Hello and happy summer! It’s once again been a few months since I’ve sent out a newsletter, and as usual, I have a handful of things to update you all on.

We’re just a little over three weeks out from the release of Given Our History, so now feels like a good time to share some upcoming events. I can’t wait for readers to have this book in their hands!

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28 AUGUST - Print: A Bookstore, Portland, ME - 7PM

30 AUGUST - Barnes & Noble, Augusta, ME - 1PM

31 AUGUST - Books-A-Million, South Portland, ME - 1PM

7 SEPTEMBER - Oliver & Friends Bookshop, Waterville, ME - 12PM-3PM

14 SEPTEMBER - Grump & Sunshine Bookshop, Belfast, ME - 1PM (tickets required)

13 OCTOBER - White Birch Books, North Conway, NH - 3PM

You might notice that this isn’t exactly a proper book tour in the sense that I’m not going to be doing a ton of traveling. I’m sorry in advance to anyone who has asked me to visit bookstores out of state—I so appreciate the invites I’ve received and I look forward to visiting in the future, but this summer I’m confined to New England because (as some of you may have already seen on Instagram) my husband and I welcomed our first child in July!

If you’re not able to attend any of the events that I do have planned, please keep in mind that you can still preorder a signed copy through Oliver & Friends Bookshop here in Maine! You’ll also receive a bookmark, a travel sticker, and an exclusive cocktail recipe magnet, while supplies last.

In international news, Seven Rules for Breaking Hearts recently released in Italy and I’ve been loving the feedback I’m receiving from Italian readers! Given Our History is on its way to both the Netherlands and Hungary. And my short story “Love Birds,” in which a wildlife photographer hitches a ride with a ruggedly handsome lobster fisherman to see the puffins on Petit Manan Island, is being published next month in UK-based My Weekly magazine. I’ll be sure to share the link when it goes live!

Last but not least, I’m incapable of taking a proper maternity leave, so I’ve been hard at work on a couple different projects, one of which you might see sometime in Spring 2025 👀 No promises yet, though!

That’s all for now. If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading (and for not marking me as spam <3). Talk soon-ish!

xo,

Kristyn

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