Tucson Festival of Books coming March 9-10, 2013

Tucson Festival Of Books - coming March 9-10th from 9 - 5 each day.

Admission is free. 

The Tucson Festival of Books is located on the University of Arizona Mall - along East University Boulevard, stretching from the Old Main area to just east of Cherry Avenue, and in a few nearby buildings. For such a large event, the location is relatively compact.

Alert: A UA basketball game in McKale Center on the Saturday afternoon of Festival weekend will require some changes in parking from our usual setup; we'll have more details when the day is near.

Free public parking is typically available in the University's surface lots and in six garages: Cherry Avenue, Highland Avenue, Main Gate, Park Avenue, Sixth Street and Tyndall Avenue. (The Second Street Parking Garage is reserved.)


Because the University will be on spring break, Festival participants and spectators won't be competing with students for parking.

Follow this link for details about disability access, accessible parking, sign language interpreters and ASL.

Free public wi-fi is available on the campus.

The Festival offers a full food court along with snack vendors.

We'll have maps when the plans for the 2013 Festival are more advanced, and you'll also find a comprehensive Festival guide in the Arizona Daily Star shortly before the Festival.


Net proceeds from the Festival - from the support of our sponsors, exhibitors, and Friends of the Festival - go to fund literacy programs in Southern Arizona.

Oh, yeah, and I'm in the line-up and will be speaking Sunday March 10, 2013 at 1PM . The title of the panel is "Everyone has a Story" and I'll be teaming with NYTimes best-selling author Julia London and with Pamela Tracy for this event. Here is my bio as it appears on the site.

Michelle Sutton

Sutton has written more than a dozen inspirational novels, including "Never Without Hope." When she's not reading or writing fiction, she is working for the state of Arizona as a human services unit supervisor.

Do you live South of Tucson, Arizona?

You may want to stop in Sierra Vista, AZ on Feb 11, 2012 and check this out.

MEMOIR TO MYSTERIES

SATURDAY: 10a.m.- 4p.m.

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Sierra Vista Library

Mona Bishop Room

3020 East Tacoma Street

Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Directions: Hwy 10 South

Exit #302- Hwy 90 south

Take 90 Business loop to the left

Take Coronado Blvd to the right

Take Tacoma to the left

Library is on the right.

I'm doing it. I'm going to publish a book myself on kindle!

I already had a cover designed and everything. What do you think? The series will be called Journeys and the books will be 99 cents each. When the series is done I'll put all four of them together in paperback format to make one complete book. The titles are...

Somebody Love Me, book 1

Somebody Help Me, book 2

Somebody Want Me, book 3

Somebody Need Me, book 4

Here is the first cover. What do you think?

Okay, took the recommendation and had the cover tweaked. Thanks for the feedback! 

Here is the new one...

Announcing the Grace Awards! Nominate a book, volunteer to judge, etc.

We need you!  (Our goal is to be inclusive and not exclusive when it comes to entries.)

Announcing the launching of the Grace Awards for the Best of 2010 in Christian/Inspirational fiction, where readers pick the finalists in all categories. This contest is open to Ebook published works, small press, as well as traditional publishers of Christian, inspirational, redemptive themed, Messianic, Christian world view inspired, marriage and family friendly novels.

Check out the website for more information: Grace Awards site link

Oh, and if you want to nominate any of my 2010 books, I'll remind you of the titles. But remember, you must have read the book and say why you loved it to nominate one of them. Don't worry, the site has instructions for readers so you will have a guide to follow when writing your brief nomination. Thank you!

 

Here is the schedule for judging applications to be submitted and for entering the contest...

PROPOSED TIME TABLE:

January 21^th - Mar 15^th: Judge applications accepted

January 21^st - Mar 15^th: Nomination of novels accepted

January 21^st - Mar 30^th: The Board reviews all nominations and selects finalists

Mar 30^th - Apr 30^th: Judges read the three final books in their category and vote

May 5^th: The Board announces winners in all categories

 CRITERIA FOR JUDGES:

Prospective judges may apply by email to: graceawards@aol.com Please submit a brief synopsis or resume of your writing/publishing/editing career or credits. Email us and tell us what you're doing in the faith-based literary field. It will be your responsibility to obtain the three finalist books in your category. The Board can assist you by asking all finaling authors/publishing houses to send a free copy of their book or ebook to our judges. However, by agreeing to judge, it is ultimately your responsibility to get and read the books by the voting dead line.  

PROJECTED BOOK CATEGORIES:

·         Women's Fiction

·         Contemporary Romance/Historical Romance

·         Suspense/Thriller/Mystery/Romantic Suspense/ Detective Series 

·         Speculative (SciFi/fantasy/horror, etc.)

·         Action Adventure/Western/Historic Epic Fiction

·         Young Adult

Coming soon! I'm one of the authors so make sure to participate!

 

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