ECHOLOCATION, Myfanwy Collins’s debut novel, comes out next month from Engine Books, and we’re ready to celebrate!

Look after the jump for some lovely words from a fellow author, a rave first review, and information about appearances at AWP and numerous other readings!

Glorified Love Letters declares “Echolocation is a perfect little book about reality hitting hard. It’s about necessary roughness and begrudging tenderness, and it swallows one up while reading. I certainly look forward to experiencing more of Myfanwy Collins’ work.”

If you’d like to see more of Myfanwy’s work, head over to Girlfriends Book Club to read an excerpt and enter to win your own copy! In her touching post, fellow author Ellen Meister says:

Girlfriends and books. Outside of my family, they’re two of the most important things in my life.

And so I’m thrilled today to blog about a girlfriend writer named Myfanwy Collins. We met early in my journey as a novelist, and I knew from the start I had hit the friendship lottery. Myf is a generous friend with a tender heart. She is also, I’m proud to say, one of the most gifted writers I know. Her stunning prose packs so much emotional resonance that every time I read one of Myf’s pieces I get the wind  knocked right out of me. She’s that good.

If all of this praise has made you curious about Myfanwy’s work, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see her in person!

February 27 at 7pm
Newtonville Books
296 Walnut Street
Newtonville, MA

March 1 at 7pm
Convocation in Chicago, AWP offsite event with PANK Magazine
Beauty Bar
1444 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL

March 2 from 10am-12pm
Book signing at the Engine Books table
AWP 2012
Chicago, IL

March 2 at 7:30pm
Reading with Patricia Henley, AWP offsite event
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL

March 13
Reading at Pen Parentis Salon
15 Gold Street
New York, NY

March 16
Reading at Jabberwocky Bookshop
50 WAter Street
Newburyport, MA

March 23 from 4-5pm
Guest host at LitCh@t on Twitter

March 29 at 7pm
Reading and Q&A at Rowley Public Library
141 Main Street
Rowley, MA

April 2
Reading at Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA

April 15
Reading at Salon NYC
Brooklyn, NY

April 24
Reading at SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY

April 28
Presenting at the Newburyport Literary Festival
Newburyport, MA

May 4
Featured reader at Dire Literary Series
Out of the Blue Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA

Check out Myfanwy’s site for an up-to-date list!

This entry was posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 12:03 pm and is filed under author appearances, fiction, reviews.