Archive for the Coming Soon Category
Novel Undereway
1. April 2012 by John Smelcer.
I’ve started writing a new YA novel about two teenage brothers who climb one of the tallest mountains in Alaska. Set around 1980, the novel will be loosely based on my own life. My brother and I had military training in repelling, mountaineering, and arctic survival. I’ve published numerous articles about climbing and even spelunking (caving). I’m very excited about it.
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Weekend Connection
1. April 2012 by John Smelcer.
Got to read at the Binghamton International Literature Festival held this weekend at the Know Theatre downtown. Stanley Barkan, the publisher of my new bilingual poetry book, The Indian Prophet, was there. Stan’s the publisher of Cross-Cultural Communications Press, which is celebrating 40 years of excellence in publishing poetry worldwide.
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Somewhere … The U.S. & Canada Now!
19. January 2012 by John Smelcer.
Edge comes to North America!
Finally, after a succesful run in the UK, NZ, and Australia, my YA novel Edge of Nowhere will be available in the US and Canada this summer. Edge is one of my most successful books to date, and I hope it does even better in America. Learn more about it at www.johnsmelcer.com/books
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Alaska
13. March 2011 by John Smelcer.
I recently spent a week in Alaska. Among other things, I attended the World Championship Sled Dog Races in Anchorage and the Junior World Championships the weekend before. Research for my new novel. Got to spend some time at my cabin in Talkeetna, where it was -22F. Had to keep stoking the wood stove to stay warm! Saw ten moose near the cabin!
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About Those Experiences …
14. December 2010 by John Smelcer.
Working on my next YA novel. Some years ago, I learned how to run a dog sled team in Alaska. I have a cabin in Talkeetna, which has a lot of racing teams. I figure it’s time to write something about those experiences.
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Forthcoming …
24. November 2010 by John Smelcer.
On Nov. 18, 2010, I gave a reading from my forthcoming bilingual poetry book at Africa House, a gorgeous venue in Endicott, New York.
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An invite …
19. September 2010 by John Smelcer.
Just got an invite to speak at my old high school in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Coming Fall 2010
25. July 2010 by John Smelcer.
Available fall 2010 from Split Oak Press (NY) — Tracks.
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Crossing An Ocean Soon …
6. July 2010 by John Smelcer.
In mid August, I’ll be talking about my new novel Edge of Nowhere at the Edinburgh International Literary Festival in Scotland, then off for a few book events in London.
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Coming to The Netherlands
2. June 2010 by John Smelcer.
A publisher in The Netherlands has bought the rights to translate and publish The Trap later this year.
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