{"id":11546,"date":"2023-11-06T16:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=11546"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:49:44","slug":"nov-8th-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/nov-8th-louisville\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 8th: Free Evening Event in Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is late notice, but if you live in or near Louisville KY, I hope you can come out to the Springhurst Half Price Books this Wednesday evening. I&#8217;ll be there at 7pm to read from my latest novel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3FLMBWz\"><em>Sister, Maiden, Monster<\/em><\/a>, participate in a Q&amp;A session, and sign books. The address is\u00a010220 Westport Rd, Louisville, KY 40241.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpb.com\/store?storeid=HPB-097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/nov-8th-louisville\/hpbevent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HPBevent\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Event Poster&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent.jpeg\" alt=\"Event Poster\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of you may have been following the efforts of employees at some HPB stores to unionize. I am entirely supportive of their struggle! I&#8217;ve been told by the events coordinator\u00a0at the Springhurst location (friend and fellow horror writer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nicolecushing.wordpress.com\/\">Nicole Cushing<\/a>) that HPB store employees are not a monolithic group. She says that the employees at her location have not sought to unionize, and my appearance there is not undermining union activities.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/campaign\/half-price-books-workers-united\/\">Half Price Books Workers United<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This is late notice, but if you live in or near Louisville KY, I hope you can come out to the Springhurst Half Price Books <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/nov-8th-louisville\/\" title=\"Nov. 8th: Free Evening Event in Louisville\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[182,179],"class_list":["post-11546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-advice","tag-event","tag-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HPBevent2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-30e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9445,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/sister-maiden-monster-book-tour\/","url_meta":{"origin":11546,"position":0},"title":"Sister, Maiden, Monster Book Tour","author":"Lucy A. 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