I’m leaving VERY EARLY tomorrow morning for downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan where I will be exhibiting BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance at the 39th Annual Great Lakes History Conference on the GR campus of Grand Valley State University. I’m looking forward to meeting and introducing BC to an audience of teachers …
As a child during World War II, I was in awe of this small Southern Moravian town on the Oslava River. It was full of historical treasures, art works and natural beauty – including a renaissance castle and a bridge lined with baroque sculptures built by Vaclav Adrian in the 1700s. It is a replica …
I’m excited! This is the first public exhibit of Charles’ work in 10 years. DETROIT, MI –The Saline District Library is pleased to announce the exhibition of “Border Crossings Revisited,” a retrospective of paintings by the late Czechoslovakian- born American artist Charles Novacek. The work will be on display from September 29, 2013 – October …
DETROIT ― The 11th Kerrytown BookFest in Ann Arbor, Michigan is celebrating “Detroit and its Writers” and I’m honored to be representing a Detroit writer (and artist) this year – my late husband Charles Novacek. Charles’ award-winning book Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance was published by 1021 Press, Detroit in 2012 …
Today, August 19, 2013, I read the ashes of Richie Havens were scattered from a plane across the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He died on April 22, 2013 (Earth Day) of a heart attack at age 72. I was introduced to the music of Richie Havens in 1967 when I was a …
Border Crossings has recently received a RECOMMENDED review in The US Review. It is not easy for independently published books to get reviewed. The Huffington Post stated recently that “with few exceptions, major news publications do not review indie books, even though more than 235,000 titles were self-published as of 2011.” I was grateful when …
