Conquering Venus podcast with Ben Tanzer

Many thanks (again!) to novelist Ben Tanzer for his support of Conquering Venus. On Tuesday night, Ben and I sat down for dinner at The Flying Biscuit restaurant in Atlanta and recorded this podcast that ranges from writing fiction, to poetry, to favorite authors and hopes that Arianna Huffington will call. Hey, now that Oprah's retiring, the Huffington Post Book Club might be our last hope. List to the podcast at this link.

And I highly recommend you check out Ben's novel, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine. The dialogue is crisp and the story about urban hipsters navigating personal relationships in pre-9/11 Manhattan crackles with realism.

New Interview by Justin Evans

Many thanks to poet Justin Evans for this lengthy, insightful interview with me about poetry and Conquering Venus. You can read it at this link.

Out In Print Review of Conquering Venus

A wonderful new review of Conquering Venus by Jameson Currier in Out In Print. Read it at this link.

This Book Will Change Your Life

Many thanks to author Ben Tanzer for giving Conquering Venus such high praise on his This Blog Will Change Your Life site. Ben has been a mensch helping to promote my book. Please visit his blog and check out his new book, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine. It's on my coffee table right now.

New Review & Interview

Jason Pettus reviews Conquering Venus at the CCLaP website.

A new interview at the What to Wear During an Orange Alert website.

News & Notes for Conquering Venus

If you're a book club looking for literary fiction with a dash of mystery and suspense, please consider Conquering Venus. There are discussion questions for the novel at this link. I am available to speak to book clubs in the metro Atlanta area and if I am visiting a city later this year or in 2010, I'll be happy to try and work a visit into my schedule. Please contact me at collinkelley@gmail.com to inquire.

Many thanks to publishing gurus Russ Marshalek and Brett Sandusky for having me read in New York and for the interview at their irreverent new vlog, Quit Being A Hooker, Hooker. I'm happy to be in the company of Eoin Colfer as one of the first interviews on the site. Please note the interview is not safe for work, small children, house pets or nuns.

If you're in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 31, I will be reading at the Atlanta Pride festival in Piedmont Park on the Budweiser stage. The literary portion of the event begins at 2:15 p.m. and I will probably read around 3 p.m.

Although I try not to obsess over Amazon rankings, it was cool to see Conquering Venus in the 75,000 range.

Conquering Venus podcast with Will Kenyon

Many thanks to Will Kenyon for interviewing me about Conquering Venus for the podcast on his blog. You can listen to it now at this link.