NEWS & EVENTS
Look Both Ways, a collection of short stories, now available in paperback and ebook editions
“Look both ways” is one of the first pieces of advice we learn about living . . . but, as the stories in Alice’s latest book remind us, if you want to pursue your dreams, sooner or later, you have to take your chances and step into the road.
For her “collected stories,” Alice has brought together 20 of her favorites from over the course of her career, spanning from “Chrissy on Earth” about a teenage alcoholic and the title story “Look Both Ways,” to “What Comes to Hand Must Be Faced,” about sudden loss and life’s end.
The book is available from Amazon, Bookshop.org, and bookstores with online ordering sites. In the Seattle area, it is available at Third Place Books in Ravenna and Lake Forest Park.
Summer’s End, the fourth Ellie Kent mystery, is now up for pre-order
American Ellie Kent has been looking forward to Little Beecham’s traditional climax to the summer, when her husband Graham and the Beecham Morris will perform an 11th-century horn dance in the woods by the light of the full moon. Never could she have imagined the disaster ahead or the role she will play in solving the mystery that results. As she struggles to understand what happened and why, she is drawn deeply into the problems of people whose lives have been shaped — and threatened — by even more ancient laws and prejudices. It’s not the way she hoped her first year in England would end, but it does show her the progress she has made from foreign “incomer” to one of a family and a valued part of her village. This book, now available for pre-order as an ebook, will be released on October 30, 2026. A paperback edition will also be available at that time.
Recent and Forthcoming Events
January 26: Alice met with the Brackenwood Book Club on Bainbridge Island (WA) to discuss Under an English Heaven, the first Ellie Kent mystery.
February 26: Left Coast Crime, San Francisco, CA. Alice will be on the panel “It’s all about the characters” (Thursday, 1:15–2:00 pm). With Leslie Budewitz, Marcy McCreary, Nora McCreary, Roz Ray (moderating). Open to conference registrants and people with day passes.
March 21: Alice will be the co-host of a daylong writing retreat at the Edmonds Public Library (Edmonds, WA) from 10 am to 5 pm. This free event is open to paid-up members of Sisters in Crime only.
March 27: Alice will be guest speaker for Women’s History Month at Mountlake Terrace Plaza, Mountlake Terrace, WA. She will talk about the challenges for women writers throughout history (briefly!) and her own career as a writer. Open to residents and their guests only.
May 17th: “The Writing Life” . . . a workshop presentation at the Edmonds Bookshop will feature Alice, Candace Robb, and Catherine Broadwall. Details to be announced.
Interested in having Alice meet with your organization, book club, or writers’ group?
Alice is available for online and in-person author events. Since the Zoom era began, she has participated in events from California to Connecticut, as well as in England, France, India, and Pakistan. It’s an any time, anywhere world now, so if your organization, book club or other group would like to chat with her about her books, reading, or writing, please feel free to contact her at alicekboatwright@gmail.com.