CAL Award Finalist Patricia G. Martin (pen name Nawashani) gave a presentation on her children’s book, Stepping Stones to the Sun, recently at the “Cuddle Up & Read” evening at Loma Elementary School in Loma, Colorado. The story, told through the eyes of a Cheyenne boy coming of age during the clash of cultures that marked the American frontier in the late 1800s, was well received by staff, parents, and children.

No Summit Out of Sight, by Linda LeBlanc, about Jordan Romero, the youngest to climb Everest and the Seven Summits, has been selected by the Junior Library Guild in “keeping with its goal of providing extraordinary reading experiences for children and young adults.” Congratulations Linda!

Michele Morris, author of Tasting Colorado: Favorite Recipes from the Centennial State, was recently interviewed on Broomfield’s Off the Page program, hosted by Stacy McKenzie. During the show she discusses the making of the cookbook, her journey to a food career, and her involvement in community efforts to end hunger. You can view the full episode online here. Tasting Colorado was released in 2013 and is now in its second printing. Information about the book can be found here.

Congratulations to our nine CAL authors who have been named as finalists for the 2014 Colorado Book Awards by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book! The Colorado Book Awards is part of the Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book’s mission to promote Colorado’s rich literary culture throughout the state. Winners will be announced on June 13 at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen (information can be found here). Read More →

Bruce Most will be signing copies of his murder mystery Rope Burn (a finalist in the CAL book awards) on April 12th from 12-1 at the BookBar, a bookshop and wine bar on 4280 Tennyson St. in northwest Denver.

Margi Evans has been invited to attend the Longmont Public Library’s Anthology Day on Saturday, April 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. She will be signing her middle-grade fantasies including North Mystic, a finalist for the Colorado Author’s League Book Awards. For information on the event, contact the library at (303) 651-8477 or www.ci.longmont.co.us/library.

CAL member Judith Briles’ book Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms was selected as the winner in the Writing/Publishing categories in the Beverly Hills Book Awards. The book has also been named a finalist in the ForeWord Book Awards with winners to be announced at the 2014 ALA Conference in June. Click here for more information about the ForeWord Book Awards.

Gail Mencini’s book, To Tuscany with Love, was selected as the winner in the Chick Lit category of the Beverly Hills Book Awards. Gail is a new CAL member and you can read more about her book on the CAL website page of Fiction Books by CAL Authors. For a full list of finalists and winners, click here.