DETROIT ― The 11th Kerrytown BookFest in Ann Arbor, Michigan is celebrating “Detroit and its Writers” and I’m honored to be representing a Detroit writer (and artist) this year – my late husband Charles Novacek. Charles’ award-winning book Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance was published by 1021 Press, Detroit in 2012 …
Today, August 19, 2013, I read the ashes of Richie Havens were scattered from a plane across the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He died on April 22, 2013 (Earth Day) of a heart attack at age 72. I was introduced to the music of Richie Havens in 1967 when I was a …
Border Crossings has recently received a RECOMMENDED review in The US Review. It is not easy for independently published books to get reviewed. The Huffington Post stated recently that “with few exceptions, major news publications do not review indie books, even though more than 235,000 titles were self-published as of 2011.” I was grateful when …
I love hearing from the readers of BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance and this recent message printed below made my day! If you have something to say about BORDER CROSSINGS: good, bad, or indifferent please make a comment below, send an email to sn@charlesnovacekbooks.com. or post on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BorderCrossingsComingOfAgeInTheCzechResistance. Unless …
