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SpeakEasy Chapter 6 by A. M. Coffee and BlackRose

Posted by on May 14, 2013

Speak-Easy web graphic chapter 6

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a Topeka author. In Chapter 6, authors A. M. Coffee and BlackRose help 108 year old Julia tell her story — and she has quite the story to tell! But what will Ronni do with this new information? And why is Charles so interested in what Julia reveals?

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SpeakEasy Chapter 5 by Nan Plum

Posted by on May 7, 2013

SpeakEasy Chapter 5 by Nan Plum

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 5, author Nan Plum takes Ronni and Charles for a revealing coffee shop conversation…

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Behind the Scenes Q&A with SpeakEasy Author Elaine Greywalker

Posted by on May 2, 2013

Speak-Easy Author Interview Elaine Greywalker

  Read Elaine’s Chapter 4 online or learn more about the Community Novel Project Why did you want to participate in the Community Novel Project? I participated in a similar project once before and I like to make things up. What do you like about the premise and characters of this year’s Community Novel Project [...]

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SpeakEasy Chapter 4 by Elaine Greywalker

Posted by on April 30, 2013

Speak-Easy web graphic Elaine

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 4, author Elaine Greywalker gives Ronni several alarming phone calls and that awkward experience when the new man in her life meets her boyfriend Charles…

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SpeakEasy Chapter 3 by Miranda Ericsson Kendall

Posted by on April 23, 2013

Speak-Easy web graphic Miranda

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 3, author Miranda Ericsson Kendall takes Ronni and Pete to Speck’s to wait out the storm and get to know each other a little better…

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Behind the Scenes Q&A with SpeakEasy Author C R Kennedy

Posted by on April 23, 2013

SpeakEasy Author Interview with C R Kennedy

Each week, the library is publishing a new chapter in our 2013 Community Novel Project and sharing a behind-the-scenes interview with the Topeka author who brought that part of our collaborative story — SpeakEasy — to life. Read C R Kennedy’s Chapter 2 online. Why did you want to participate in the Community Novel Project? [...]

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SpeakEasy Chapter 2 by C R Kennedy

Posted by on April 16, 2013

Speak-Easy Chapter 2 C R Kennedy

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 2, author C R Kennedy takes Ronni and Pete to Topeka to interview Julia, a 108 year old woman with mysteries in her history…

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Behind the Scenes Q&A with SpeakEasy Author Aimee L. Gross

Posted by on April 12, 2013

Speak-Easy Author Interview web graphic Aimee L Gross

Each week, the library is publishing a new chapter in our 2013 Community Novel Project and sharing a behind-the-scenes interview with the Topeka author who brought that part of our collaborative story — SpeakEasy — to life. Read Aimee’s Chapter 1 online. Why did you want to participate in the Community Novel Project? I adore [...]

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SpeakEasy Chapter 1 by Aimee L. Gross

Posted by on April 9, 2013

Speak-Easy web graphic Aimee L Gross

SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 1, author Aimee L. Gross introduces grad student Ronni Long, who is desperate to get to Topeka…

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