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Georgia Author Of The Year Nomination !

      The second novel in the Julius Thompson Trilogy, Philly Style & Philly Profile, was published by Seaburn Publishing in July 2007.
        Julius Thompson has been nominated for the Georgia Author Of The Year Award, sponsored by the Georgia Writer's Association, for his novel Philly Style and Philly Profile. The Author of the year awards banquet will be held in June 2008 at Kennesaw State University.
      In Philly Style & Philly Profile, the reader follows Andy Michael Pilgrim from Brooklyn, New York to Philadelphia where he works as a sportswriter in the seventies watching the influence of drugs and gangs destroy young people's lives.

Pleae click on the link below and visit the 44th Annual Georgia Of The Year Nomination Page!
2007.10.01

Thursday, October 4, 2007

 Three Weeks of Living the Life of a Writer!

For three weeks I put myself through a marketing push that has finally made a few dents in the sales of the two published novels in the Julius Thompson Trilogy. I’ve finished the third book, The Ghosts of Atlanta, and I’m in the editing process. I’ve spent the past twelve years developing this trilogy and the Journey is almost over. My Marketing push began on Labor Day weekend with the AJC Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia where I had the experience of talking about my first novel, A Brownstone In Brooklyn, at the Java Monkey coffee house, then three weeks later I had the pleasure of debuting my second novel, Philly Style & Philly Profile, at Robins Bookstore in Philadelphia on Sept. 13th. However, the experience of going back to my old neighborhood to speak in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant section at the Creative Arts Fair on Lewis Avenue, across the street from the Macon Library on Sept. 14h, was an experience that I’m still savoring. For three weeks I lived the life of a writer and it was awesome. Now, if I can only do this fulltime

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    Most Recent Events

    Auburn Avenue Research Library Book Fair.


    Julius Thompson recently completed teaching a Creative Writing/Publishing Class at Evening At Emory on May 15, 2008.
 
   Julius Thompson completed a radio interview, WMLB Am-1690, which is "The Voice of the Arts" in Atlanta in May 2008.


    Julius Thompson read excerpts from his novels on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, 1:15 PM, at the Java Monkey Coffee House in Decatur, Georgia.


    Julius Thompson had a successful debut of his novel, Philly Style and Philly Profile, at a book signing at Robins Book Store on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, 6:00 pm, at 108 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107.

   

Julius Thompson spoke at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Creative Arts Fair at the Macon Library on Sept 15., 2007,  1:15 pm. He signed copies of his novels at the event from 11:00am to 5:00 pm, in Brooklyn, New York.


Closest Upcoming Events


    Julius Thompson will be teaching Creative Writing/Publishing I and Creative Writing/Publishing II at the Evening at Emory Writer's Studio starting July 7 to Sept. 8, 2008.

   Julius Thompson will be one of the featured speakers at the " Second Annaul Gwinnett County Book Festival" in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The event will be held , Saturday Oct. 18, 2008 from 10:00 am to 4:00pm.


Book Signings

The Saga of Andy Michael Pilgrim's Thirty Year Journey!

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