My mother, Bernice, is 93 years old, wheelchair bound and blind as the result of a stroke, is hearing impaired and lives in constant pain. Still, she is the most positive person I know—determined to remain cheerful, engage and ask others how they are doing, and practice gratitude for the smallest things. Her generous attitude, forged over decades, has been …
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #11
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 3/18 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaBergren.com Hunt through our loop …
Valentine Week Giveaway
February is here—the month we celebrate Black History Month, National Library Lover’s Month, Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday—the first of 40 days of Lent. In one month we celebrate the serious, the humorous, the romantic, the patriotic and the spiritual! To Celebrate READERS, five historical novelists have banded together to offer our latest releases to …
NIGHT BIRD CALLING RELEASE
To celebrate the January 5 release of Night Bird Calling I’m offering a month of weekly giveaways—books and gifts related to my story—as well as signed copies of Night Bird Calling! You can find these offerings through weekly videos of Book Gems on Facebook at CathyGohlkeBooks. Each week I will share new information–inspiration for the story, quirky characters, why I …
A Short Story Gift For You
To celebrate the launch of my new website I’m offering a gift, “Into the Starry Night”–a short story prequel to my new book Night Bird Calling–to all who subscribe to my newsletter updates. Into the Starry Night introduces a few of the characters from No Creek, North Carolina, the small Appalachian town featured in Night Bird Calling. Characters are a couple …
ReNEW–Retreat for New England Writing and Speaking
SO looking forward to the cooler temps and beautiful autumn foliage of New England–and ReNEW–Retreat for New England Writing and Speaking October 4-6! Join me and an amazing team of Christian writers and speakers for a wonderful weekend retreat in beautiful West Hartford, Connecticut! I’d love to share my fiction writing workshop with you–Sharing Influences of Your Life in Your …
D-Day 75th Anniversary Blog Tour
June 3-11, 2019 Welcome to the D-Day 75th Anniversary Blog Tour! Seven novelists are commemorating the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Thank you for joining us as we remember their heroism and sacrifice. Our novels illuminate different aspects of the war—from the landing beaches of Normandy to Nazi-occupied Europe to the US Home …
May 2019 E Book Special–The Medallion!
https://www.tyndale.com/p/the-medallion/20863/e-book
The Saving Amelie Tour
A Unique Journey through Israel to Oberammergau’s Passion Play. Award-winning Authors Cathy Gohlke and Terri Gillespie will lead a once-in-a-lifetime journey through Israel and end at the location of Cathy’s bestselling book, Saving Amelie, June 15-27, 2020. For …
Road Trippin’ with Tyndale and Melanie Dobson: Stop #9
Welcome to Tyndale Fiction’sRoad Trip Scavenger Hunt! We’re so happy you are here. To participate, collect the key words through all 13 stops in order, so you can enter to win our grand prize giveaway! Some details: The adventure begins on Wednesday, August 1. You’ll have two weeks to make your way through all the stops (giveaways will close on …