Richard Rose read from his collections of poetry and stories at the Retro Reads Bookstore at 7:00 pm on October 10, 2024. retroreadsbookstore.com

Join the Book Launch Celebration with the LGBTQ+ community and allies of Living Into the Truth: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery, a memoir by Annette Marquis exploring family secrets and the search for identity. At the Iridian Gallery at Diversity Richmond on December 8, 2024. All are welcome!  https://www.eventbee.com/v/book-launch-reading-with-the-lgbtq-community-allies/event?eid=211622904#/tickets

Acclaimed author and poet Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt has released her 13th book, The World Has Changed from When I Last Was Here (ATW Publishing), a collection of award-winning and new poems centered around adversity, the strength and resilience required to overcome it, and a movement toward peace. A statement of the times exploring late-stage capitalism's impact on individuals--especially those who have been marginalized--the pieces touch on socioeconomic instability, homelessness, injustice, and other underlying factors contributing to a global deterioration in mental health. But it is also a statement of what is needed to create a better world, a healthier world, according to Gotthardt. Read more at Prince William Living.  https://princewilliamliving.com/katherine-gotthardts-newest-book-takes-on-global-topics-paths-to-healing/