Episode 8 of LFTRR Explains the “First Page Test”
James J. Patterson is the reluctant scholar and on this (the eighth!) episode of Live from the Reading Room, he reads the from his essay of the same name. He also reads from books that have passed his "First Page Test" including "Night Train to Lisbon" by Pascal Mercier, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Muse" by Jessie Burton, "The Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller, and "Confessions" by Jean-Jaques Rousseau.
New Trailer Drops for Mark Pritchard’s Horror Short Film
The Sinphony anthology is slated to include ten films including Pritchard’s “Limited Edition.” In the press release for the film, the plot of “Limited Edition” is described as, “Intent on capturing an original moment in time, a woman faces a deadly battle when the moment fights back.”
David Downie Interviewed by Author, Leslie Pietrzyk
In this new interview conducted by Leslie Pietrzyk, David Downie details the creation of Red Riviera and Daria Vinci, offers up some writing advice, and gives a recipe for Daria’s favorite food, Classic Ligurian olive oil focaccia.
Announcing Two New Titles from ASP
Dave Housley’s brilliant, darkly comic novel The Other Ones will be released January 18, 2022. Saida Agostini’s first full-length poetry collection, the stunning let the dead in, launches on March 26, 2022. Both are available for preorder now wherever books are sold.