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The Heroine’s Barshelf: One Year, 12 Cocktails


By Kj Swanson, with Column Five’s Ian Klein To celebrate the one-year publication anniversary of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, Erin and I thought it would be fun to create a literary-inspired cocktail list. Okay, truth be told, the idea came from us making fun of the pronunciation of St John River’s

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Happy Half-Birthday, THB!


20 public appearances 12,000+ Google hits 1 dedicated book club 751 Goodreads adds and 131 ratings 1 Modcloth book of the month 110 blog posts 1 invitation to co-host the all-new Bitch Magazine YA Book Club 772 blog comments 44 Amazon reviews 1 Colorado Book Award finalist announcement 700+ postcards

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Happy Birthday, Pride and Prejudice!


Today is the 197th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s immortal (so far) Pride and Prejudice, which is fittingly the very first book I dove into when writing The Heroine’s Bookshelf.  After all, what bibliophile in her right mind can really resist such a spirited, flawed, funny, sexy, and

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