Past Events

We hope to see you at the 38th annual Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday, November 16! The Shadelandhouse Modern Press family is excited and proud to have six of our authors signing and selling their books this year, many

Berea, Kentucky – Sunday, December 1, 10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m., Shadelandhouse Modern Press, a Lexington, Kentucky-based, family-operated independent book publishing company founded by Virginia H. Underwood (Berea College (1973); University of Kentucky College of Law (1986)) and Stephanie Underwood, will host a Kentucky author showcase and book signing at the historic Boone Tavern Hotel, 100 Main Street, Berea. A reception with light holiday refreshments will begin at 12:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

James Alan Riley will be reading from from his book Broken Frequencies: a book of poems at the Kentucky Philological Association 2020 Conference to be held on March 6–7 at Campbellsville University.

Marta Miranda-Straub, author of Cradled by Skeletons: A Life in Poems and Essays /  Mecida por Esqueletos: una vida en poems y ensayos (Shadelandhouse Modern Press 2019) and founder and principal of Catapult Now LLC, will be presenting the Plenary Session on Transformation Leadership at the 37th BPD Annual Conference to be held March 19–22, 202o, at the Sheraton Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. She will also be reading selections from Cradled by Skeletons / Mecida por Esqueletos. Other speakers at the conference include Rep. Merika Coleman-Evans (Alabama House of Representatives) , Tina Kempin Reuter (Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Associate Professor at University of Alabama Birmingham), and Dr. Anna Scheyett (Dean, School of Social Work, University of Georgia).

Marta Miranda-Straub, poet and author  (Cradled by Skeletons/Mecida por Esqueletos (Shadelandhouse Modern Press)), will be featured with artist and musician Lonnie Holley on Kentucky, USA, with host Ben Sollee, Kentucky-born cellist and composer, on April 8, 2020, at 8 pm in the Bomhard Theatre, The Kentucky Center.

James Alan Riley, author of Broken Frequencies: a book of poems (Shadelandhouse Modern Press 2019), is a 2020 Festival Author at the Ohioana Book Festival. The 2020 Ohioana Book Festival will be held Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 10:30a.m.-5:00p.m. at Columbus Metropolitan Public Library’s Main Library at 96 S. Grant Avenue Columbus, OH 43215. It is a FREE event open to the public, no registration required.