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News
Answering Alaska’s Call, Linda Fritz’s memoir-biography of Alaska’s pioneering surgeon, bush pilot, and legislator, Milo ‘Doc’ Fritz, was published by Epicenter Press on August 8, 2023.
E-book and paperback editions can be ordered from
Amazon.com, Bookshop.org, BaRnes & Noble, Target, and other booksellers
Notable Book Reviews
American Academy of Ophthalmology —
Published August 15, 2024 in Perspective, AAO quarterly newsletter - “What We’re Reading This Summer 2024” by Robert L Stamper, MD, book review editor. Read review:
Former Alaska writer laureate —
Published October 1, 2023 in the Anchorage Daily News: “A Niece’s Portrait of Her Remarkable Uncle Provides an Up-close Look at the Man and His Times” by Nancy Lord, Homer-based writer and former Alaska writer laureate. Her books include Fishcamp, Beluga Days, Early Warming, and pH: A Novel. Read review:
Upcoming Events - 2024
Sept. 7 - San Francisco, CA : Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye - 2:30. “Alaska’s First Ophthalmologist: A Hero’s Story” presentation & book signing by Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call.
This event is free, but requires an RSVP here. RSVPs open on August 23, 2024. Museum address: 645 Beach Street, San Francisco, CA.
Recent Events - 2024
Jan. 10 - N. Palm Beach, FL: Book Club Discussion of Answering Alaska’s Call
March 1 - Palm Beach Gardens, FL: Barnes & Noble Bookstore - 6:00 - 7:00. Book signing by Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call.
March 12 - N. Palm Beach, FL: Author Interview & Book Discussion at private event
Interviews
Spy Book Notes: A Chat with Author Linda Fritz on “Alaska’s Call,” by James Disssette on Nov. 1, 2023. Link to video:
Seattle-based radio show host Donna Seebo and Linda discussed Answering Alaska’s Call on Oct. 25, 2023. Link to archived tape:
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Previous Events - 2023
Nov. 9 - Oxford, MD: Oxford Community Center - 5:30 - 7:00, Speaker Series - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book talk & signing. FREE. Oxford Community Center, 200 Oxford Rd., Oxford MD.
Nov. 8 — Chestertown, MD: The Kitchen at the Imperial Hotel - 6:00 - 7:30, The Bookplate Author Readings Fall 2023 - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call, followed by book signing. Hotel address: 208 High St., Chestertown, MD. Reservations suggested. For more information: Contact@the bookplate.net, (410) 778-4167
On Wednesday, Oct. 25 - 11:00 pm ET– Seattle-based radio show host Donna Seebo and Linda discussed Answering Alaska’s Call. Link to archived tape: http://107.182.234.197:2197/ondemand/donnaseeboshow/3437%20Oct%2025%202023%20Wed-Linda%20Fritz-Donna%20Seebo%20Show-PR.rec1023-101610.mp3
Sept. 20 — Easton, MD: Talbot Historical Society - 1:00 - 2:00, Date with History - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s’ Call - Book talk & signing.
Sept. 16 —St. Michaels, MD: Chesapeake Trading Company, 11:00 - 2:00, Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book signing.
Sept. 8 —Easton, MD: Cooke’s Hope Author Series - 12:00 - 1:30, Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book talk & signing.
Aug. 29 — Easton, MD: Talbot County Senior Center, noon - 1:00, Lunch & Learn - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book talk & signing.
Past Events
May 25 - 28, 2022 — Skagway, Alaska
North Words Writers Symposium
Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call, reads an excerpt about Milo & Betsy Fritz’s arrival in Ketchikan in 1940 from her memoir-biography of Milo ‘ Doc’ Fritz, at the 2022 North Words Writers Symposium in Skaway, Alaska.
June 8-12, 2018 — Homer, Alaska
Writer Linda Fritz, niece of the late Milo Fritz, reads an excerpt from her memoir about Dr. Fritz’s experiences treating tuberculosis patients during an epidemic that had spread among the Alaska Native population in the 1940s. The reading was part of an open mic session in June 2018 at the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
July 23, 2015 - Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage Museum
Crosscurrents: Anchorage Remembers
Event hosted by 49 Writers commemorating the historic rise of Anchorage from the first sale of town lots in 1915 to Alaska’s largest city in 2015. Anchorage Remembers, a memoir anthology published by 49 Writers, celebrates the history of Anchorage from those who have lived it. “True Pioneer,” is included in the anthology. To read, click.
Print and digital editions of Anchorage Remembers
available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other book sellers.
November 7, 2009 - Charlottesville, Virginia
WriterHouse
LITERARY JOURNALS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE TRANSOM
Editors and writers enjoy a symbiotic relationship: A literary journal needs writers to function and thrive. Writers need literary journals to showcase their writing. How do they find each other? What can writers do to facilitate a "good match"? What are some of the rewards of these relationships?
Linda Fritz, editor of The Delmarva Review, Thom Didato, publisher and founding editor of Failbetter.com and Barbara Esstman, writer/teacher and a contributor to The Delmarva Review in 2008, will compare and contrast their experiences in literary publishing, share their insights and answer questions about how to get your work published.
MEDIA events
NPR member station WSCL's program, Delmarva Today, aired May 29, 2009
Interview features Linda Fritz, editor of The Delmarva Review, fiction writer Kate Blackwell and poet Anne Colwell.