Tattered Cover Presents...
Women Writers:
Events, News & Book Reviews - October 2018
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It’s the most wonderful time of year! Fall is here and Halloween is upon us.
My name is Ashley and if you have been subscribed to this newsletter for a while, you might remember me from the first few intro letters. I am the content and communications coordinator at Tattered Cover. I manage our social media accounts, e-newsletters (I create this and I hope you are enjoying it!), website event calendar, and other various forms of digital and written marketing.
Anyway, It’s my favorite time of year and, as a horror fan, I want to talk about something I am very passionate about — women writers in the horror genre. I have been a huge fan of horror ever since I was a weird little kid, but most of the horror I was exposed to was either created by men or depicted women as the damsel in distress. And that’s if women even had a presence at all.
Then I discovered women like Anne Rice and Shirley Jackson and that lead me to discovering even more women CREATING in the horror genre. Where had they been all my life? Below, I am going to recommend some of my favorite horror novels by women. (I am not going to mention Mary Shelley because her legacy speaks for itself.)
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. I can’t recommend this book enough. Two reclusive sisters are ostracized in their small town after their family dies in mysterious circumstances. You don’t know “unreliable narrator” until you have read this book.
- The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. When people recommend Anne Rice, they usually start with Interview with the Vampire, but that is not the book that drew me in. This is an intoxicating read that takes you from mid 1700s France through 1980s America. This book, in my opinion, sets the groundwork for the rest of the series. Also, vampire rockstar.
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang. I’m not sure if many people would consider this horror, but it’s definitely dark and psychological. Yeong-hye has brutal nightmares that lead her to giving up meat—something that is shunned in her society. This small act of rebellion, in desperate attempt to get rid of these nightmares, changes her life forever. This was my top read of 2017.
- My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due. This is the first book in Due’s African Immortals series and a must-read for anyone who loves paranormal fiction. Jessica discovers her husband is part of an Ethiopian sect that traded humanity for immortality. It’s truly unforgettable.
Honorable mention:
Carmilla
by Joseph LeFanu. Okay, so this one is obviously not written by a woman, but I feel the need to mention it because it actually predates
Dracula
by 26 years and it’s about a FEMALE vampire.
Carmilla
is the story of a young woman lured by the charms of a female vampire. If you’re a vampire fan, you need to read this.
Let us know who you favorite women horror writers are!
~ Ashley, content and communications coordinator
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Photo of the Month: September...
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On Tuesday, September 25, Laurie Halse Anderson presented
Speak: The Graphic Novel
at Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue. The graphic novel is based on the classic
Speak
, a powerful novel about an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice who delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.
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In this issue...
- Poll of the Month
- Photo of the Month
- Book Radar
- Women this Week
- Upcoming Events
- Staff Book Reviews
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Who is your favorite female horror or suspense writer?
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Other (email us and tell us who!)
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Last month's poll...
Earning gift cards
42.9%
The silver bookmark gift
28.6%
Attending the private sale/private party
14.3%
Other
14.3%
Advanced access to select ticket sales
0%
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Picture Book Talk & Signing
TODAY: Friday, October 5, 6:00 pm
Christy Mihaly's juvenile nonfiction books have been published by
Focus
,
Rosen
, and
National Geographic Kids
. She will discuss and sign
Hey, Hey, Hay!
($17.99 Holiday House), a joyful rhyming story about a girl and her mother and the machines they use on their family farm to make hay.
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Sci-Fi Book Talk & Signing
Saturday, October 6, 2:00 pm, Historic LoDo
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Poetry Readings & Signings
Saturday, October 6, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Poet Madelyn Garner will discuss and sign
Hum of Our Blood
($24.00 3: A Taos Press). Poet Katherine Seluja will discuss and sign
Gather the Night
($18.95 University of New Mexico Press). Poet Elizabeth Robinson will discuss and sign
Blue Heron
($16.95 University Press of Colorado).
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Middle Grade Book Talk & Signing
Monday, October 8, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Ally Condie is the author of the #1
New York Times
bestselling
Matched
Trilogy and of the middle-grade novel
Summerlost
. Brendan Reichs is the author of the instant
New York Times
bestseller
Nemesis
and its sequel
Genesis
. They will discuss and sign
The Darkdeep
($16.99 Bloomsbury Publishing), about a group of friends who discover a hidden island and an abandoned houseboat with an array of curiosities inside.
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Book Talk & Signing
Tuesday, October 9, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
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Mystery Book Talks & Signings
Tuesday, October 9, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Join us for an evening with five mystery writers for A Mysterious Conversation: Writers Talk Crime! Cynthia Kuhn, author of the
Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries
, will discuss and sign
The Spirit in Question
($15.95 Henery Press), the third book in the award-winning series. Author Nora Page will discuss and sign
Better Off Read: A Bookmobile Mystery
($26.99 Crooked Lane Books), her first
Bookmobile Mystery
.
Margaret Mizushima, author of the critically acclaimed
Timber Creek K-9
mysteries, will discuss and sign
Burning Ridge
($26.99 Crooked Lane Books), her fourth
Timber Creek K-9
mystery. Barbara Nickless, author of the award-winning
Sydney Parnell
series, will discuss and sign
Dead Stop
($15.95 Thomas & Mercer), the second book in the series. Scott Graham, the author of eight books, will discuss and sign
Yosemite Fall
($15.95 Torrey House Press), a
National Park Mystery
.
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Middle Grade Book Talk & Signing
Thursday, October 11, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
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Young Adult Fiction Book Talk & Signing
Friday, October 12, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
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Spirituality Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church
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History Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
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True Crime Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Author and playwright Dorothy Marcic will discuss and sign
With One Shot: Family Murder and a Search for Justice
($16.00 Citadel Press). A widow confessed to the cold blooded murder of her husband, but Marcic suspected a more sinister tale at the heart of her beloved uncle's violent death. In 2014, Marcic embarked on a two-year mission to uncover the truth.
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Poetry Reading & Signing
Thursday, October 18, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Dominique Christina is the award-winning poet and author of
This Is Woman's Work
. She was the National Poetry Champion in 2011 and Women of the World Slam Champion in 2012 and 2014. She will discuss and sign
Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems
($16.00 Beacon Press), the reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, who was subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims, more commonly known as "the father of modern gynecology
."
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History Book Talk & Signing
Sunday, October 21, 2:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will discuss and sign
Leadership: In Turbulent Times
($30.00 Simon & Schuster). In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.
Tickets on sale now!
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Biography Book Talk & Signing
Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Jane Leavy is an award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the
Washington Post
. She is the author of the comic novel
Squeeze Play
, which was called "the best novel ever written about baseball" by
Entertainment Weekly
. Leavy will discuss and sign
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
($32.50 Harper).
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Middle Grade Book Talk & Signing
Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
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Memoir Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Author Angie Cavallari will discuss and sign
Trailer Trash: An '80s Memoir
($14.95 Retro Publishing LLC), about her childhood in the '80s growing up in trailer parks. In this book, Cavallari describes the negative connotations of the world "trailer park" and what it represents in the minds of most Americans.
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Book Talk & Signing
Saturday, October 27, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
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Cookbook Talk & Signing
Saturday, October 27, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
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Friday, October 19, 6:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Tuesday, October 23, 6:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
NEW!
Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Thursday, October 25, 6:00 pm, Aspen Grove
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Thursday, November 1, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Sunday, November 4, 2:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Monday, November 5, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Wednesday, November 7, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Thursday, November 8, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Tuesday, November 13, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Thursday, November 15, 7:00 pm, Historic LoDo
Tuesday, November 27, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Sunday, December 2, 2:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Tuesday, December 4, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue,
TICKETS
Saturday, December 8, 7:00 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church,
TICKETS
Thursday, January 17, 2019, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Sunday, March 24, 2019, 2:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
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23 Great Women Horror Writers to Freak You Out This October
It's finally October, which as we all know is officially the spookiest month-and thus the perfect moment to brush up on your literary horror bookshelf. Sure, it's really on-brand for the season, but sometimes it actually is nice to accompany the...
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The Women Crime Writers with the Most Film Adaptations
While the world at large bemoans the lack of opportunity for women directors, Hollywood has never felt the same reluctance when it comes to female novelists...
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crimereads.com
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10 Story Collections by Women You Should Read Right Now
Better Times , Sara Batkie's stellar debut collection, a girl in a home for "troubled women" imagines the first dog in space; a phantom breast haunts a woman after her mastectomy; a woman gives birth to eggs; a piece of Alaska splits off into the ...
Read more
www.publishersweekly.com
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Teaching the Literature of Mad Women
We narrate our lives in terms of time-how long something lasted, when something began or ended. In doing so, we downplay the importance of place and position-the spaces where things occur...
Read more
lithub.com
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On shelves now...
by Lisa Locascio
"
Think of this book as a sort of prequel to Erica Jong's
Fear of Flying
-- before our heroine got all jaded, right as she's coming (pun intended) into her own -- updated for the 21st century.
Open Me
is incredibly sexy and cringe-inducing all at once. I couldn't put it down!
"
--
Lainie Formby, Adult Book Buyer
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On shelves now...
by Sylvia Acevedo
"What an inspirational book. This was an incredible journey to go on. What an impressive and inspirational woman. I loved what she accomplished but I think I loved her determination and resilience the most. Also, while this was clearly a middle grade read, she didn't hold back about her family's hardships and tough times. Some of those stories, especially when it came to the domestic abuse and machismo attitudes, were rough and difficult to read because of their harsh nature. I loved how honest she was and how she had a 20/20 hindsight and way about explaining the cultural differences and historical differences of the time. It made the story more understandable and all the more relatable. Again, this book is written at a middle grade level with some basic sentence structure and language but I would recommend this to all young women. It's an honest journey, full of cultural relevance, and with a can-do attitude that I loved." --
Mikaley Osley, Marketing and Event Manager
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On shelves 10/9...
by Kate Morton
"I don’t watch scary films and I don’t read ghost stories but The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a different kind of ghost story. Interweaving characters pass through time and space in an enchanting, and enchanted, house in the English countryside, Birchwood Manor. Is it the people or the house that is haunted? As always, Kate Morton has created memorable characters and crafted engrossing paths for them to trace. The Clockmaker’s Daughter begins in 1862 with the love story of an artist, Edward Radcliffe, and his muse Birdie Bell, the daughter of a clockmaker, and culminates in unexpected ways in the present. Make a cup of tea, curl up in a comfortable chair and travel with archivist Elodie Winslow as her interest in a leather satchel, and the sepia photograph and sketchbook with a drawing of a distinctive house it contains, lead her to secrets 150 years in the making. I hope you enjoy the journey. I did." --
Margaret Noteman, Aspen Grove Book Buyer
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The Clock- maker's Daughter - Kate Morton
SUMMER 2017 IT was Elodie Winslow's favorite time of day. Summer in London, and at a certain point in the very late afternoon the sun seemed to hesitate in its passage across the sky and light spilled through the small glass tiles in the pavement ...
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crimereads.com
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