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March 3, 2022

The Exquisite Egg By Erin Wood A Hot Springs native, artist Isabel B. Anthony’s lifelong passion for embellishing eggs—ignited in the 1960s by a Ladies’ Home Journal article about the enameled and precious-jeweled Easter eggs of world-renowned Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé—is reflected in her new book The Exquisite Egg: One Artist’s Embellished Creations.  Releasing March 1, just in time for Easter baskets, the book shares images of over 100

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The Unseen Faithful

January 28, 2022

By Erin Wood When young writer and Nashville, Arkansas, native Kaden Peebles should have been preparing for a high school cheerleading competition, she was knocked out by debilitating pain. She was eventually diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer.  This diagnosis marks the start of her book, Chemo and Good Eyeliner: A Cancer Memoir (forthcoming spring 2023). Peebles eventually completed 35 rounds of chemotherapy, 32 localized radiation treatments, 8

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Porter Prize Awarded to Little Rock Author Jen Fawkes

November 29, 2021

By Erin WoodAt a November gala at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Little Rock fiction writer Jen Fawkes was celebrated as the 36th winner of the Porter Fund Literary Prize.  Established in 1984, The Porter Prize is a nonprofit supporting Arkansas writers and poets, founded by Phillip McMath in honor of Dr. Ben Kimpel. Past winners include our current Arkansas Poet Laureate Jo McDougall,

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Invitation to Intimacy

October 30, 2021

By Erin Wood While Maumelle resident Dr. Judy Tiesel-Jensen now enjoys being “creatively retired” and watching pelicans fly over the Arkansas River from her writing desk, she keeps one foot firmly planted in her three-decades-long career as a couples therapist.   Her new book, Invitation to Intimacy: What the Marriage of Two Couples Therapists Reveals About Risk, Transformation, and the Astonishing Healing Power of Intimacy, forthcoming November 16, is one part

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Truths We Tell: Stories From The Yarn Stage

September 30, 2021

By Erin Wood The Yarn—a Little Rock-based nonprofit that uses the power of storytelling to amplify voices, build understanding, and create space for human connection—is releasing its first book on October 12. Truths We Tell: Stories From The Yarn Stage is curated from the show’s first four years of productions under the direction of co-founder and producer Hilary Trudell.  Trudell shares, “I couldn’t be more excited to present this anthology

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Six Bridges Virtual Book Festival Takes Place Oct. 21-31

September 30, 2021

By Erin Wood Authors and presenters for the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival have been announced. The event, which will take place virtually from October 21-31, features nearly 70 national authors including Lauren Groff, Margaret Renkel, Charles Yu, Jaqueline Woodson, and local authors including Kevin Brockmeier and Crystal C. Mercer—among a robust roster of others.  Many formerly knew this celebrated festival as the Arkansas Literary Festival. The new name, Six

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Save the Date for Six Bridges Book Festival Oct. 21-31

August 28, 2021

By Erin WoodAuthors and presenters for the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival have been announced. The event, which will take place virtually from October 21-31, features nearly 70 national authors including Lauren Groff, Margaret Renkel, Charles Yu, Jaqueline Woodson, and local authors including Kevin Brockmeier and Crystal C. Mercer—among a robust roster of others. Many formerly knew this celebrated festival as the Arkansas Literary Festival. The new name, Six Bridges

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AR PBS Airs Summer Learning Program Through Mid-August

July 31, 2021

By Erin Wood If you have K-5 kids, you won’t want to miss the six-week summer learning program, “Rise and Shine,” now airing on Arkansas PBS in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Education. Featuring lessons led by Arkansas teachers to reinforce learning in key subjects including literacy, math, science, and social studies, the program began July 6, airing weekdays from 8 to 11:30 a.m. through mid-August.  “Boosting literacy is one

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Author & Parent Advice for Summer Reading with Kids

July 1, 2021

By Erin WoodPrepare Little Listeners: Preschool music teacher and author/illustrator Carol Dabney says, “When reading my children’s book, Butterfly Dreams, I say ‘Little caterpillar Carlos will be going through some big changes. Listen carefully to what changes take place so you can tell me about them after we finish.’” Let Them Choose: Crystal C. Mercer, author/illustrator of From Cotton to Silk, says, “I let my nieces choose the books, use

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The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal

May 30, 2021

By Erin WoodJennifer A. O’Brien, a self-taught Little Rock artist whose work supports those delivering end-of-life care for others, is the winner of a prestigious Nautilus Book Award. O’Brien’s book, The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal, was honored with a Silver Award in the “Death & Dying/Grief & Loss” category. Past nautilus award recipients have come from a diverse range of writers and celebrated contributors including wellbeing pioneer Dr. Deepak Chopra,

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From Cotton to Silk: The Magic of Black Hair

May 1, 2021

By Erin WoodA very unique book launched on March 20, the birthday of author and “create(her)” Crystal C. Mercer’s late grandmother, in whose honor she sewed the book’s pages. Yes, sewed. By hand. The pages of her first children’s book, From Cotton to Silk: The Magic of Black Hair, reflect 467 hours of hand-stitching and not only incorporate fabrics studied in Ghana, Africa, as part of her graduate work, but

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Cartwheels: Finding Your Special Kind of Smart

March 1, 2021

By Erin Wood For veteran teacher Tracy Peterson, helping kids find their special way of learning has been a motivation for nearly four decades. This month, one classroom story will find its way into print in the form of a children’s picture book that she hopes will help many children among the 20% that the Yale University Center for Dyslexia and Creativity estimates struggle with dyslexia. Cartwheels: Finding Your Special

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