Girlfriend Weekend Archives

We had a great time spreading madness at the 23rd annual INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUYS BOOK CLUB READING NATION CONVENTION!

We were proud to represent the following incredible past and current Pulpwood Queens authors:

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.
Rita Quillen, with her Pulpwood Queens 2023 bonus pick poetry collection, Some Notes You Hold.

See some of our favorite mad moments below!

Author Antonina Duridanova
J. Lawrence Matthews, Ruthie Landis, Kathy Ramsperger, T.K. Thorne, [pending]. [pending], [pending], Lara Bernhardt, and author Beth M. Howard
Author Robert Gwaltney (The Cicada Tree) hugs author Laura (Recent book name here) while Tracy Carnes (The Darlings of Sundance: A Novel) and keynote speaker and author J. Lawrence Matthews (One Must Tell the Bees: Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes) share a chuckle during the “Hair Ball.”
Madville founder Kim Davis and author Robert Gwaltney (The Cicada Tree) pose together for a photograph during the Author Meet and Greet event.
Authors Cassandra King Conroy (Tell Me a Story) and Wondra Chang (Sonju) chat during the Author Meet and Greet and Book Launch for Anju Gattani’s Dynasties event.
Keynote Author J. Lawrence Matthews discusses his latest book, One Must Tell the Bees: Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes.
Madville’s own Lee Zacharias
Author Eileen Sanches (Freedom Lessons: A Novel) dances during the “Hair Ball.”
Madville founder Kim Davis laughs as a patron browses the Madville books available at our table.
Keynote author J. Lawrence Matthews, (One Must Tell the Bees: Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes), and Pulpwood Queens founder Kathy L. Murphy, (The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life), are photographed laughing together during the Author Meet and Greet and Book Launch for Anju Gattani’s “Dynasties” event.
Pulpwood Queen’s founder Kathy L. Murphy’s son-in-law dresses up in a hat, scarf, and glasses and salutes with author Tracy Lea Carnes (The Darlings of Sundance) and a painting of her book cover. Book cover art by Pulpwood Queens founder Kathy L. Murphy.
Three Pulpwood Queens atendees take a moment to check in with the outside world and scroll on their phone.
Madville Founder Kim Davis wears a sari during the Author Meet and Greet and Book Launch for Anju Gattani’s “Dynasties” event.
Author Carol Van De Hende shows off her novel, Orchid Blooming.
Film crew members author Mark Green, Drew, and R.J. smile for the camera as they watch the convention chaos.
Authors Robert Gwaltney of (The Cicada Tree) keynote speaker and author J. Lawrence Matthews (One Must Tell the Bees: Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes) pose with Kim Davis’ daughter, Liz Davis, during the “Hair Ball.”
Authors Zoe Disigny (The Art of Traveling Strangers), keynote speaker J. Lawrence Matthews (One Must Tell the Bees: Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes), Carol Van Den Hende (Orchid Blooming), and keynote author Ann Hood (Fly Girl: A Memoir) take a selfie at the Over the Moon” “Hair Ball.”
Author Robert Gwaltney (The Cicada Tree) moderates the Book & Film panel with Author/Screenwriter, Tracy Carnes of (The Darlings of Sundance: A Novel) and Pulpwood Queens founder Kathy L. Murphy, who created the cover art for Tracy’s book.
Madville founder Kim Davis and her daughter Liz Davis pose with author Anju Gattani and her new book, Dynasties, at the Author Meet and Greet and Book Launch Party for Anju Gattani’s “Dynasties” event.
Author Anju Gattani (Dynasties) dances during the “Hair Ball.”
Anju Gattani (Dynasties) poses with a bookclub member dressed as a cow during the “Hair Ball.”
Alice C. Early and [pending]