{"id":633,"date":"2018-12-31T13:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:10:09","slug":"lone-star-reviewsmichelle-newby-nbcc-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC,"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Lone Star Reviews<\/span>Michelle Newby, NBCC,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

>> archive<\/a><\/span>New novels from popular Texas authors<\/h1>\n

Several of my favorite contemporary Texas women writers<\/span> have new novels on the shelves this month.\u00a0 Or, in one case, an older novel revisited.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>Leila Meacham,<\/span> who became a best-selling author with Roses<\/span> and most recently Titans<\/span> and other 600-page Texas epics, wrote three shorter romance novels back in the 1980s that are being reissued in new editions in the next few months.<\/p>\n

The first of them, Ryan\u2019s Hand<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Grand Central Publishing, $20 hardcover), is set on a West Texas ranch, where a young female Boston librarian has taken up residence against her better judgment as a promise to a dying friend. She and the single, gruff, domineering ranch owner do not hit it off at all \u2014 in fact, they can\u2019t seem to stand each other. So you can probably see where this story is headed.<\/p>\n

Meacham, as the 2016 A.C. Greene Award winner, will be featured at the West Texas Book Festival in Abilene on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n

Linda Castillo continues her popular thriller series<\/span> set in the Amish country with Among the Wicked<\/span><\/a><\/span>(Minotaur Books, $26.99 hardcover). Castillo’s newest novel branches out a bit from the regular Ohio setting, however, with Chief of Police Kate Burkholder going undercover in an isolated and secretive Amish community in rural upstate New York.<\/p>\n

Castillo fans will find that her newest offering may well be the best yet. If you haven\u2019t read any of her earlier mysteries, go ahead and plunge right in. Once you\u2019ve zipped through one of her novels, you\u2019ll probably want to go back and read the others.<\/p>\n

The fourth book in Amarillo novelist Jodi Thomas\u2019s Ransom Canyon<\/span> series is due out on Aug. 30. Sunrise Crossing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (HQN, $7.99) is the third title published this year, following Rustler\u2019s Moon<\/span> back in January and Lone Heart Pass<\/span> in April. Thomas\u2019s stories, while technically in the romance genre, make good reading for men as well as women. And although they are part of a series, each title can be read as a stand-alone. A few familiar characters come and go throughout the series.<\/p>\n

Abilene\u2019s Karen Witemeyer says she writes historical romances<\/span> \u201cto give the world more happily ever afters,\u201d and she\u2019s making quite a name for herself with more than 300,000 copies sold and several awards framed. Her latest is No Other Will Do<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Bethany House, $14.99 paperback), set in 1882 in a women\u2019s colony in Texas where women in need are offered a fresh start. But when an assailant threatens to drive them out, Emma Chandler sends out a plea for help to a man she knows. She once saved his life; now he has a chance to return the favor.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>Fans of Dixie Cash will be excited to know<\/span> that the fun-loving two-sister writing team is back with an intriguing new title, You Can Have My Heart But Don\u2019t Touch My Dog,<\/span><\/a><\/span> set in a gourmet pet food bakery in Midland (available in paperback and e-book).<\/p>\n

The tenth book in Diane Kelly\u2019s delightful Death and Taxes series<\/span> featuring female Dallas IRS agent Tara Holloway is Death, Taxes and a Satin Garter<\/span><\/a><\/span> (St. Martin\u2019s, $7.99 paperback). Kelly also has a second mystery series going, Paw Enforcement, starring a Fort Worth police officer and her K-9 partner. Kelly\u2019s stories are always entertaining.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole <\/span>is co-author of 101 Essential Texas Books.<\/span><\/a><\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/span><\/a><\/span>erary Life<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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8.21.2016\u00a0 The writing universe of novelist Dominic Smith<\/h1>\n

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For a decade native Australian Dominic Smith<\/span> has been writing sweeping novels with a global perspective of history and art from his home in Austin, and his latest, <\/span>The Last Painting of Sarah de Vos,<\/span> has garnered acclaim from coast-to-coast in the book world. He graciously took time last week to be interviewed via email for LSLL and spoke with us about writing, coming to Texas, and real-world concerns of authors.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONE STAR LITERARY LIFE:<\/span> Dominic, I\u2019d like to begin with your journey to Texas. You were raised in Australia, but found your way to Texas after stops in Amsterdam and Iowa. Your Iowa time included being selected for the Iowa Writers\u2019 Workshop and your Texas time included being selected as a Michener Center Fellow. What surprised you about Texas when you arrived here?<\/span><\/p>\n

DOMINIC SMITH: <\/span>I arrived in Austin in the summer of 2000, straight from a mild spring in Amsterdam, so the first thing that struck me about Texas was the shocking summertime heat. The second thing was the friendliness of the people. Texans, like Australians, are generally laid-back and friendly, with a healthy sense of irony. I should point out that in Iowa, I was part of the undergraduate portion of the Writer\u2019s Workshop, which is not quite the same as the prestigious graduate program. Still, it was where I first glimpsed the possibility of becoming a writer. >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas’s only statewide, weekly calendar of book events<\/h1>\n

Bookish Texas<\/span> event highlights\u00a0 8.21.2016
<\/span>>><\/span><\/a><\/span> GO this week\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Michelle Newby, Contributing Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

HOUSTON\u00a0 Mon., Aug. 22\u00a0 <\/span>Brazos Bookstore, Mitchel P. Roth discusses and signs CONVICT COWBOYS, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Tues., Aug. 23\u00a0 Malvern Books, Fran\u00e7ois Pointeau hosts Multi-Verse, a new poetry reading series, featuring local poets Michael Gilmore and Richard Cole, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>FORT WORTH The Fort Worth Club, Jeffrey Toobin presents American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, 11:30AM<\/span>Also reading DALLAS\u00a0 Tues., Aug. 23, Hotel Crescent Court, 6:30PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AUSTIN\u00a0 Thurs., Aug. 25\u00a0\u00a0 BookPeople, MONTE AKERS, NATHAN AKERS & ROGER FRIEDMAN speaking & signing Tower Sniper: The Terror of America’s First Active Shooter on Campus, 7PM<\/span>Also reading SAN ANTONIO\u00a0 Fri., Aug. 26\u00a0\u00a0 B&N – Ingram Festival, 7PM<\/span><\/span><\/span>HOUSTON\u00a0 Sat., Aug. 26, Blue Willow Bookshop, Texas Poets read from and sign the 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar, 4PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>THE WOODLANDS\u00a0 Sat., Aug. 26, The Woodlands<\/span>B&N, Brian McTaggart signs 100 Things Astros Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, 12PM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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News Briefs 8.21.16<\/h1>\n

Second annual Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop slated for Midland Sept. 16\u201318<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

The Permian Basin Writers’ Workshop <\/span>returns to Midland this fall, with a diverse lineup of presenters, speakers, agents, editors, and authors. The event kicks off Friday evening, Sept. 16, 7:30\u20138:30 p.m. at Midland’s historic Yucca Theatre and continues throughout Saturday and Sunday on the campus of Midland College.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Author and journalist ReShonda Tate Billingsley<\/span> will give a keynote presentation Friday evening, \u201cWhen Words Leave the Page,\u201d as part of a program featuring refreshments and author performances.<\/p>\n

Billingsley is the national bestselling author of more than forty books. She writes adult and teen fiction as well as nonfiction. Several of her books have been optioned for movies, including her sophomore novel, Let the Church Say Amen,<\/span> directed by actress Regina King, and produced by TD Jakes and Queen Latifah. Billingsley made her on-screen movie debut in the film, which aired in August 2015 and was one of BET\u2019s highest rated original programs. TV One recently released the TV version of her book The Secret She Kept<\/span> on July 10, 2016 and will be airing The Devil is a Lie<\/span> in fall 2016.<\/a>>>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kidder to Headline Friends of Dallas Public Library Gala Nov. 10<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Tracy Kidder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author<\/span> hailed as one of America\u2019s greatest nonfiction narrative writers, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the Dallas Public Library annual gala on Thursday, November 10.<\/p>\n

The dinner will be held in O\u2019Hara Hall, part of the newly renovated seventh floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n

Kidder is the author of ten books, including The Soul of a New Machine, an absorbing tale of the development of a new computer, which won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and the National Book Award. His latest work, A Truck Full of Money, scheduled for release September 20, is being praised by Kirkus Reviews as \u201cmore engrossing work from a gifted practitioner of narrative nonfiction.\u201d\u00a0 >>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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