Jundt’s ‘Amen’ publication earns 2015 excellence award
The Jundt Art Museum’s exhibition publication, “Amen, Amen: Religion and Southern Self-Taught Artists in the Mullis Collection,” earned a 2015 Award of Publication Excellence at the Washington Museum Association’s annual meeting in June.
The exhibit, which was featured at the Jundt last fall, featured folk art from a private collection in Atlanta. The book was a finalist for the 2015 Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing in the art category.
In honoring the “Amen, Amen” book, the Washington Museum Association said it “has set an elevated standard for all museums throughout Washington state.”
The book, which lists for $20, is available for sale through Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, at the museum and online. Visit www.gonzaga.edu and search for Jundt.
Weston returns
Author Julie Weston, a Kellogg native who spent decades in Seattle before returning to the Gem State, will be back in Washington this week reading from her latest mystery, “Moonshadows.”
The Hailey writer blends Western history and mystery in the new book from Five Star Publishing. Set in the 1920s, it centers on a female photographer from Chicago who comes to Ketchum, Idaho to photograph the small mining town. Together with her dog, Moonshine, they discover two dead bodies and a whole lot of intrigue.
Weston will be at Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave., beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday. Call the store at (509) 838-0206 for details. For more information about Weston and her work, visit http://julieweston.com/.
Mark your calendars
New York Times best-selling fantasy author R.A. Salvatore is hitting the road in support of his latest series, “Homecoming.” The first book, “Archmage,” is set to be released on Sept. 1. Two weeks later, on Sept. 16, he’ll be at Auntie’s for a reading.
Salvatore, who hails from Massachusettes, has sold more than 15 million books, with nearly two dozen titles making the Times’ best-seller list.
Salvatore’s reading and signing will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at the store. For more information on Salvatore and his work, visit www.rasalvatore.com/.