CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. - West Virginia native, Michael Knost, of Chapmanville, will be traveling to Brighton, England in late March for a ceremony hosted by the Horror Writers Association. Michael has been nominated for a prestigious international honor, The Bram Stoker Award, for his latest book, Writers Workshop of Horror.

LOGAN, W.Va - Late Appalachian historian and accomplished author Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield, of Logan County, was raised on raucous and spine-tingling stories of Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield and the Hatfield and McCoy feud. From the time he was three or four years old, he heard vivid stories about his famous great-grandpa, Anse, wrestling bears and successfully tracking whitetails, panthers and ‘coons through primitive mountain country by horseback.

We have been notified that Michael Knost and Writers Workshop of Horror (Woodland Press) has won the national 2009 Black Quill Award for Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction, Editor's Choice.

"I'm honored to be a part of such a great book," Michael Knost said, after receiving notification from Dark Scribe Magazine. "It was an honor working with so many phenomenal contributors."

It's an especially exciting year for Appalachian-based books as Woodland Press contributing authors pursue an aggressive book signing touring schedule. Below are a few of the dates already established*. We cordially invite you and your family to come to Woodland Press book events and meet and greet our authors, editors, and storytellers. By attending these events, readers are encouraging independent book publishing, and supporting exceptional regional literary artists.

LOGAN, W.Va. - Writers and storytellers in Southern West Virginia will have a rare learning opportunity in the coming months as nationally and state recognized author, editor and instructor Michael Knost will teach a creative writing course at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. - West Virginia UFO author and researcher Kyle Lovern recently appeared as the guest on the Coast to Coast AM radio show, on Thurs., Jan. 14, 2010 (more accurately, in the wee-hours on Friday morning).

The staff and management of Woodland Press, LLC, along with Holiday Book Tour participating authors Mark Justice, Michael Knost, Brian J. Hatcher, Geoff Fuller, Kyle Lovern and Keith Davis, would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended book signing dates through the Thanksgiving and Christmas season.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Prolific regional author Jane H. Lipscomb, of Proctorville, O, recently signed copies of her new literary offering at Empire Books and News, 30 Pullman Square, in Huntington. The regional author event was held on Sat., Dec. 12th, 2009.

Dark Scribe Magazine, the virtual magazine dedicated to the books that keep readers up at night, has announced that Writers Workshop of Horror (published by Woodland Press) has been nominated for the 3rd Annual Dark Scribe Magazine Black Quill Award, in the Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction category.

By Steve Hammons
November 29, 2009
(This article originally appeared on the Transcendent TV & Media site.)

Eyewitness accounts of UFO sightings and strange encounters in the Appalachian Mountain region provide fascinating reading in a recently-published book by researcher, journalist and author Kyle Lovern.

Volume 2 of "Appalachian Case Study: UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters & Unexplained Phenomena" continues the exploration that Lovern began in the first volume, published in 2008.