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Pulpwood Queens 2023 Girlfriend Weekend

The Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island in Florida. Shows a sepia-toned woman on a moon with a brown background.

The Pulpwood Queens have always supported Madville authors and they did it again at their Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island, Florida. We had an absolute blast! What a party!

  • Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, edited by Julie E. Bloemeke & Dustin Brookshire, and featuring Robert Gwaltney and 53 other wonderful authors.
  • Tom Shachtman, with his Memoir of the Minotaur
  • Wondra Chang, with her novel, Sonju, and
  • Francine Rodriguez, with A Woman’s Story.
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.

The Pulpwood Queens have always supported Madville authors and they did it again at their Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island, Florida. We had an absolute blast! What a party!

  • Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, edited by Julie E. Bloemeke & Dustin Brookshire, and featuring Robert Gwaltney and 53 other wonderful authors.
  • Tom Shachtman, with his Memoir of the Minotaur
  • Wondra Chang, with her novel, Sonju, and
  • Francine Rodriguez, with A Woman’s Story.
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.

The Pulpwood Queens have always supported Madville authors and they did it again at their Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island, Florida. We had an absolute blast! What a party!

  • Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, edited by Julie E. Bloemeke & Dustin Brookshire, and featuring Robert Gwaltney and 53 other wonderful authors.
  • Tom Shachtman, with his Memoir of the Minotaur
  • Wondra Chang, with her novel, Sonju, and
  • Francine Rodriguez, with A Woman’s Story.
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.

The Pulpwood Queens have always supported Madville authors and they did it again at their Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island, Florida. We had an absolute blast! What a party!

  • Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, edited by Julie E. Bloemeke & Dustin Brookshire, and featuring Robert Gwaltney and 53 other wonderful authors.
  • Tom Shachtman, with his Memoir of the Minotaur
  • Wondra Chang, with her novel, Sonju, and
  • Francine Rodriguez, with A Woman’s Story.
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.

The Pulpwood Queens have always supported Madville authors and they did it again at their Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island, Florida. We had an absolute blast! What a party!

  • Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, edited by Julie E. Bloemeke & Dustin Brookshire, and featuring Robert Gwaltney and 53 other wonderful authors.
  • Tom Shachtman, with his Memoir of the Minotaur
  • Wondra Chang, with her novel, Sonju, and
  • Francine Rodriguez, with A Woman’s Story.
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.

The Pulpwood Queens have always supported Madville authors and they did it again at their Girlfriend Weekend 2023 on Amelia Island, Florida. We had an absolute blast! What a party!

  • Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology, edited by Julie E. Bloemeke & Dustin Brookshire, and featuring Robert Gwaltney and 53 other wonderful authors.
  • Tom Shachtman, with his Memoir of the Minotaur
  • Wondra Chang, with her novel, Sonju, and
  • Francine Rodriguez, with A Woman’s Story.
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.
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Madville Publishing to Attend AWP23

Madville Publishing Banner for #AWP23
AWP, Association of Writers & Writing Programs

2023 AWP Conference & Bookfair

Seattle, Washington
March 8–11, 2023
Seattle Convention Center

Madville Publishing will once again be in attendance at AWP2023. These are the details we know so far:

Madville will be at Booth #722 in the book fair

Thursday, March 9, 2023

9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)

6:00-7:30 PM – Meet and Greet the Madvillans

Reception in the Ballard Ballroom, Sheraton Grand Seattle, Third Floor, Pike Street Tower
Madville Publishing invites friends and those who would like to become friends to join us for an opportunity to meet our authors. There will be libations!!

Friday, March 10, 2023

9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)

4:00-7:30 PM – Madvillans Read – Offsite event – (but it’s really onsite!)

The Columbia Room, Sheraton Grand, Seattle, Fourth Floor, Union Tower

(Readings from Jodi Angel, Lee Zacharias, Maurice Ruffin, Cherise Pollard, Lana Austin, Michael Gills, Francine Rodriguez, karla k. morton, Wondra Chang, Rick Campbell, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Makayla Gay, Bruce Overby, Susan O’Dell Underwood, Mike Hilbig, Dion O’Reilly, Hillary Behrman, Kim Addonizio, Anna Sandy-Elrod, Raye Hendrix, Jenny Molberg, Kim Davis, Lisa Rose, and Gigi Marino.)

Saturday, March 11, 2023

9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)

9:00-10:15 AM (S118) Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty

(Luanne Smith,  Michael Gills,  Troy Wilderson,  Stephanie Powell Watts,  Francine Rodriguez)

While class is often the backdrop to a story rather than the main point, writing about poverty is often compartmentalized. Grit Lit, Street Lit, Kmart fiction, even noir, there seems to be a place to put this work rather than actually looking at it as writing about the human condition. This panel brings together prose writers from rural and urban settings to discuss commonalities, differences and the bigger picture when class is a major factor in the work.

Have a look at our Spring 2023 books, & help us launch them at AWP23

Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.
The Dog Years of Reeducation, Poems by Jianqing Zheng. White text is superimposed over monotone beige soybeans in the field with a dramatic blurred depth of field.
Biggest Little Girl, a novel by Jodi Angel. Front cover shows stained carpet like that you'd see in a sleazy casino. It has a pattern of yellow flowers on a dark red background.
Splinter, poems by Susan O'Dell Underwood. Weathered yellow board with red lettering for title.
The Green Mage front cover. Novel by Michael Simms, volume 1 in the Talon Trilogy. Original cover art by Andrew Dunn shows a pixie-like woman with pointed ears standing nose-to-nose with a fearsome looking dragon.
original cover art by Andrew Dunn, “Tessia and the Dragon”
Before All Who Have Ever Seen This Disappear, a Novel by Michael Gills. an old photo shows some members of a baseball team in a sepia-toned photo with creases, indicating it is old. The text is in red letters behind the players' heads.
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Southern Festival of Books 2022

Madville Publishing Is proud to be a sponsor at the 2022 Southern Festival of Books NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, at War Memorial Plaza and the Nashville Public Library Friday, October 14: 12:00-5:00pm Saturday, October 15: 10:00am-6:00pm Sunday, October 16: 12:00-5:00pm
Madville Publishing Is proud to be a sponsor at the 2022 Southern Festival of Books NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, at War Memorial Plaza and the Nashville Public Library Friday, October 14: 12:00-5:00pm Saturday, October 15: 10:00am-6:00pm Sunday, October 16: 12:00-5:00pm

Humanities Tennessee presents The 34rd annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word℠! The Festival is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming approximately 200 authors and 25,000 visitors each October. The Festival is free, and includes performance stages, food trucks, and more than 60 publishers and booksellers. After two years of virtual programming, we look forward to seeing you on The Plaza. 

And Madville is proud to share that we have not one, but THREE TITLES FEATURED in 2022.

These titles are:

Poster for the 2022 Southern Festival of Books.

You can see them listed with all the other wonderful Southern Festival of Books featured authors for 22.

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Other Words Literary Conference in Tampa 2018

Madville\’s First Official Conference

The Other Words Conference was held at the University of Tampa, October 11-13, 2018, which turned out to be unfortunate as Hurricane Michael blew through the Florida Panhandle on October 10. This meant many writers who had planned to attend simply couldn\’t get there. Still, Tampa was unaffected, and the airplanes flew, so Kim and Jacqui attended and represented Madville.

Networking

These events are largely about networking, and we sat prominently with a table at the book fair, where we offered our first two titles, An Englishman in Texas and Gunshot, Peacock, Dog. Rick Campbell, author of Gunshot, Peacock, Dog, was on hand to sign copies. In addition, Kim spoke on the subject of publishing.

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