Roy L Burkhead

wordstrumpet.substack.comInto the Writing Portal You Go (A Love Letter)Some conventional and unconventional ways to get thyself to the page

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royburkhead.substack.comSaturday Night Message: Week of October 18 to 24@ WKU, Southern Festival of Books Reflections, & Waffles. ;-)

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Summer dont wanna give up the ghost! High 70s all week. I’ll focus on the low 40s at night. Scribbling Halloween cards, under the steady watch of my trusty steed. 🐾🦴🐾🦴😜

nytimes.comManhattan Bookstore Crawl: Where to Shop in Chinatown, the Lower East Side and the East Village (Gift Article)This Manhattan walking tour includes used-book emporiums, animal- and vegetable-themed stores and bookshop bars that serve up literature with a boozy twist.

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At WKU today for on-campus student conferences. Received my leg lamp for the 2026 part-time teaching award. Oh, and me Better Half and Ms Eryn are here. Eryn on campus tour, followed by admissions, financial aid, and Ed Teaching meetings. 😜

richardgoodman.substack.comStill in ParisI‘m still here, in Paris.

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royburkhead.substack.comSaturday Night Message: Week of October 11 to 17Book Festival Prep, Halloween Cards, & Grading Paper

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As I wrap up a day of letters, this beast is snoring behind me. 😜🐾🦴🐾🦴

wordstrumpet.substack.comWe Need to Talk About Imposter Syndrome (A Love Letter)Write your novel now and stay motivated while you do it.

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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!! 😀Spent this holiday—so far—working. Alarm at 8:30 am. Up ten minutes later. Washer and dryer are washing and drying. Dishwasher full and churning away. Kitchen clean. Now on deck, noodling w/Halloween cards, reading Friday’s newspaper, and writing an overdue letter.

Just another crazy Saturday night around Casa Burkhead 😜

publishersweekly.com‘Baldwin: A Love Story’ to Get Film From Obamas’ Higher Ground, Anonymous ContentNicholas Boggs and The Disappearers author Marlon James, his partner, will co-adapt Boggs’s biography of James Baldwin, published to wide acclaim by FSG in August, with the help of producers from both...

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northescambia.com North Escambia Residents Bring Bookstore To Flomaton, Aim To Lift Local Economy : NorthEscambia.comLocal online newspaper for North Escambia County Florida, Pensacola, Walnut Hill, Bratt, McDavid, Molino, Century, Cantonment, Atmore, Flomaton, News

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inc.comBookTok Is Fueling a Romance Bookstore Boom: More Than 230 New Stores Have Opened in 3 YearsA fast-growing trend among independent booksellers, these bookstores stock wide selection of romance novels.

publishersweekly.comAs Publishers Ramp Up AI Implementation, Employees Slow DownData from 771 professionals surveyed by the Book Industry Study Group and BookNet Canada found publishers’ AI use at the organizational level jumped to 63%, from 48% in 2025, while individual use drop...

publishersweekly.comHow to Pass a Right-to-Read BillCrafting a state freedom to read bill requires political passion, a streamlined legal strategy, and a deep bench of organized volunteers

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hachettebookgroup.comSalty, Not SweetFlorence Fabricant—celebrated New York Times food writer for more than 50 years—recounts a life defined by the insatiable search for new dining experienc...

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publishersweekly.comBookstore Customer Traffic on the RiseAfter plunging during the pandemic, customer foot traffic at bookstores has steadily increased, according to an analysis by Placer.ai, a location analytics firm. Barnes & Noble has had the largest imp...

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johnsoncountypost.comHistoric Olathe home gets new life as a locally owned bookstoreThe new locally owned bookstore officially opened its doors inside a two-story downtown Olathe home this week.

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theberkshireedge.com"A neighborhood coffee and bookstore": Evangeline Coffee and Books to Open in Housatonic this Fall - The Berkshire EdgeOpening on 137 Front Street in Housatonic, Evangeline Coffee and Books will carry new and noteworthy books, with coffee supplied by Partners Coffee Roasters.

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axios.comDenver horror bookstore opening on South BroadwayA "cozy haunted nook" is coming this fall.

publishersweekly.comPope Francis’s Diaries to Be PublishedExcerpts from nearly 30 years of the late pope’s private journals will be published worldwide next month, with editing and commentary by a cardinal who knew him well. Penguin Random House Christian’s ...

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people.comCan’t Get Enough of Book It? Pizza Hut Announces New Reading Initiative with ‘Little Hut Libraries’Pizza Hut has a legacy of supporting reading through its decades of running the BOOK IT! summer reading program. This October, in celebration of both National Book Month and National Pizza Month, Pizz...

nytimes.comForget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say. (Gift Article)We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

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poetryfoundation.orgNikki GrimesPoems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

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bangordailynews.comA combination bookstore and bar is coming to downtown BangorThe tavern will be unique in Bangor and in the state after Maine’s only other book-themed bar, Novel in Portland, closed earlier this year.

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nashvilleshakes.orgRomeo & Juliet — The Nashville Shakespeare Festival

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nashville.citycast.fmNashville's Best Fall Food & Drinks, Hold the Pumpkin Spice - City Cast NashvilleIs pumpkin spice delicious, or are we all victims of a massive marketing conspiracy? Either way, for the nutmeg-avoidant, there are plenty of other...

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youtube.comAmerican Flash Fiction: Brilliant Brevities & Miniature MasterpeicesYouTube video by Library of America

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people.comMary Shelley Stars in Catherine Wignall’s YA Gothic Romance ‘She Who Makes Monsters’ — See the Cover! (Exclusive)Catherine Wignall’s young adult gothic romance, ‘She Who Makes Monsters,’ will be published in 2027. The book, for which PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover, follows a teenaged Mary Shelley as she...

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mentalfloss.comThe Real NYC Bookstore That Inspired ‘You’ve Got Mail’This beloved bookstore has a real-life connection to the Nora Ephron classic.

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publishersweekly.comPRH, FTRF Save Our Stories Event Wields the Power of Resistance to BansFreedom to read crusaders rallied at the New York Public Library on October 5 for a Save Our Stories Supper put on by Penguin Random House and the Freedom to Read Foundation. More than 30 literary inf...

publishersweekly.comThe Rabbit hOle Hosts Inaugural Literary FestivalYoung readers took a trip down the Rabbit hOle for the first annual Lucky Rabbit Literature Festival, held October 2–3 at Kansas City’s literary-themed museum.

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epicenter-nyc.com- Epicenter NYC 800 neighbors saved this Washington Heights bookstoreThe Washington Heights shop is a multilingual hub where neighbors read, share food, make art and find support.

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westfaironline.comKindred Thoughts Bookstore expands in BridgeportKindred Thoughts Bookstore owners Karin Smith, left, and Derek Tompkins cut the ribbon on their expanded space on Main Street.

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axios.com2 years after flood, Paperback Exchange has found a new homeThe 50-year-old bookstore was destroyed in 2025 after a city water main break.

publishersweekly.comNew to Anne Carson? Read These Books FirstThere are plenty of ways into the newly minted Nobel laureate’s oeuvre, from the classic novel-in-verse Autobiography of Red to the mournful elegy Nox to the endlessly playful poetry collection Wrong ...

That bird feeder was full an hour ago. Two bird feeders, were full. Both empty now. Oh well, happy to help. 😜🐧🐤🐦🪹

royburkhead.substack.comSaturday Night Message: Week of October 4 to 10Rick Steves’s Memoir Gets “The Katy Treatment,” Southern Festival of Books, & Another New Bookstore! :-)

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Some Saturday errands are better than others. Just sayin’. 😜

Wrapped up Rick Steve’s memoir—giving it the Katy Yocom Treatment. 😀 Starting Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir (Blood, Bones & Butter) during today’s lunch hour.

royburkhead.substack.comWalking Amongst The Southern Festival of Books:SFOB Survival Kit (Included!)

Humanities Tennessee's 2026 Southern Festival of Books (presented with Vanderbilt University!) lands in Nashville on Oct 17. Last year, I scribbled some memories of the festival from my decades of haunting the exhibitor booths and presentations. royburkhead.substack.com/p/walking-am...

Chillin’ with my Trusty Steed over lunch with Rick Steves. 😀🐾🦴🐾