Kaylie Jones Books

07/24/2024

Barb Taylor and Kaylie Jones in conversation. Special thanks to Akashic Books and Adventures by the Book.

07/24/2024

Barbara J. Taylor and Kaylie Jones in conversation- special thanks to Adventures By the Book for hosting!

07/24/2024

La Jolla, here we come!

07/17/2024

Next week!

New Event: Meet bestselling author Barbara J. Taylor! 🎉

Join us at the La Jolla/Riford Library to see her in conversation with renowned author Kaylie Jones as they discuss her new book, Rain Breaks No Bones ❤️

For more information, visit the link in our bio and story! ✨

06/29/2024

Can’t wait!

New Event: Meet bestselling author Barbara J. Taylor! 🎉

Join us at the La Jolla/Riford Library to see her in conversation with renowned author Kaylie Jones as they discuss her new book, Rain Breaks No Bones ❤️

For more information, visit the link in our bio and story! ✨

06/28/2024

Where it all began, Barb Taylor, at Wilkes University from her new novel, Rain Breaks No Bones. June 2024

06/13/2024

Such great questions and stories shared today. Special thanks to Janet Herr for her help in coordinating this book club reading. What a blast!

06/13/2024

Apologies- today’s event is at 175 W Newllins Rd. in Easton, about 15 minutes from the Green Pond location.

05/29/2024

Wilkes reunion! Where it all began.

Next stop? Barnes and Noble in Wilkes Barre on Saturday, June 1, at noon. I’ll be reading from RAIN BREAKS NO BONES, answering questions and signing books. If you’re going to be in NEPA, stop by and say hi. ☮️❤️📚

05/28/2024

This Scranton Times photo from 1955 shows a helicopter rescue on Hickory Street in South Scranton during Hurricane Diane. The helicopter makes a cameo appearance in my new book, RAIN BREAKS NO BONES. Does anyone have any Hurricane Diane memories? My friend’s parents were supposed to get married the day after the storm. His mom was evacuated and ended up washing her hair in a gas station bathroom. Believe it or not, the wedding happened, and she made a beautiful bride. ☮️❤️📚

05/20/2024

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NEXT SATURDAY — Mark your calendars... Barbara J. Taylor, author will be signing her new novel, Rain Breaks No Bones, at Farley's Bookshop in ! See venue website for details ✨

Set in 1955, this final installment in Taylor’s best-selling Scranton Trilogy explores a family’s legacy of loss and a sometimes mystical vision of a better tomorrow.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the women in this life who sacrifice to nurture others. Here’s to those who have passed their wisdom on; their gifts live on in us.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the women who manage their family’s stories. Write on!

05/11/2024

Julie Sidoni and Barbara Taylor, May 10, 2024

05/10/2024

We're at Lace Village until 9PM! So, come by for a wonderful evening to celebrate our new release and bring a friend!

05/10/2024

It's officially launch day for Rain Breaks No Bones by the lovely Barbara J. Taylor!
Come celebrate with us from 7-9PM at the Lace Village!

05/09/2024

Launch day for Rain Breaks No Bones is tomorrow! Join us to celebrate!

05/09/2024

If you are coming, let us know by clicking the Going button on the event page. We can't wait!

05/08/2024

Books will be available for purchase during the event.

05/07/2024

Almost time to jazz up that library of yours with a new, signed copy of RAIN BREAKS NO BONES!

Photo credit: Q Up Arts

05/07/2024

Happy pub day!

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Strike up the band! Today, is my official publication date. Woohoo! RAIN BREAKS NO BONES is officially available.

I cannot think of a better day to offer gratitude, so, if you’ll indulge me, here is the "Acknowledgements" page from the back of my new book.

Acknowledgements

“Vaccinated with a Victrola needle.” That’s what my grandfather used to say when I’d pepper him with questions. Thank goodness he encouraged my curious nature, because all these years later, I cannot write without asking questions. Lots of them. Too many.

As such, I owe a debt of gratitude to Valerie Black, Shari Chambers, Cathy Ann Strader Hardaway, Zethray Keith Hudson, Glynis M. Johns, Jeff Mackie, Jason Smeltzer, Doug Smith, and Gail Waters. You graciously allowed me to interview you about Scranton’s history, culture, music scene and so much more. The book and I are better for having met you.

And thank you, James “Chimesy” Williams. Years after your passing, I discovered your NORTHERN FRIED CHICKEN books at the Albright Memorial Library, and your stories sparked my imagination.

I’m also grateful to Pat Riley and Maxine Libenson. When I spoke at your book clubs, you both told me stories that found their way into RAIN BREAKS NO BONES.

And many thanks to Jaclyn Maria Fowler and Aileen Mack (Phoenix Rising Esoteric Center) for your powerful insights into the other side.

Laurel Radzieski, thank you. Every time I needed a little inspiration, I’d read the “spontaneous poem” you wrote for me as prayer.

Thanks to Jeff Aukscunas, Michael Bonser, Jane Baugess, Carol Kochis, Ann Lehman, Kim Mancini, Christopher West, Roxanne West, Barbara Holmes and Maria Trozzolillo for answering still more questions. Maria, I’m sorry the book took me so long to write.

And to Dawn Leas. I’m grateful for all the times you walked across the hall for brainstorm sessions. We had a pretty good run at Chapin, my friend.

And Nathan Summerlin. Thank you for taking it upon yourself to “walk the dog” so I would know how long it would take for Stanley’s arms to tire out. That’s going above and beyond.

I’m also indebted to my brother-in-law, Jimmy McGraw, for answering my texts every time I needed to know how something worked. And to my sister, Alice Taylor-McGraw, for the countless trips down memory lane.

Thank you to Jaclyn Fowler, Julie Sidoni and Lauren Stahl, my fellow workshoppers who got me to the finish line. Very simply, this book wouldn’t exist without you.

And to Vylinda Bryant, Andre Lewis Carter, Kristin Ivey, Monique Lewis, and Kate Sotiridy, my outside readers, thank you for such invaluable feedback.

RAIN BREAKS NO BONES is the last book in a trilogy that I never intended to write until I met Chris Tomasino, my wonderful agent and friend. The first time you read a draft of SING IN THE MORNING, CRY AT NIGHT, you suggested my characters might have more to say. The idea overwhelmed me, and yet, here we are because of your guidance. I’ll always be grateful.

And thank you to publisher, Johnny Temple, and everyone at Akashic Books for believing a school teacher from Scranton, PA, had something to say worth reading. I’m proud to publish with Akashic and Kaylie Jones Books.

In 2006, I met a woman who scared me a little and changed my life forever. Kaylie Jones—mentor, editor, publisher, friend extraordinaire—simply put, I am a writer because of you, and that’s everything.

Finally, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention my dad, Carl Taylor. Although you passed before I started writing RAIN BREAKS NO BONES, this book, like all the others, is brimming with the research we collected together. We did it, Dad. You and me.

05/06/2024

Bring your friends! We'd love to meet them.

05/05/2024

❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Scranton author Barbara J. Taylor is launching the last book of her well-reviewed Scranton Trilogy with a reading at Lace Village, the recently rehabbed historic site where some scenes are

05/03/2024

Only one week left before the launch! Hope you can join us at Lace Villages from 7-9 PM to celebrate RAIN BREAKS NO BONES and Scranton!

05/02/2024

And if you'd like 25% off RAIN BREAKS NO BONES, visit the Akashic Books online catalog to purchase your copy!

Signed copies will be available at the May 10th book launch event in Scranton, PA as well. Visit Kaylie Jones Books FB events or Barbara J. Taylor's FB events page for more details.

05/02/2024

Barb Taylor and Kaylie Jones hanging out at Long Island Univeristy talking about Barb’s new book!

Rain Breaks No Bones is the third and final novel of her Scranton Trilogy. Her greatest influence: Ironweed, by William Kennedy.

Barbara J. Taylor, author
Akashic Books