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While Frank F. Carden’s book, The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, did not win the grand prize for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, it was the winning selection for the General Fiction Category. Here’s what the judges had to say: “This book gives voice to what is usually shrouded in silence. Author Carden opens a [...]
A big congrats goes out to Frank F Carden, author of The Prostitutes of Post Office Street. His debut novel was a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award.
The Galveston Historical Foundation, which is just down the block from the infamous Post Office Street featured in Frank F. Carden’s novel, The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, will now be carrying his book. Please stop by if you’re in the neighborhood.
Hastings Books Music & Videos 2350 E Lohman Ave Las Cruces, NM Saturday, November 7, 2009 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Frank F. Carden will be signing from his novel, The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, at the following locations: Location: Borders Bookstore, Galveston, TX Date: March 21st Time: 2:00 – 5:00 Location: Barnes and Noble, First Colony Mall, Sugarland, TX Date: March 22nd Time: 2:00 – 4:00 Location: Oasis Coffee Shop, Seabrook, TX Date: March [...]
by Jessica Gunderson Centered on a 1950’s brothel in Galveston, Texas, Frank F. Carden’s short novel, The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, is populated with seedy criminals, proud but downtrodden women, and hard-drinking men. Not your typical big-city brothel, 2705 Post Office Street is a small world in which there are no strangers, a world [...]
“Galveston has a diverse history. By the end of the 19th century, with its thriving commerce and shipping industries, it was often referred to as “The Wall Street of the South.” Following the 1900 Storm and the excavation of the Houston Ship Channel, the city’s dominance receded while Houston’s influence increased. With shipping still a [...]
On Tuesday, December 9th, from 11:00 to 1:00, Frank Carden will be signing copies of his novel, The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, in the University Bookstore at New Mexico State University.
“No one choose prostitution as their long term career goal. The Prostitutes of Post Office Street is the story of getting out of the rut that falling into the depths of a seedy part of town in a seedy career with a seedy life takes you. A story of overcoming the odds life shoves in [...]
“Raw. Passionate. Tender. Vulnerable. Carden slips you into the hidden and wonderfully personal stories of these women and those close to them.” — Mari Ulmer, author of Midnight at the Camposanto and Cart of Death
