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The Claus Heir is coming soon!

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Less than five weeks until the official publication of The Claus Heir on November 10, 2026! So excited!

If you’d like to purchase The Claus Heir early, you have some options:

1.         Come to the official launch at the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society on November 5! Copies of all three Claus books will be available for purchase and signing. Free admission, free parking, and a chance to listen and ask questions as noted interviewer John Valeri interviews author P. Jo Anne Burgh about writing in general and The Claus Heir in particular. (We promise: no spoilers!) See below for the invitation with additional details.

2.         If you like ebooks, you can pre-order The Claus Heir on Amazon or Kobo, or at any of the retailers available on the Books2Read link, including Barnes and Noble, Apple, and several others.

3.         If you prefer paperbacks, you can pre-order The Claus Heir through Bookshop.org. The great thing about Bookshop.org is that it lets you support independent bookstores. You can either designate the store you want to buy from, or you can simply buy it through Bookshop.org and let a share of the purchase price fund indie bookstores in general.

If you can’t make it to the launch, but you’d like to purchase the paperback version of The Claus Heir and have your book personally inscribed, there are ways to do this, too:

1.         Come to any of the events listed on the Upcoming Events page.

2.         Order directly from Tuxedo Cat Press.

Don’t forget—after November 10, Tuxedo Cat Press will be offering its annual free gift-wrapping service for books purchased directly from TCP, either through this website or at an event. Signed books make fantastic holiday gifts, so take advantage of the opportunity to wrap up (pun intended) your holiday shopping early!

Hope to see you at the launch and/or upcoming events throughout the holiday season! As always, thank you so much for supporting local businesses and independent publishers like Tuxedo Cat Press!

‘Tis the Season . . . Already?

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My booth at an event in summer, 2025

As I write these words, it is still late spring according to the meteorological calendar. We’re approximately two-thirds of the way through June. Local temperatures for the next week are expected to range from the low 60s (with a couple of high 50s thrown in) to the mid- to upper 70s. School years are ending. Construction equipment clogs nearly every road. Air conditioning in most public places appears to be set to “frigid.” A peaceful dinner on the porch is generally accompanied by the roar of a lawn mower or the whine of a weed whacker.

Which is why it came as a slight surprise on Wednesday when I received an email from the organizer of one of my favorite holiday market events.

Over the past few years, I’ve developed a routine when it comes to book events. I generally refrain from scheduling in the first few months after the holidays for several reasons. First, I’m exhausted after the crunch of the holiday season. Second, I’m usually recovering from whatever illness I contracted during the holiday season as a result of the crowds. Third, this down time is my prime season to do some actual writing. Fourth, one result of writing seasonally-themed books is that there’s very little demand in the first few months of the new year.

Mind you, I do a few warm weather events. Last weekend was my first of the summer. Unfortunately, the event wasn’t well-marked, and relatively few people found their way into the private room where a dozen or so authors were set up. I have another event tomorrow, and I have reasonable hopes for a good turnout and maybe even some decent sales. (If you’re in or around East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, tomorrow afternoon, come by Brew Practitioners to sip and shop. It’s going to be a lovely day!)

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