MY PURPLE WRITER BRAIN: March 2024 Edition
The Codger and the Sparrow will be released on March 22nd
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March 2024 is here and the only topic I have for this month’s newsletter is this: my new novel THE CODGER AND THE SPARROW will be released on March 22nd! It’ll be available in paperback and eBook and you can find it at the retailers below. The audiobook will be available from Vibrance Press around the end of April 2024. Preorders are so important for sales and I would appreciate it if you would preorder this comical yet moving story about a widower’s unlikely friendship with a young troublemaker.
Here’s what some of my favorite writers had to say about my new novel.
“Scott Semegran’s The Codger and the Sparrow is a wondrous novel of the road, where two unlikely people seek out the larger world, and in their uncertainty, help each other navigate the way toward something like home. Told with such an abundance of both humor and tenderness, this is a novel of discovery, of searching for answers, and I could not think of two people I’d rather ride alongside than Hank and Luis.” – Kevin Wilson, New York Times Bestselling author of Nothing to See Here and The Family Fang
“The Codger and The Sparrow is delicious fun. A story told with an abundance of surprise and humor; I loved the characters, the snappy dialogue, and hitting the road in the pink Barracuda. Scott Semegran is one hell of a writer, and this is a terrific novel.” – Annie Hartnett, author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals
“Semegran deftly blends humor with heart in a road trip romp that crosses generational divides. A coming-of-age for one, a coming-to-terms for the other, Semegran’s characters are deeply drawn in a way that envelops readers from the start of their journey to its unexpected end. The Codger and the Sparrow is a fun, fresh meditation on friendship, loss, and new beginnings.” – James Wade, Spur Award-winning author of All Things Left Wild and River, Sing Out
“Scott Semegran’s characters capture the essential human contradiction: that deep flaws and bad decisions exist right alongside our beautiful capacity for kindness and compassion. With equal parts heart and humor, The Codger and the Sparrow is an ode to the strange, messy, and transformative power of friendship.” – Stacey Swann, author of Olympus, Texas
Also, the book launch event for THE CODGER AND THE SPARROW will be at BookPeople in Austin, Texas on Thursday, March 28th at 7pm. I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful James Wade. A second book launch event will be in San Antonio on Saturday, March 30th at Nowhere Bookshop at 6pm. I’ll be in conversation with the fantastic Andrew Porter. Links to both events are also below.
Thank you for your support. I hope you enjoy this novel and I hope to see you at one of these events.
Preorder the paperback and eBook here: Bookshop, BookPeople, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Thrift Books, TCU Press
Book launch event at BookPeople on Thursday, March 28th: RSVP and preorder the book
Book Launch event at Nowhere Bookshop on Saturday, March 30th: Preorder the book
I’ll be back next month with regularly scheduled programming about books, reviews, interviews, and more. Until then: take care and read more books.
Sincerely,
Scott
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