Holiday Book Sale
Pump Fake Press needs to clear out book inventory this holiday season. HOLIDAY BOOK BUNDLES! Any 2 books = $30; Any 3 books = $40 at https://www.jimantonini.com BULLETS FOR SILVERWARE A gritty, murder-mystery thriller set in the backwoods of West Virginia. It was a finalist for the Appodlachia 2020 Best Appalachian Book of the Year. […]
New Book Alert – THE BUTCHER & THE BUTTERFLY is out
The Butcher and Butterfly is now available. The book release celebration and party will be held in January (details coming soon). Description: A wearied boxer turns his back on a chance at a world championship to search for his estranged brother in New Orleans. Trapped in a strained family relationship, a promising, young ballet dancer […]
The Hot Dog Diaries – the perfect holiday gift
Looking for an affordable and fun gift for the holidays! The Hot Dog Diaries is the perfect choice. Over the past eighty years, there have been too many beers and hot dogs consumed to count. But for all the beers poured and hot dogs prepared, there have been just as many laughs—probably more. With this […]
New Book Alert – THE BUTCHER & THE BUTTERFLY – coming soon
COMING IN NOVEMBER! THE BUTCHER AND THE BUTTERFLY BACKGROUND: I met the brilliant and eccentric painter Noel Rockmore in early 1990 at Johnny White’s, a since-closed, infamous French Quarter dive bar, on my first visit to New Orleans. We watched a boxing match together there one evening. We had a great time. He was quite […]
Searching for alternative book set in Appalachia?
BULLETS FOR SILVERWARE is a gritty, murder-mystery thriller set in the backwoods of West Virginia. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? A young pharmacist takes a job in a small rural town and is quickly introduced to a world of drugs, sex, guns, and deceit. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with the local ‘good-time girl’ and finds […]
The Hot Dog Diaries Book Release
In celebration of Gene’s Beer Garden’s 80th Birthday, a book about the bar has been released – The Hot Dog Diaries: Stories from Morgantown’s Oldest and Most Beloved Bar. It has been an eventful month since the book’s release. There was a very successful book release party at Gene’s on June 8th. An unbelievable 106 […]
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 […]