Events, Podcasts, Broadcasts

    • Hope Floats' Author Day, June 6, 2021. Five compassionate authors affiliated with Denise and Ken Brack's nonprofit bereavement center presented their work on the lawn (under the shade!). Among them were Maureen Walsh, Don Quindley (whose titles are both featured here) and Gary Sturgis.
    • "Introduction to Craft" Writers' Webinar, February 27, 2021. Keynoted by best-selling author Steve Manchester, Ken joined four other authors providing craft tips and strategies for both emerging and seasoned writers. Here is a video of Ken's presentation, "Narrative Nonfiction: A Tool Belt of Strategies." Presented by Moonlighters' Ink.
    • "Coping with Covid-19 Losses," July 15, 2020. Interactive webinar with Marshfield Senior Center, Marshfield, MA.
    • Open to Hope podcast and radio interview, March 28, 2018. Open to Hope is a nationally recognized site with more than one million visitors offering help to grieving parents and families.
      Open to Hope radio interview with Ken discussing his book and Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center.       YouTube interview with Ken, March 19, 2018

 

The author, center rear, joined other local writers for a Read-a-thon at the Plymouth Public Library in November, 2014. Friend Russ Illes, author of "Duct Tape Won't Fix This," is to the author's right.

Recent Events

  • Author Talk -- Wednesday, October 30, 2019,6:30-8 p.m. Holmes Public Library, Halifax, Ma. Sharing the story of creating Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center as a response to loss, and experiences as the nonprofit has grown.
  • Hope Floats' 10-Year Gala, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, Jones River Trading Post, Kingston, Ma. Denise and Ken Brack, co-founders of Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center, led a celebration of their nonprofit bereavement center's outreach and ongoing commitment to families.
  • Author Talk -- Monday, September 24, 2018, 7-8:30 p.m., Ventress Memorial Library, Marshfield, Ma., Library Plaza (781) 834-5535
  • Local Author Showcase -- July 21, 2018, Ventress Memorial Library, Marshfield, Ma., Library Plaza (781) 834-5535
  • Local Author Talk -- Wednesday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., Pembroke Public Library, 142 Center Street, Pembroke, Ma. (781) 293-6771
  • Author Talk, Spinney Speaker Series -- May 10, 6:30 p.m., Boyden Library, Foxborough, Ma., 10 Bird Street. (508) 543-1245
  • Nonfiction Authors Read-a-thon -- April 11, 7 p.m., Plymouth Public Library, 132 South Street, Plymouth, Ma. (508) 830-0482
  • Author Talk -- January 25, 7 p.m., Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Hingham, Ma. (781) 741-1405. Here is a link to an introduction to the talk broadcast by Harbor Media.
  • Brown Bag Lunch Talk -- Jan 31, noon-1 p.m., New England Mobile Book Fair, Marshall's Plaza, 241 Needham Street, Newton, Ma. (617) 527-5817
  • Book Launch Party -- October 28, 5-7 p.m., Beal House, 222 Main Street, Kingston, MA. A father-son book event that included Ken's dad, Robert Brack, discussing his new memoir, With Gratitude, which tells the story of Barker Steel Co., a family-owned business that grew through four generations to become one of the largest reinforcing bar fabricators and construction suppliers in the Northeast.
  • Author Talks presentation -- Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Kingston Council of Aging, 30 Evergreen Street, Kingston, Ma.

Coverage of Especially For You

 

Coverage and and praise for Closer By The Mile

BookCoverImage.Mini