Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater
Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater professionals. She has also worn many hats in her twenty six-year book Publishing career. Michele was one of the founders of Amethyst Press where she published literary giants like Dennis Cooper, Mark Ameen, Kevin Killian and Patrick Moore. As c
Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater professionals. She has also worn many hats in her twenty six-year book Publishing career. Michele was one of the founders of Amethyst Press where she published literary giants like Dennis Cooper, Mark Ameen, Kevin Killian and Patrick Moore. As c
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12/24/2021
From my office to your home- Happy Holidays Merry Christmas Happy Winter Solstice Happy ST Nicholas Day Happy @Boxing Day HAPPY DIWALI Have a grand old time however and with whomever you celebrate with. If you do not celebrate and this time of year is hard for you, my heart and soul are with you. Peace on Earth.
From my office to your home- Happy Holidays Merry Christmas Happy Winter Solstice Happy ST Nicholas Day Happy @Boxing Day HAPPY DIWALI Have a grand old time however and with whomever you celebrate with. If you do not celebrate and this time of year is hard for you, my heart and soul are with you. Peace on Earth.
12/21/2021
HOLD THE DATE January 19,2022 Perfectly Q***r: LGBTQ Book Readings Fabulosa Books Kathleen Knowles Distant Mirror Press Vi Khi Nao Black Faggotry https://www.facebook.com/events/341708414047130
HOLD THE DATE January 19,2022 Perfectly Q***r: LGBTQ Book Readings Fabulosa Books Kathleen Knowles Distant Mirror Press Vi Khi Nao Black Faggotry https://www.facebook.com/events/341708414047130
The Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer organization whose mission is to increase the visibility and integrity of literature about women who love women.
Robert Macke considers playwriting his passion, and is now working toward his master’s degree in dramatic writing through a distance program in the Department of Theatre Arts, a part of the University of Idaho’s College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences.
15 Likes, 2 Comments - The Other Side Of Silence NYC (@tososnyc) on Instagram: “The Last Mother in the House of Chavis is produced by TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence), directed…”
Social-media fandom can help authors score book deals and bigger advances, but does it translate to how a new title will sell? Publishers are increasingly skeptical.
Good evening. Allow us to introduce Sara Thigpen (Paulanne) The Last Mother in the House of Chavis World Premiere January 2022. As a NYC based actor and director, she focuses on stories that inspire personal agency and social action. Sara originated her roles in Burning the Old Man, Poor Posturing, Sovereign: Part Three of the Honeycomb Trilogy, and most recently Chasing the River. She has worked 11 seasons with Boomerang Theatre Company, developing new plays and reimagining Shakespeare on projects including Much Ado, Midsummer, The Tempest, Warm Roses and the award-winning productions of Burning the Old Man and Twelfth Night. She is a graduate of UNCG and has 2 NYIT Awards: Outstanding Featured Actress, and Outstanding Director. TICKETS ON SALE NOW https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5306009
12/15/2021
Good Morning. Nothing better then having your coffee/tea with actor @Jose Vaughn . JOSE VAUGHN (Vernon) Born and raised in upper Manhattan. Jose attended HB Studio shorty after high school and went on to appear on TV shows Law & Order and The Dave Chapelle Show. He also appeared in several short films before taking a long break from acting. Since his return to acting, Jose has been seen on the Netflix show, A Go. Head on over to our brandspanking new website for more information. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5306009
12/15/2021
This morning's ray of sunshine Jolie Curtsinger (MICHELLE) is beyond thrilled to be back on stage and working with TOSOS. She is the founder and Artistic Director of InProximity Theatre Company and has produced many theater productions as well as film and television. She just wrapped a series regular role in a new television series EAST. Off Broadway: AFTER by Michael McKeever (59E59), ACROSS THE PARK (ARACA Project), PROMISING (Theatre Row), THE FALL TO EARTH (59E59), NAVY PIER (59E59). Additional recent theater credits include SPIN (Columbia University) and AFTER (Penguin Rep, directed by Joe Brancato). Be on the lookout for Jolie’s starring role in the upcoming feature film WHIRLPOOL, written and directed by Emory Parker. Recent film credits include THE PERFECT FIT, BASTION, THE SISTERS KARDOS, THE ESCAPE and SHACKLED. Jolie is a proud member of the Board of Directors at St. Ann’s Warehouse. She sends much love and gratitude to her friends and family for their unwavering support. www.joliecurtsinger.com FOR SHOW TICKETS: https://www.tososnyc.org
U.S. copyright law protects all kinds of creative material, but recipe creators are mostly powerless in an age and a business that are all about sharing.
Ranging from sex-positive to shocking, the arresting images included in Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster take us back to another time — when HIV was a deadly virus and health organizations were desperate to get prevention messaging out to those most at risk.
By Sebastian Stuart I’m happy for today’s queens, but something has been lost. The grittiest corners of gay culture have been sandpapered smooth.
12/12/2021
Congratulations to the Saints & Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival Fiction Finalists Colby Byrne @JDuncanDavidson Lewis DeSimone J. Marshall Freeman @JRGreenwell @ColinLacy Kat Lewis Gar McVey-Russell Vincent Traughber Meis Author Eric Peterson Genevieve Rheams Carrie Smith @Gary Smith @WilliamChristySmith Wren Wilson
Home Gallery AIDS Education Posters Collection: Gallery Gallery AIDS Education Posters Collection: Gallery December 6, 2021 Up Against the Wall Author & Curator Jessica Lacher-Feldman Discusses a New Book that Showcases the University of Rochester’s AIDS Education Posters Collection by Chael Needl...
County commissioners in McConnellsburg, PA voted to not provide additional funding to the local public library because it had hosted a LGBTQ support group so some local citizens decided to raise mo…
A BookTok clip about Cain’s Jawbone has had 4.2 million views, gained over 1 million likes, has attracted 5.300 comments and has been shared over 36,000 times on rival social media platform Whatsapp. First the history: Published originally in 1943, a puzzle book written by a crossword setter made ...
This year key prizes have gone to writers from Africa and the diaspora. Damon Galgut, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Abdulrazak Gurnah and others explain what winning means to them
Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the crown both as a trade event and a public-facing event. After a two year absence the Tunis International Book Fair opened this week in Tunisia, just as the Sharjah International Book Fair in the United Ara...
Consolidation and double-digit growth continue in UK and US audiobook markets. Yet 'a wider vision for audio is stymied,' as Philip Jones writes ahead of FutureBook…
To Be Continued and To Be Continued: Part Two
Love, Christopher Street
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LGBTQ plus books in schools
This right here brought tears to my eyes (see video below). To see all of these young adults engage in a book reading and knowing they go to libraries and bookstores (more then Amazon) to buy/borrow LGBTQ plus books made everything I do behind the scenes even more worthwhile. I thanked them all for their support and let them know by reading LGBTQ plus literature they help save lives. You can tell this was not a one time 'lgbtq plus literature" read for them and that alone was heartwarming. This is the future of LGBTQ plus book readers. Keep on writing and by the way they love books that are in a series or turn into a series. They are really interested in following these characters lives.
Gay Straight Alliance Susan E. Wagner High School reading Playing By The Book by Chris Shirley Lambda Literary Sue Landers @William Johnson
Submissions for the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards now open. Link below.
Michele Karlsberg shows how ordinary people make extraordinary contributions to their communities. Her philosophy is simple: “It is our giving that makes us strong, not our receiving.” Bottom line, she loves what she does. She is grateful for her beloved mentors, some of whom are Nancy Bereano, Sasha Alyson, Barbara Grier, Richard Labonte, Carol Seajay, Roz Parr who helped her gain knowledge and confidence in the book publishing industry.
She has worn many hats in her twenty-nine year career.
As a publicist, she brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations, events, comedians, musicians and film/theater professionals. Her list of clients has included Katherine Forrest, Felice Picano, Kate Clinton, Stephen Fry, Jewelle Gomez, Assotto Saint, Dorothy Allison, Martin Duberman, Judy Grahn and Minnie Bruce Pratt to name a few. From her home office stateside, Michele represented many International Publishing companies: Spinifex Press (Australia), Second Story Press (Canada), Bruno Gmunder (Germany) and Creation Books (UK). She generously speaks at many conferences about the business of publishing, publicity and marketing. When she gets to share what she knows about marketing and publicity in the world of publishing, she is one happy woman.
She is one of the founders/publishers of Amethyst Press, home of groundbreaking authors Dennis Cooper, Kevin Killian, Mark Ameen, Stan Leventhal and Patrick Moore. She is a strong advocate for independent booksellers and worked with Carol Seajay on the Feminist Bookstore Network. She is a curator of Outspoken, a nationwide LGBTQI literary series that helps new and established voices reach a wider audience. As publisher at Bywater Books, she published many award winning authors.
She is an innovator and in 1989 along with the Publishing Triangle, Michele launched Le***an and Gay Book Month. Along with Michael Denneny she was the first co-chair of the Publishing Triangle and is still active today. She worked with The Book Of The Month Club/Quality Paperback Books to launch their LGBT Book Club InsightOut along with the Triangle Classic series.
She is a passionate advocate for the Pride Center on Staten Island, whether it was to help supply books to build their library, participate in the LGBTQI Pride celebrations, helping build visibility for the Pride Center or helping other LGBTQI people in need. In 1991 she was part of the team that opened the Pat Parker/Vito Russo Library at the NYC LGBTQI Community Center. For many years she also worked with the Astraea Writers Awards and The Le***an Herstory Archives.
She is a producer:she produced Holland America Cruise Lines’ first BOOK EXPO along with Olivia Travel. In 2010 she produced BACK 2 BACK at the St George Theater in NY with Lily Tomlin and Kate Clinton. She is most proud of producing events to honor the passing of Audre Lorde, Melvin Dixon, Stan Leventhal and John Preston.
As literary executor for Assotto Saint, Roy Gonsalves and Stan Leventhal, Michele manages their creative works for publication today.
Michele is a planner; she has been instrumental in planning the programming of many conferences and festivals such as OUTWRITE, Saints and Sinners, San Francisco Book Festival, BookExpo America, In Our Own Write, Behind Our Masks, GCLS, Readers and Writers and the Gay Games Cultural Festival.
She is an author; her non-fiction piece entitled The Isle Of Staten appears in the book Love, Christopher Street (Chelsea House Editions). Her WORDS column appears monthly in the San Francisco Bay Times. She wrote Self Publishing LGBTQI Books and is the co-editor of the Lambda Literary Award finalist To Be Continued and To Be Continued: Take Two (Firebrand Books).
She is an awardee: Publishing Triangle Leadership Award. Community Health Action Advocacy Award. Saints and Sinners Literary Hall Of Fame. One Island/One Pride Award from the S.I. LGBT Community Center.
When Michele is not focusing on the visibility of the LGBTQI community she persists to resist the current administration.
“…sonic rebellion…” - The Advocate
Thank you to Mey Rude, Diane Anderson-Minshall and The Advocate for this interview and feature. Gratitude spilling over. Thank you Michele Karlsberg Marketing and Management for your consistent magic.
June is LGBTQ Pride Month and Perfectly Q***r will celebrate with a reading in Q***r historical fiction. Authors Lance Ringel (FLOWER OF IOWA), Alan E. Rose (AS IF DEATH SUMMONED), and Anne Shade (MASQUERADE) will read via Zoom from their historical novels set during World War One, the Roaring Twenties, the 1930s in Australia, and the AIDS Crisis. Lance will be joined by his husband actor-director-composer Chuck Muckle in a dramatic reading from his book. A short discussion of writing historical fiction will follow the readings.
Join via Zoom Wednesday, June 16, 7pm to 8pm Pacific time. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. Buy the novels from Dog Eared Books Castro at www.dogearedbookscastro.com/shop. Your book purchases support LGBTQ authors and an independent community bookstore.
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Thank you so much HALL OF FAME Amazon Reviewer Grady Harp for the 5 Stars review of Two Dads Under the Christmas Tree. What an honor!!!!!
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DM so we can get you a copy. How wonderful would this book look on the set or in promo? Let’s celebrate LGBTQ adoption together. Link in bio.
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Found this week as I was going thru Michele Karlsberg Marketing and Management. Being called Assotto's big sister really brings to the table what our relationship was all about. I miss his voice each and every day especially his fierce activism.
Happy Birthday 🎉🎊🎈 ole Pal!!
The Pros and Cons of Brand Publishing on Medium Hosting your own digital publication as a subdomain of your company’s website is standard practice in the business of content marketing, and for good reason. LINK Below
Hi Michele,I hope you are well. I'm so grateful for your waving your magic wand for our memoirs -- Lise Weil's In Search of Pure Lust, and my Kiss Me Again, Paris!
San Francisco Gives $103K in Grants to 11 Bookstores In a highly unusual move, a U.S. government entity has given grants to help independent bookstores. As detailed by Mission Local, the city of San Francisco this week gave a total of $103,000 in grant money to 11 bookstores. The grants are part of the Bookstore SF Program, which Mission Local described as "a pet project of the late Mayor Ed Lee," which aims to fund bookstore "revitalizations," emphasizing their roles as social hubs.- Link below
Have you seen Head over heels on Broadway yet? Featuring an original book by Jeff Whitty adapted by our very own Mr. Wonderful James Magruder author Love Slaves Of Helen Hadley Hall Chelsea Station Editions Jameson Currier GREAT Book MUST READ - see links below
