Friday, October 06, 2006

Congratulations to Our October Essence® Best-Sellers!

Fiction - Hardcover

#1. Chasing Destiny by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95)
#4. Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby (William Morrow, $23.95)

Fiction - Paperback

#4. Any Rich Man Will Do by Francis Ray (St. Martin’s Griffin, $13.95)
#8. A Sin and a Shame by Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone, $14)

Go Kim! Go Eric!

Congratulations to our clients Kimberla Lawson Roby and Eric Jerome Dickey for their recent awards at The 2nd Annual African-American Literary Award Show.

Kim was named Female Author of the Year.

Eric was named Male Author of the Year. Also his book Chasing Destiny won in the Best Contemporary Fiction category.

Congratulations Kim and Eric, we are very proud of you both!!!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Introducing New Author Recha G. Peay

PageTurner.net Would like to welcome our newest client Recha G. Peay. Please visit her web site: http://www.rechagpeay.com

MYSTERY OF A WOMAN

Twenty-seven-year-old Maria McCory's life is suddenly shattered after a brutal attack in the comfort of her own home. She's left feeling helpless and vulnerable only to suffer another life altering event when her aunt passes away.

Love is the farthest thing from her mind, when she meets Rowan Miller, the responding paramedic, but an unexpected fire is ignited. Rowan is attracted to Maria in more ways than one. Despite being involved with another woman, thoughts of Maria continue to haunt him.
Soon an unexpected friendship blossoms into hidden desires and forbidden thoughts of passionĂ‚…will Maria play it safe or will she allow herself to take a plunge into the unknown? Will Rowan remain trapped in a loveless relationship or follow his heart and unlock the mystery of a woman?

Order Your Copy Today!
Amazon.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Author Recha G. Peay currently resides on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. A graduate of the University of Tennessee in Memphis, she works as a Medical Technologist. When not dividing her time between her primary career and her family, she is fulfilling her lifelong passion of writing. Her support system consists of a loving husband, daughter and son. Recha is currently completing her second novel.

The African American Literary Awards Show

The 2006 Annual African American Literary Awards Show will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at Alhambra Ballroom, 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (corner of W. 126th Street) in Harlem at 6:30 p.m. The Open Book Awards recognizes, honors, celebrates and promotes the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the publishing, arts and entertainment industries.

Congratulations to the following PageTurner.net clients for their nominations.

FICTION

  • Geneva Holliday - Fever
  • Marissa Monteilh- Make Me Hot

CONTEMPORARY FICTION

  • Eric Jerome Dickey - Chasing Destiny
  • Victoria Christopher Murray - A Sin And A Shame
  • Kimberla Lawson Roby - Changing Faces

MYSTERY

  • Jewell Parker Rhodes - Voodoo Season: A Marie Laveau Mystery

COMEDY/ HUMOR BOOK

  • Nina Foxx - Just Short of Crazy


AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - MALE

  • Eric Jerome Dickey - Chasing Destiny

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - FEMALE

  • Kimberla Lawson Roby - Changing Faces

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul


Congratulations to Pageturner.net client's Phyllis Dixon and Evelyn Palfrey. Both authors are featured in the upcoming Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul (ISBN 0-7573-0520-2). The book also includes stories from authors as diverse as Mary McLeod Bethune, Patti Labelle and Lisa Nichols. It's easy and inspiring reading be sure to pick up a copy!

Buy it Now: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0757305202/thegoodbookclubt

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Author Victoria Christopher Murray in the News

New Yorker Victoria Christopher Murray to receive Phillis Wheatley Award

By Glenn Townes
Special to the AmNews

Popular writer Victoria Christopher-Murray will receive the 2006 Phillis Wheatley
Award for excellence in contemporary fiction at the kickoff reception of the 8th annual Harlem Book Fair on Friday.

Christopher-Murray, a native of Queens, is the author of six Christian-based fiction novels. She is currently on tour to promote her latest novel, A Sin and A Shame, that was released nationally last month. For Christopher Murray, receiving the award is perhaps one of the major highlights of her literary career.

“I’m so excited about this opportunity,” she said recently in a recent interview with the Amsterdam News. “I’m honored to be in the company of so many wonderful people.”
Christopher Murray , who holds an MBA from New York University, spent more than 10 years working in Corporate America before eventually starting her own financial services business. She self-published her first book, Temptation in 1997. The book was eventually picked up and published by Warner Books.

“I didn’t even know that Christian fiction existed,” she said. “I knew that I wanted to write a book that was entertaining, compelling and put God in the middle and still have the book be a page-turner.”

Since those early days, Christopher-Murray’s books have regularly earned her a spot on Essence magazine’s bestseller’s list and garnered her a nomination for a 2001 NAACP Image Award.

The Wheatley Book award was established to recognize literary excellence and achievement that transcends culture, boundary and perception, according to Max Rodriguez, the former publisher of QBR—The Quarterly Black Book Review and an organizer of the Harlem Book Fair. Past recipients include, Dr. Maya Angelou, Maryse Conde, Carol Jenkins and Haki Madhubuti. In addition to Christopher-Murray, this year’s honorees include, Walter Dean Myers, author of the 1993 biography of Malcolm X; Omar Tyree, the outspoken and acerbic author of 13 books that focus on urban hip-hop culture; Chester Higgins, a photojournalist, whose works have appeared in the New York Times, Black Enterprise and Art News and Jan Carew, an educator and author whose works entwine some of his experiences as an educator and author in Europe, Guyana and the U.S.

Christopher-Murray will receive her award Friday night at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem between 7-9 p.m. She will meet fans and autograph copies of her books after the event.

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

News From PageTurner.net

Greetings PageTurner.net Family and Friends,

Well, summer is here and it is HOT here in Texas! We hope your 4th of July includes friends, family, barbeque, homemade ice cream, watermelon, "red soda water" and all the things that bring back your favorite childhood memories. And since you have an extra few days off, I hope that you have picked up a great book to sit and read while you relax.

What's on my night stand? I am currently reading Baggage Claim by David Talbert, The Reckoning by Jeff Long, and listening to The Artifact by Patrick Astre. For you Techies out there I am also reading Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Beyond the Basics Hands-On Training. My next planned read is Three Sides to Every Story by Clarence Nero.

Last Month our book club, The Good Book Club Houston, was featured on the Bookclub In Your Pocket Show, a podcast presented by Tricom. We discussed George Elliott Clarke's "George & Rue" with the author. Be sure to check it out (you don't have to have an iPod, you can listen to it on your PC.)

Here is the Link: http://www.tricompodcast.com/site/archive/aiyp/gecgbc

The Black Writers Reunion and Conferece is coming up in a few weeks, so if you are in Dallas, be sure to say hi!

That's all for now, I have books to read and web sites to build!


Have a safe and prosperous month!


P. Walker Williams, President
The Page-Turner Network



Congratulations July Best-sellers!!!





Hot Off the Press


Ain't No Sunshine (Paperback)
by Candice Dow
Publisher: Dafina Books (June 6, 2006)
ISBN: 0758210558
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0758210558/thegoodbookclubt


Dominion : A Novel (Hardcover)

by Calvin Baker
Publisher:
Grove Press (June 28, 2006)
ISBN: 0802118291
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802118291/thegoodbookclubt


When Love Calls, You Better Answer (Paperback)
by Bertice Berry
Publisher: Harlem Moon; Reprint edition (June 13, 2006)
ISBN: 0767916387
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767916387/thegoodbookclubt


Diva Diaries (Paperback)
by Janine A. Morris
Publisher:
Dafina Books (July 6, 2006)
ISBN: 0758213042
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0758213042/thegoodbookclubt



PageTurner.net would like to welcome it's newest web site clients..


www.sisterbetty.com

Pat G’Orge (pronounced Gee-or-jay) - Walker is in a league of her own. This accomplished Christian author and comedienne has an amazing mind and talent for turning her observations of church and black church life, in particular, into gems of sidesplitting humor. It is her own special gift from God that enables G’Orge-Walker to depict the often ridiculous antics of church folk. She does it without subverting the Good News or watering down the potency of its message.


www.beverlyjenkins.net

Beverly Jenkins is an African-American, historical romance writer. She and her family live in southeastern Michigan. She is married, and the mother of two children. Born in Detroit, she graduated from Cass Technical High School and attended Michigan State University, where she majored in Journalism and English Literature.




Public Service



One Dollar For a Cure


We at PageTurner.net are proud to support "Divas For a Cure", a women's cross country motorcycle run to raise money and awareness in the fight against Breast Cancer. We are asking all of our Literary friends to donate at least $1.00 to this most worth while cause, we know that every little bit helps! We pray, that this deadly disease has not affected you personally, but chances are you know some one who has had to fight this battle.


Help us make a difference. Your donation is 100% tax deductible and ALL of your money will be donated, as each of the riders have paid their own expenses.


Link: http://www.firstgiving.com/PamWalkerWilliams

Sunday, June 18, 2006

The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund


The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. It is meant to cement Octavia's legacy by providing the same experience/opportunity that Octavia had to future generations of new writers of color. In addition to her stint as a student at the original Clarion Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania in 1970, Octavia taught several times for Clarion West in Seattle, Washington, and Clarion in East Lansing, Michigan, giving generously of her time to a cause she believed in.
The first Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will be awarded in 2007. We'll announce details of the application process later this year.


Our goal for a fully endowed scholarship fund is $100,000. At this time, we welcome your tax deductible gift of any amount to this fund. Please use the button to the left of the page to donate via PayPal or a major credit card. If you'd prefer to make your donation in the form of a check or money order, please make it payable to "The Carl Brandon Society" and note that it is for "The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund."

For More Information go to: http://www.carlbrandon.org/butlerscholarship/

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Good Book Club featured on "Book Club in Your Pocket" Podcast

Be sure to tune in and listen to the GBC Houston Chapter discuss last month's reading selection "George and Rue" By George Elliot Clark


Bookclub In Your Pocket Show

Featuring Award Winning Canadian Poet turned Author George Elliot Clark, discussing his book GEORGE AND RUE. The book is about a death that brims with fierce vitality and dark humor. Infused with the sensual, rhythmic beauty that defines Clarke's writing, this is a literary debut that is marked by celebration-and controversy...

Listen to the Podcast:

http://www.tricompodcast.com/site/archive/aiyp/gecgbc

Friday, June 09, 2006

News From PageTurner.net

Greetings PageTurner.net Family and Friends,

We hope that you are ready for summer, and to relax and read some great books! There are some hot new releases available for all of your exquisite literary tastes. Watch out for some new steamy summer releases that are bound to keep you up turning pages all night!

What's on my night stand? Well, I just finished Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby, and When a Sistah's Fed Up by Monica "Dr Moe" Frazier Anderson.
I am currently reading Just Short of Crazy by Nina Foxx and listening too (yep I do audio books also) Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night. For you Techies out there I am also reading Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML. My next read is Baby Brother's Blues by Pearl Cleage (Good Book Club June Selection).

As I mentioned before, I listen to a lot of audio books (on my new IPOD that my husband gave me this past Christmas.) If you are into IPods or MP3 players, you are going to love the Podcast show "Authors In Your Pocket." Each week, they bring you a new interview with some on the country's top authors. Last week's interview was with PageTurner.net author Evie Rhodes, author of Criss Cross.

And last, but certainly not least I hope to see some of you next month at the Black Writers Reunion and Conference in Dallas, TX. I will have the pleasure to presenting a workshop titled "Put Your Best Foot Forward," or as I affectionately refer to as "everything you wanted to know about web sites but were afraid to ask" :-) If you are planning to attend, please stop by and say hi!

That's all for now, I have books to read and web sites to build!

Have a safe and prosperous month,

Pam

Click Here for the June Newsletter: http://www.pageturner.net/news2006/june2006.html

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Congratulations June Best-sellers!!!

June 2006

  • Kimberla Lawson Roby - Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #3 -Changing Faces
  • Bernice McFadden - Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #10 - Nowhere is a Place
  • Victoria Christopher Murray - Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 9 - Grown Folks Business

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Criss Cross by Evie Rhodes

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Friday, May 05, 2006

Congratulations Page-Turner Best-sellers!

May 2006

Eric Jerome Dickey

  • New York Times Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #6 - CHASING DESTINY (May 1, 2006)
  • Publisher Weekly's Best-Sellers List Fiction #7 - CHASING DESTINY(May 1, 2006)
Monica Anderson
  • Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 5 - When a Sistah's Fed Up.

April 2006

Kimberla Lawson Roby

  • Cush City Hardcover Fiction #2 - Changing Faces
  • Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #1 - The Best-Kept Secret
  • Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #8 - Genevieve

Francis Ray

  • Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 4 - Any Rich Man Will Do

Victoria Christopher Murray

  • Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 6 - Grown Folks Business

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Coming Soon From Author Eric Jerome Dickey...

Eight-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey’s new novel is filled with intrigue, speed, and sex appeal. And an unforgettable female narrator rides her sexy yellow motorcycle right through it all.


Billie (aka "Ducati") is known as much for her extraordinary beauty as for the sexy yellow motorcycle she rides through the mean streets of Los Angeles. Tough, talented, and self-assured, Billie's used to doing things her way—but that was before love threw an oil slick in the road and spun her life into chaos.

Billie's first problem is simple: she's pregnant.

Her second problem is that her lover, Keith, is still married.

Keith has some "things" to deal with, and the people in his life are dark and duplicitous enough to take matters into their own hands, determined to keep Billie from having her baby. Billie suddenly finds herself confronted, attacked, run off highways, threatened and shadowed. Keith still has ties to his manipulative wife, Carmen, and he adores his fifteen-year-old daughter Destiny. Will he do the right thing by his new family, or stand by his old one?

Soon all eyes shift as everyone finds themselves desperately chasing Destiny, a troubled and deceptive girl dancing on the edge of womanhood. When the rubber meets the road, everyone's fighting dirty for what they want...and they're all willing to destroy their enemy or go down in flames to get it.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

New Literary Forum

Black Writers Reunion & Conference & Black Writers United organizers have just launched a new forum for Black writers and writers of African-American literature, drama, poetry, and more at http://blackwriters.org/smf/index.php.

In addition to the boards visible to guests (Black Writers Reunion & Conference, MarketBoard, Blogs, Events, & Books), registered users have access to boards on the craft of writing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; publishing; self-publishing; literary services; and freelance and career writing opportunities, to name a few. Registered users can post events, promote literary service businesses, and share book releases. Website links are welcomed.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Houston Event - Deltas Do the Write Thing

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Houston Alumnae Chapter
presents
Delta's Do the Write Thing
An Author's Forum and Book Signing

Sunday, February 19, 2006
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
One Delta Plaza
3333 Old Spanish Trail


Featuring PageTurner.net Clients:

  • Jetola Anderson Blair
  • Phyllis Dixon
  • Cherlyn Michaels
  • Kimberly Yancy

Congratulations February 2006 Best-sellers!

Kimberla Lawson Roby

  • New York Times Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #14 - CHANGING FACES (February 19, 2006)
  • Publishers Weekly Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #15 - CHANGING FACES (February 13, 2006)
  • Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #6 - The Best-Kept Secret


Victoria Christopher Murray

  • Essence® Best-Seller, Fiction Paperback # 2 - Grown Folks Business

Eric Jerome Dickey


  • Essence® Best-Seller, Hardcover Fiction #7 - Genevieve

Sunday, February 05, 2006

News from Author Bernice McFadden

Dear Reader,

I hope this letter reaches you in good health and high spirits!

Today my sixth novel: Nowhere is a Place, will hit bookstores nationwide!

The reviews so far are wonderful and I can't wait to hear what you, my readers, think about Nowhere is a Place.

"McFadden weaves together a multigenerational family tale, that like, Alex Haley's 'Roots', will inspire readers to research their family history. While writing in a mystical style similar to Gloria Naylor's 'Bailey's Cafe', McFadden is an imaginative storyteller who mesmerizes readers with her words."-- Library Journal

I will be touring the country with Nowhere is a Place and later on in the spring with FEVER as my alter ego Geneva Holliday.

Please pass this email on to everybody you know who enjoys a good book. Word of a mouth is a powerful tool for African-American authors. I do so appreciate your support!

Blessings,
Bernice McFadden

P.S.You can read an excerpt of Nowhere is a Place online at: www.bernicemcfadden.com

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Congratulations Essence January Bestsellers!

Congratulations PageTurner.net Clients:

FICTION HARDCOVER

#1. The Best-Kept Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby (William Morrow, $23.95)
#2. Genevieve by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95)

FICTION PAPERBACK
#3. Grown Folks Business by Victoria Christopher-Murray (Touchstone, $14)

Congratulations Eric Jerome Dickey!

PageTurner.net extends congratulations to our client and friend Mr. Eric Jerome Dickey. Mr. Dickey has been nominated for the 2006 NAACP Image Award for Literary Fiction.

Click Here to view the press release.

Friday, January 06, 2006

NEWS FROM AUTHOR SHELIA DANSBY HARVEY

(www.illegal-affairs.com)

Hello Friends & Colleagues,

I've recorded a message to give you more details about the upcoming seminar, From Writer To Author: The Next Level of Writing and Publishing. To find out about the seminar topics, simply click the link below. 2006 can be the year you stop dreaming about writing a book and really get it done!

Click here to listen: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WyNMh0ZQ

NEWS FROM AUTHOR MARRISSA MONTEILH

(http://www. marissamonteilh.com)

Dear Readers,

My fourth novel, Make Me Hot is available now! Make me Hot is Morgan Bayley's swan story as she experiences living with an unusually large nose for her entire life, until she wins a makeover contest. In her quest to be "hot" she faces some challenges regarding her extreme makeover that change her life forever. Is true happiness found on the other side of a nip-tuck, or does true beauty come from the inside out?

I'd like to meet you as I tour to Atlanta, Dallas, D.C./Maryland, Philadelphia, Little Rock, Charlotte and Columbia, Detroit, and L.A. Please check my tour page on my website for dates - http://marissamonteilh.com/tour.htm

As an author, I wanted to take a moment to stress the importance of buying and ordering titles early. The first few weeks are critical for a new book. Please get yours early and send the publishers the message that yes, you do read and you do love books, especially books with drama, and with characters that you can relate to. I strive to improve with each title, and I work hard to incorporate all that I've learned about the wonderful craft of writing.

If you happen to find that Make Me Hot is not available, as in sold out or simply not in stock, please ask your bookseller to order it and contact you once it comes in. If you choose to order online, Make Me Hot is available at http://www.blackimages.com/ or http://www.amazon.com/, as well as other online sites.

A Make Me Hot chapter except and synopsis are available on my website (below). Please check out my other titles as well. And once you've read Make Me Hot, feel free to post a review online or contact me via email, or sign my guestbook. I'd love to hear from you.

Thank you again for your support over the years! And stay tuned for my January 2007 book titled Dr. Feelgood. The Marissa Monteilh titles just keep on coming!

Happy New Year!

Marissa Monteilh


Available now! MAKE ME HOT by Kensington Books (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0758211201/thegoodbookclubt/)

Enter the MAKE ME HOT Contest: http://marissamonteilh.com/jan06_contestdetails.html

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to each of you and welcome to Authorplace.com 2006. This year we have lots of exciting news from our Page-Turner Clients and we want to share it with you!