Book Release Event – The Hot Dog Diaries
Details for the book release of The Hot Dog Diaries by Al Bonner and Jim Antonini have been finalized. Three wonderful music acts will be performing – The BORN AGAIN HINDUS, NATURAL RAT, and HALEY SLAGLE. The event will be at GENE’S BEER GARDEN on Saturday June 8. The event starts at 5:00 PM. The […]
Looking for a fun summer read or something for a book club?
It’s a vacation time, so many folks are looking for a book to read or something for their book club. May we suggest – WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN. It is a fun and wild adventure book that has drawn rave reviews. What it’s about: To escape an unfilled life, a socially awkward middle-aged family man […]
THE HOT DOG DIARIES – coming soon
“You know what you ought to do, Al?” If Al Bonner, 40-year owner of Gene’s Beer Garden in Morgantown, WV, had a dollar for every time someone said that to him about Gene’s, he’d be a millionaire. He’s generally ignored or never got around to addressing all the suggestions over the years. But there have […]
I’M NOT JIM ANTONINI…
After reading a couple of my books, an old friend from my WVU pharmacy school days reached out to me. He said my books opened a ‘floodgate of memories’. We messaged back and forth on Facebook a few times and caught up on each other’s lives. Then not having heard from him for a couple […]
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?
Today is the anniversary of the publication of my second book, LIKE FALLING FROM AN AIRPLANE. It was published on March 17, 2022. I have been asked about its origin. I was living in Boston and working as a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health. Because of that affiliation, I was able […]
Four years of Bullets for Silverware
It is hard to believe that this gritty little book will be four years old. Although older, it still outsells my other two books, WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN and LIKE FALLING FROM AN AIRPLANE, at book fairs, holiday markets, and Arts Walks. It got released during the pandemic. Little did we know there would be […]
Wild Bill Rides Again- still going strong: 5-STAR review
In “Wild Bill Rides Again,” Jim Antonini paints a picture of modern-day America as seen through the eyes and travels of a common man. He gives us a relatable and profoundly developed character in Bill Moreland. “…With few friends of his own, he often walked his cavernous home alone late or very early as if […]
24 Favorites from 2023: WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN makes the year-end list
Pump Fake Press is excited to announce that WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN, the latest book by Jim Antonini, was included on the BookTrib’s year-end book list of 24 Favorites from 2023 That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of. Check out the link to the story to read more, including their review of WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN: […]
WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN: Successful book launch + positive reviews
In late September 2023, Pump Fake Press celebrated the release of Jim Antonini’s latest book, WILD BILL RIDES AGAIN, at a packed house at Decker’s Creek Yacht Club in Morgantown, WV. It was fun night of friendship, laughter, and music by Andy Tuck ( tuckmusic.com ). We were overwhelmed by the positive response to the […]
Best True-Crime Books: Bullets for Silverware
Link: The best books to cleanse your true-crime palate (shepherd.com) Pump Fake Press is humbled that BULLETS FOR SILVERWARE was included on this list of stellar books by the fabulous S. James McLaughlin. Her wonderful and riveting book THE WVU COED MURDERS: WHO KILLED MARED AND KAREN written along with Geoffrey Fuller is available on […]