by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins
Sadly, the author of Whelps, Varmints, and Urchins had passed away before the book project could begin, but he’d made it clear to his wife, Linda, how much he wanted his stories turned into a real book that could be enjoyed by others—especially, other “pre-Sputnik-era...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins, Community Wins
Illustrator, compiler, and designer Eve Faulkes worked with a wide variety of organizations and individuals across the state to gather, assemble, and produce this important book. West Virginians’ Experiences in Civil Rights tells the stories of West Virginians who...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Community Wins
Populore was one of several book-related businesses and endeavors in West Virginia listed (4th from left in the Appalachia Bound section) in the most recent edition of WV Living. Between independent bookstores, literary festivals, writing communities, and book...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins
Someone’s on a roll! Author Margie Criser has now completed Book 3 in her series of 7 children’s books inspired by the fun she has with her grandkids at her home in rural West Virginia. So far, her books are Grannie’s House, Grannie’s House: After Dark, and Grannie’s...
by Populore | Jan 2, 2025 | Client Wins
What do you do with boxes, folders, and notebooks full of old family photos, letters, and documents? This author (left, with her sister in the childhood photo) was determined to get her family’s rich history in writing. Off and on through the years, she organized,...
by Populore | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, a bit teasingly, with a twinkle in their eye, clients and others ask if Populore’s owners have written their family stories/history. Well, as a matter of fact, Yes! During COVID, co-owner Ken St. Louis completed One Little Snake River Odyssey, which...
by Populore | Sep 6, 2024 | Client Wins
Yes, books were sold, but a highlight of the evening for author Randy Safford was talking with folks about his stories—while surrounded by “history.” Here, Randy and a local were comparing notes about nearby Cheat Lake, its Ices Ferry from years back, and George...
by Populore | Aug 15, 2024 | Client Wins
Populore author Lee Kikel keeps quite booked for events where she can talk about her father’s story and their book about his experiences growing up in Poland, life in the Lodz ghetto, surviving Nazi camps, the long road to recovery, and eventually establishing a...
by Populore | Jul 22, 2024 | Client Wins
A memoir doesn’t only capture the adventures of a lifetime, it also adds new experiences to an already rich life. For instance, after writing about growing up poor in Appalachian Kentucky, moving out West, earning a PhD, becoming a professor, sailing the Caribbean for...
by Populore | Jun 24, 2024 | Client Wins
We work with folks all over the state and country (and a few outside of the US now and then), but for the out-of-towners, oftentimes there is a local connection. Here, the author’s son Andrew—a local—picked up his mother’s book Grannie’s House. It’s a delightful...
