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shirleywachtel2025-09-07T19:43:02-04:00September 7th, 2025|

Hello Everyone! ---Hope you had a happy summer full of adventures and good times. I am very excited to introduce our [...]

PVD_072615_@dm1n2025-09-04T20:04:42-04:00September 4th, 2025|

Listen to the interview by Rabbi Sam Cohon from Too Jewish Radio as Shirley discusses [...]

PVD_072615_@dm1n2025-06-30T14:49:57-04:00June 30th, 2025|

Virtual Event - Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 1 – 2 PM EDT Please join us when Shirley Russak [...]

shirleywachtel2025-06-24T09:29:59-04:00June 23rd, 2025|

Thank you to all who came out for my book signing of THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES [...]

shirleywachtel2023-06-04T20:03:54-04:00June 4th, 2023|

Hello Everyone!--Hope you have had a productive and fulfilling year thus far, and are ready for a fun-filled, relaxing summer. [...]

shirleywachtel2023-03-06T09:58:48-05:00January 2nd, 2023|

Hello! --January 1, 2023 is a special day. My novel, A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN, published by Little A, is now [...]

shirleywachtel2023-03-06T09:58:48-05:00December 28th, 2022|

Hello!--I was recently assigned the task of casting my "movie". Here is my response as it appears in Campaign [...]

shirleywachtel2023-03-06T09:58:48-05:00December 20th, 2022|

Hi Everyone!--Have you ever heard of the Page 69 Test for books? I just found out about it, thanks to [...]

shirleywachtel2023-03-06T09:58:48-05:00December 20th, 2022|

Hello, Readers!--I thought you might like to see a recent interview I did with Book Marketing Buzz Blog, in anticipation [...]