Allen Eskens

Inaugural Minnesota Mystery Night

THE INAUGURAL MINNESOTA MYSTERY NIGHT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. Wow, what a night. The food and service were fantastic. Thank you, Axels Restaurant in Mendota. The room was packed (SRO). The featured guest, bestselling author William Kent Kreuger, was his usual funny, witty, entertaining self. His fellow author and conversationalist, Carl Brookins, was equally delightful. …

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My Best Reads of 2021

Time for my annual post of great reads for the previous year. Without further ado, here are My Best Reads of 2021 based on the results of my 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge. My 2021 in Books Number of books read: 62  Ratings: 5 stars = 16; 4 stars = 30; 3 stars = 11; 2 …

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Deep Valley Book Festival Sneak Preview

The Straight River Book Tour is still going strong into the fall with the Deep Valley Book Festival in Mankato MN scheduled for Saturday, October 5, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.  Below is the link to a poster showing the featured authors and speakers for the event. DVBF_11x17_1_ Yours truly will appear on his …

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Next Up: Austin ArtWorks Festival

Straight River Book Tour–Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 The Austin ArtWorks Festival is a terrific two-day art, book, and music festival in the small yet vibrant town of Austin, Minnesota (headquarters of Hormel and home of the SPAM Museum). I’ll be one of ten authors presenting their work and talking about writing over the two days of …

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Deep Valley Book Festival Headliners Details

I’m excited to participate for the second consecutive year in the Deep Valley Book Festival in Mankato MN this fall. I’ll be selling and signing copies of Straight River as well as hot-off-the-press copies of Castle Danger featuring the new cover. Here’s a link to the bios of the featured author/speakers. Mark you calendar for …

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Summer beach reads

Summer Reads for 2019

Everyone seems to love lists of Summer Reads. You know, books to read books at the beach or the cabin or the mountain campsite during summer vacation. Books that are fun, easy-reading, non-academic. Books that don’t require dozens of hours to read, etc. Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. Therefore, here are a …

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THE BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2018

My 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge “Best Books I Read in 2018” copied from my blog, A Neo-Renaissance Writer

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