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Hello readers of all genres, ages & interests!
The paperback version of A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK will be available Sept. 18th at all online and bricks-and-mortar stores. FUN new cover, lower price, smaller size—but still the same great information. Check it out and spread the news. ALSO enter the Goodreads giveaway: Ten signed copies will be shipped out to those who enter!

Hello readers of all genres, ages & interests!
The paperback version of A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK will be available Sept. 18th at all online and bricks-and-mortar stores. FUN new cover, lower price, smaller size—but still the same great information. Check it out and spread the news. ALSO enter the Goodreads giveaway: Ten signed copies will be shipped out to those who enter!

Pleased to announce that the Korean version of "A Walk Around the Block" will be released in June. It will be re-titled "A Walk around the Block: Humanities in Everyday Life." The new cover is really quite imaginative—I'll post it when it's available.

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Last Sunday I virtually launched "A Walk Around the Block" on FaceBook live. It includes same amazing acrobatic tricks at the start, some heartfelt thoughts and some quirky quirks I encountered while writing the book. Watch it at https://www.facebook.com/spike.carlse...

Last Sunday I virtually launched "A Walk Around the Block" on FaceBook live. It includes same amazing acrobatic tricks at the start and some quirky quirks I encountered while writing the book. Watch it at https://www.facebook.com/spike.carlse...

“A Walk Around the Block” drops (book world term for “can now be purchased”) Tuesday, Oct. 20th. It’s a bit like cracking a bottle of champagne over the bow of a new ship—it gets launched but there was plenty of work behind and plenty of work ahead. Thanks for family and friends who supported this 3 year long project.

THE FINISHED COPIES HAVE LANDED!!. Release date for hard copies, audio book and ebooks is 10/20/20. Pre-order now

Thrilled to have an adapted version of the Front Porch chapter from "A Walk Around the Block" run in the Wall Street Journal Review section this weekend. Front porches are now as important as ever. Half private/ half public, they give us a safe place to interact and meet face to face—even if those faces are masked. Complete article at
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-forg...

Thrilled that "A Walk Around the Block" was selected by BookList as their Book of the Day. Read the full review at
https://www.booklistonline.com/A-Walk...

After 22 months of researching and writing (and rewriting) (and re-re-writing), 110 interviews, 9,000 miles of travel and plenty of help from family, Laura Dail (agent) and the great team at Harper One Books, "A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (but know nothing about)" is getting ready to greet the world (October 20th).

More soon!!A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every DayA Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day

Lots of information at https://www.spikecarlsen.com and https://www.instagram.com/spikecarlsen/