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Archives * Authors and Artists * Awards * Catalog * Contact * Film Clips - Authors etc. * Guest Writer * Mayhaven Matters * News and Upcoming Events * Reviews etc. * Contact mayhavenpublishing@mchsi.com Mayhaven Publishing, Inc. Mayhaven has introduced the works of many new and established authors to the marketplace. Mayhaven, and our imprint Wild Rose, offer fiction and nonfiction books and audio books for adults and children. Our books are registered with several distributors and wholesalers and are listed in Books in Print. They can also be ordered through many bookstores in the US and Canada or on the internet. Both commercial and individual customers around the world may also order directly from Mayhaven. You may order directly through Mayhaven, through your favorite bookstore, or through a number of internet sites. For information on books and audios: see our CATALOG Page To Order books from Mayhaven... Commercial Accounts: Please fax, email, or call our toll-free number and provide your purchase order number, both the shipping and mailing address, phone number, and email and web addresses Individual Orders: Email, fax, or phone your order along with your mailing information and phone number. 217 586 4493 mayhavenpublishing@mchsi.com Fax: 217 586 6330 Mayhaven Publishing, Inc. PO Box 557 - Mahomet, Illinois 61853 —————— Calendar of Events - Summer and Fall, 2010 Note: Viewers have called from NJ, ND, PA, KS, Canada etc. to say they saw the Ten Sisters documentary on their PBS stations. Summer 2010—Dan Guillory, Interview on “Quiddity” Radio Program, WUIS-FM. July 10, 2010 (Saturday)—Dan Guillory, Program, Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL July 15, 2010 (Thursday)—Katherine R. "Kit" Inman interview on WCIA July 16, 2010 (Friday)—Katherine R. "Kit" Inman Signing, Oakwood Public Library, Oakwood, IL July 16, 2010 (Friday)—Katherine R. "Kit" Inman Signing, Gibson City Library, Gibson City, IL July 17—Author Katherine R. Inman, Jane Addams Bookstore, Champaign, IL July 17, 2010 (Saturday)—Dan Guillory, “When the Waters Recede,” Smithton Public Library, Smithton, IL July 24, 2010 (Saturday)—Helen Stewart Rademacher —Jane Addams Bookstore Champaign, IL Aug. 2, 2010 (Monday)—Dan Guillory at the historic Fortnightly Club, Savoy, IL August 3, 2010 (Tuesday)—Helen Stewart Rademacher's TV Interview at WCIA was a great success. You may view it again at http://illinoishomepage.net Aug. 7, 2010 (Saturday)—Brian Porter signing, Harvey's Life - Now What? James Addams Bookstore, Neil St., downtown Champaign, IL 1:00 — 3:00 pm Aug. 12, 2010 (Thursday)—Robert Auler, Keep and Bear Arms. Finnigan's Bookstore, 723 S. Clark, Utica, IL Aug. 14, 2010 (Saturday)—Dan Guillory, Jane Addams Bookstore, Neil St., downtown Champaign, IL, 1:00 —3:00 pm August 2010, The Illinois Radio for the Visually Impaired played, for the second time, Harvey's Life, Now What? by Brian Porter and read by Ed Walsh. Aug. 19, 2010 (Thursday)—Dan Guillory, Warner Library, Clinton, IL, 7:00 pm, “Fun Facts About Frontier Life” August 24, 2010 (Tuesday)—Brian Porter TV interview can now be seen on Illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=170635 August 28, 2010 (Saturday)—Dan Guillory signing, Border's Books, North Prospect, Champaign, IL 1:00 PM Sept., 2010—Doris Replogle Wenzel— judge for the First Annual Independent Writer's Conference - Studio City, CA Sept. 1, 2010 (Wednesday)—Dan Guillory, “Books Between Bites,” Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL, 12:00 Noon Sept. 4, 2010 (Saturday)—Helen Stewart Rademacher, (If you are lucky, she will read from her work) Borders Books, North Prospect Ave., Champaign, IL, 1:00 pm. Sept. 11, 2010—Brian Porter (Harvey's Life - Now What?) Borders, Champaign, IL, 1-2 pm Sept. 11, 2010 (Saturday)—Dan Guillory—Program for D.A. R., United Methodist Church, Decatur, IL, 12:00 Noon Sept. 12, 2010 (Sunday)—Dan Guillory Book Signing, Macon Co. Conservation Dist., 2:30 pm, Conference Room Sept. 12, 2010 (Sunday)—Doris Replogle Wenzel will be speaking at the Glen Carbon Library (The Best Small Library in the United States) Glen Carbon, IL, 2:00 pm Sept. 18, 2010 (Saturday)—Dan Guillory, Monticello Celebration, Monticello, IL, Book-signing, 1:00 pm. Sept. 18, 2010 (Saturday)—Margaret Hollingsworth Clem (Who Shot the Spatzies), Barnes & Noble, Terre Haute, IN 12:00 NOON Sept. 26, 2010 (Sunday)—Brian Porter, Glen Carbon Public Library "the best small library in America" (Library Journal), Glen Carbon, IL 2:00 pm/ Sept. 25—Oct. 2, 2010—Dan Guillory, will lecture for the Liberal Arts Series, Tunghai U., Taiwan, Republic of China. Dec. 9, 2010 (Thursday)—Doris Replogle Wenzel will talk with the Champaign Writer's Club. Feb. 12, 2011—Dr. Wayne C. Temple will speak in Springfield at the Old State Capitol. Feb. 12, 2011—Dan Guillory, Keynote Address at Vandalia Statehouse, Lincoln Birthday Celebration, Vandalia, IL Cullen Porter's Grandpa Grumpy Pants Book and Audio BookRead by the Author Illustrated by Jean Spencer —————— Todd Porter's Firefly Fred Book and Audio Book Read by Faye Porter Illustrated by Brian Pantenaude ————— Dana Marquess' Night of the Lighted Freedom A Firefly Fantasy Book and Audio Book Marquess wrote this book for her brother Russell P. Marquess. Dawn Story's Prisoner of Filmore Street Winner of Mayhaven's Award for Children's Fiction All about stretching the truth a little! Illustrated by Jean Spencer Watch for the Audio Book Valerie Huffman Osborn's A Week of Bunnies Illustrated by Michael Osborn Edited by Kimberly Osborn Introduce to a child the great feeling kindness can bring to you. Using loveable little bunnies, the author creates a world of helping. Available in Book and Audio Book Audio Book Read by the Author Music by John Dee and the IQ Illinois Woodwind Quartet ——————————— Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen's Helen, Ethel & The Crazy Quilt Based on the 1890 Letters Between Helen Keller and Ethel Orr Illustrations by artist Dawn Peterson When author Nancy Jensen first pulled the 100 -year-old quilt, in vivid color, and excellent condition from her mother's trunk, both of us realized a story was also packed in that trunk, waiting to be written. It would still be years before Nancy, a librarian, and a busy wife and mother, would find time to bring it to life. Available in Book and Audio Book Audio Book read by the Author Audio Music performed by the Author Visit the sites referenced in this book on Bailey Island, Maine. Judith Bourassa Joy's A Doorway Through Space Winner of Mayhaven's Award for Children's Fiction A trip through a black hole finds a brother and sister on another planet. ———————————— CONGRATULATIONS PJ FARRIS The San Bernardino City Unified School District has selected Crossover Dribble for its upcoming City of Readers Recommends publication and event. PJ Farris' Crossover Dribble Book and Audio Booka novel for young adults Featured in an article in the Illinois Reading Council Journal. Farris was also the Keynote Speaker at 2009 Illinois Reading Council Conference. See our Catalog for additional books and audio books for children of all ages. L.W. Stevenson's A Family Possessed This chilling ghost story has become a favorite with readers and is scheduled for a third printing. Book and Audio Book Audio Book Read by Brian H. Porter ———————————— Robert Isham Auler's Keep and Bear Arms Terrorists in the Heartland. This courtroom drama draws on Auler's considerable experience as a defense attorney. A novel of suspense set in Central Illinois Brian H. Porter's Harvey's Life - Now What? Out of work, and running out of hope, Porter wrote these short stories: some humorous, some dark. Brian Porter first presented samples of his writing as Mayhaven's guest author. Also in Audio Book—Read by the Author. We are happy to announce that the Illinois Radio for the Visually Impaired broadcast a Harvey's Life - Now What? (Narrated by Ed Walsh.) The Lincoln Poems, by Dan Guillory Audio Book Read by the Author Guillory's poems, that have been called both lyrical and audacious, are based on events in Lincoln's life. Guillory, a prolific and insightful writer of both history and poetry. "....these poems can stand on their own. ....Lincoln's voice here will have its greatest effect when it speaks of the smaller moments of a large and complex life.... Guillory's Lincoln draws simple but illuminating parallels to his and our greater preoccupations. When the lines are distilled with some flavor of a Thoreau or a Dickinson readers may feel most rewarded.... —Margaret Heilbrun, Library Journal, March 1, 2009 "Part history, part mythology, and all word music, "The Lincoln Poems" is Dan Guillory's loving tribute to the nation's first and only poet President. Guillory channels Abraham Lincoln through the ages and into the moment, breathing fire and wit and soul into his marbled memory. The results are audacious and inspired. Read these poems. Read them aloud. Give voice to your own inner Lincoln." —William Furry Executive Director, Illinois State Historical Society "....This is a fine book, well crafted, well produced, and complete in itself, but it also has a value to drive one further into investigating this man who, in my travels abroad, I have found is better known than any other American. A final word on the last three poems, "Contents of My Pockets, April 14, 1865"; "Bullet in My Brain, April 15, 1865"; and "Alternate Ending". These are a tour de force. I have never felt Lincoln's death more keenly than in reading this trio, after the cumulative effect of the whole book. They are unforgettable." —A brief portion of a review on The Lincoln Poems in the Illinois Times by Jacqueline Jackson, books and poetry editor, and professor emerita of English at the University of Illinois at Springfield