Book Event Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Would you like a book club author visit?

Shelley Admin2023-01-27T22:47:59+00:00book club, Book Event, Book signing|

What a lovey dinner, wine and talk I enjoyed with Carol, Sue, Allison and Missy, at Bella Bru in Carmichael. [...]

Journalists as protagonists at BOUCHERCON

Shelley Admin2022-09-27T15:56:05+00:00Book Event, Book signing, Fact and fiction, historical fiction, journalism|

The Bouchercon Mystery Conference. I just returned from a week in Minneapolis with this observation: the crime-writing community is ridiculously [...]

Fiction, life, history, politics

Shelley Admin2022-09-27T15:30:17+00:00Book Event, Fact and fiction, feminist, historical fiction, History, ideas, politics|

I retired from teaching in 2021. One thing I really miss is talking about CONNECTIONS between fiction and life and [...]

Difficult? Horrible? Badass?

Shelley Admin2022-08-26T22:53:47+00:00#amwriting, audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Catriona McPherson, Fact and fiction, feminist, Gossip, historical fiction, historical thriller, Interview, Tomboy|

Talking about Tomboy with very good friends. For the past three years I've co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento with author Dorothy [...]

August 26–Stories on Stage Sacramento

Shelley Admin2022-08-09T17:14:26+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Catriona McPherson, Craft, creativity, feminist noir, historical thriller, Stories on Stage Sacramento, Tomboy|

Words come to life on stage this month. It's a thrill to see your work interpreted by a gifted actor, [...]

Stories on Stage with Catriona McPherson

Shelley Admin2022-08-01T19:01:58+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, historical fiction, historical thriller, Stories on Stage Sacramento, Tomboy|

Thank you to Inside Sacramento for spreading the word about Tomboy being performed by Gabby Battista at Stories on Stage Sacramento, [...]

The Tide–a book launch and life

Shelley Admin2022-07-25T14:53:45+00:00Book Event, Book signing, cocktail class, Giveaway, Tomboy|

Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel published June 28. I had expected to share the details of that launch with you immediately [...]

Stories on Stage Sacramento–with Catriona McPherson

Shelley Admin2022-06-23T02:59:38+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Interview, Launch, Noir|

Stories on Stage Sacramento owns a huge chunk of my heart--what a mighty little performance non-profit it is! That's why [...]

Talking about voice, with Katie McCleary TO BE RESCHEDULED

Shelley Admin2022-07-24T16:46:10+00:00916 Ink, AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Tomboy|

I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENT, WHICH I HAD TO POSTPONE FOR A FAMILY EMERGENCY. This amazing thinker, [...]

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Book chat, signing, reading–RUBY’S BOOKS

Shelley Admin2022-07-25T14:48:24+00:00AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, historical fiction, Indie Bookstores, Launch|

DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY, THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED. Ruby's is another great Northern California indie bookstore, located in Folsom. [...]