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AWP24 came early

Madville author, Lee Zacharias poses in front of the AWP24 Conference & Bookfair banner in Kansas City.

We had a smaller showing at this year’s AWP conference. Kim didn’t attend, having begun her college career in Missouri, she could only think of the weather and the unpredictability of flights in early February in Kansas City. But of course, Madville has a number of authors who have no such aversion to the cold or fear of driving on icy roads, and they did attend and represented Madville happily.

Michael Simms, Madville author of Bicycles of the Gods, The Green Mage, and Windkeep, also edits the online journal, Vox Populi, and he invited us to share his table in the book fair. Our authors signed books and greeted potential readers all three of the afternoons at that table. In addition, we have friends at Hoot, who also shared Luanne Smith’s three anthologies (Muddy Backroads, Taboos & Transgressions, and Runaway) and Jodi Angel’s Biggest Little Girl.

Madville author, Lee Zacharias poses in front of the AWP24 Conference & Bookfair banner in Kansas City.
Andy Rooney (The Lesser Madonnas, The Autobiography of Francis N. Stein), Lee Zacharias (What a Wonderful World This Could Be), and Susanne Davis (Gravity Hill)
Michael Gills (Before All Who Have Ever Seen This Disappear), and Linda Ravenswood (a poem is a house)
Emily Chiles and Cherise Pollard
Madville board member, Cherise Pollard and ____.
Author Michael Gills with his poetry books on display.
Biggest Little Girl, Taboos & Transgressions, Muddy Backroads, and Runaway were on display and available to buy at the Hoot table.
Author Michael Gills with author Lee Zacharias.
Richard Bausch with Lee Zacharias.
Michael Simms with...
Madville's table cloth for AWP24. It shows as many of the new book covers as we could fit.

Thanks to Lee Zacharias for sharing her wonderful photos! (Also Michael Simms and Cherise Pollard!)

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AWP 2023 Recap

The Madville Publishing booth at AWP23.

We had a wonderful time at AWP 2023 in Seattle

Poet Rick Campbell reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Poet Rick Campbell reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Queen Dolly regally awaits selfies with fans at the Book Fair! Photo by Lee Zacharias. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Queen Dolly regally awaits selfies with fans at the Book Fair! Photo by Lee Zacharias. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Wondra Chang reads from her Sonju during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Wondra Chang reads from her Sonju during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Jenny Molberg reads during the Madvillans Read Event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Jenny Molberg reads during the Madvillans Read Event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author and photographer Lee Zacharias takes a photo with authour Michael Gills. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author and photographer Lee Zacharias takes a photo with authour Michael Gills. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Mike Hilbig reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Mike Hilbig reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Anna Sandy-Elrod reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Anna Sandy-Elrod reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Michael Gills reads from The Green Mage during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Michael Gills reads from The Green Mage during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis take a photo with Dolly at the Book Fair. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis take a photo with Dolly at the Book Fair. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Poet Rick Campbell reads from his collection Gunshot, Peakcock, Dog at Madvillans Read. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Poet Rick Campbell reads from his collection Gunshot, Peakcock, Dog at Madvillans Read. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Kari Gunter-Seymour reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Kari Gunter-Seymour reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Writer Cherise Pollard reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Writer Cherise Pollard reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Writer Troy E. Wilderson reads during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Writer Troy E. Wilderson reads during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Bruce Overby reads from The Cyclone Release at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Bruce Overby reads from The Cyclone Release at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Ulrick Casimir reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Ulrick Casimir reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Lisa Lanser Rose reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Lisa Lanser Rose reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Mike Hilbig reads during the Madvillains Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Mike Hilbig reads during the Madvillains Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Jodi Angel speaks during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Jodi Angel speaks during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Poet Raye Hendrix reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Poet Raye Hendrix reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Lisa Lanser Rose reads at the Madvillans Read event.
Author Lisa Lanser Rose reads at the Madvillans Read event.
Michael Gills reads from The Green Mage during the Madvillans Read event.
Michael Gills reads from The Green Mage during the Madvillans Read event.
Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, during the Madvillans Read event.
Former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, during the Madvillans Read event.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis, author Lisa Lanser Rose, unknown, and writer Cherise Pollard take a group photo.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis, author Lisa Lanser Rose, unknown, and writer Cherise Pollard take a group photo before setting up the Book Fair booth.
Author Kari Gunter-Seymour reads during the Madvillans Read event.
Author Kari Gunter-Seymour reads during the Madvillans Read event.
All the books ready to go to the Book Fair!
All the books ready to go to the Book Fair!
Author Jenny Molberg reads during the Madvillans Read Event.
Author Jenny Molberg reads during the Madvillans Read Event.
Author Anna Sandy-Elrod reads during the Madvillans Read event.
Author Anna Sandy-Elrod reads during the Madvillans Read event.
The view from the conference hotel in Seattle.
The view from the conference hotel in Seattle.
Writer Cherise Pollard reads during the Madvillans Read event.
Writer Cherise Pollard reads during the Madvillans Read event.
Our beautiful booth, stocked with books for AWP 2023!
Our beautiful booth, stocked with books for AWP 2023!
Bill Davis sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023.
Bill Davis sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023.
Author Stephanie Powell Watts during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Author Stephanie Powell Watts during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Michael Gills speaks during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Michael Gills speaks during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023.
Sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023.
Poet Raye Hendrix reads during the Madvillans Read event.
Poet Raye Hendrix reads during the Madvillans Read event.
Sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023.
Sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023.
Cat Smith and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis pose in front of the Madville Publishing booth poster at AWP 2023.
Cat Smith and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis pose in front of the Madville Publishing booth poster at AWP 2023.
Author Bruce Overby reads from The Cyclone Release at the Madvillans Read event.
Author Bruce Overby reads from The Cyclone Release at the Madvillans Read event.
Francine Rodriguez laughs as Jodi Angel speaks during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Francine Rodriguez laughs as Jodi Angel speaks during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Jodi Angel reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Author Jodi Angel reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias.
Cat Smith and author Francine Rodriguez eat dinner at Ristorante Barolo Ristorante.
Cat Smith and author Francine Rodriguez eat dinner at Ristorante Barolo Ristorante.
Former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis pose in front of the Dolly poster. Karla is holding a stack of copies of her poetry collection, Turbulence and Fluids.
Former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis pose in front of the Dolly poster. Karla is holding a stack of copies of her poetry collection, Turbulence and Fluids.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis and author Stephen Powers take a photo in front of the Dolly poster.
Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis and author Stephen Powers take a photo in front of the Dolly poster.
Lana K. W. Austin, author of Like Light, Like Music, reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press.
Lana K. W. Austin, author of Like Light, Like Music, reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press.
Author Susan O’Dell Underwood reads at the Madvillans Read event.
Author Susan O’Dell Underwood reads at the Madvillans Read event.
Author Mike Hilbig reads during the Madvillains Read event.
Author Mike Hilbig reads during the Madvillains Read event.
Author Francine Rodriguez gets a photo with the Dolly poster at the AWP Book Fair.
Author Francine Rodriguez gets a photo with the Dolly poster at the AWP Book Fair.
Francine Rodriguez reads from A Woman's Story during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
Francine Rodriguez reads from A Woman’s Story during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.
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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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Other Words Literary Conference in Tampa 2018

Other Words Literary Conference logo

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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