Newton Writing & Publishing Blog: BIG FAT QUADRUPLE BOOK LAUNCH

On March 26 we hosted a huge book launch with FOUR features from far-away places like California and New York and Pennsylvania! Before you get too excited, no, there was NO CAKE... the bakery's printer was down! We made do with other stuff...

Yeah, so there were some writers there, too ! I can't remember what order they went in (it was SO last month) but I seem to recall that Amye Archer was first, reading from her phenomenal memoir, Fat Girl, Skinny. Big Table Publishing has nominated this one for a PULITZER PRIZE because uh huh, it's that good!

Lots of people know the story of how I was extremely loving and supportive of Amye after she signed on with an agent and then with another publisher; but not everyone knows that I was only being nice so that in case some miracle happened and that contract fell through, she would let me publish the book. And somehow... that's exactly what happened!

Tony Press is another author I ~~nagged~~ encouraged for a long long long time to publish with Big Table. I have been a HUGE fan for years... and finally he ~~couldn't stand the pressure~~ agreed that he was ready! He flew across the WHOLE country to be here, and meeting him was such a blast, I can't even tell you!! Here he is reading from his collection of shorts, Crossing the Lines.

Our next guest was one of Boston Literary's Darlings, Tina Barry... I admire her writing so much, and was SO thrilled when she submitted a manuscript to Big Table! I'll be honest - I didn't actually read it before I accepted. I wanted to say YES before she sent it to someone else! When I read it the next day, of course I loved it! Nyaah Nyaah, other publishers! She's ours! She kept us spellbound as she read from her new collection, Mall Flower.

And finally, a local author I've had my eyes on for a while... Nadine Ryan is warm, funny, brilliantly talented, and did I mention funny? Her novel, She Came from Beyond is terrific! The writing is great, but to hear her read from it was even better. (Nadine, want to come to my house and read the whole thing to me? Call me!)

The following pictures came from Amye Archer and our Center's photographer, Glenn Bowie... I have discovered that although I have a sparkling personality that delights everyone, I can't take pictures for shit.