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"content": "Here's my latest newsletter, with information about my upcoming middle-grade/YA fantasy, plus some Christmas treats: my reading of \"'Twas the Night Before Christmas\" and, from a few years ago, my scientifically annotated version of the same thing, \"'Twas the Nocturnal Time of the Preceding Day to the Day Known as Christmas\" and my rendition of \"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.\" <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/edwardwillett/p/new-book-next-summer-christmas-treats?r=18qo7f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true\" target=\"_blank\">https://open.substack.com/pub/edwardwillett/p/new-book-next-summer-christmas-treats?r=18qo7f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</a>",
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"content": "Today's walk in Regina, Saskatchewan.<br /><a href=\"https://youtube.com/live/XfBfUTw466c?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtube.com/live/XfBfUTw466c?feature=share</a>",
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"content": "Cover art reveal! Coming in May 2025 from <a class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/ShadowpawPress\" target=\"_blank\">@ShadowpawPress</a> Reprise, a new edition of James Bow's <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=youngadult\" title=\"#youngadult\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#youngadult</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=newadult\" title=\"#newadult\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#newadult</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=urbanfantasy\" title=\"#urbanfantasy\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#urbanfantasy</a> THE NIGHT GIRL. The cover design is by Bibliofic Designs.",
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"content": "Andy Philp, host of The Philp Side on CJTR Community Radio here in Regina, asked me to record “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore (better known by it’s first line, “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” It aired in the final half-hour of his program this morning…and here it is now, for you!<br /><br />The accompanying photo is me as Santa Claus. I played him AND Scrooge in a play in Moose Jaw a few years ago. Photoshop did the courtesy of generating the Christmas-tree background.<br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://edwardwillett.com/2024/12/listen-to-me-read-a-visit-from-st-nicholas/\" target=\"_blank\">https://edwardwillett.com/2024/12/listen-to-me-read-a-visit-from-st-nicholas/</a>",
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"content": "The final Worldshapers episode of 2024 features Trevor W. Harrison, author of Tales This Side of the Elysian Fields, his memoirs of his world travels as a young man in the 1970s and '80s. YouTube: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/-jC33JM8W2Y\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/-jC33JM8W2Y</a> Web page with audio-only link and more info: <a href=\"https://theworldshapers.com/2024/12/20/episode-187-trevor-w-harrison-tales-this-side-of-the-elysian-fields/\" target=\"_blank\">https://theworldshapers.com/2024/12/20/episode-187-trevor-w-harrison-tales-this-side-of-the-elysian-fields/</a>",
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"content": "Great interview this morning with Southside Broadcasting out of the UK, alongside Brad Anderson, talking about Shadowpaw Press and Brad's ASHME'S SONG. <a href=\"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5gvea-177ca06\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5gvea-177ca06</a>",
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"content": "Latest Shadowpaw Press <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=publishing\" title=\"#publishing\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#publishing</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=newsletter\" title=\"#newsletter\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#newsletter</a>, highlighting three recent releases and offering a chance to get this year's ebooks at a discount... <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/shadowpawpress/p/three-new-releases-to-round-out-the?r=24m21y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true\" target=\"_blank\">https://open.substack.com/pub/shadowpawpress/p/three-new-releases-to-round-out-the?r=24m21y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</a>",
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"content": "It's a two-book birthday at Shadowpaw Press. First, from Shadowpaw Press Reprise, happy book birthday to THE LAVENDER CHILD by Harriet Richards!<br /><br />Winner, Best First Book, Saskatchewan Book Awards (1998)<br /><br />A year in the lives, dreams, and awakenings of the Protheroe family . . .<br /><br />The much-anticipated arrival of a new baby, affectionally called the Bump, affects them all in both their dreams and waking life, but their expectations are upended when Dion is born brain-damaged. Despite that twist of fate, the new addition soon becomes a powerful influence on his parents, his five sisters, and his grandparents.<br /><br />As the year unfolds, the reader travels through the minds of three generations: a group of wonderfully individual people who define family in a wholly original way.<br /><br />Review<br />“The Lavender Child reminds me of the best of Anne Tyler and Barbara Kingsolver, confident, witty, tender and smart . . . An auspicious debut, sassy, clear-eyed and beautifully told.”―Sandra Birdsell<br /><br />“Three generations are connected in ways deeper than they understand . . . The Lavender Child has a voice that is vibrant, clever and tender.”―Saskatchewan Book Awards judges<br /><br />“Saskatchewan writer Harriet Richards sails smoothly along many streams of consciousness, taking you inside her characters’ minds. We decode the intricacies of each personality―their fears, desires, weaknesses, regrets . . . The Lavender Child is tender, confident and clever. As Richards’s first novel, it is a triumph.”―Saskatoon Star Phoenix<br /><br />“Harriet Richards writes with conviction and wit, and with a pleasingly deft sense of timing.”―Planet - the Welsh Internationalist<br /><br />“. . . The Lavender Childis written with the carefully measured artistry of Carol Shields.”―Quill and Quire<br /><br />About the Author <br /><br />Harriet Richards was born in Toronto, Ontario, as the fifth of seven children to a Welsh father and an American mother. Her family relocated to the prairies during her childhood. Initially pursuing a career as a visual artist, her creative focus shifted when an obstinate painting, inspired by a recurring dream, evolved into her first short story.<br /><br />Richards is the author of three acclaimed works of fiction. The Lavender Child (1998) was a finalist for the Fiction Award and won the First Book Award at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Waiting for the Piano Tuner to Die (2003) was a finalist for Book of the Year (and will be out in a new edition from Shadowpaw Press in the spring), and The Pious Robber (2013) was also a finalist for Book of the Year and won the Fiction Award. Her short fiction has appeared in literary journals in Canada and Wales, and her paintings have been featured on book covers in both countries.<br /><br />Richards has guided emerging writers through the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and edited numerous works of fiction and literary essays for authors across Canada. She resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.",
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"content": "It's a two-book birthday at Shadowpaw Press. First, from Shadowpaw Press Reprise, happy book birthday to THE LAVENDER CHILD by Harriet Richards!\n\nWinner, Best First Book, Saskatchewan Book Awards (1998)\n\nA year in the lives, dreams, and awakenings of the Protheroe family . . .\n\nThe much-anticipated arrival of a new baby, affectionally called the Bump, affects them all in both their dreams and waking life, but their expectations are upended when Dion is born brain-damaged. Despite that twist of fate, the new addition soon becomes a powerful influence on his parents, his five sisters, and his grandparents.\n\nAs the year unfolds, the reader travels through the minds of three generations: a group of wonderfully individual people who define family in a wholly original way.\n\nReview\n“The Lavender Child reminds me of the best of Anne Tyler and Barbara Kingsolver, confident, witty, tender and smart . . . An auspicious debut, sassy, clear-eyed and beautifully told.”―Sandra Birdsell\n\n“Three generations are connected in ways deeper than they understand . . . The Lavender Child has a voice that is vibrant, clever and tender.”―Saskatchewan Book Awards judges\n\n“Saskatchewan writer Harriet Richards sails smoothly along many streams of consciousness, taking you inside her characters’ minds. We decode the intricacies of each personality―their fears, desires, weaknesses, regrets . . . The Lavender Child is tender, confident and clever. As Richards’s first novel, it is a triumph.”―Saskatoon Star Phoenix\n\n“Harriet Richards writes with conviction and wit, and with a pleasingly deft sense of timing.”―Planet - the Welsh Internationalist\n\n“. . . The Lavender Childis written with the carefully measured artistry of Carol Shields.”―Quill and Quire\n\nAbout the Author \n\nHarriet Richards was born in Toronto, Ontario, as the fifth of seven children to a Welsh father and an American mother. Her family relocated to the prairies during her childhood. Initially pursuing a career as a visual artist, her creative focus shifted when an obstinate painting, inspired by a recurring dream, evolved into her first short story.\n\nRichards is the author of three acclaimed works of fiction. The Lavender Child (1998) was a finalist for the Fiction Award and won the First Book Award at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Waiting for the Piano Tuner to Die (2003) was a finalist for Book of the Year (and will be out in a new edition from Shadowpaw Press in the spring), and The Pious Robber (2013) was also a finalist for Book of the Year and won the Fiction Award. Her short fiction has appeared in literary journals in Canada and Wales, and her paintings have been featured on book covers in both countries.\n\nRichards has guided emerging writers through the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and edited numerous works of fiction and literary essays for authors across Canada. She resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.",
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