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Wed, May 13, 2026, 6:30 Laura Resau in conversation with Nicole Hackett about our brand new releases— The River Muse and Mom Brain. The Boulder Bookstore. Boulder, CO. Tickets required. $5 for a ticket, includes a $5 coupon for the bookstore. [Check back this spring for the purchase link!] Hope to see you there!

Tues, May 19, 2026, 5:30 The River Muse book launch in Fort Collins! The Old Town branch of the Poudre River Library District, 301 E. Olive St., Fort Collins, CO 80521. Books sold by Old Firehouse Books— be sure to pre-order your book ahead of time here so it’s ready and waiting for you! Author talk, refreshments, chatting, signing, and fun! Free and open to all.

Tues, June 9, 2026, 4:30 Join Laura Resau for a reading, author talk, and signing to celebrate her new novel, The River Muse, at The Composition Shop Bookstore. The River Muse. 365 Main St, Longmont, CO  80501. Free and everyone welcome!

Sun, June 14, 2026, 1:00. Laura Resau and Aimie K Runyan in conversation about our new books— The River Muse and Missed Connections. The Tattered Cover, Colfax Ave., Denver. Reservations required— check back here or on the Tattered Cover website this spring to make your reservation. Can’t wait to see you, Denver friends!

Tues, June 23, 2026, 7:00. The River Muse Author Talk and Signing with Laura Resau. Library Hall, Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, CO. Books sold there by Off the Beaten Path Bookstore.

Stay tuned for more events coming in 2026 (in Maryland, Tennessee, South Carolina, and the mountains of Colorado)!

If you’d like Laura to virtually chat with your book club (free of charge), please reach out to her through the form linked on the Speaking page.

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The Alchemy of Flowers is on the list of Best Books of 2025 from Colorado Public Radio!

The Alchemy of Flowers is featured in the Bookshop article “Books to Read When the World Feels Too Heavy.”

The Alchemy of Flowers is featured as a best new fantasy in Bookbub’s Readworthy.

Listen to my latest podcast interviews and read my latest articles! Get the links here.

Book Clubs: You can get my Book Club Guide for The Alchemy of Flowers here! There are thought-provoking questions, a playlist, and recipes.

The audiobook of The Queen of Water is now available from Tantor Media! Available wherever you get your audiobooks.

The What the Moon Saw audiobook is available! M.L. Sanchez is narrating, and I’m SO thrilled!

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Colorado friends! I hope you can make it to one of my events for The River Muse in May or June! 🪉🩵 Please save the date… And once I have links to the ticketed events at the Boulder Bookstore and the Tattered Cover, I will let you know! 📚💫
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We just finalized the front and back cover details for The River Muse! 🎉 I love how it turned out! 🥰 There's a subplot that involves a mysterious *wine witch* who owns the local cave a vins... That setting was inspired by a wine cellar tour in Fr
Book reviewer friends! 👋 The River Muse is available to request on NetGalley... I'd be honored and thrilled if you read and reviewed it. (Its release date is May 12, 2026.) 💫 This is a modern-day fairytale about reclaiming your voice, set in the dr
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Hello, my friends! Merci to everyone who has pre-ordered *The River Muse* (or is planning to do so!) 🩵💫🙏 If you'd like a personalized, autographed book plate and thank you note, please see my last post! 💌📖 You also have the chance to win a perso
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