Just in Time for the New Year...

...the Robert Benchley Society announces that our Commemorative Tenth Anniversary Edition of Love Conquers All is available for purchase on Create Space and at Amazon. (If you buy using the Amazon link, be sure to buy from Amazon to get this commemorative edition. Other resellers on Amazon offer Love Conquers All in other editions lacking our valuable additional materials.)
Originally published in 1922 by Henry Holt and Company, this volume contains 63 Benchley essays, previously published in Life, The New York World, The New York Tribune, The Detroit Athletic Club News, and The Consolidated Press Association. The illustrations by Gluyas Williams are also from the 1922 edition.
The RBS 10th Anniversary Edition features a new forward written for the Society by humorist Bob Newhart, an introduction by Society chairman, David Trumbull, and a thoughtful essay on Benchley's humor style and influence by Ed Tasca.
That's not all. This volume has the essays by the first place winners of the Society's annual humor-writing competitions:
W. Bruce Cameron, Horace Digby, Tim French, Madeleine Begun Kane, Daniel Montville, and Mike Tuck.
Humorists Dave Barry, Arte Johnson, and Mark Russell also contributed material in this edition, which is "must have" item for any fan of witty humor in the Benchley mode.

Published by award-winning Glendower Media.

An Interview with W. Bruce Cameron

The paperback edition of W. Bruce Cameron's bestseller, A Dog's Purpose, is released today. The interview that I had with him is syndicated at Associated Content from Yahoo. You can read it here An Interview with W. Bruce Cameron
As you know, Bruce has been named Columnist of the Year by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC). The awards ceremony is scheduled on Friday evening, June 24, 2011, at the NSNC "Rebound in Motown" Conference in Detroit.
During the Conference, there will also be "A Moderate State of Preservation" gathering hosted by Tom Saunders.

Congratulations, Bruce!

W. Bruce Cameron Named Columnist of the Year by Newspaper Columnists Soc.

Syndicated columnist W. Bruce Cameron has been named 2011 Columnist of the Year by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. The full story is available HERE.

Above, 2005 Robert Benchley Humor Writing Award Winner Horace Digby Presents W. Bruce Cameron with the 2006 Benchley Humor Award at a Ceremony in Los Angeles.

In 2006 Bruce was chosen by Dave Barry as First Place Winner in the Annual Robert Benchley Society Humor Writing Competition for his essay Golf for the First Time.

The 2011 Benchley humor competition is open for entry now through April 30th. Our judge this year is Mark Russell whose topical and political humor and music parodies, have pleased us all for more than three decades in personal performances, television shows, and radio broadcasts. Mark Russell's own website is at www.markrussell.net. For more information or to enter CLICK HERE.