Heather Branstetter's Blog

I helped make a documentary called Wallace, and it just made its world premiere at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Now, we’re bringing the short film back to its hometown on the last Friday & Saturday of April. Director Delaney Buffett will also be present to talk with people and answer questions after the show. Where: […]

Quick update for you–I’ll be at the Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene this Saturday, April 28 at 6:00 PM for an Independent Bookstore Day author event. Come say hi! And mark your calendar for Wednesday, June 13. I’ll be doing an author event starting at 11:45 am in Spokane Valley. More details on that to […]

In case you missed it, my research was featured in a recent Nostalgia video! Thought I would share it again below… If you want to learn more, come to my book talk with photos at BookPeople in Moscow, 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 8. Nostalgia Presents: “Chuck King’s Guide to Spokane History” Episode 4: “Selling Sex […]

In case you missed it, my research was featured in a recent Nostalgia video! Thought I would share it again below… If you want to learn more, come to my book talk with photos 6:30 pm this Thursday Feb 8 at the Hayden Public Library or BookPeople in Moscow on Thursday, March 8. Nostalgia Presents: […]

Were there ever any women of color who worked there [in the brothels]? You know, for guys who wanted someone a little more, you know, like, ‘exotic’ or ‘spicy?’ Kayla, the events coordinator for Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, asked me this question after my reading last week. She trailed off toward the end of her question, […]

What I do is perfectly legal when it’s free. — Maggie McNeill Today I am excited to finally share an interview with the lovely Maggie McNeill aka The Honest Courtesan. McNeill lives in the Seattle area, where she is a whore for hire and outspoken advocate of sex worker rights. She writes a popular blog, which […]

Come see me at the Sixth Street Melodrama this Saturday from 2:00-4:00 pm! I’ll be reading with three other authors after the Founder’s Day parade. We will all be selling and signing books as well. For more information about this Saturday’s big event, click here: https://www.wallacefoundersday.com/ev.... Yesterday I drove over to Spokane Public Radio to talk […]

Come see me at the Sixth Street Melodrama this Saturday from 2:00-4:00 pm! I’ll be reading with three other authors after the Founder’s Day parade, probably starting around 2:45 pm. We will all be selling and signing books as well. For more information about this Saturday’s big event, click here: https://www.wallacefoundersday.com/ev.... Yesterday I drove over to […]

Melissa Luck’s four minute story about the book and the town broadcast on the channel four evening news last Friday. Before the interview, I was a little worried that the show would inevitably go the direction of either romanticizing or sensationalizing sex work in Wallace. But talking with the journalist/producer turned out to be easier […]

Melissa Luck’s four minute story about the book and the town broadcast on the channel four evening news last Friday.

Before the interview, I was a little worried that the show would inevitably go the direction of either romanticizing or sensationalizing sex work in Wallace. But talking with the journalist/producer turned out to be easier than I anticipated. She somehow made me feel comfortable, like we were just having a conversation, despite the big camera lens and lights in my face.

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Talking with Melissa Luck at the Oasis Bordello Museum (photo taken from her blog)

I thought the resulting show was professional, multi-faceted, and intimate in tone. But you can judge for yourself by watching it here.

Also, Melissa posted a review of my book on her Blogger site, where she is documenting her resolution to read a book per week this year. Check it out! P.S., her other book reviews are worth your time to read as well — her perspective is funny and feminist, too (imagine that).

More books finally arrive later today! Just in time for my reading and signing event at the Wallace District Mining Museum Thursday, June 8 at 6 pm, if you want to join us.