAIPA member John Byrne Barry continues his series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors.] Tim Jollymore, a former English teacher in Oakland, who grew up in northern Minnesota, has written and published two novels, Listener in the Snow, set … [Read more...]

Robert Kourik Finds an Interesting Way to Sell Books

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BAIPA member Robert Kourik found a unique way to sell his books—as part of a workshop. Robert is a horticultural expert, and has written several books. So he proposed a workshop to Community Education at Santa Rosa Junior College (he had to submit … [Read more...]

The Blessing (and Curse) of Mild Success: Anatomy of the Wasted Author Tour

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When my recent book tour ended — “not with a bang, but a whimper,” to borrow from the Hollow Men — I was relieved it was over.  Now I wish I had more readings scheduled. The “Wasted Author Tour,” which included ten event in Detroit, Berkeley, Mill … [Read more...]

John Byrne Barry Interviewed by Rich Ehisen

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Interview with Rich Ehisen on The Open Mic Honestly, I didn’t launch the BAIPA author interview series as a way to promote myself, though I do sort of believe in karma, just not in a direct quid-pro-quo kind of way. So it was a pleasant … [Read more...]