Watch this space for up-to-date news about publications and all things that are noteworthy for Firkin Fiction.

APRIL 7, 2008:  POETRY & PHOTOGRAPHY
Some of my recent poems, inspired by the Fine Art Photography of Patricia Bashford (See Travels with Pat Website for more info), can be seen on display at an upcoming photography exhibit for Patricia Bashford and Robert Pyle in Newburyport, MA: 

November 7, 2007:  Upcoming multi-author event!
Come join me at the Whipple Free Library in New Boston, NH to support local libraries and meet 10 NH writers.  Learn about their work and get copies of signed books!

September 28, 2007:  Land & Sea on the Radio!

WITR (Writers in the Round)- Radio Program - WSCA 106.1 FM Portsmouth, NH radio station

Listen to the show! on: October 3rd, 2007, Wed., 7-8pm

I will be reading a sampling of my poems from the book Land & Sea, co-authored with the artist Irene Ruddock, live on the air.  The program can be heard live that night at the radio's website.  Please visit the site at 7pm on Oct. 3rd! 

September 20, 2007:  THE 2ND EDITION OF LAND & SEA IS NOW AVAILABLE!  Please visit any of the retail outlets listed on the publications page, or you can write to me directly, and I will ship you a copy.  I will be re-stocking NH bookstores this week-end (9/22-23/07)

September 13, 2007: Beauty/Truth: a journal of ekphrastic poetry

My poem "My Dress Hangs There" based on a painting by Frida Kahlo will be published in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Beauty Truth Magazine.

August 2, 2007: Edge Life Magazine

My latest poem "A Welcoming Home" (dedicated to the memory of John Webb) will be published in an upcoming issue of Edge Life Magazine.

August 1, 2007: Land & Sea to be Reviewed by Local NH Newspapers!

Land & Sea will be reviewed by journalist and fiction writer Rebecca Rule in the Sunday August 12, 2007 issues of The Portsmouth Herald, The Concord Monitor and The Nashua Telegraph in her column "Bookmarks".  The review can be found in both print form and on-line. 

Read the Land & Sea Book Review

June 11, 2007:  The Arabesques Review

My poem "Navajo Weaver" was just published in The Arabesques Review, an international journal for poetry and prose.  It appears in both the on-line and print form of the Contemporary Women Writers issue.

May 28,2007:  Land & Sea - 2nd edition

The 2nd edition of Land & Sea will be an expanded version, including several more paintings and poems.  In order to accomodate more orders and upcoming book signing events, this new edition will be available by late September!

The last copies of the 1st Edition are still available at the list of stores carrying Land & Sea which can be found on the Publications page of this website.  Get your copy before these valuable First Editions are gone!  All of the NH outlets have signed copies for your "signed-by-author" collection.