March 2024
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- This Queen’s on Tour
- Dungeons and Dragons Podcast
- Podcast: Author Nook with Elizabeth Chatsworth
- Captain’s Log: Flowers in her Hair
- Biblioccult Feature
- Interview by Elizabeth Chatsworth
- Review Corner
This Queen’s on Tour
I went on a four-city book tour to celebrate the paperback release of Queen’s Catacombs, and I am so thankful to all who attended and all who helped pull these events off! These were the stops of my tour:
- Canmore Public Library: Author Fireside Chat
– books supplied by CafeBooks - Banff Public Library: Author event and exclusive pre-release of Queen’s Catacombs as well as a coloring competition.
– books supplied by the Whyte Museum - Invermere High School guest lecture
- SlowBurn Books author event: interview and signing
And here are some posts and pictures from the events!
A huge thank you to Slow Burn Books – the spiciest bookstore in Calgary – for hosting a series giveaway, a signing, and interviewing me for their blog! It always feels like going for a chat with dear friends when I pop in for a visit, so maybe next time I’ll bring the bubbly!
Dungeons and Dragons Podcast
As a long time DnD lover, this was an absolute dream come true. The ridiculously talented MC with CamCat Unwrapped created a Dungeons and Dragons mini series where myself and two other authors play our main characters to save their worlds with the help of the day-saving Jess! Never have I ever been more nervous or more excited.
It’s a four part series and so far the first episode is out. Check out the trailer below and then I’ve added the Youtube link and the Spotify link to episode 1: Into the Margins. I cannot believe the amount of work and heart that was put into this project, and it was such an honor to play along side such masterminds!
Podcast: Author Nook with Elizabeth Chatsworth
Welcome to my Author Nook, a monthly podcast I created where I chat with authors about their upcoming releases and we nerd out over their literary brain children. Find it on Spotify here, and Youtube here.
This month I am joined yet again by the incredible Elizabeth Chatsworth to discuss Grand Tour, the sequel to her gaslamp fantasy novel: The Brass Queen. If you haven’t seen or listened to our first chat yet, never fear! You can do so here:
Okay, all caught up? Excellent. Now, boil the kettle, lace up your corset (or straighten your Stetson) and join us as we talk sequels, exploding gowns, attracting opposites, and the feminine way to reclaim the globe.
Grand Tour
The grass was always greener in another dimension.
In a fantastical steam-powered world, eccentric aristocrat and secret arms dealer, Miss Constance Haltwhistle, has been blackmailed into stealing alien artifacts from the crown heads of Europe. Only the shady but annoyingly handsome US spy, “Liberty” Trusdale, can help her execute her perfect palace heists. As Constance creates chaos and mayhem across the Continent, monstrous creatures are plotting an interdimensional invasion of Earth. Will Constance and Trusdale stop bickering long enough to end the war of the worlds before it starts?
If you enjoy stories inspired by HG Wells’s War of the Worlds, you’ll love this gaslamp romp across an alternate 1890s Europe where our bickering heroes may just be the bad guys.
Captain’s Log:
San Francisco
The flowers were in my hair this month as I stomped the San Francisco pavements with a dear friend of mine. We ate chowder in bread bowls, drank mai thais, explored Azkaban – sorry – Alcatraz, rode cable cars, and clocked at least a half marathon in steps each day. It was so wonderful to have the sun on my face again after this Canadian winter.
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I visited these two gorgeous bookstores while in San Fran
Biblioccult Feature
Interview by Elizabeth Chatsworth
Queens gotta stick together! Check out the delightful interview conducted by Elizabeth Chatsworth to celebrate the paperback release of Queen’s Catacombs here.
Review Corner
Reviews are so helpful in getting word of Contest of Queens and Queen’s Catacombs out there. If you have time, and if you’ve read the book, I would be eternally grateful if you could leave a star rating and/or a written review on Goodreads or Amazon.
Thank you to all the wonderful people who have left a star rating or review!
x live magically
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Jordan H. Bartlett 
