The Place to Take a Humor Break
Our guest in this interview is Bill Spencer who is the author of, “Uranus is Always Funny.” Bill Spencer’s humor writing has been published by numerous outlets including Funny Times, Narrative Magazine, Reader’s Digest, The […]
September is a month dedicated to reading. I’m not sure why. Reading months should be in the dead of winter, when it’s too cold to do anything but curl up on the couch under a […]
Our guest on this podcast episode is Mary Farr. Mary has been a guest before in regard to her book, “If I Could Mend Your Heart” which deals with the subject of managing grief. This […]
Our Bodies our Shelves is my collection of humorous essays about library life. It got terrific reviews, even though you’ve never heard of it. How many terrific reviews? Thirty excellent reviews on Amazon and over […]
Over the next few weeks, HOPress-ShorehouseBooks.com will be doing a few promotions to help authors (those who publish with us and those who did not) promote their books. Our first order of business is a […]
Part of a librarian’s job is helping people find a book that they’ve read or heard about. But sometimes our patrons get the title wrong. For instance? The woman who came to the library asking […]
Do you have what it takes for library work? Let’s see if you can read this list of things found in library books or book drops without gasping, flinching, or hollering, “Holy Shit!” (I couldn’t. […]
Today we are proud to excerpt the introduction form the newest memoir from Concha Alborg My Mother, That Stranger. Letters from the Spanish Civil War. Over eight-hundred letters were written between the author’s newly-engaged parents […]
On this episode we talk with Patricia H. McLoud who is the author of “The Green Goddess of Gardening.” This book describes exactly how and what to do to develop gardens and then care for […]
This episode is an interview with Concha Alborg who is the author of “My Mother, That Stranger, Letters from the Spanish Civil War.” This book is a memoir about Concha’s mother based on the letters […]