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BOOK TOUR AND BOOK CLUB NEWS
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Book clubs and libraries online with Author Buzz will be able to connect with Glenda Burgess for call-in book club dates and book promotional events beginning this summer.

Book Tour and Conference Appearances
Watch the date! The official summer/fall book tour schedule for THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE will be posted here as Glenda Burgess presents and signs in Spokane, WA; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; and the San Francisco Bay area. International dates (Australia, the UK, etc.) will be announced in the fall.

Events Scheduled to Date:
Maui Writers Conference (in Honolulu) August 29-Sept 1, 2008, conference presenter of "Success Story: One Writer's Journey."

Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Trade Show, Sept 15-17, 2008, panelist and featured writer.

Be sure to check in and mark your calendars. Hope to see you there!


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The author, Glenda Burgess
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AUTHOR NEWS and EVENTS

NEW RELEASE FLASH!! THE GEOGRAPHY of LOVE, by Glenda Burgess, a memoir, Doubleday/Broadway Books, NY, release date August 5, 2008!
Christine Pride, Editor. Kimberley Cameron and Elizabeth Evans, agents, Reece Halsey North Literary Agency.

Look for more about this exquisitely written, moving memoir Publisher's Weekly called "startling, memorable, and deeply moving. With gentle, deliberate strokes..increasingly engrossing...Burgess's journey possesses bravery and open-eyed clarity."

In other book news... The second edition of LOOSE THREADS is available now, released in softcover Spring 2008.

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CURRENT EVENTS
Midnight Bookworm Featured Guest 9:30pm Wednesday March 5, 2008 with Vin Smith on The Night Shift Program satellite radio KCAA and KTEA. Discussion of the upcoming release of THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE and second edition release of LOOSE THREADS.

Regional Book Tour 2007 appearing at PNWA conference, Willamette Writers Conference, San Francisco Writers Conference.

Aunties Bookstore, Main Street, Spokane, WA Local Authors Holiday Signing Roundatable, December 16, 2-3:30pm.

PAST EVENTS
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Reading & Signing Keplers Bookstore, Menlo Park, CA, November 16, 2006, 7pm.

Reading & Signing Printers Ink Bookstore, Palo Alto, CA, November 15, 2006, 7:30pm.

Away on Summer travel--book research in Italy

Guest author, discussion of "Part Two: Funding of the Arts in America" on Midnight Bookworm, , WCRN digital talk syndicated national radio program hosted by Vin Smith for book afincinados. April 22, 2006, 9pm PST. For more information contact midnightbookworm@earthlink.net

Guest author, South Hill Book Club, Spokane, WA, May 23, 2006, 7pm. Discussion of "Exposures, a novel". For more information Contact Pam Dixon, 509-466-4310.

Guest author, Hangman Ridge Book Club, Spokane, WA, March 1, 2006, 7pm. Discussion of "Exposures, a novel."

Guest author, discussion of "Loose Threads" the first novel by Glenda Burgess, followed by a round table discussion on "Funding the Arts in America, Part One," on Midnight Bookworm, , WCRN digital talk syndicated national radio program hosted by Vin Smith for book afincinados. January 21, 2006, 9pm PST. For more information contact midnightbookworm@earthlink.net

Author signing at Women & Company , the Smith Barney Investment Group forum for successful women entrepreneurs, held Tuesday December 13th, 2005, 6-8:00pm at the 6th Avenue Event Center, Spokane. For more information call Michael at 509.838.8693

Guest Seaker, AAUW Regional Meeting, October 8, 2005, 11:30am-2:30pm reading by author followed by luncheon. Ridpath Hotel,Spokane, WA. for information call Carol Senske 509.468.5944


Guest author on Midnight Bookworm , syndicated West Coast radio program hosted by Vin Smith for book afincinados. October 8, 2005, 9pm PST. For more information contact midnightbookworm@earthlink.net

Hastings Books & Music, October 1, 2005 , Book signing 2-3 pm. Located at 29th Ave & SE Blvd, Spokane, WA 99223. For more information, call Teresa at 509.535.4342

Willamette Writers Conference August 5-August 7th 36th Annual Willamette Writers Conference, Embassy Suites Portland Airport. For more information www.willamettewriters.com


July 12, 7:30 pm, Reading and Book signing, Auntie’s Bookstore,
401 W. Main Street, Spokane, Washington
509.838.0206 or www.auntiesbooks.com

July 7-10, Authors’ Autograph Party, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Annual Conference
Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center
(for more information check www.pnwa.org or call 425-673-2665)


Selected Works - Click on any title for book details

Fiction
EXPOSURES, a novel by Glenda Burgess
"Exposures is a drama of extraordinary talent and human destiny woven within the portals of music and twenty of history’s remarkable photographs."
LOOSE THREADS by Glenda Burgess
Loose Threads explores the uncommon thread, the way not taken as we compose our lives. How we turn to and from opportunity as we brace our daily moments with choice. Engaging, fresh, and unforgettable, Loose Threads is about the journey to authenticity and the redemptive power of genuine passion.
Memoir
THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE by Glenda Burgess Broadway Books, New York, August 2008
This tender and intimate memoir of a marriage will resonate with readers of About Alice, The Year of Magical Thinking, and Erich Segal's beloved novel Love Story.
Nonfiction/ Academic
A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS THESAURUS: WOMEN STUDIES by Glenda Burgess
Special collections thesaurus developed for the academic discipline of Women Studies.



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