Velda Brotherton

Selected Works

History
Cookbook and stories
Arkansas Meals and Memories:Lift Your Eyes to the Mountains
150 authentic recipes from the Boston Mountains of the Ozarks
Nonfiction
Fly With The Mourning Dove
A welcome addition to turn-of-the-century "civilized" memoirs that draws us into the lives of two women who helped shape the West. Endearing.
Springdale: The Courage of Shiloh
An amusing and enlightening tale that traces a city’s continuing evolution.
Historical Fiction
Images In Scarlet
Photographer Allie Caine faces danger and finds love on the way west to Santa Fe
Essays
Wandering In The Shadows of Time: An Ozarks Odyssey
Enter a realm of Ozark history unlike any you have ever seen before.

Events

Tuesday, July 6 - 2 p.m. Mountainburg, Arkansas Library

Thursday, July 8 - 1 p.m. Mulberry, Arkansas Library

Tuesday, July 13 - 1 p.m. Winslow, Arkansas Library

Thursday, July 15 - 5 p.m. St. Paul, Arkansas Library

Saturday, July 17 - 10 a.m. Kingston, Arkansas Library.

Saturday, June 12 at Nightbird Books at the old Ozark Smokehouse on Dickson Street in Fayetteville, I'll sign copies of both The Boston Mountains: Lost in the Ozarks and Arkansas Meals and Memories; Lift Your Eyes to the Mountains. I'll be there from 4 pm to 5:30 and will be happy to talk to everyone about gathering all the stories and recipes. See you there.

Sunday, June 13, I'll be at Trolley Line Books, 711 S. Dixieland in Rogers from 2 to 4 p.m. with Radine Trees Nehring. We'll chat about how writing and life sometimes clash and other times gives great joy. We'll have copies of our latest books to sign. See you there.

May 14 Book signing at T. Charleston Books, Grand Village Shopping Center, Branson, Missouri. I will have copies of The Boston Mountains: Lost in the Ozarks and Arkansas Meals and Memories: Lift Your Eyes to the Mountains.

May 16 Books in Bloom in Eureka Springs on Sunday will again feature many writers at the Crescent Hotel in their beautiful gardens. I will be there with my books and am scheduled to speak for 20 minutes in the speaker's tent. Come join us in this gorgeous setting starting at 10 a.m. Several well-known authors like Nevada Barr will be there along with some of the best regional Arkansas writers. See you there.

ARKANSAS AUTHORS SHOWCASE
May 21 - 22 Authors from all over Arkansas will gather Friday and Saturday, at the Clarion Inn in Bentonville, Arkansas. That's just west of Interstate 540 on the Bentonville exit. This is a super place to pick up books from locally and nationally published authors. I'll be there with my latest books, including the newest: The Boston Mountains: Lost in the Ozarks. See you there.
Selling books at Books in Bloom

Books in Bloom held on the veranda of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Because of rain we weren't able to be in the lovely gardens, but it was a great day and the clouds soon cleared away.

Here I am speaking at a library function in Ft. Smith, AR