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9 October 2024

I'm Headed to a Book Signing in Galesburg

Event date: 10/25/2024 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Export event

I'm Headed to a Book Signing in Galesburg

As is our custom, Don and I will be going to Homecoming at Knox College in Galesburg, and while we are there, I'll be signing books at the Wordsmith Bookshoppe in town. 

Even though we graduated many (many!) years ago, we still go back to Knox nearly every fall. Over the years, we have become friends with people from all different graduating classes and we still have friends in town as well, so there's always someone to visit. We also like seeing how the college has grown and changed, and we love the town's signature fried onion strings!

As long as we were going to be in town, we contacted the local bookstore, Wordsmith Bookshoppe, who was happy to set up a book signing event. I don't usually do book signings unless they are part of an event so I will be bringing some souvenirs of our experience at the International Agatha Christie Festival and will be prepared to share stories from our trip. 

If you are in the Galesburg, Illinois area on Friday, October 25, from 1:00p until 3:00p, please stop by and say "hello!"

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... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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