News From the Word Shop for May, 2026
Living in Place
NEWS – EVENTS – OPPORTUNITIES
May 7, 8, & 9: Three events in Narrowsburg, NY
May 7, 1:30 – 3:30 pm I’ll be talking about Second Chances in Fiction and in Life at Tusten Social’s Sage Session. I will speak about how the freedom of aging has allowed me second chances to do what I’d always dreamed of, using examples from my life and both my published books. Free Lunch, Socializing, Talk, Q&A. Books for sale & signing. DVAA, 37 Main St. Narrowsburg. https://wwtustensocial.org
May 8, 5 – 8 pm I’ll be facilitating a nature-based memoir-writing circle for up to 10 participants at a private home. Information & Registration here.
May 9, 2 – 5 pm Join me and One Grand Books at the 108 for a discussion of Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress, my memoir of transformation, risk, and later-in-life awakening. This was unquestionably a heroic journey—both walking into the woods in the dark with a rifle and writing this deeply personal story. And the journey isn’t over: I’m now an Artemis Ambassador for the National Wildlife Federation, “committed to building a community dedicated to Artemis’ wild spirit and conservation ethos.” In conversation with Erin Fairbanks at 108 Main Street, Narrowsburg. Books for sale & signing. More info here.
A Great Mother’s Day Gift!
May 10 – Mother’s Day! Does you mom want to forge a path into ferocious joy as she ages? If so, this book is for her! Available wherever books are sold: Trade paperback, eBook, audio. Buy online and support your favorite Independent Bookstores at bookshop.org
May 28 – June 1: Four Events in Northern California
May 28, 1 pm Three Authors Explore Jewish Identity in Their Fiction. Celebrate Jewish American History Month with authors Valerie Stoller and Pamela Reitman as we talk about our historical novels starring Jewish women. I’ll be speaking about Into the Wilderness, my award-winning novel, silver love story set in 1964. Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley. More information here.
May 31, 11 am – 5 pm Bookworm Block Party sponsored by the Bay Area Book Festival. Come say hello! You can find me at the Sibylline booth, 2161 Allston Street, Berkeley. https://www.baybookfest.org/bay-area-book-festival/
June 1, 2 pm Join the discussion of Into the Wilderness, my award-winning, silver love story set in 1964. Rhoda Goldman Plaza, 2180 Post Street, San Francisco.
June 1, 6 pm Private Book Group in Petaluma.
Recent Media
Book Review Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress in Northwoods Sporting Journal, by V. Paul Reynolds, May 2026 and in Maine newspapers. Read it here.
Radio Interview Listen to Interview about Reviving Artemis with Kimberly Izar on Radio Catskill’s Farm & Country, which aired on May 2, 2026
TV Interview Watch Across the Fence Interview with Amy Finley about Into the Wilderness airs on May 28. Find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@ATFence/playlists And if you missed the interview about Reviving Artemis, you can watch it here.
The audiobook of Reviving Artemis is available from major digital retailers and libraries here.
Help me and other readers by leaving a review for Reviving Artemis and/or Into the Wilderness. Thanks to everyone who has and to those who will.
Let’s do a program together!
Invite me to speak or lead a discussion about Reviving Artemis to your book group, conservation organization, or women’s group? We can make it happen. Contact me!
Interested in learning about how Vermont shifted from deep red to deep blue? Let’s talk about Into the Wilderness, set in 1964, when Vermont started to tilt left. Lots happened in 1964 that continues to be pertinent today: Who gets to vote? How do we welcome that stranger? Is it ever too late to fall in love? Learn more about this award-winning love story here. And contact me to speak to your book group, historical society, library, or social club.
Join or sponsor a writing circle. More information here.
oh, I wish i could zip up there for nature memoir. That sounds like a lot of fun. All the best!