Free Book Friday: The Best of Philadelphia Stories

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JK Evanczuk / Friday, December 18, 2009 View Comments

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Welcome to this week’s Free Book Friday, wherein we give you the best titles in indie publishing for the low low price of nothing. Congrats to last week’s winner Ayesha for scoring a free copy of The Withdrawal Method by Pasha Malla.

This week, we are giving away a copy of The Best of Philadelphia Stories, Volume 2 from PS Books. This best-of anthology offers a wide selection of the literary voices that make Philadelphia so unique. Authors include doctors, lawyers, students, teachers, journalists, playwrights, and a detective – all talented writers who spend their precious free time honing their craft. James W. Morris (Regalia) grew up in Philadelphia and worked as a monologue writer for Jay Leno. David Sanders (School of Fishes) has been widely published and was the founder of the InterAct Theatre Company “Best of Philly” reading series. Ona Russell (The (O)ther Kahn) is the grand-neice of Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn; she is now working on her third Sarah Kaufman mystery. This is just a sampling of the many diverse voices featured in the second Philadelphia Stories anthology.

This week’s Free Book Friday is sponsored by PS Books. PS Books publishes literary fiction, poetry, and art from the tri-state area and provides it to the general public free of charge. Philadelphia Stories is available at over 120 locations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Distribution highlights include all 55 branches of the Free Library, fifteen area Borders Bookstores, the Philadelphia International Airport, and many other cafes and independent bookstores.

To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is comment in the space below. Make sure to tell us your email address so we can contact you if you win! We also recommend doing the following:

Following Philadelphia Stories on Twitter
Subscribing to the Philadelphia Stories blog
Becoming our friend on Twitter & Facebook
Signing up for our newsletter
Writing a (funny) holiday haiku

Winner will be chosen randomly at 12pm on Wednesday, December 23 (please note date change: we’re moving FBF to Wednesday next week because of Christmas) and notified via email. The winner must respond to our email within 48 hours, or a new winner will be randomly selected.

Good luck!

Edit: Giveaway now closed. Congrats to this week’s winner JESS. Try your luck again with Susan Hill’s The Vows of Silence in the new Free Book Friday.

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Dave

Looks good!
http://craftsbykatie.blogspot.com Katrina

I’d love a copy of this book. It looks great.
Barbara

Would love to win this. Thanks for the offer.
http://twitter.com/nthornton Nathan

Liberty Bell! Pat’s King of Steaks! Ben Franklin stuff! City of Brotherly Love! Rocky statue! This is a comprehensive list of everything I know about Philadelphia, so this book might help fill in some of the gaps. Oh wait, there’s one more: Competing cheesesteak place! (Papa Gino’s, maybe?)
Lillian

Looks interesting and something that I would like to read.
Lisa

Entering to win the book.
Jess

I’ll keep trying, this one looks very interesting! =]
http://wisb.blogspot.com/ SMD

Clearly this is not to be confused with the other PS Publishing of UK fame .

I’m in! I have no idea what a Philadelphia story is like, and now I’m curious.
http://twitter.com/ataccini Angelene

As someone who’s spent my life in the City on the Make, The City That Never Sleeps, and the City of Angels, I’d love to read some stories from the City of Otherly Love…
http://icecreamsocialite.blogspot.com Courtney

Moved from Philadelphia to Minnesota following fiancee to grad school.
Home is missed dearly.
http://clarekrmiller.digitalnovelists.com Clare K. R. Miller

As a lifetime Philadelphia resident, I would love to win this book (though I think Nathan deserves it more than me, based on his list…)!
Gillian

Fingers crossed!
Lauren

I would love to own a copy of this book. My family and I moved to Florida earlier this year, and I miss Philly so much!
Elton Cannon

I would love to get a copy of this. I was especially moved by the “My Charlie Manson” story by Helen Mallon who I happen to know. I knew little of her experience there until I read the story. It’s powerful and I wondered how many other untold stories like this are out there. The other stories are just as fabulous and this is a magazine that deserves wider recognition.
http://www.lulu.com/bencampbell Ben Campbell

The Best of Philadelphia Stories, Volume 2 from PS Books should be on my library shelf…after I enjoy reading it.
cm

I watched the Eagles play today. Think that should qualify me.
Amy

would love a copy…born and raised here…love philly!!!
Sue

This sounds like a great read – please include me in the drawing!