The 2012 Woodland Press Book Tour Is Here

CHAPMANVILLE. W.Va. - We look forward to a season chock full of exciting book events and public appearances. The 2012 Woodland Press Book Tour is well underway. Join us on the road as we display and promote brand new Woodland Press book releases and our full catalog of top-selling Appalachian-based titles. Autographed and personalized books always make wonderful and unique keepsakes and gifts. All our authors are currently on tour across West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and beyond. So, join us for special booksigning engagements, bookstore appearances, release parties and even greater fun in 2012. New dates are being added daily!!

Mark your calendar and come join us. Here are a few of the upcoming book events:

-- Thurs., May 17th, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., The Gallery, at Grand Central Mall, Parkersburg, WV, will host The Devil's Son Book Release Party with author Anne Black Gray.

-- Fri., May 18th, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Dudley Farms Mall Books-A-Million, Charleston, WV, will host The Devil's Son Book Release Party, with author Anne Black Gray and Geoff Cameron Fuller.

-- Sat., May 19, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., The Devil's Son Book Release Party, Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Anne Black Gray and Geoff Fuller.

-- Sat., May 19, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host author Michael Knost.

-- Ellen Thompson McCloud will be representing Woodland Press at XCon World V - ‎2012 Comic Convention & Show on May 18th, 19th & 20th, to be held at Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Besides teaching a writing class, she will also be signing copies of Shadows and Mountains and Dark Tales of Terror.

-- Sat., May 26th, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Ellen Thompson McCloud and Jessie Grayson

-- Sat., May 26, from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Michael Knost and Frank Larnerd

-- Sat., May 26th, Tamarack The Best of West Virginia will host Geoffrey Cameron Fuller and Karin Fuller, from 11:00 - 4:00 p.m. They will be signing copies of Full Bone Moon, The Mothman Files and Stories from the Hearth. Located at Beckley, WV. For additional information, see www.tamarackwv.com.

-- Sat., June 2nd, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Kyle Lovern and Keith Davis

-- Sat., June 2nd, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Geoff and Karin Fuller

-- Fri., June 8th, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host author Michael Knost

-- Sat., June 9th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host author Brian J. Hatcher

-- Sat., June 9th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., The Hatfield-McCoy Marathon, at Williamson, WV, will host authors Michael Knost, Kyle Lovern and Keith Davis.

-- The WV Writers Spring Conference 2012 will take place June 8, 9 and 10 at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley, WV. Woodland Press author Geoffrey Cameron Fuller will be teaching a special course in nonfiction. Geoff and Karin Fuller will also teach a workshop on turning life experiences into nonfiction. Additionally, Michael Knost, Woodland Press author and Bram stoker Award-winner,will teach two workshops at the conference this year.

-- Fri., June 15th, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Michael Knost and Keith Davis

-- Sat., June 16th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Michael Knost and Brian J. Hatcher

-- Sat., June 16th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Ellen and Jessie Grayson

-- Sat., June 16th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Reed's Home Decor and Gifts, at South Williamson, KY, will host a book signing with Kyle Lovern and Keith Davis.

-- Sat., June 23rd, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Keith Davis and Kyle Lovern

-- Sat., June 23rd, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Ellen Thompson McCloud and Jessie Grayson

-- Michael Knost and Geoff Fuller will be guest speakers at Seton Hill Workshop, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, throughout the weekend of June 21-24.

-- Sat., June 30th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Ellen Thompson McCloud and Jessie Grayson

-- Sat., June 30th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Michael Knost and Keith Davis

-- Sat., July 7th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Michael Knost and Keith Davis

-- Sat., July 7th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host author Kyle Lovern

-- Sat., July 14th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Geoff Fuller and Karin Fuller

-- Sat., July 14th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Keith davis and Frank Larnerd

-- Sat., July 21st, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Brian J. Hatcher and Frank Larnerd

-- Sat., July 21st, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host author Michael Knost

-- Sat., July 28th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host author Keith Davis and Michael Knost

-- Sat., July 28th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host author Brian J. Hatcher and Frank Larnerd.

-- Sat., Aug. 4th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Huntington Mall Books-A-Milion will host authors Ellen Thompson McCloud, Frank Larnerd and Jessie Grayson

-- Sat,, Aug. 4th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Charleston Town Center Books-A-Million will host authors Keith Davis and Geoff Fuller

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Here, below, are a few of the exceptional Woodland Press book authors and editors who are currently appearing at book-signing engagements on the road:

--- Michael Knost is a 2010 Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author. He is the editor of Writers Workshop of Horror, The Legends of the Mountain State (volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4), Appalachian Winter Hauntings, Dark Tales of Terror, Specters in Coal Dust and The Mothman Files. He is a nationally known writer and editor in the horror and thriller genre.

--- Brian J. Hatcher is a nationally known author and contributor to The Legends of the Mountain State (volumes 1, 2 and 3), Appalachian Winter Hauntings and Dark Tales of Terror. He also edited these popular anthologies: Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia, and Stories from the Hearth. Brian is a member of the Thriller Writers Association and the Science Fiction Writers Association.

--- Frank Larnerd is an exceptional author and contributor to Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia. Frank is a member of the Thriller Writers Association and the WV Writers Assoc.

--- Keith Davis is the author of the regional bestsellers, The Secret Life and Brutal Death of Mamie Thurman, The Feuding Hatfields & McCoys, West Virginia Tough Boys, and Images of America: Logan County, WV (by Arcadia Publishing).

--- Kyle Lovern is a local UFOlogist, researcher, and the author of APPALACHIAN CASE STUDY: UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters and Unexplained Phenomena (Volumes 1 and 2). He has been featured on a number of nationally known UFO radio programs, including Coast-to-Coast.

--- Jessie Grayson, co-author of Shadows and Mountains. She is also a contributor to The Mothman Files and Dark Tales of Terror.

--- Ellen Thompson McCoud, co-author of Shadows and Mountains, is also a contributor to Dark Tales of Terror.

--- Geoffrey Fuller is the outstanding author and novelist of the statewide bestseller, Full Bone Moon. The book is currently getting rave reviews across the Mountain State. He is also a contributor of The Legends of the Mountain State (volume 1), Appalachian Winter Hauntings and Dark Tales of Terror.

--- Karin Fuller is an award-winning writer and a syndicated newspaper columnist. She is a author-contributor in The Mothman Files, Stories from the Hearth, Dark Tales of Terror, and other Woodland Press books.

-- S. Clayton Rhodes, a nationally known author, is a contributor to Legends of the Mountain State, Appalachian Winter Hauntings, The Mothman Files, and others. He has been published a large number of national works in the horror genre.

--- Mark Justice, editor of Appalachian Winter Hauntings, also contributed to the anthology, Legends of the Mountain State (Vol. 1).

NOTICE: Bookstores and Retailers: If you would like to schedule a Woodland Press author at your book event, contact us at email: woodlandpressllc@mac.com.

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Sandy Blackburn, author of "Time Spent With God," Spring and Summer booksigning and speaking engagements:

-- April 5, 2012 - Maundy Thursday - Welch Memorial United Methodist Church in High Point, NC @ 7:00
-- April 6, 2012 Welch Memorial United Methodist Church in High Point, NC @ 7:00
-- April 21 & 22, 2012 Women of Spirit Retreat in Matamora, OH
-- May 17, 2012 @ 9:30 AM, Stonecroft Christian Womens Group in Eden, NC
-- June 10, 2012 @ 11:00 Center United Methodist Church in Welcome, NC
-- July 29, 2012 @ 8:30 and 10:30 Oak Forest United Methodist Church in Midway, NC
-- Oct 9, 10, 11 @ 7:00 Revival at Asbury United Methodist Church in Hamptonville, NC
-- Oct 16 @ 11:00 First United Methodist Church in Thomasville, NC