Upcoming Events

It's Summer -- almost.  And here is our new show schedule.  Hope to see y'all at one of these events.

July 31, 2010 -- Glendale Backyard BBQ and Chili Cookoof, Glendale, KY.

August 4 - 8, 2010 -- 127 Yard Sale, AgExpo Center, Liberty, KY.

August 14, 2010 -- Cecilia Days, Cecilia, KY.

August 21 & 22, 2010 -- Woodland Art Fair, Lexington, KY.  We will be set up at the Woodland Christian Church.

August 27 & 28, 2010 -- Kentucky Heartland Festival, Elizabethtown, KY.  This is held at Freeman Lake Park.

September 4 & 5, 2010 -- Daniel Boone Pioneer Days, Winchester, KY.

September 11 & 12, 2010 -- Great American Pottery Festival, Richmond, KY.

September 17, 18 & 19, 2010 -- Bourbon Festival, Bardstown, KY.  Lots of great crafts and music too.

September 25 & 26, 2010 -- Ham Days, Lebanon, KY.

October 2, 3 & 4, 2010 -- Kentucky Crossroads Harvest Festival, Springfield, KY.

October 15 & 16, 2010 -- Fall Foothills Festival, Albany, KY.

October 23, 2010 -- Russ will be speaking at the Candleberry Tea Room at 2 PM for their Christmas Open House, Frankfort, KY

October 30, 2010 -- Boonville High School Fall Craft  Fair, Boonville, IN.

November 4, 2010 -- Russ will be speaking to the Reading Club at Casey County Library, Liberty, KY.

November 13 & 14, 2010 -- Old Courthouse, Evansville, IN.  Virginia will be there.

December 10, 11, & 12, 2010 -- Christmas Flea Market, Louisville, KY.

November 13 & 14, 2010 -- Old Courthouse Christmas Craft Fair, Evansville, IN.

 

 

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Tears and Tales: Stories of Animal and Human Rescue has won three AWARDS.   Russ is a finalist in the USABookNews Best Books 2006 Book Awards in the Fiction & Literature: Short Stories, Fiction, category.  The book is also a semi-finalist in the Reader Views 2006 Literary Awards.  And, finally Russ is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Short Story Fiction category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards for his book Tears and Tales. 

Listen to Russ's Internet Radio Interview at:

http://www.globaltalkradio.com/shows/callingallauthors/

You can also read his interview at:

http://www.readerviews.com/InterviewVassallo.html

Russ submitted a short story, The Heart Betrayed, to the Reader Views Short Story contest on Transformation -- an autobiographical story about how the author was changed.  His story was a finalist and is going to be published by Loving Healing Press.  The book will be out in June, 2007.

Steve Flairty, author of Tim Farmer ... A Kentucky Woodsman Restored, interviewed Russ recently for his new book, Kentucky's Everyday Heroes...Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things.   Steve's book is out and doing quite well.  There is an entire chapter on Russ along with a photo.  Kentucky's Everyday Heroes can be purchased from Wind Publications, 600 Overlook Drive, Nicholasville, KY 40356. ISBN: 978-1-893239-75-3

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