NEWS & EVENTS
Shadows of Vietnam book launch: Thursday, June 19th in Edmonds
A book launch event for Shadows of Vietnam will take place on Thursday, June 19th, 6 pm, at the Edmonds Bookshop (111 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA). Alice will give a brief reading and talk about how this historical, but very timely, book came to be. Set in the United States and post-war Vietnam, it comprises three linked novellas about an America bitterly divided during the Vietnam War and the long reach of those conflicts in the decades afterward. From 1968, when Toby Woodruff saw refusing to fight as the way to serve the America he believed in, to Sarah Shepherd, who finally makes peace with her brother’s death and her own turbulent history when she visits Vietnam in 1993, the stories trace the struggles of those who served, those who resisted, and those who loved them.
Formerly published in 2012 by Standing Stone Books as Collateral Damage, the book won an IPPY Award for literary fiction in 2013. This new edition from Firefly Ink Books is available in paperback locally at the Edmonds Bookshop, Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, and Third Place Books Ravenna, as well as through bookshop.org and bookstores with online sales. An ebook edition is available from Amazon.
Get in the mood with a playlist of songs that inspired or are mentioned in Shadows of Vietnam!
Mysterious England returned to Edmonds Library on April 5th
Before COVID, Marty Wingate, Candace Robb, and Alice presented a program called “Mysterious England,” beginning at the Edmonds Library and going on to other libraries from Puyallup to Oak Harbor. On April 5th, they revived this popular program, which includes brief readings from the authors’ latest books, as well as conversation about why they write about England and what makes it such an enduring subject for murder mysteries! More events are in the planning. These library programs are free and open to the public.
“Writing a mystery: it’s more than whodunnit” on YouTube
In November, Alice gave a Zoom talk on writing a mystery for the Sno-Isle County Libraries in Washington. In this program, she described not only her own process for writing and revising a mystery, but also discussed the genre and the fact it remains the most popular after romance. And why is that? Because everlasting love is the only story more beguiling than the mystery, which assures us that no matter what bad things happen, good can triumph and order will be restored. You may view the program on YouTube now.
Zoom with me!
Since the Zoom era began, Alice 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 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.
Recent/forthcoming events
June 19: Shadows of Vietnam book launch, Edmonds Bookshop, 111 5th Ave S., Edmonds, WA. 6 pm. Open to the public for free. Books will be available for sale and signing.
April 5: “Mysterious England” at the Edmonds Public Library! Marty Wingate, Candace Robb and Alice revived their popular library program on April 5th. Free and open to the public.
Interested in having Alice Zoom to your book club or writers’ group?
For Zoom (or Skype, or Facetime) author visits, contact alicekboatwright@gmail.com