Yesterday, John Irving was in the city for the Ottawa International Writers Festival‘s last event of the season. It didn’t start on a good note though: when I arrived, I was told that the author would not be signing books and that the audience would need to submit their questions in advance for approval. The public could buy a limited number of signed books at the entrance, but there was…
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Michael Schmicker
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The Witch of Napoli by Michael Schmicker
Tomaso Labella is a young photographer working for a local paper in Naples, Italy, when he takes a picture that makes his career: Alessandra Poverelli levitating a table during a private seance. For almost 20 years, Tomaso follows the medium as she travels around Europe while scientists study her. One man in particular is interested in Alessandra’s unusual abilities: Dr. Camillo Lombardi, a professor in abnormal psychiatry at the University of…
David Lawrence-Young
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Mary Norton: Soldier Girl by D. Lawrence-Young
The following is a guest post by D. Lawrence-Young, author of Mary Norton: Soldier Girl. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. About the Book Mary Norton is a 17th-century young woman who runs away from home in Bristol to escape from her violent and abusive father. Uneducated and unwilling to become just another servant or someone’s whore she…
Allison Janda
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Sex, Murder & Killer Cupcakes by Allison Janda
Marian Moyer is the proud owner of Food Porn, an underground magazine that publishes reviews of patisseries along with photographs of naked models holding baked goods. She also makes ends meet as a crime scene photographer with Barry, a detective in the Milwaukee police force. But nothing could have prepared her for the mysterious death of one of her models. And the reappearance of James, a high school crush, in…