Ouachita Parish Library Event
Author engages his audiences with readings from his novel, Shadowshine: An Animal Adventure
The always entertaining wordsmith, Johnny Armstrong of Ruston, LA, will be reading from his novel Shadowshine at the Ouachita Parish Library in West Monroe, LA, Wednesday, January 22 at 2 p.m.
After hearing Armstrong read from Shadowshine at a publishing gala in Toronto, Canada, K. R. Wilson, Author of An Idea about My Dead Uncle, Winner of the 2018 Guernica Prize For Literary Fiction, remarked: “I had the extra pleasure of hearing the author read from [Shadowshine] ... If you get that chance, take it."
Shadowshine has received numerous positive reviews from both fans and contemporaries. Latimore Smith, Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy and Recipient of the 2018 Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Award for Conservation and Restoration, had this to say:
"From the very imaginative mind of a razor-sharp observer of wild and human nature springs this enchanting novel about the journey of the forest-folk, endearing woodland animals imbued with the innate wisdom to truly know themselves..."
EVENT DETAILS
LOCATION:
Ouachita Parish Library
West Monroe Branch
315 Cypress St.
West Monroe, LA 71291
DATE:
Wednesday, Jan 22 | TIME: 2PM
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After performing a reading of his debut novel Shadowshine at the Vernon Parish library, Micah Pickering, a Staff Writer for the Leesville Daily Leader wrote: “Armstrong read excerpts from the book and was very animated while doing so. He changed voices for the various characters and brought the story to life through his reading. Those in attendance got to learn a little bit more about Zak, the possum who was raised by squirrels, and his epic journey.”
“This story has been something I’ve worked on for over 20 years,” Armstrong said in the Daily Leader article. “The ideas of the characters were the first thing that came to me. Slowly, I would add more details about these characters in my mind. I felt that I owed these characters a complete story.” Armstrong also noted that he didn’t know that he would end up with a full-length novel, but he ultimately decided that a novel would do justice to the characters that are so dear to him.
For more information about the author and Shadowshine go to shadowshinebook.com
CONTACT MEDIA LIAISON
LOIS DEVENEAU
[email protected]
CONTACT AUTHOR
JOHNNY ARMSTRONG
[email protected]
Author engages his audiences with readings from his novel, Shadowshine: An Animal Adventure
The always entertaining wordsmith, Johnny Armstrong of Ruston, LA, will be reading from his novel Shadowshine at the Ouachita Parish Library in West Monroe, LA, Wednesday, January 22 at 2 p.m.
After hearing Armstrong read from Shadowshine at a publishing gala in Toronto, Canada, K. R. Wilson, Author of An Idea about My Dead Uncle, Winner of the 2018 Guernica Prize For Literary Fiction, remarked: “I had the extra pleasure of hearing the author read from [Shadowshine] ... If you get that chance, take it."
Shadowshine has received numerous positive reviews from both fans and contemporaries. Latimore Smith, Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy and Recipient of the 2018 Environmental Law Institute National Wetlands Award for Conservation and Restoration, had this to say:
"From the very imaginative mind of a razor-sharp observer of wild and human nature springs this enchanting novel about the journey of the forest-folk, endearing woodland animals imbued with the innate wisdom to truly know themselves..."
EVENT DETAILS
LOCATION:
Ouachita Parish Library
West Monroe Branch
315 Cypress St.
West Monroe, LA 71291
DATE:
Wednesday, Jan 22 | TIME: 2PM
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After performing a reading of his debut novel Shadowshine at the Vernon Parish library, Micah Pickering, a Staff Writer for the Leesville Daily Leader wrote: “Armstrong read excerpts from the book and was very animated while doing so. He changed voices for the various characters and brought the story to life through his reading. Those in attendance got to learn a little bit more about Zak, the possum who was raised by squirrels, and his epic journey.”
“This story has been something I’ve worked on for over 20 years,” Armstrong said in the Daily Leader article. “The ideas of the characters were the first thing that came to me. Slowly, I would add more details about these characters in my mind. I felt that I owed these characters a complete story.” Armstrong also noted that he didn’t know that he would end up with a full-length novel, but he ultimately decided that a novel would do justice to the characters that are so dear to him.
For more information about the author and Shadowshine go to shadowshinebook.com
CONTACT MEDIA LIAISON
LOIS DEVENEAU
[email protected]
CONTACT AUTHOR
JOHNNY ARMSTRONG
[email protected]
