
BURST received a silver medal in Literary Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards!
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Westport Magazine featured BURST as one of the can’t miss books for the summer!
Audiofile reviewed BURST!
BURST is the May 2023 Strala Reads pick!
Book blogger, Keeping Up With the Penguins wrote a beautiful review of BURST!
Book blogger, Cindy Rosel wrote a blog post about BURST!
Mary was a Guest Bookseller for Jean Stehle’s online bookshop, Jean Reads!
The New York Post featured BURST in their weekly recommended reading column!
The San Francisco Bay Times recommends BURST!
The Nerd Daily's Q&A with Mary!
Zibby included BURST in her list of April picks for Good Morning America!
Publishers Lunch/Bookshop.com included BURST in a curated list of New Fiction Publishing April 4th!
BURST was featured in Tertulia's New Arrivals for April!
Mary Wrote an Essay for Zibby Mag!
Thrive Global Ran an Excerpt of BURST!
BURST was the Trailer of the Day 4/3/23!
Electric Lit published an excerpt of Burst!
Join us for Mary’s Tour!
3.25.23 at 4pm: Virtual Event with Book Passage, in conversation with Andrea Dunlop. Register here.
4.4.23 at 7pm: Vroman’s Bookstore: Launch event in conversation with Meg Howrey (Los Angeles, CA). Details here. 695 E. Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA 91101
4.6.23 at 7pm: Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore event, in conversation with Laura Cogan (San Francisco, CA). Info here and register here. 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705
4.10.23 at 7:45pm: Franklin Park Reading Series (Brooklyn, NY). Info here. 766 Franklin Avenue, 618 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238
4.11.23 at 6 pm: Shakespeare & Co: Bookstore event, in conversation with Leigh Newman (New York, NY). Info here. 2020 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
4.14.23 at 7pm: Newtonville Books, in conversation with Joanna Raokoff (Boston, MA). Info here. 10 Langley Rd, Newton, MA 02459-1972
4.23.23 at 3:00 pm: LA Times Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA). “The Mother-Daughter Dance.” Panel 2114, Taper Hall 201. Tickets required.
4.28-4.30.23: Zibby Retreat with Buxton Books (Charleston, SC). Register here.
5.6.23-5.7.23: Bay Area Book Festival (San Francisco, CA). Info here.
5.8.23 at 7pm: Elliott Bay Bookshop: Bookstore event, conversation partner TK (Seattle, WA). More info here to come.
5.11.23 at 6:00 pm: Zibby’s Bookshop with Sarah Bowlin. Register here.