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Lone Star Lit News: Sonnets, Summer Reads, sweet mysteries — and more! 06.24.2023

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LONE STAR REVIEW

Querencia: Sonnets on Seeking Home in a Troubled World by Carol Flake Chapman

From Si Dunn’s review:

“Texas writer Carol Flake Chapman’s noteworthy new poetry collection, Querencia, brings fresh light to some challenging and vital questions about people’s concepts of “home.””

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KSR titles as of 6/24/23

LONE STAR LIT’S

Kids’ Summer Reads 2023

Our annual Kids’ Summer Reads is LIVE and growing! You can now peruse 43 of the best Texas-connected children’smiddle grade, and young adult books.

The KSR is always a highlight of the year and gives our Texas children’s book authors & illustrators a chance to shine. (And because we just can’t help ourselves, it’s offered with pay-what-you-can pricing so EVERYONE can afford to participate.)

We’re still accepting submissions of children’s, middle-grade, and young adult titles with a Texas connection (by book content or author). Any pub date welcome!
Want your book added to the feature? LEARN MORE

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TEXAS READS

Mystery

Anita Dickason shares a sweet selection of mysteries with the International Criminal Witch Police, a chocolate factory, and some double-dealing skullduggery.

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TEXAS TALKS

with Babette Fraser Hale

Texas A&M University Press’s Christine Brown interviews Babette Fraser Hale about A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers on The Bookmark.

WATCH NOW

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BOOKISH TEXAS

June 24 – July 2, 2023

The only weekly, statewide calendar of Texas book events. SERIOUSLY.

We’re sharing over 120 events, special events, and exhibitions (plus story times) this week, like we do every week, just fer grins.

Please help keep us and LSLL readers in the loop by sending forthcoming events to us at: Events@LoneStarLiterary.com.

PLAN YOUR WEEK

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LONE STAR BOOK BLOG TOURS

ON TOUR THIS WEEK

Our Lone Star Book Blog Tours reach more than 100,000 visitors every month with author interviews, book reviews, giveaways, promotions, guest posts, book trailers, and more.

CONTINUING POP-UP BLOG-HOP
Whiskey on Our Shoes by Tonya Preece. Through July 14, 2023.

UPCOMING BOOK BLOG TOUR
Dreams of Arcadia by Brian Porter. Starts June 27, 2023.

VISIT THE TOUR PAGES FOR SCHEDULES, LINKS, & FREE BOOKS

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

LONE STAR LIT

JUNE ’23 TEXAS BOOKS PREVIEW

Languorous days await. Find a fire ant-free patch of grass, sip some lemonade, and peruse our June Texas Books Preview, where you can take a journey back through time—or through Texas, face the thrill of adventure, dive into a mystery, and of course, find romance. Lone Star Lit is here to help you ramp up your summer reading! READ MORE

Texas Books Preview

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COMING JULY 1, 2023

The July 2023 Texas Books Preview

Have a Texas-connected title publishing in July, 2023? Be sure to let us know by EOB Monday, June 26, 2023 so we can include your book. Email Publicity@LoneStarLiterary.com.

Listings are always free, but you can Boost your title to get even more coverage for as little as $10. LEARN MORE

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ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE

If you haven’t already done it, then CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE, for subscriber-only content and to never miss a bookish-Texas thing.

–>> Bookish News about the Texas literary scene, including our semi-regular Author Awards Roundup.

The Twig Book Shop’s June roundup

Bookish Humor created exclusively for Lone Star Lit by Chris Manno.

ALWAYS ON OUR WEBSITE
— Our Writers’ GroupsTexas Bookstores, and Book Clubs in Texas pages list hundreds of writers’ groups, writers’ organizations, booksellers, and book clubs hyperlinked to their websites, and conveniently listed by city. You’re welcome! (Your group or bookstore missing? Email us at Info@LoneStarLiterary.com and we’ll get your group added.)

DID YOU KNOW
We’re on Goodreads, where you can check out our READ and TO-READ shelves.
Lone Star’s Proof & Polish Shop is taking submissions.
We’re booking 2023 Lone Star Book Blog Tours for select October dates and later.

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