Kitsune Books Publications

Mary Jane Ryals of Tallahassee, FL, has just been selected as the area’s first Big Bend Poet Laureate. This title was established to honor all creative writers, poets, and authors, while selecting one poet who best represents the literary community.

The distinguished Selection Committee consisted of representatives from the Tallahassee Writers Association, Big Bend Poets, Florida Scholastic Press Association, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee Community College, Keiser University, Florida State University, Tallahassee/Leon County Council on Culture & Arts, the Leon County Commission, and Language Arts Division of Leon County Schools.

Kitsune Books is thrilled to be publishing Ryals’ latest poetry collection, The Moving Waters, due out in March 2008.

Our holiday front page has been created for the website, which looks great!  We’ve also added samplers in PDF format for all our books, so readers can get a little taste of what the book is like before deciding to buy.

The editor of Kitsune Books spent a wonderful Thanksgiving day out at Black Bay Farm, with poet Pete LeForge (The Secret Life of Moles, Getting a Good Read) and USDF Bronze Medalist/author Sara Warner (Down to the Waterline). As Pete likes to say, horses are “godly” creatures totally worthy of our worship. Watching these amazing animals in the practice ring and in the pasture, we couldn’t agree more.
What a beautiful setting for traditional turkey dinner with cider, dressing, cranberry muffins, mincemeat pie, and way too much vino! Homegrown guitar, mandolin, and banjo music on the front porch - a completely memorable Thanksgiving day!
Go here www.blackbayfarm.com to see all the beautiful equine inhabitants of Black Bay Farm.

Be sure to have a look at the fabulous photos of our author Leonard Nash, who read from his short story collection, You Can’t Get There from Here, signed books, and rubbed shoulders with fellow authors Preston Allen, John Bond, and John Dufresne at the Miami Book Fair International.

Photos are on the EVENTS page of www.kitsunebooks.com.

Check out the holiday issue of Yoga Magazine (#59, December 2007). April Petty’s book  Kundalini Rising is featured  in the “What’s Hot Holiday Gift Guide” (page 82).  Included is a photo of April in the Scorpion pose. Also, a beautiful color ad for the book is on page 29.

Promotional material for our latest book, Sandra Banducci’s Conversations with Raine, has arrived from our local printer, and everything looks great. The bookmarks are exceptionally elegant, and will make a great addition to Sandra’s signing display at her book launch party, Dec. 1, at Word Traffic Books in Tallahassee.

If you’re at the gigantic Miami Book Fair International this weekend, don’t miss Kitsune Books author Leonard Nash, reading from his new short story collection, You Can’t Get There from Here. Leonard is scheduled to read Sunday, Nov. 11, 10:00 am in Centre Gallery (Building 1, Room 1365).

We’re very excited to learn that Leonard Nash’s literary short story collection, You Can’t Get There from Here, has been selected as a required text for a creative writing course at Florida Gulf Coast University for the spring semester 2008. Congratulations, Leonard!

If you live in the Tallahassee, FL area, be sure to drop by Tally’s newest independent bookstore, Word Traffic Books, during their grand opening this weekend, Nov. 10.

Kitsune Books recently held a booksigning/reading for one of its authors, Leonard Nash, at Word Traffic Books, and it was a great place to gather, sink back on the comfy couches, and enjoy coffee, books, and great conversation. We’ll have another signing there on Dec. 1, but more about that later.