Sunday, October 1: Jean-Michel Smith and Christine Todd will be signing books at the Oswego Literary Fest. If the weather is good, the Red Anemone Books table will be located outside in front of the Oswego Library during the town’s festive Farmers Market. Fun, free event.  9:00 am – 1:00 p.m. 32 Jefferson Street, Oswego, […]

Saturday August 26, 10am-4pm: We’ll be signing books at the annual Clinton Book Festival. Meet 48 authors, sign up for writer presentations, interact with author panels, and bring the kids for Storytime in the library. Clinton Community College, 1000 Lincoln Blvd, Clinton, Iowa. Free Admission.

This weekend, June 8-9, the annual “Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest” is on!  Well-known authors, booksellers, musicians, performers, and lots of great food make this major book fair a wonderful, festive event. Be sure to stop by Red Anemone Books (table 152), where we’re launching Christine’s first collection of short stories, Tornado Days, and […]

Tornado Days was launched May 23, 2013. It’s a quirky short story collection. Here’s the cover blurb: “Whether she’s writing about an unscrupulous dentist, a courageous albino woman, a butcher with dark edges, or a grief-stricken couple, Christine Todd’s stories contain unexpected twists, and surprising “aha” moments. Like the bereaved couple in her title story, […]

Jean-Michel Smith’s debut science fiction novel Autonomy is published. The book has already received good reviews. For a great spring or summer read, you can find a copy here. When Cal Sheldon puts himself into an artificial coma and loads his mind onto the advanced computer he and his university colleagues secretly designed, he leaves […]

This weekend, June 9-10, Chicago’s fabulous annual Lit Fest promises to be as lively as ever with big-name authors, publishers, booksellers, musicians, stage performers, and 120,000 people in attendance.  Red Anemone Books is setting up at table #152.  Christine and Jean-Michel will be there both days signing books and chatting with fans. Be sure to […]

The American edition of Pins is now launched with a fun new cover and includes 13 Reading Group Questions in the back. The response has been super-positive. You can find it online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Red Anemone Books. Of course, Pins is also available through bookstores, and is offered in ebook form.

We will be participating in the South Huntington Public Library’s Local Author Fair, March 31st.   We’re delighted they’ve selected a few Manhattan authors for this Long Island event. Many thanks to Catherine Schmoller, the library’s Program/Public Relations Coordinator, for including Jean-Michel and me.  We’ll be signing our books 1pm – 4pm, at the Red Anemone […]

We’re happy to announce that Jean-Michel Smith’s non-fiction book, S3: The Smith Sexagesimal System, Using Base-60 To Increase Arithmetic Intelligence is PUBLISHED (paperback, 72 pages). This fantastic little reference book is perfect for anyone interested in base-60 mathematics. It is also a companion to, and includes the first chapter of, Jean-Michel’s  upcoming science fiction novel […]

Red Anemone Books set up shop in the middle of the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest for this wonderful annual event.  Live music played in the street’s small park.  The restaurants were fired up for brisk trade.  Despite blazing heat, the crowds showed up ready to check out books, authors, publishers, and bookstores.  Fans […]