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John-Michael Albert

John-Michael Albert, an accountant at the University of New Hampshire and author of Two-Ply and Extra-sensitive, will be at RiverRun Bookstore on Tuesday, June 26th at 7:00 p.m. Two-Ply and Extra-sensitive is Albert’s sixth poetry chapbook. His poems span the globe from Texas to World War II France, to the Mideast, the South, and Poland, and the particulars of seasons in New England. His poetry is like little stories, and readers find themselves getting caught up in every scene. “His deft handling of many settings and themes, with a frequent, welcome leavening of humor, marks a mature poet who has read and written a lot. Albert is obviously in love with words and knows how to bend them to his purposes.” ~ Alice Persons ~ (editor, Moon Pie Press).  Since moving to New Hampshire from Texas in 1999, John-Michael Albert has become the author of five chapbooks, Some Posthumous Thoughts of a New York Secretary (2002), Texas Rose Rustler (2003), Boston Fruit Market (2004), Boy with a Conch (2
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Mary Ann Wenniger

Wenniger will be in RiverRun Bookstore to read from and sign copies of The Best-ever Wheat and Gluten-free Baking Book on Thursday, June 21, at 7:00 p.m.  Mary Ann graduated from MT. St. Vincent in New York as an English major. She received an M.A. in art education from Harvard and an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Norwich University. In this book, you will find more than 200 easy-to-follow recipes — from moist and hearty loaves of bread and muffins to sweet-tooth-satisfying cookies, cakes, and pies — that friends and family will devour. Made with various healthful grains and flours packed with protein, these tasty treats will boost energy levels and lift spirits. Besides her cookbook, she has published three arts & crafts books: Collagraph Printmaking, Secrets of Buying Art: Original Prints and Reproductions, Lithography: A complete guide. The book signing begins at 7:00 p.m. on June 21 at RiverRun Bookstore, located at 20 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. For more informatio
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Jerral Sapienza

Jerral Sapienza, who lives in Eugene, Oregon, and is the author of The Hand Behind the Word, will be at RiverRun Bookstore on Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. Come to join us and have your handwriting analyzed for free! The Hand Behind the Word is an essential handwriting analysis sourcebook for teambuilding and matchmaking, general curiosities, and self-help enthusiasts as well as counselors, researchers, and hiring managers.  Full of examples and discussions about form, structure, and interpretation of handwriting, The Hand Behind the Word is also the only handwriting book to include the JAQS Style sample and its meaning and definition of numbers or digits, the single most common form of handwriting. The Hand Behind the Word: Handwriting Analysis JAQS Style introduces the abbreviated JAQS Style handwriting sample format for research, business, and education.  Author and handwriting expert Jerral Sapienza is also a caregiver educator and author of the care-giving classic, Urgent
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Brendan W. Cornwell

Brendan Cornwell, who works at Arcadia Publishing and is the Illustrator of Aesop in Goudy, will be at RiverRun Bookstore on Friday, June 29th at  7:00 p.m.   A resident of Rye, NH, Brendan is an accomplished artist and graduate of Montserrat College of Art. For the past five years, he has been involved in book production in Portsmouth, primarily focusing on photography based publications. Brendan’s creative expressions exist in various forms, including quilting, silhouetting, block-printing, and animation. Many people know of Æsop, the Greek slave who is often considered the master of the fable, but few people are aware of Frederic Goudy, the creator of this font. Goudy was a masterful designer, creating such a beautiful and striking font that the font itself is considered art. Frederic Goudy lived in the late nineteenth and early part of the twentieth century and was one of the most brilliant type designers. He created over one hundred typefaces and created such notable ones as Goudy
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Nancy Horton

Local Photographer Nancy Horton Comes to RiverRun Bookstore on Wednesday, June 6, to discuss & sign her Portsmouth Photography Book. Photographer Nancy Horton has captured the beauty and the funky, gritty liveliness of today’s Portsmouth, NH. It is all here, from the salt piles by along the river to the Naval Shipyard. Daily life circulates historic Market Square; costumed re-enactors delight at Strawberry Banke; an impressive array of Georgian homes stand tall on residential streets. Horton even offers a beautiful photo of Portsmouth’s beloved poet Robert Dunn alongside one of his poems. Laura Pope provides a short history of the city to accompany Horton’s images. Award-winning photographer Nancy Horton’s work has appeared in “The New York Times,” “The Boston Globe,” “Yankee,” “Rolling Stone,” and in various photography books. Educated at Merrimack College and Endicott College in Massachusetts, Horton teaches photography at the Maine College of Art and Hartwood College.  She has h
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Jerry and Marcy Monkman

Photographers Jerry & Marcy Monkman Come to RiverRun Bookstore on Thursday, June 7, 2007, to discuss & Sign Wild Acadia: A Photographic Journey to New England’s Oldest National Park. In Wild Acadia, Jerry and his wife, Marcy Monkman, offer a stunning full-color photographic and prose tribute to the spectacular shorelines, forests, and distinctive granite domes of Maine’s awe-inspiring Acadia National Park. The book’s opening chapter explores the history of the region from its volcanic beginnings to when Native Americans first settled there, the rise of tourism, and the establishment of Acadia National Park. Using historical photos paired with contemporary interpretations of the same scenes, Wild Acadia expertly illustrates how the park has changed during the last 100 years. The other chapters–“Shorelines,” “Forests,” and “Granite Domes”–document the spectacular beauty of Acadia while exploring the themes of wilderness, solitude, and overcrowding. In words and pictures, Monkman’
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Kim Ponders

Kim Ponders will be in RiverRun Bookstore to read from and sign copies of “Last Blue Mile “on Wednesday, May 23rd, at 7:00 p.m. Air Force Reservist and former fighter pilot Ponders explores the future of a scandal-plagued Air Force Academy in her second novel, “The Last Blue Mile.” In the wake of an embarrassing rape scandal, General Susan Long is appointed to reform the academy. Her initiative, a “Culture of Transformation,” causes resentment among cadets and alumni and is opposed by the Commandant of Cadets, Brig. General John Waller, a former fighter pilot whose quick call sign is “Balls.” When a cheating ring is exposed, Waller wants to expel Cadet Paula Snowe, the ringleader but is overruled by Long, who argues that Snowe is “a perfect candidate” for transformation. Meanwhile, Cadet Brook Searcy’s future at the academy is threatened by her fragile emotional state. Waller finds himself increasingly at odds with a politically savvy Long, and the death of Brook’s friend and a fellow
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