Wild West Monday

The first of June sees the return of Wild West Monday, and as before we are urging you to visit or telephone your local libraries and bookstores to ask about their westerns. Why don’t they carry more? Why don’t they carry a wider selection of authors? Why don’t westerns have their own section? And any other questions you can come up with.

As you can see from the picture below this has also begun. I visited my local library and had a quick chat with the staff, which resulted in this display being set up right opposite the entrance – you cannot fail to see it as you go in. It’s only been up for a couple of days, and as you can see there are already gaps on the centre book display. Yeap, people have already been showing an interest and borrowing westerns. One lady saying she used to read loads of westerns and this display has made her realise how much she used to enjoy them and it’s time she started reading them again.

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This Monday

Please don't forget to support Wild West Monday - this Monday, March 2nd.

Go into your local bookstore or library, ask about the westerns they stock, if they are not in a display of their own ask why not. Ask why they don't stock more and a greater selection of authors. If you can't get to these places then please make an effort to telephone one and ask similar questions. It is hoped westerns fans will be doing this worldwide.

Much more information can be found on:
The_Tainted_Archive

And while on the subject of the Tainted Archive, this Monday also sees the first post to serialize the long out of print Chap O'Keefe western The Sheriff and the Widow. Chap's westerns sell out within days and this is your chance to read one for free!

The 10 Best Westerns

There's some great discussions going on at tainted-archive as Gary is posting his choices of the top 10 essential western reads, and films, in the lead up to next months Wild West Monday.