On Thursday, April 11, I’ll be at the Merry Barn in Edgecomb as the featured author in the Sounding Board program for writers:https://www.merrybarn.com/soundingboard. It’s a fun, interactive platform for writers to share their work. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thanks to Stephanie and Kelsey for inviting me.
On Thurs. Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m., I’ll have a conversation about my book with Joseph Cote at the Camden Library. Joseph is known to many in the area as a professor of Shakespeare and a wonderful actor. This event will be hybrid. Here are some more details: https://www.librarycamden.org/event/coming-home-author-talk-with-kay-tobler-liss/ Many thanks to Julia, library program director, for organizing this event!
My upcoming event for my new novel “Coming Home” will be at the Bremen Library on Thursday, January 11 at 2 p.m. Thank you to Kristen Budlong for hosting me. I had a wonderful book event there three years ago for my first novel. Hope you’ll be able to join us.
So excited to be launching my new novel “Coming Home” at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta on December 7, 2023! It will be a Chats with Champions author event co-hosted by Sherman’s Bookstore. I’ll be in conversation with Karen Filler of the library board, and sign copies of my book. The event begins at 10 a.m. See you there!
I am thrilled I’ll finally be doing a book talk and reading at the Montauk Library! The library had been closed for events for two years while getting a new fabulous addition. In August 2020, soon after the publication of my novel “The Last Resort” (which has Montauk as its setting), I did some book events in the area, but was not able to do one at the place I most wanted to. The library is currently celebrating the bicentennial of Fredrick Law Olmsted, who designed landscapes for a number of historic Montauk mansions. My story, of a man’s transformation through the beauty of the Montauk landscape and through learning of its Native American history, will be part of the series. It’s scheduled for Friday, August 26 from 5 to 6 p.m. Can’t wait to be back in Montauk!
My next event will be a series of talks at the Maine Jung Center in Brunswick. I am very excited about this as it will give me an excellent opportunity to discuss my novel’s themes more in-depth than I have at other events, such as at bookstores. I will speak on three different occasions on subjects such as the hero’s mythic journey, the four ancient elements as symbols of transformation and Native American wisdom vs. Christian beliefs. The dates are Sundays May 8, 15 and 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. Here is a link for more information and to register: https://www.mainejungcenter.org/events/the-last-resort/
My next event will be at Cupacity, the popular downtown Damariscotta cafe, on Saturday, November 27 at 4:30 p.m. I’ll be doing a talk and reading from my novel, “The Last Resort,” focusing in particular on the Native American theme as we celebrate Native American Heritage month. We will be accepting donations for the Wabanaki Alliance which is fighting for deserved sovereignty status. I’m grateful to Susan Murphy, community-minded proprietor of Cupacity, for making this happen. Here is a link to the cafe’s website:https://cupacity.cafe/events . And here is portrait of one of the guiding spirits in my novel, Stephen Talkhouse Pharaoh.
