Liver Transplant Auction

The generosity of fantasy author Laurie J. Marks' friends & extended community is staggering.

 Terri Windling just donated an original painting to debsliverlovers ,  the auction to raise funds for Laurie's wife's liver transplant.  elisem is offering both a custom jewelry piece and a basic wireworking class. (Go here to see the nice things Elise has to say about Laurie & Deb.)  Fellow-fantasist naomikritzer will write you an original story!  And my first Sound & Spirit assistant, the divine Titilayo Ngwenya, offers an album of her glorious songs, Beware the Short Hair Girl (I remember when she was writing some of them, after work in a cafe in Harvard Square!) . . . .

So many wonderful things, so much talent, so many generous hearts - my own offerings (2 so far, more to come) have already fallen back a page!  Thank you all, so very very much.  The auction runs through May 23, so keep offering, and keep bidding!

Binding books

 Lots more photos of the hand-binding process for The Man With the Knives are up now!  Mr H-- W-- has been a busy fellow.  I particularly like the one of all the biggest, heaviest books he could find, weighting down my slender little volume there at the bottom.

The publication party is tomorrow, Monday, in NYC, 5-7 pm.

 All are invited --  but please RSVP to: henry at jamescumminsbookseller dot (com) for a head-count.   I'll be getting there early to sign books to anyone who's pre-ordered (or "subscribed," as the publisher likes to put it) and asked for same.