Author Kevin Gibson takes center stage at new Reader’s Corner Bookstore

Jul 7, 2011 by Bearhead Publishing

Bearhead Publishing is happy to announce that Kevin Gibson will be at the new Reader’s Corner bookstore this Saturday, July 9 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  The new store is located at 2044 Frankfort Avenue.

Kevin and another local author were recently featured in an article in the LEO.

T.E. Lyons writes of Kevin:

Kevin Gibson — whose reliable byline has graced LEO and other periodicals around town for a long time — is presenting his first novel, “The Liberation of Crystal Hill.” The reading/signing will take place at A Reader’s Corner (at its new Clifton location, 2044 Frankfort Ave.) on Saturday, July 9, at 1 p.m.

The book’s plot has mysterious events disturbing the residents of an Indiana town. Family and community become frayed as fear takes hold. Gibson’s young protagonist finds he must deal with specters more dangerous, and closer to home, than the ghost of a Civil War hero.

Gibson’s portrayal of the spookier and more contentious sides of small-town life includes evocative scenes in a cemetery. Gibson tells LEO that this setting was inspired by a visit to one in New Albany — “a very old cemetery that’s kind of out of the way. It has in it a number of unmarked pauper graves, and also some graves of people who died many years ago in a steamboat explosion.”

The path to publication for this novel is one many aspiring writers can relate to. “The Liberation of Crystal Hill” evolved as an expansion of an award-winning short story Gibson wrote in the 1990s. He completed a book-length manuscript not long after — but when no publisher could be found at that time, he set the work aside for about a decade. “I got it out again three or four years ago and did some rewrites,” he says. “Then a good friend of mine introduced me to Bearhead Publishing — a grassroots company that helps budding writers get their stuff out there.” As he enjoys the good notices and feelings of accomplishment from finally getting this work into bookstores, Gibson is already back to the keyboard — and his next subject, he says, is zombies.

So Bearhead Publishing strongly encourages you to venture out to A Reader’s Corner Bookstore Saturday, visit with Kevin, and purchase an autographed copy of his novel for yourself or as a treasured gift for someone else.

Be sure to post your comments about Kevin’s signing on this blog.  Kevin loves reader’s comments and so does Bearhead Publishing!