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6 Months Later..."Shopkeeper" Readers Ask the BEST questions!

Hello, Reader Early May marks six months since "The Shopkeeper of Alsace" was released. The past half year has been more amazing, exhausting, exhilarating, and wonderful than I dared imagine. And it's all because of you: my smart, curious, kind, and yes - sometimes critical readers...whom I've met at libraries, bookstores, book club meetings, online events, community spaces, and so on. At North Conway's Pope Memorial Library, with Laura Cummings/White Birch Books Launch event with NHPR at...

18 days ago • 2 min read

Hello, Reader Since November, I've connected with hundreds of readers at events, through emails and texts, or just in my daily life. Today, I'd like to thank a particularly dedicated group: the many book clubs that chose "The Shopkeeper of Alsace" to read this winter. Despite snowstorms, a robust flu season, and busy schedules... I've been able to meet with several of these groups. The most satisfying gathering was, no surprise, with my own book club, which we call "Reading Between the...

3 months ago • 1 min read
Launch Week for "The Shopkeeper of Alsace"

Hello, Reader Four Launch Events…One Crazy Week…and why New Hampshire is awesome. My Launch Week in Review... Perhaps it was overly-ambitious, but what did I know? I’d never launched a book before. And so, within the space of eight days in mid-November, I travelled around the state to talk about my novel. I worried I would get sick. I worried that not enough people would show up. I worried about running out of books…or having too many books left over. NONE of those things happened. Launch...

5 months ago • 2 min read
Launch Week for "The Shopkeeper of Alsace"

Hello, Reader Four Launch Events…One Crazy Week…and Why New Hampshire is Awesome. My Launch Week in Review... Perhaps it was overly-ambitious, but what did I know? I’d never launched a book before. And so, within the space of eight days in mid-November, I travelled around the state to talk about my novel. I worried I would get sick. I worried that not enough people would show up. I worried about running out of books…or having too many books left over. NONE of those things happened. Launch...

5 months ago • 2 min read
Pre-order "The Shopkeeper of Alsace" by Laura Knoy

Hello, Reader IT’S HERE! The Shopkeeper of Alsace is available for pre-order now. Local book sellers are always my first choice for buying books. Please support these community-minded businesses who keep downtowns thriving, people gathering, and ideas flowing. Photo Credit: Allegra Boverman If you’re in New Hampshire, I recommend you pre-order through GIBSON'S BOOKSTORE in Concord, WHITE BIRCH BOOKS in North Conway, or the Independent bookstore in your area. Here are the NH members of the New...

7 months ago • 1 min read