"The Miami Book Fair is a happening," Sara Williams said, "It's not only an honor to be invited, but also great fun. I look forward to meeting so many authors whom I greatly admire, and chatting with mystery fans who join in."
"One Big Itch" is one timely read, set in the upscale academic world of Honolulu, a Polynesian city dating from the 12th century. Honolulu absorbed layer upon layer of input from other cultures and eventually spawned a sophisticated academic milieu which produced—among other notables—a brilliant politician who now occupies the White House.
"One Big Itch" has been lauded by reviewers around the nation for its depth of characterization, deft plotting, and lush tropical detail. The novel offers maps, charts and a glossary of colorful Hawaiian words.
"One Big Itch" is Williams' third mystery. Her first novel, "The Don Juan Con", was optioned by Robert Evans for Paramount Studios; her second, "The Serenoa Scandal", prequel to "One Big Itch", is set in Florida's Okeechobee country, where Spyer rescues Maya Menecal, his Cuban lover who is sorely tried by Spyer's troubled past in One Big Itch.
Trouble starts when the charismatic economist Dr. Randolph Kealoha Bishop Haverhill is blown away on the doorstep of his Nu'uanu Valley mansion. Haverhill's current and ex wives detest each other, but both insist that Randy was murdered by one of his crazed lovers. So why do the police arrest Toby, Haverhill's teenage son?
As playful as Honolulu may be, the city is also haunted, as any Hawaiian knows, and Haverhill's friend from childhood, Hawaiian P.I. John Spyer, is one haunted man. He's a conflicted hapa haole (half white), too much of a haole to heed mercurial fire goddess Madam Pele's warning to steer clear of the Haverhill matter. But Spyer is a Polynesian to the core. No decent Hawaiian says no to an old friend. Spyer takes on the case, only to find that every move he makes jeopardizes his own client and opens his own psychic wounds in the process.
Williams winters in Fort Myers, summers in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, and has ties to Hawaii that go back some thirty years. She teaches at The Peace River Center for Writing, Edison State College, Port Charlotte.
LINKS
Read sample chapters, download author photo and book cover art at:
http://www.archebooks.com/
Read Sara's blog and events schedule at: http://www.sarawilliamsnovelist.com/
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sept 28 2009 - Bilingual Poetry Reading in Frostburg State University's Lane Center
Frostburg State University's Center for Creative Writing and Dr. Natalia Ramirez of the Foreign Language Department present a bilingual poetry reading at the Derezinski Lounge in the Lane University Center on Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public.
Students will read poems in both Spanish and English. Some poems will be created by the students themselves.
The event is designed to encourage cultural awareness and literature while working in a creative fashion.
For more information, contact Dr. Ramirez at 301-687-3231 or nmramirez@frostburg.edu.
FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-4102 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.
Students will read poems in both Spanish and English. Some poems will be created by the students themselves.
The event is designed to encourage cultural awareness and literature while working in a creative fashion.
For more information, contact Dr. Ramirez at 301-687-3231 or nmramirez@frostburg.edu.
FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-4102 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1-800-735-2258.
Sept 28 2009 - When Real Life Fiction Meets the Censor CGCC Hosts Award-Winning Author Chris Crutcher
Award-winning author, educator, and family therapist Chris Crutcher will address students and community members in celebration of Banned Books Week at Chandler-Gilbert Community College on Monday September 28, from 9:50 to 11 a.m. in the CGCC Performing Arts Center on the college's Pecos campus.
Countless stories drawn from his work as a mental health expert and child protection advocate have made Crutcher's 10 novels realistic, compelling, and unflinchingly truthful. But what happens when this gritty real-life fiction flags the conservative censors? How does this candid author respond? And why does winning the battle really matter? Crutcher will map out his history with and response to being challenged and banned for more than two decades.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Kim Chuppa-Cornell at ( 480 ) 732-7022.
Countless stories drawn from his work as a mental health expert and child protection advocate have made Crutcher's 10 novels realistic, compelling, and unflinchingly truthful. But what happens when this gritty real-life fiction flags the conservative censors? How does this candid author respond? And why does winning the battle really matter? Crutcher will map out his history with and response to being challenged and banned for more than two decades.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Kim Chuppa-Cornell at ( 480 ) 732-7022.
Oct 3 2009 - Fahrney’s Pens Offers Cursive Writing Workshops For Young Students
To kick off the new school year, Fahrney's Pens is offering its second series of Cursive Handwriting Workshops for children ages 8 to 12 years, (3rd – 6th grade). The first series was held during this year's summer break and was very well received by children and parents alike.
Penmanship was once an important part of every student's early education, but the world of personal computers, e-mail and texting has rendered the handwritten note an obsolete form of communication – a skill that many of today's students only learn to appreciate from their grandparents. Schools are spending less time than ever teaching the art of cursive handwriting as more effort is devoted to typing in the early grades.
Cursive – the long, flowing style of penmanship in which the letters connect – is taught to youngsters letter-by-letter in daily drills, usually around the third grade. However, other subjects often take precedence over penmanship, so many students can't read or write in cursive. Parents are now beginning to realize that their children are graduating with atrocious or illegible handwriting. According to the College Board, when the SAT added a handwritten essay to its 2006 exam, only 15 percent of the almost 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive.
Fahrney's decided to offer parents an alternative means for their children to practice and learn the art of cursive writing. Our two-hour workshops are being held on the following Saturdays from 2:00–4:00pm in Fahrney's downtown store: Sept 26th or Oct 3rd. Each workshop is limited to six students and costs $60, which includes a workbook and a fountain pen that they can take home.
Studies show that learning cursive helps children's brain synapses to develop because it requires fluid movement, eye-hand coordination and fine motor skill development. Cursive writing is considered an art form for students to display their inner feelings and thoughts and helps to reinforce the importance of clear communication.
Fahrney's Pens, celebrating their 80th Anniversary this year, has served as Washington's premier source for fine writing instruments, accessories and pen expertise since 1929. Fahrney's is as much a part of the city's legacy as the White House and Lincoln Memorial and has taken its place as the pen retailer of choice for many of the city's most prominent businessmen, politicians, and diplomats.
Here is the link to the workshop invitation on Fahrney's website:
http://www.fahrneyspens.com/content--id-12
Store location: 1317 F Street, NW
Washington, DC (just 2 blocks from the White House) 202-628-9525
Penmanship was once an important part of every student's early education, but the world of personal computers, e-mail and texting has rendered the handwritten note an obsolete form of communication – a skill that many of today's students only learn to appreciate from their grandparents. Schools are spending less time than ever teaching the art of cursive handwriting as more effort is devoted to typing in the early grades.
Cursive – the long, flowing style of penmanship in which the letters connect – is taught to youngsters letter-by-letter in daily drills, usually around the third grade. However, other subjects often take precedence over penmanship, so many students can't read or write in cursive. Parents are now beginning to realize that their children are graduating with atrocious or illegible handwriting. According to the College Board, when the SAT added a handwritten essay to its 2006 exam, only 15 percent of the almost 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive.
Fahrney's decided to offer parents an alternative means for their children to practice and learn the art of cursive writing. Our two-hour workshops are being held on the following Saturdays from 2:00–4:00pm in Fahrney's downtown store: Sept 26th or Oct 3rd. Each workshop is limited to six students and costs $60, which includes a workbook and a fountain pen that they can take home.
Studies show that learning cursive helps children's brain synapses to develop because it requires fluid movement, eye-hand coordination and fine motor skill development. Cursive writing is considered an art form for students to display their inner feelings and thoughts and helps to reinforce the importance of clear communication.
Fahrney's Pens, celebrating their 80th Anniversary this year, has served as Washington's premier source for fine writing instruments, accessories and pen expertise since 1929. Fahrney's is as much a part of the city's legacy as the White House and Lincoln Memorial and has taken its place as the pen retailer of choice for many of the city's most prominent businessmen, politicians, and diplomats.
Here is the link to the workshop invitation on Fahrney's website:
http://www.fahrneyspens.com/content--id-12
Store location: 1317 F Street, NW
Washington, DC (just 2 blocks from the White House) 202-628-9525
Maine Women Writers Collection announces fall 2009 author program series
The University of New England's Maine Women Writers Collection will host a series of five author programs during fall 2009.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, contact Cally Gurley, curator at 207-221-4324 or cgurley@une.edu
Film 9/29 & 9/30
"The Maine Women Writers Collection: The First Fifty Years"
Tuesday, September 29, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, UNE
Wednesday, September 30, 1:00 p.m. WCHP Lecture Hall, Parker Pavilion, Portland Campus, UNE
Lecture 10/1
Inaugural Donna M. Loring Lecture
"Red Hope: Weaving Waponahki Policy toward Decolonization"
presented by Rebecca Sockbeson, University of Alberta Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, October 1, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, UNE
Sockbeson and Loring will participate in a colloquium on Maine Native American curriculum and the Maine Learning Initiative co-sponsored by the UNE Department of Education and the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs
Thursday, October 1, 4:00 p.m. St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, UNE
Reading 10/8
Portland author Nicole Chaison will read from her new book Passion of the Hausfrau
Thursday, October 8, 5:00 p.m. Sarton Room, MWWC, Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus, UNE
Event 11/10
New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors
A Perdita Huston Purple Starfish Event co-sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection, the UNE Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs, and the UNE Art Gallery. Panel discussion.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. UNE Art Gallery, Portland Campus, UNE
Lecture 11/12
A Lady of Maine: The Life and Work of Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood
Presented by Karen A. Weyler, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. Shettleworth Auditorium, Maine Historical Society, 485 Congress Street, Portland, 774-1822
All events are free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, contact Cally Gurley, curator at 207-221-4324 or cgurley@une.edu
Film 9/29 & 9/30
"The Maine Women Writers Collection: The First Fifty Years"
Tuesday, September 29, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, UNE
Wednesday, September 30, 1:00 p.m. WCHP Lecture Hall, Parker Pavilion, Portland Campus, UNE
Lecture 10/1
Inaugural Donna M. Loring Lecture
"Red Hope: Weaving Waponahki Policy toward Decolonization"
presented by Rebecca Sockbeson, University of Alberta Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, October 1, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, UNE
Sockbeson and Loring will participate in a colloquium on Maine Native American curriculum and the Maine Learning Initiative co-sponsored by the UNE Department of Education and the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs
Thursday, October 1, 4:00 p.m. St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, UNE
Reading 10/8
Portland author Nicole Chaison will read from her new book Passion of the Hausfrau
Thursday, October 8, 5:00 p.m. Sarton Room, MWWC, Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus, UNE
Event 11/10
New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors
A Perdita Huston Purple Starfish Event co-sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection, the UNE Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs, and the UNE Art Gallery. Panel discussion.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. UNE Art Gallery, Portland Campus, UNE
Lecture 11/12
A Lady of Maine: The Life and Work of Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood
Presented by Karen A. Weyler, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. Shettleworth Auditorium, Maine Historical Society, 485 Congress Street, Portland, 774-1822
Nov 7 2009 - Maine Literary Festival To Explore Literature
A special evening event at the Camden Opera House on Saturday, November 7 will kick off a year-long celebration by the Maine Literary Festival of New Voices in America reflecting Cross-Cultural Experience.
The Festival will present 13 writers from diverse cultures and ethnic experience, whose novels, non-fiction and poetry are capturing the attention of readers and critics with their beauty, insight and reflection. This evening of presentations, readings and discussions will launch a full year of events and programs culminating in the 2010 Maine Literary Festival.
Featured authors include Shilpa Agarwal, Francisco Aragón, Carol Willette Bachofner, Ashley Bryan, Jaed Coffin, Eugene Gloria, Judy Hakola, Reza Jalali, John Muthyala, Pat Nyhan, Rishi Reddi, Allen Sockabasin and Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest. Photos and biographies of all these writers can be viewed online at http://www.maineliteraryfestival.org/.
"The evening is rich and full; the topic is far-reaching; and the participant authors and poets will provide an exciting foundation for the year-long celebration of the literature of cross-cultural experience," said Maryanne Shanahan, chair of the Maine Literary Festival. "I am delighted that we are able to present this wonderful topic and give it full consideration over the next twelve months."
The evening will begin at 6:30PM and will end with a reception -- including book signings -- for authors and participants. General admission is $50 or $30 for students with valid ID. Save the date and register online through the Opera House Ticket booking service at http://www.camdenoperahouse.com/ or by sending checks to the Maine Literary Festival, Box 886, Camden, ME 04843.
The Festival will present 13 writers from diverse cultures and ethnic experience, whose novels, non-fiction and poetry are capturing the attention of readers and critics with their beauty, insight and reflection. This evening of presentations, readings and discussions will launch a full year of events and programs culminating in the 2010 Maine Literary Festival.
Featured authors include Shilpa Agarwal, Francisco Aragón, Carol Willette Bachofner, Ashley Bryan, Jaed Coffin, Eugene Gloria, Judy Hakola, Reza Jalali, John Muthyala, Pat Nyhan, Rishi Reddi, Allen Sockabasin and Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest. Photos and biographies of all these writers can be viewed online at http://www.maineliteraryfestival.org/.
"The evening is rich and full; the topic is far-reaching; and the participant authors and poets will provide an exciting foundation for the year-long celebration of the literature of cross-cultural experience," said Maryanne Shanahan, chair of the Maine Literary Festival. "I am delighted that we are able to present this wonderful topic and give it full consideration over the next twelve months."
The evening will begin at 6:30PM and will end with a reception -- including book signings -- for authors and participants. General admission is $50 or $30 for students with valid ID. Save the date and register online through the Opera House Ticket booking service at http://www.camdenoperahouse.com/ or by sending checks to the Maine Literary Festival, Box 886, Camden, ME 04843.
Oct 5 2009 - Poet Brian Teare will read at Prairie Lights
Poet Brian Teare will read from "Sight Map," his new collection, in a free event at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City.
The event, co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will be streamed live and archived on the Writing University Web site: http://writinguniversity.uiowa.edu/.
In "Sight Map" Teare blends the speculative poetics of the San Francisco Renaissance with a postconfessional candor to embody the "open field" tradition of such including Robin Blaser and Robert Duncan. Sight Map serves at once as a cross-country travelogue, a pilgrim's gnostic progress, an improvised field guide, and a postmodern "pillowbook," recording the erotic conflation of lover and beloved, deity and doubter.
Teare, who teaches at the California College of the Arts, is the author of the Brittingham Prize-winning "The Room Where I Was Born," as well as the forthcoming volume "Pleasure" and two chapbooks. He has received Stegner, National Endowment for the Arts and MacDowell Colony poetry fellowships.
The event, co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will be streamed live and archived on the Writing University Web site: http://writinguniversity.uiowa.edu/.
In "Sight Map" Teare blends the speculative poetics of the San Francisco Renaissance with a postconfessional candor to embody the "open field" tradition of such including Robin Blaser and Robert Duncan. Sight Map serves at once as a cross-country travelogue, a pilgrim's gnostic progress, an improvised field guide, and a postmodern "pillowbook," recording the erotic conflation of lover and beloved, deity and doubter.
Teare, who teaches at the California College of the Arts, is the author of the Brittingham Prize-winning "The Room Where I Was Born," as well as the forthcoming volume "Pleasure" and two chapbooks. He has received Stegner, National Endowment for the Arts and MacDowell Colony poetry fellowships.
Monday, September 21, 2009
New course brings notable writers to UNC
Creative writing students will study with notable authors during a new course offered this semester at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The writers also will give free public readings of their works.
Through the course, “Living Writers,” students pursuing a minor in creative writing are reading the works of contemporary writers Tobias Wolff, Cary Holladay, Stuart Dybek and Andrea Barrett. The writers will visit the class, lead discussions and answer questions.
It is the creative writing program’s first and only semester-length class arranged entirely around visiting writers and their works.
“It’s a great experience, especially for the students to have the opportunity to talk with the writers they are reading and ask about the art and craft of writing,” said Pam Durban, Doris Betts Distinguished Professor in the department of English and comparative literature, who is teaching the course. “It brings writing alive for them in a way that nothing else can.”
Wolff , the first writer to visit for the class, will give a free public reading at 5:30 p.m. Thursday ( Sept. 10 ) in Hyde Hall as part of the North Carolina Literary Festival. The other writers’ free public readings, all at 5:30 p.m., will be:
Sept. 29: Holladay, University Room, Hyde Hall;
Oct. 15: Dybek, Dialectic Hall, Old West; and
Nov. 5: Barrett, University Room, Hyde Hall.
Wolff’s books include the memoirs “This Boy’s Life” and “In Pharaoh’s Army: Memories of the Lost War,” the novels “The Barracks Thief” and “Old School” and four collections of short stories. He has won many awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Holladay is the author of five volumes of fiction: the novels “A Fight in the Doctor’s Office” and “Mercury” and the short story collections “The Quick-Change Artist,” “The Palace of Wasted Footsteps” and “The People Down South.” Her honors include an O. Henry Prize, the Paul Bowles Prize for Fiction and fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Dybek is the author of three books of fiction, “I Sailed With Magellan,” “The Coast of Chicago” and “Childhood and Other Neighborhoods.” He also wrote two collections of poetry. He has won a MacArthur Prize, a PEN/Malamud Prize, a Whiting Writer’s Award, several O. Henry Prizes and an award from the Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Barrett’s collections of short fiction won major awards – “Ship Fever” received a 1996 National Book Award, and “Servants of the Map” was a 2003 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of six novels, including her most recent, “The Air We Breathe.” A current MacArthur Fellow, she also has received NEA, Guggenheim and New York Public Library fellowships.
The “Living Writers” course is made possible by a gift from Sallie Shuping-Russell to the College of Arts and Sciences. Shuping-Russell graduated from Carolina in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in English and political science and serves on the UNC Board of Trustees. The gift honors her mother, Margaret R. Shuping, who graduated from UNC in 1944 with a degree in journalism.
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, ( 919 ) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu
Through the course, “Living Writers,” students pursuing a minor in creative writing are reading the works of contemporary writers Tobias Wolff, Cary Holladay, Stuart Dybek and Andrea Barrett. The writers will visit the class, lead discussions and answer questions.
It is the creative writing program’s first and only semester-length class arranged entirely around visiting writers and their works.
“It’s a great experience, especially for the students to have the opportunity to talk with the writers they are reading and ask about the art and craft of writing,” said Pam Durban, Doris Betts Distinguished Professor in the department of English and comparative literature, who is teaching the course. “It brings writing alive for them in a way that nothing else can.”
Wolff , the first writer to visit for the class, will give a free public reading at 5:30 p.m. Thursday ( Sept. 10 ) in Hyde Hall as part of the North Carolina Literary Festival. The other writers’ free public readings, all at 5:30 p.m., will be:
Sept. 29: Holladay, University Room, Hyde Hall;
Oct. 15: Dybek, Dialectic Hall, Old West; and
Nov. 5: Barrett, University Room, Hyde Hall.
Wolff’s books include the memoirs “This Boy’s Life” and “In Pharaoh’s Army: Memories of the Lost War,” the novels “The Barracks Thief” and “Old School” and four collections of short stories. He has won many awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Holladay is the author of five volumes of fiction: the novels “A Fight in the Doctor’s Office” and “Mercury” and the short story collections “The Quick-Change Artist,” “The Palace of Wasted Footsteps” and “The People Down South.” Her honors include an O. Henry Prize, the Paul Bowles Prize for Fiction and fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Dybek is the author of three books of fiction, “I Sailed With Magellan,” “The Coast of Chicago” and “Childhood and Other Neighborhoods.” He also wrote two collections of poetry. He has won a MacArthur Prize, a PEN/Malamud Prize, a Whiting Writer’s Award, several O. Henry Prizes and an award from the Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Barrett’s collections of short fiction won major awards – “Ship Fever” received a 1996 National Book Award, and “Servants of the Map” was a 2003 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of six novels, including her most recent, “The Air We Breathe.” A current MacArthur Fellow, she also has received NEA, Guggenheim and New York Public Library fellowships.
The “Living Writers” course is made possible by a gift from Sallie Shuping-Russell to the College of Arts and Sciences. Shuping-Russell graduated from Carolina in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in English and political science and serves on the UNC Board of Trustees. The gift honors her mother, Margaret R. Shuping, who graduated from UNC in 1944 with a degree in journalism.
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, ( 919 ) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu
Author Denise Turney to Appear at the 7th Annual Collingswood Book Festival
Denise Turney (chistell.com), author of the books Portia, Love Has Many Faces, Spiral, Long Walk Up and Love Pour Over Me will appear at the Annual Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Now in its 7th year, the book festival will be held from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM.
The event is located on Collingswood, New Jersey's Haddon Avenue and covers six blocks. There will be activities for children and book readers of all ages. Food is available at the event or from nearby restaurants and eateries. Visitors can relax and attend indoor workshops at the local library which is located in the same area as the festival.
This marks author Denise Turney's third year at the festival. While there Turney will autograph copies of her four published books. She will also discuss the details of her fifth novel, Love Pour Over Me, which is due out early 2010.
Other artists scheduled to appear at the 7th Annual Collingswood Book Festival include Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen and Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project HOME. Sister Mary was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2009. Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, Alicia Bessette, author of All Come Home and children's book authors, Mutiya and David Vision are just a few of the other many authors scheduled to appear at this year's festival.
The festival comes at the same time that Denise Turney starts her annual writing contest which is going into its 10th year. Book lovers can pick up free excerpts from Turney's new book Love Pour Over Me at the festival. The author will also be available to respond to questions from new writers and book readers.
Readers interested in learning more about Denise Turney, her books, writing courses, Off The Shelf radio, the Annual Chistell Writing contest or The Book Lover's Haven (subscription is free) may do so by visiting http://www.chistell.com/.
The event is located on Collingswood, New Jersey's Haddon Avenue and covers six blocks. There will be activities for children and book readers of all ages. Food is available at the event or from nearby restaurants and eateries. Visitors can relax and attend indoor workshops at the local library which is located in the same area as the festival.
This marks author Denise Turney's third year at the festival. While there Turney will autograph copies of her four published books. She will also discuss the details of her fifth novel, Love Pour Over Me, which is due out early 2010.
Other artists scheduled to appear at the 7th Annual Collingswood Book Festival include Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen and Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project HOME. Sister Mary was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2009. Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, Alicia Bessette, author of All Come Home and children's book authors, Mutiya and David Vision are just a few of the other many authors scheduled to appear at this year's festival.
The festival comes at the same time that Denise Turney starts her annual writing contest which is going into its 10th year. Book lovers can pick up free excerpts from Turney's new book Love Pour Over Me at the festival. The author will also be available to respond to questions from new writers and book readers.
Readers interested in learning more about Denise Turney, her books, writing courses, Off The Shelf radio, the Annual Chistell Writing contest or The Book Lover's Haven (subscription is free) may do so by visiting http://www.chistell.com/.
NYS Writers Institute Events Week of September 28 - October 4, 2009
Joseph O'Neill, Novelist, Author of "Netherland" (2008) President Obama's First Book for Pleasure Reading Since Becoming President, to Read September 29, 2009
Joseph O'Neill, author of the novel, "Netherland" (2008), winner of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award and President Obama's first choice for pleasure reading since assuming the presidency, will read from his work on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, on the University at Albany's uptown campus. Earlier that same day at 4:15 p.m. the author will present an informal seminar in the same location. The events are sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute and are free and open to the public.
Joseph O'Neill, Irish-Turkish novelist, is the winner of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for "Netherland," the story of a multiracial group of immigrant cricket players living in New York City. "New Yorker" critic James Wood called the book "Exquisitely written," and "one of the most remarkable postcolonial books I have ever read."
The book features a Dutch-born narrator, Hans van den Broek, a New York-based equities analyst whose wife abandons him shortly after the collapse of the World Trade Center, taking their son Jake with her back to London. Van den Broek seeks solace and friendship by joining a cricket league made up of West Indian and Asian New Yorkers. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with Chuck Ramkissoon, a charismatic hustler from Trinidad who works for the Russian mob. Ramkissoon's ambition— his personal version of the American dream— is to build a cricket stadium in Brooklyn.
Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer said in advance praise, "'Netherland' is suspenseful, artful, psychologically pitch-perfect, and a wonderful read. But more than any of that, it's revelatory. Joseph O'Neill has managed to paint the most famous city in the world, and the most familiar concept in the world (love) in an entirely new way." Writing in the "New York Times Book Review," Dwight Garner said, "'Netherland' has more life inside it than ten very good novels," and called it, "the wittiest, angriest, most exacting and most desolate work of fiction we've yet had about life in New York and London after the World Trade Center fell." The "Times" also named it one of the "Ten Best Books of 2008."
In "Netherland," the Dutch protagonist's voyage of discovery in post-9/11 New York evokes— symbolically— an earlier age of European exploration in North America.
Last May, President Obama revealed that he had taken up "Netherland" as bedtime reading. In a "Newsweek" interview he called it, "Fascinating…. A wonderful book," and in a BBC World Service interview he called it "An excellent novel." His endorsement gave "Netherland" a substantial boost in sales and pushed it on to a number of national and international bestseller lists.
The son of an Irish father and a Turkish mother, O'Neill was born in Cork, Ireland and grew up in the Netherlands. His previous books include the novels "This Is the Life" (1991) and "The Breezes" (1996), and the memoir, "Blood Dark Track" (2001), a "New York Times" Notable Book for 2002, and a Book of the Year for the "Economist" and the "Irish Times." "Blood Dark Track" explores the lives of O'Neill's grandfathers, one Irish and an IRA soldier, the other Turkish and a suspected Axis spy, both imprisoned by the British for political crimes during World War II. The "Times Literary Supplement" said, "The progress of his investigations are imbued with all the darkening excitement of a novel by le Carre or Greene."
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Tom Lewis, Author of "The Hudson: a History" to Speak as Part of the Hudson Quadricentennial, September 30, 2009
Tom Lewis, author of "The Hudson: A History," will speak as part of the Hudson 400 celebration on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. [NOTE EARLY START TIME] in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on the University at Albany's uptown campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, the New York State Writers Institute, and UAlbany's Offices of the President and Provost, as part of UAlbany's Hudson 400 theme semester. Reception and book signing to follow.
Tom Lewis is a professor of English at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and the author of "The Hudson: A History" (2005), a grand retelling of the river's past featuring well-known and little-known stories of explorers, traders, soldiers, artists, politicians, writers, industrialists and environmental crusaders.
Filmmaker Ken Burns said, "What Tom Lewis has so wonderfully done here is willed to life one of the great rivers in our history, insisting that it offer up its deep secrets and best stories." Author Kenneth T. Jackson said in advance praise, "Few places in America can match the beauty, the majesty, and the historic significance of the Hudson River. Thanks to Tom Lewis's elegant style, penetrating observations, and marvelous illustrations, we at last have a book worthy of such a grand topic."
The "Booklist" reviewer said, "The incomparable beauty of the Hudson Valley, somehow surviving the effluent poured into it, connects the individuals and events appearing in Lewis' chronological story, becoming explicit when he takes up the famously ethereal Hudson school of landscape painting. Spanning armies and aesthetics, the versatile, fluid Lewis writes with affection for the river and its history." The "New York Post" reviewer said, "No book I know so beautifully interweaves history, art, writing and commerce."
Earlier books by Lewis include "Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life" (1997) and "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio" (1991). The "Chicago Tribune" said of "Divided Highways," "Anyone who has ever driven on a U. S. interstate highway or eaten at an exit-ramp McDonald's will come away from this book with a better understanding of what makes modern America what it is." "School Library Journal" said that "Empire of the Air," is "fast-paced, fun reading and doubles as a useful teaching tool for teachers of American history and culture, science, and mass communication."
Both books were made into acclaimed PBS documentaries. Lewis codirected the film version of "Divided Highways," which received a 1997 Peabody Award. Ken Burns directed "Empire of the Air" (1991), which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Special.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, the New York State Writers Institute, and UAlbany's Offices of the President and Provost, as part of UAlbany's Hudson 400 theme semester. A reception and book signing will follow Lewis's presentation.
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Java Poets Collective to Offer Celebratory Reading to Launch Publication of "Java Wednesdays" October 4, 2009
The Java Poets Collective, a group that grew out of a New York State Writers Institute community workshop taught by poet Cara Benson, will launch the publication of its first chapbook, "Java Wednesdays," with a group reading on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 2-4 p.m. at Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary, 217 Wolf Road in Albany. The event is free and open to the public.
In spring 2006 the New York State Writers Institute offered a workshop in poetry conducted by Cara Benson. Following the conclusion of the workshop the participants continued to meet independently, forming the Java Poets Collective. The group is publishing "Java Wednesdays," a chapbook of their work, and will launch its release with a reading. Readers include Deb Adler, Joe Capobianco, Maria DeLucia-Evans, Gwen Gould, Scott Hicks, Nick Kling, Cecele Kraus, Suzanne Myers, Terry Royne, Jan Tramontano, Amy White, and the group's former instructor, Cara Benson.
Cara Benson was recently chosen by Belladonna Press to participate in the Belladonna Elders Series, a program that enables emerging writers to guest-host readings with major writers "who influence and inspire them." Benson hosted pioneering American performance poets Anne Waldman and Jayne Cortez, an event commemorated in the book, "Belladonna Elder Series #7" (2009).
Forthcoming books by Benson include "Predictions" (2009) and "(made)" (2010). She also edits the online journal "Sous Rature." Her writing appears in print and online in "88," "HOW2," "EOAGH," "Sentence," "BoogCity," "Tarpaulin Sky," and elsewhere. Chapbooks include "Quantum Chaos and Poems: A Manifest(o)ation" (2nd printing, 2008), "Spell/ing ( ) Bound," and "Up" (2008-9). In addition to teaching for Skidmore College, Benson conducts a poetry workshop every Tuesday with male inmates at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
The New York State Writers Institute offers free non-credit writing workshops throughout the academic year in a variety of genres and levels for members of the community at large. Workshops are taught by writers-in-residence who have distinguished themselves both for their writing and their teaching. The workshops are open to all applicants on a competitive basis.
In addition to Cara Benson, authors conducting workshops at the Institute have included Douglas Bauer, Elizabeth Benedict, Langdon Brown, Angela Carter, Lydia Davis, Carolyn Forché, Douglas Glover, Eamon Grennan, James Lasdun, Antonine Maillet, Judith Malina, John Montague, Joan Murray, William Patrick, Jerome Rothenberg, Edward Sanders, Le Anne Schreiber, Richard Selzer and Rebecca Wolff.
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
"Blue Moon" to be Screened on October 2, 2009
"Blue Moon" (United States, 2000, 89 minutes, color, directed by John A. Gallagher) will be shown on Friday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute, the screening is free and open to the public.
After forty years of marriage, a couple, played by Rita Moreno and Ben Gazzara, attempts to rekindle romance at their favorite Catskill retreat in this magical-realist fable. The story is told in flashbacks as the couple makes a wish upon a blue moon. The "New York Times" called the film "A credible and touching portrait of a marriage…."
Rita Moreno, award-winning performer, will appear at the Writers Institute on Wednesday, October 7 to present the 14th annual Burian Lecture at 8 p.m. in Page Hall on the UAlbany downtown campus.
For additional information contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Joseph O'Neill, author of the novel, "Netherland" (2008), winner of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award and President Obama's first choice for pleasure reading since assuming the presidency, will read from his work on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, on the University at Albany's uptown campus. Earlier that same day at 4:15 p.m. the author will present an informal seminar in the same location. The events are sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute and are free and open to the public.
Joseph O'Neill, Irish-Turkish novelist, is the winner of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for "Netherland," the story of a multiracial group of immigrant cricket players living in New York City. "New Yorker" critic James Wood called the book "Exquisitely written," and "one of the most remarkable postcolonial books I have ever read."
The book features a Dutch-born narrator, Hans van den Broek, a New York-based equities analyst whose wife abandons him shortly after the collapse of the World Trade Center, taking their son Jake with her back to London. Van den Broek seeks solace and friendship by joining a cricket league made up of West Indian and Asian New Yorkers. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with Chuck Ramkissoon, a charismatic hustler from Trinidad who works for the Russian mob. Ramkissoon's ambition— his personal version of the American dream— is to build a cricket stadium in Brooklyn.
Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer said in advance praise, "'Netherland' is suspenseful, artful, psychologically pitch-perfect, and a wonderful read. But more than any of that, it's revelatory. Joseph O'Neill has managed to paint the most famous city in the world, and the most familiar concept in the world (love) in an entirely new way." Writing in the "New York Times Book Review," Dwight Garner said, "'Netherland' has more life inside it than ten very good novels," and called it, "the wittiest, angriest, most exacting and most desolate work of fiction we've yet had about life in New York and London after the World Trade Center fell." The "Times" also named it one of the "Ten Best Books of 2008."
In "Netherland," the Dutch protagonist's voyage of discovery in post-9/11 New York evokes— symbolically— an earlier age of European exploration in North America.
Last May, President Obama revealed that he had taken up "Netherland" as bedtime reading. In a "Newsweek" interview he called it, "Fascinating…. A wonderful book," and in a BBC World Service interview he called it "An excellent novel." His endorsement gave "Netherland" a substantial boost in sales and pushed it on to a number of national and international bestseller lists.
The son of an Irish father and a Turkish mother, O'Neill was born in Cork, Ireland and grew up in the Netherlands. His previous books include the novels "This Is the Life" (1991) and "The Breezes" (1996), and the memoir, "Blood Dark Track" (2001), a "New York Times" Notable Book for 2002, and a Book of the Year for the "Economist" and the "Irish Times." "Blood Dark Track" explores the lives of O'Neill's grandfathers, one Irish and an IRA soldier, the other Turkish and a suspected Axis spy, both imprisoned by the British for political crimes during World War II. The "Times Literary Supplement" said, "The progress of his investigations are imbued with all the darkening excitement of a novel by le Carre or Greene."
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Tom Lewis, Author of "The Hudson: a History" to Speak as Part of the Hudson Quadricentennial, September 30, 2009
Tom Lewis, author of "The Hudson: A History," will speak as part of the Hudson 400 celebration on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. [NOTE EARLY START TIME] in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on the University at Albany's uptown campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, the New York State Writers Institute, and UAlbany's Offices of the President and Provost, as part of UAlbany's Hudson 400 theme semester. Reception and book signing to follow.
Tom Lewis is a professor of English at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and the author of "The Hudson: A History" (2005), a grand retelling of the river's past featuring well-known and little-known stories of explorers, traders, soldiers, artists, politicians, writers, industrialists and environmental crusaders.
Filmmaker Ken Burns said, "What Tom Lewis has so wonderfully done here is willed to life one of the great rivers in our history, insisting that it offer up its deep secrets and best stories." Author Kenneth T. Jackson said in advance praise, "Few places in America can match the beauty, the majesty, and the historic significance of the Hudson River. Thanks to Tom Lewis's elegant style, penetrating observations, and marvelous illustrations, we at last have a book worthy of such a grand topic."
The "Booklist" reviewer said, "The incomparable beauty of the Hudson Valley, somehow surviving the effluent poured into it, connects the individuals and events appearing in Lewis' chronological story, becoming explicit when he takes up the famously ethereal Hudson school of landscape painting. Spanning armies and aesthetics, the versatile, fluid Lewis writes with affection for the river and its history." The "New York Post" reviewer said, "No book I know so beautifully interweaves history, art, writing and commerce."
Earlier books by Lewis include "Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life" (1997) and "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio" (1991). The "Chicago Tribune" said of "Divided Highways," "Anyone who has ever driven on a U. S. interstate highway or eaten at an exit-ramp McDonald's will come away from this book with a better understanding of what makes modern America what it is." "School Library Journal" said that "Empire of the Air," is "fast-paced, fun reading and doubles as a useful teaching tool for teachers of American history and culture, science, and mass communication."
Both books were made into acclaimed PBS documentaries. Lewis codirected the film version of "Divided Highways," which received a 1997 Peabody Award. Ken Burns directed "Empire of the Air" (1991), which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Special.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, the New York State Writers Institute, and UAlbany's Offices of the President and Provost, as part of UAlbany's Hudson 400 theme semester. A reception and book signing will follow Lewis's presentation.
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Java Poets Collective to Offer Celebratory Reading to Launch Publication of "Java Wednesdays" October 4, 2009
The Java Poets Collective, a group that grew out of a New York State Writers Institute community workshop taught by poet Cara Benson, will launch the publication of its first chapbook, "Java Wednesdays," with a group reading on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 2-4 p.m. at Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary, 217 Wolf Road in Albany. The event is free and open to the public.
In spring 2006 the New York State Writers Institute offered a workshop in poetry conducted by Cara Benson. Following the conclusion of the workshop the participants continued to meet independently, forming the Java Poets Collective. The group is publishing "Java Wednesdays," a chapbook of their work, and will launch its release with a reading. Readers include Deb Adler, Joe Capobianco, Maria DeLucia-Evans, Gwen Gould, Scott Hicks, Nick Kling, Cecele Kraus, Suzanne Myers, Terry Royne, Jan Tramontano, Amy White, and the group's former instructor, Cara Benson.
Cara Benson was recently chosen by Belladonna Press to participate in the Belladonna Elders Series, a program that enables emerging writers to guest-host readings with major writers "who influence and inspire them." Benson hosted pioneering American performance poets Anne Waldman and Jayne Cortez, an event commemorated in the book, "Belladonna Elder Series #7" (2009).
Forthcoming books by Benson include "Predictions" (2009) and "(made)" (2010). She also edits the online journal "Sous Rature." Her writing appears in print and online in "88," "HOW2," "EOAGH," "Sentence," "BoogCity," "Tarpaulin Sky," and elsewhere. Chapbooks include "Quantum Chaos and Poems: A Manifest(o)ation" (2nd printing, 2008), "Spell/ing ( ) Bound," and "Up" (2008-9). In addition to teaching for Skidmore College, Benson conducts a poetry workshop every Tuesday with male inmates at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
The New York State Writers Institute offers free non-credit writing workshops throughout the academic year in a variety of genres and levels for members of the community at large. Workshops are taught by writers-in-residence who have distinguished themselves both for their writing and their teaching. The workshops are open to all applicants on a competitive basis.
In addition to Cara Benson, authors conducting workshops at the Institute have included Douglas Bauer, Elizabeth Benedict, Langdon Brown, Angela Carter, Lydia Davis, Carolyn Forché, Douglas Glover, Eamon Grennan, James Lasdun, Antonine Maillet, Judith Malina, John Montague, Joan Murray, William Patrick, Jerome Rothenberg, Edward Sanders, Le Anne Schreiber, Richard Selzer and Rebecca Wolff.
For additional information, contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
"Blue Moon" to be Screened on October 2, 2009
"Blue Moon" (United States, 2000, 89 minutes, color, directed by John A. Gallagher) will be shown on Friday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute, the screening is free and open to the public.
After forty years of marriage, a couple, played by Rita Moreno and Ben Gazzara, attempts to rekindle romance at their favorite Catskill retreat in this magical-realist fable. The story is told in flashbacks as the couple makes a wish upon a blue moon. The "New York Times" called the film "A credible and touching portrait of a marriage…."
Rita Moreno, award-winning performer, will appear at the Writers Institute on Wednesday, October 7 to present the 14th annual Burian Lecture at 8 p.m. in Page Hall on the UAlbany downtown campus.
For additional information contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sept 23 2009 - How to get a New York Publishing deal
The Church of Truth has invited InspireABook Founder, Julie Salisbury to host a Free information evening for all aspiring Authors who have an important message or story that needs to be published. Salisbury coaches writers to become authors by educating them about the realities of the publishing industry today "I work with a New York publishing company that is looking for non-fiction book proposals that help people, whether the subject matter is about bullying or an inspirational story about cancer. I help the writer to present their proposal in a professional and organized format clearly stating the type of reader that will benefit from the book and benefits to the reader and what they will learn by reading the book. It's a win, win for everyone involved, I educate the author, the author gets a publishing deal and the publisher doesn't waste his time reading manuscripts that he can't publish" states Salisbury.
The Free information evening will be held September 23rd 6.30pm - 8.00 pm and is open to all people that have just ideas or a completed manuscript. "Everyone can be an Author if you have an important message or information that needs to be spread, I show you a simple system to help you organize your material using templates and worksheets" says Salisbury
About Julie Salisbury, Author and Founder of InspireABook
Salisbury is a successful self-published author teaching other writers to become authors, but it wasn't always that way. Just four years ago Salisbury was a frustrated writer herself with lots of ideas but unsure where to start. Like many writers, she was trying to figure out how to turn seven years of letters, journal notes and photographs into a 200 page book.
She decided to dedicate two years of her life reading books, attending writers workshops, seminars and conferences to figure out a system to turn her content into a book. During this time she discovered a process that worked and developed and transformed it into the InspireABook system, the easiest book-building system in the world. She now helps other wirters to become authors in as little as two months, not two years.
If you would like to know more please attend the free information evening or contact Julie at contact@inspireabook.com
The Free information evening will be held September 23rd 6.30pm - 8.00 pm and is open to all people that have just ideas or a completed manuscript. "Everyone can be an Author if you have an important message or information that needs to be spread, I show you a simple system to help you organize your material using templates and worksheets" says Salisbury
About Julie Salisbury, Author and Founder of InspireABook
Salisbury is a successful self-published author teaching other writers to become authors, but it wasn't always that way. Just four years ago Salisbury was a frustrated writer herself with lots of ideas but unsure where to start. Like many writers, she was trying to figure out how to turn seven years of letters, journal notes and photographs into a 200 page book.
She decided to dedicate two years of her life reading books, attending writers workshops, seminars and conferences to figure out a system to turn her content into a book. During this time she discovered a process that worked and developed and transformed it into the InspireABook system, the easiest book-building system in the world. She now helps other wirters to become authors in as little as two months, not two years.
If you would like to know more please attend the free information evening or contact Julie at contact@inspireabook.com
Sept 26 2009 0 National Book Festival in Washington
A slew of celebrity writers from John Irving to Jodi Picoult are scheduled to take part in this year's National Book Festival in Washington, scheduled for Sept. 26.
Other famous authors expected to participate include James Patterson, Marilynne Robinson, Judy Blume, John Grisham, Junot Diaz, Colson Whitehead, Jeannette Walls, and Julia Glass.
The event, organized by the Library of Congress and held on the National Mall, is free.
Patterson, author of the Alex Cross series of thrillers set in Washington, will present at the Mysteries & Thrillers Pavilion, along with George Pelicanos, whose books are also set in Washington.
Patterson, who writes novels aimed at teens too, will appear at the Teens & Children pavilion as well, along with Nikki Grimes, Sharon Creech and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, who will appear with his collaborator, Carmen Agra Deedy.
Authors from the history and biography genre scheduled to appear at the event include Douglas Brinkley, Ken Burns, Gwen Ifill, Sue Monk Kidd and Simon Schama.
To get up-to-the-minute information for this year's event such as author activities and day-of event details, follow the Library of Congress on Twitter or become a fan of the Library of Congress on Facebook. The library also plans to launch, at the festival, a Web site called Read.gov, to pull together all of the Library's literary-promotion programs.
If you can't make it to the event, you can listen to podcasts featuring interviews with festival authors. The podcasts are free through the Library of Congress Web site or on iTunes.
For more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/bookfest.
Other famous authors expected to participate include James Patterson, Marilynne Robinson, Judy Blume, John Grisham, Junot Diaz, Colson Whitehead, Jeannette Walls, and Julia Glass.
The event, organized by the Library of Congress and held on the National Mall, is free.
Patterson, author of the Alex Cross series of thrillers set in Washington, will present at the Mysteries & Thrillers Pavilion, along with George Pelicanos, whose books are also set in Washington.
Patterson, who writes novels aimed at teens too, will appear at the Teens & Children pavilion as well, along with Nikki Grimes, Sharon Creech and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, who will appear with his collaborator, Carmen Agra Deedy.
Authors from the history and biography genre scheduled to appear at the event include Douglas Brinkley, Ken Burns, Gwen Ifill, Sue Monk Kidd and Simon Schama.
To get up-to-the-minute information for this year's event such as author activities and day-of event details, follow the Library of Congress on Twitter or become a fan of the Library of Congress on Facebook. The library also plans to launch, at the festival, a Web site called Read.gov, to pull together all of the Library's literary-promotion programs.
If you can't make it to the event, you can listen to podcasts featuring interviews with festival authors. The podcasts are free through the Library of Congress Web site or on iTunes.
For more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/bookfest.
The UA Poetry Center's fall calendar is full of exhibitions, lectures, workshops and other events
New exhibitions, readings, community classes, lectures and both visual and audio responses to the eco-art movement are among the events to be hosted this fall at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
Currently on display at the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St., is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reimagine." The collection focuses on sustainability in book arts and contains endpapers made from T-shirts, aluminum foil, waxed paper and other objects. The collection will be on display through Nov. 3.
The center is also hosting several workshops that are open to the public, beginning this month. Registration is required, and workshops generally cost between $150 and $155. They are:
"Focus on Voice," a fiction workshop led by novelist Lydia Millet will be held Sept. 14 through Oct. 19.
Ken Lamberton, an author and UA alumnus, will lead a workshop on intermediate memoir writing Sept. 17 through Oct. 22.
Eric Magrane, a naturalist, poet and educator who has had residencies with several national parks, will lead a session on eco-poetry, which will be held Oct. 5 through Nov. 16.
Poet Ann Fine will lead an introduction to poetry workshop Oct. 15 through Nov. 19.
Lila Zemborain, an Argentine poet and critic, and Rosa Alcalá, a poet who has held residencies in the United States, Scotland and Latin American countries, will co-host a Nov. 19 colloquium on translation.
Then, on Sept. 24, the center will host the release of the Terrain.org issue,"Borders & Bridges." The event will feature David Rothenberg, a jazz clarinetist and author whose writings have been published by The Nation, Wired, The Guardian and other major publications.
The local Web-based journal examines the interface between human made and natural environments. The release party is free and open to the public and will begin at 8 p.m. at the center.
The center is also collaborating with the Center for Biological Diversity to present the work of artists affiliated with "The Ghost Net Project" through Oct. 2. The showcase coincides with a lecture series featuring artists who directly engage with ecological issues.
"The Ghost Net Project" is a collaboration that uses the physical remains from fishing expeditions as a lens to examine historical, cultural and ecological relationships to the Sea of Cortez.
The project consists of 25 shadow boxes constructed with salvaged shrimp boat wood and filled with a display of flotsam and jetsam collected on the rocky shores of La Cholla near Puerto Peñasco. Each box is paired with a poem.
Artwork by artists involved in the project is for sale and will benefit the Sociedad Cooperativa Buzos de Puerto Punta Peñasco, a group of commercial divers of Puerto Peñasco that fish sustainably.
The project features collaborations by Heather Green and Katherine Larson, and a reception with the artists and the public will be held at the center on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.
Green's projects and installations employ an extensive range of media including traditional oil painting, letterpress, sculpture, photography and the Internet. Green, a UA alumna and adjunct instructor at the UA and Pima Community College, examines the nuances of place, memory and natural phenomena and is concerned with ecological awareness and preservation.
Larson, also a UA alumna, was a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia where she received her master of fine arts in 2004. In addition to writing, she has pursued a career as a research scientist and field ecologist and has both lived and studied in Uganda, Ireland, British Columbia, Costa Rica and the UA's Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Ariz.
The center will also present, "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," an exhibition featuring works by UA fine arts students. The show will run Nov. 17 through Dec. 11.
As part of the event, UA School of Art students, faculty and others will respond to the Poetry Center's theme for the fall 2009 semester, completing experiments in contemporary drawing inspired by the Earth's predicted fragile future.
The themed semester is focusing on the new dialogue surrounding the role that the environment is taking in the work of contemporary artists and writers.
All readings will be held at 8 p.m. at the center beginning Sept. 10 with Alison Hawthorne Deming, a poet and essayist.
Deming, also a UA English professor, will present “Baba Yaga, Demeter, and the Drunken Mother: Myth, Metaphor, and Science at the End of the World” on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m.
Deming's talk will be interdisciplinary in nature, culling topics related to environmental science, literary analysis and environmental ethics.
Her newest book, a collection of poems entitled "Rope," follows the paths of imagination into meditations on salt, love, Hurricane Katrina, Greek myth and the search for extraterrestrial life. The collection will be published this fall.
Others who will speak during the series include prize-winning poets and authors such as Sandra Alcosser, Jonathan Skinner, Juliana Spahr, David Dunn, Lucinda Bliss and Eleni Sikelianos.
The Poetry Center is also hosting an event, that will include a benefit, on Nov. 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the center.
The lecture and workshop, "The Inspirational Fact: The Role of Research in Writing Creative Nonfiction," will be presented by UA creative writing Professor Fenton Johnson and novelist Ander Monson.
Johnson and Monson will talk about ways that information and events inspire literary nonfiction and ways that writers can incorporate research into their creative works.
Tickets for The Inspirational Fact cost $60, and all proceeds will aid a fellowship fund for UA students in the master of fine arts program.
To purchase tickets, contact Marlene Cooksey at 520-621-3880 or mcooksey.arizona.edu.
Currently on display at the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St., is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reimagine." The collection focuses on sustainability in book arts and contains endpapers made from T-shirts, aluminum foil, waxed paper and other objects. The collection will be on display through Nov. 3.
The center is also hosting several workshops that are open to the public, beginning this month. Registration is required, and workshops generally cost between $150 and $155. They are:
"Focus on Voice," a fiction workshop led by novelist Lydia Millet will be held Sept. 14 through Oct. 19.
Ken Lamberton, an author and UA alumnus, will lead a workshop on intermediate memoir writing Sept. 17 through Oct. 22.
Eric Magrane, a naturalist, poet and educator who has had residencies with several national parks, will lead a session on eco-poetry, which will be held Oct. 5 through Nov. 16.
Poet Ann Fine will lead an introduction to poetry workshop Oct. 15 through Nov. 19.
Lila Zemborain, an Argentine poet and critic, and Rosa Alcalá, a poet who has held residencies in the United States, Scotland and Latin American countries, will co-host a Nov. 19 colloquium on translation.
Then, on Sept. 24, the center will host the release of the Terrain.org issue,"Borders & Bridges." The event will feature David Rothenberg, a jazz clarinetist and author whose writings have been published by The Nation, Wired, The Guardian and other major publications.
The local Web-based journal examines the interface between human made and natural environments. The release party is free and open to the public and will begin at 8 p.m. at the center.
The center is also collaborating with the Center for Biological Diversity to present the work of artists affiliated with "The Ghost Net Project" through Oct. 2. The showcase coincides with a lecture series featuring artists who directly engage with ecological issues.
"The Ghost Net Project" is a collaboration that uses the physical remains from fishing expeditions as a lens to examine historical, cultural and ecological relationships to the Sea of Cortez.
The project consists of 25 shadow boxes constructed with salvaged shrimp boat wood and filled with a display of flotsam and jetsam collected on the rocky shores of La Cholla near Puerto Peñasco. Each box is paired with a poem.
Artwork by artists involved in the project is for sale and will benefit the Sociedad Cooperativa Buzos de Puerto Punta Peñasco, a group of commercial divers of Puerto Peñasco that fish sustainably.
The project features collaborations by Heather Green and Katherine Larson, and a reception with the artists and the public will be held at the center on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.
Green's projects and installations employ an extensive range of media including traditional oil painting, letterpress, sculpture, photography and the Internet. Green, a UA alumna and adjunct instructor at the UA and Pima Community College, examines the nuances of place, memory and natural phenomena and is concerned with ecological awareness and preservation.
Larson, also a UA alumna, was a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia where she received her master of fine arts in 2004. In addition to writing, she has pursued a career as a research scientist and field ecologist and has both lived and studied in Uganda, Ireland, British Columbia, Costa Rica and the UA's Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Ariz.
The center will also present, "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," an exhibition featuring works by UA fine arts students. The show will run Nov. 17 through Dec. 11.
As part of the event, UA School of Art students, faculty and others will respond to the Poetry Center's theme for the fall 2009 semester, completing experiments in contemporary drawing inspired by the Earth's predicted fragile future.
The themed semester is focusing on the new dialogue surrounding the role that the environment is taking in the work of contemporary artists and writers.
All readings will be held at 8 p.m. at the center beginning Sept. 10 with Alison Hawthorne Deming, a poet and essayist.
Deming, also a UA English professor, will present “Baba Yaga, Demeter, and the Drunken Mother: Myth, Metaphor, and Science at the End of the World” on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m.
Deming's talk will be interdisciplinary in nature, culling topics related to environmental science, literary analysis and environmental ethics.
Her newest book, a collection of poems entitled "Rope," follows the paths of imagination into meditations on salt, love, Hurricane Katrina, Greek myth and the search for extraterrestrial life. The collection will be published this fall.
Others who will speak during the series include prize-winning poets and authors such as Sandra Alcosser, Jonathan Skinner, Juliana Spahr, David Dunn, Lucinda Bliss and Eleni Sikelianos.
The Poetry Center is also hosting an event, that will include a benefit, on Nov. 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the center.
The lecture and workshop, "The Inspirational Fact: The Role of Research in Writing Creative Nonfiction," will be presented by UA creative writing Professor Fenton Johnson and novelist Ander Monson.
Johnson and Monson will talk about ways that information and events inspire literary nonfiction and ways that writers can incorporate research into their creative works.
Tickets for The Inspirational Fact cost $60, and all proceeds will aid a fellowship fund for UA students in the master of fine arts program.
To purchase tickets, contact Marlene Cooksey at 520-621-3880 or mcooksey.arizona.edu.
Photography, Writing Exhibit Showcases Work of 200 California Teen Urban Explorers
For 10 weeks more than 200 teens in 21 California communities armed with digital cameras and notebooks documented the little noticed and often overlooked in their cities and towns as part of a statewide humanities project created by the California Council for the Humanities and loosely based on the work of a Harvard University landscape professor.
Now you can see the results of the teens' urban explorations at http://www.calhum.org/myplace , an exhibit the Council launched on its website today. The exhibit is the culmination of "How I See It -- My Place," a statewide project involving 21 California libraries. The goal was to get young people to know the places where they live; to give them new skills in photography, writing and critical thinking; and to spark their interest in the humanities.
Free downloadable materials let other organizations duplicate project The exhibit features over 300 photographs as well descriptive material about the photos written by the teens themselves. The site also contains a downloadable program handbook, scholar essays and other resources to enable youth organizations or other libraries to conduct the program on their own from start to finish. The Council encourages libraries, schools, after-school program providers, and others to use the materials freely.
Earlier, the 21 libraries involved in the project held exhibits of the teens' work at their respective sites. The exhibits were curated by the teens themselves, who also organized and conducted public programs.
"The new exhibit not only celebrates the teens' work, but also demonstrates how the arts and humanities can really make a difference in their lives," said Council Executive Director Ralph Lewin. "The project also reminds us how important libraries are as centers of community and cultural life freely available to all."
The project was inspired by Harvard Professor John Stilgoe, who sees everyday landscape as a historical record and wants to awaken people to the excitement of exploring their surroundings. The idea for the project was based on Stilgoe's book "Outside Lies Magic: Discovering History and Inspiration in Ordinary Places."
The Council supplied the libraries with materials, equipment, a curriculum and grant funds to conduct the project.
California Stories: How I See It: My Place is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. This project is conducted in partnership with Califa, a membership-based service bureau designed to provide cost-effective delivery of services, programs and products through a membership network of California libraries.
The nonprofit California Council for the Humanities connects Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future. For more information, visit http://www.calhum.org
Now you can see the results of the teens' urban explorations at http://www.calhum.org/myplace , an exhibit the Council launched on its website today. The exhibit is the culmination of "How I See It -- My Place," a statewide project involving 21 California libraries. The goal was to get young people to know the places where they live; to give them new skills in photography, writing and critical thinking; and to spark their interest in the humanities.
Free downloadable materials let other organizations duplicate project The exhibit features over 300 photographs as well descriptive material about the photos written by the teens themselves. The site also contains a downloadable program handbook, scholar essays and other resources to enable youth organizations or other libraries to conduct the program on their own from start to finish. The Council encourages libraries, schools, after-school program providers, and others to use the materials freely.
Earlier, the 21 libraries involved in the project held exhibits of the teens' work at their respective sites. The exhibits were curated by the teens themselves, who also organized and conducted public programs.
"The new exhibit not only celebrates the teens' work, but also demonstrates how the arts and humanities can really make a difference in their lives," said Council Executive Director Ralph Lewin. "The project also reminds us how important libraries are as centers of community and cultural life freely available to all."
The project was inspired by Harvard Professor John Stilgoe, who sees everyday landscape as a historical record and wants to awaken people to the excitement of exploring their surroundings. The idea for the project was based on Stilgoe's book "Outside Lies Magic: Discovering History and Inspiration in Ordinary Places."
The Council supplied the libraries with materials, equipment, a curriculum and grant funds to conduct the project.
California Stories: How I See It: My Place is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. This project is conducted in partnership with Califa, a membership-based service bureau designed to provide cost-effective delivery of services, programs and products through a membership network of California libraries.
The nonprofit California Council for the Humanities connects Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future. For more information, visit http://www.calhum.org
Professional Photographers of America Members Offer Photography Labs and Workshops
Professional photographers are quite often willing to share their knowledge and mentor members of the trade who are just starting out or want to learn new techniques. The next chance is coming to photography studios around the country October 26, with Professional Photographers of America's (PPA) "Super Monday" event.
"Newcomers to our photographic events often comment about how pleasantly surprised they are with the warm welcome they receive and the openness of other photographers in sharing success stories and tips of the trade," says Ron Nichols, PPA's president. "These days, anyone with $1,000 can purchase a quality camera and call themselves a photographer; however, the best camera in the world won't compensate for poor technique. In photography, as in other professions, producing a quality product requires training and mentoring."
Super Monday features educational classes around the nation, hosted by professional photographers for photographers. A wide variety of subjects are available in many cities, so photographers (and those who seek to learn photography) can find the education they want at almost any skill level. Classes feature instruction on posing and lighting techniques, business and marketing training and better use of software tools (like Adobe® Photoshop® and Corel® Painter™).
These classes are designed to be hands-on and deliver practical knowledge that students can put to work immediately. Getting photographers face-to-face in a small group, lab-like setting allows them to better learn techniques and practice with professional photographers who have successfully used the skills being taught. PPA members who teach classes earn merits toward photographic craftsman degrees.
"Super Monday classes are working sessions--as much perspiration as inspiration," says Nichols.
October's attendees will also receive bonus packs filled with valuable coupons for products and services from photographic industry sponsors.
Super Monday workshops are offered twice each year, in the fall and spring. To find out more, or to register for fall 2009 Super Monday opportunities, visit www.ppa.com/supermonday.
"Newcomers to our photographic events often comment about how pleasantly surprised they are with the warm welcome they receive and the openness of other photographers in sharing success stories and tips of the trade," says Ron Nichols, PPA's president. "These days, anyone with $1,000 can purchase a quality camera and call themselves a photographer; however, the best camera in the world won't compensate for poor technique. In photography, as in other professions, producing a quality product requires training and mentoring."
Super Monday features educational classes around the nation, hosted by professional photographers for photographers. A wide variety of subjects are available in many cities, so photographers (and those who seek to learn photography) can find the education they want at almost any skill level. Classes feature instruction on posing and lighting techniques, business and marketing training and better use of software tools (like Adobe® Photoshop® and Corel® Painter™).
These classes are designed to be hands-on and deliver practical knowledge that students can put to work immediately. Getting photographers face-to-face in a small group, lab-like setting allows them to better learn techniques and practice with professional photographers who have successfully used the skills being taught. PPA members who teach classes earn merits toward photographic craftsman degrees.
"Super Monday classes are working sessions--as much perspiration as inspiration," says Nichols.
October's attendees will also receive bonus packs filled with valuable coupons for products and services from photographic industry sponsors.
Super Monday workshops are offered twice each year, in the fall and spring. To find out more, or to register for fall 2009 Super Monday opportunities, visit www.ppa.com/supermonday.
Free Videocast : Adventures in Social Media releases Episode #1
After weeks of writing, filming and editing, Adventures in Social Media has released their first video and podcast. Designed to be a weekly look at various aspects of Social Media, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. "We are fortunate to have sponsors for Episode #1" says Bob Liddle. "I think the relevance of the information, the humorous way it is presented and the hosts will make this a hit."
Adventures in Social Media will be a weekly look at the fast moving world of Social Media. Adventures in Social Media aggregates the best and funniest news with a touch of the bizarre, regarding Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Myspace, adding a touch of sports, weirdness, and general silliness to make it entertaining. Updated shows can be found on the site. The hosts of the show are Gary Davis of Garydavispresents and Bob Liddle -- internet entrepreneur.
Links to the audiocast, the videocast, the Facebook Fan page and twitter page can be found on www.adventuresinsocialmedia.com
Adventures in Social Media will be a weekly look at the fast moving world of Social Media. Adventures in Social Media aggregates the best and funniest news with a touch of the bizarre, regarding Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Myspace, adding a touch of sports, weirdness, and general silliness to make it entertaining. Updated shows can be found on the site. The hosts of the show are Gary Davis of Garydavispresents and Bob Liddle -- internet entrepreneur.
Links to the audiocast, the videocast, the Facebook Fan page and twitter page can be found on www.adventuresinsocialmedia.com
Oct 8 2009 - Get Ready to Publish or Perish with Chapter47 Ghostwriting
Chapter47 Ghostwriting Services (www.Chapter47.com), a division of My Team of Experts, Inc. (www.myteamofexperts.com) will give a writing seminar entitled "Publish or Perish: The Entrepreneur's Crash-Course in Writing for Business Media" this fall at the Levine Museum of the New South. The course, which will focus on teaching entrepreneurs the proper format, subject matter and submission strategies for publication in local and industry publications, will take place on October 8th from 9 - 11 am.
"People understand how crucial having published columns and articles is to enhancing their credibility within their market," explains David Pollack, Chapter47's Division Director. "Too often, however, they do not understand how to submit their work, where to submit it, and how to structure and format those pieces for publication. That's what our seminar will aim to teach."
The seminar will be taught by Pollack and My Team of Experts President Patricia Golden, and costs $40 to attend. Those interested can register and get more information at www.myteamofexperts.com.
"People understand how crucial having published columns and articles is to enhancing their credibility within their market," explains David Pollack, Chapter47's Division Director. "Too often, however, they do not understand how to submit their work, where to submit it, and how to structure and format those pieces for publication. That's what our seminar will aim to teach."
The seminar will be taught by Pollack and My Team of Experts President Patricia Golden, and costs $40 to attend. Those interested can register and get more information at www.myteamofexperts.com.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Books Of Soul Posts Interviews with African American Authors
Books of Soul (www.booksofsoul.com) has posted interviews with a diverse group of African American authors. Featuring first-time, self-published, bestselling, and award-winning writers, each interview offers an interesting insight into writing and promoting books.
Best-selling and multi-award winning author Laura Parker Castoro has written (39) thirty-nine books. A sought-after speaker and writing workshop leader, Laura puts her passion for the written word to good use. She has written historical romances, westerns, sagas, romantic suspense, Young Adult nonfiction, and mainstream women’s fiction. She also writes articles for magazines and newspapers. Love On The Line is her most recent release.
Pamela Samuels Young is a Los Angeles attorney and the author of the legal thrillers, Murder On The Down Low, Every Reasonable Doubt, and In Firm Pursuit. A former journalist and native of Compton, Pamela serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America. She is a graduate of USC, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. A desire to see engaging female and African-American attorneys depicted in today’s mainstream legal fiction motivated Pamela to start writing despite a busy legal career.
Janete Scobie is a lover of language and passionate about great storytelling and writing. She was born on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Along with her family, she migrated to the United States and grew up in New York City. Janete is a graduate of Cornell University and of the Sorbonne. Currently, she is focusing on her freelance writing career. She divides her time between New York City and France. The Seeds Of Green Mangoes is her first novel.
Tamara K. Fournier founded Vision Development Corporation (VDC) in reflection of her own personal success story. P.I.E.C.E.S.: A Booster's Story is her story. Born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in the Church, Tammy’s connection to her spiritual foundation began at an early age as the sister of a minister and wife to a minister’s son. Her life course took a turn for the worst when she divorced her husband of 14 years and married a Dominican drug dealer. Swept off of her feet and into the fast lane, her life spun out of control, and the end result was her 3-year incarceration. Today, she is currently the Program Director for the Revival Development Corporation at Trinity Baptist Church.
In addition to these interviews, the Books of Soul website also features its monthly bestseller list of African American books, including mysteries, romance novels, children's books and urban fiction, selected from the Amazon.com website.
"These interviews provide a unique insight into writing and, more specifically, into writing for the African American reader," remarks Eric Brasley, founder of BooksofSoul.com. "We're hoping that reader and writer alike will discover something unique and something enticing."
BooksofSoul.com, founded last year, continues to focus on sharing new and upcoming releases of books and other literary works by and about African Americans and African cultures, and to support the authors, publishers, bookstores, book clubs, and libraries who share the same interest.
Best-selling and multi-award winning author Laura Parker Castoro has written (39) thirty-nine books. A sought-after speaker and writing workshop leader, Laura puts her passion for the written word to good use. She has written historical romances, westerns, sagas, romantic suspense, Young Adult nonfiction, and mainstream women’s fiction. She also writes articles for magazines and newspapers. Love On The Line is her most recent release.
Pamela Samuels Young is a Los Angeles attorney and the author of the legal thrillers, Murder On The Down Low, Every Reasonable Doubt, and In Firm Pursuit. A former journalist and native of Compton, Pamela serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America. She is a graduate of USC, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. A desire to see engaging female and African-American attorneys depicted in today’s mainstream legal fiction motivated Pamela to start writing despite a busy legal career.
Janete Scobie is a lover of language and passionate about great storytelling and writing. She was born on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Along with her family, she migrated to the United States and grew up in New York City. Janete is a graduate of Cornell University and of the Sorbonne. Currently, she is focusing on her freelance writing career. She divides her time between New York City and France. The Seeds Of Green Mangoes is her first novel.
Tamara K. Fournier founded Vision Development Corporation (VDC) in reflection of her own personal success story. P.I.E.C.E.S.: A Booster's Story is her story. Born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in the Church, Tammy’s connection to her spiritual foundation began at an early age as the sister of a minister and wife to a minister’s son. Her life course took a turn for the worst when she divorced her husband of 14 years and married a Dominican drug dealer. Swept off of her feet and into the fast lane, her life spun out of control, and the end result was her 3-year incarceration. Today, she is currently the Program Director for the Revival Development Corporation at Trinity Baptist Church.
In addition to these interviews, the Books of Soul website also features its monthly bestseller list of African American books, including mysteries, romance novels, children's books and urban fiction, selected from the Amazon.com website.
"These interviews provide a unique insight into writing and, more specifically, into writing for the African American reader," remarks Eric Brasley, founder of BooksofSoul.com. "We're hoping that reader and writer alike will discover something unique and something enticing."
BooksofSoul.com, founded last year, continues to focus on sharing new and upcoming releases of books and other literary works by and about African Americans and African cultures, and to support the authors, publishers, bookstores, book clubs, and libraries who share the same interest.
Sept 11 2009 - Cleveland Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Sets Fall Mixer
Meet and mingle with other Northeast Ohio journalists at a fall mixer 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the Johnny's Little Bar in downtown Cleveland's Warehouse District.
Networking and discussing the state of journalism are on the agenda, which will include a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Not an SPJ member? No problem. SPJ officers will briefly discuss the chapter's 50-year history focusing on issues that matter to journalists.
The cost is $5 to defray the cost of pizza and appetizers. A cash bar will be available. RSVPs requested, but not required, with Tom Moore, SPJ secretary and a WTAM news announcer, at 440-454-3282 or tmoore56@msn.com. Johnny's Little Bar, also known as the landmark Little Bar & Grill, is at 614 Frankfort Ave.
SPJ Cleveland Pro is the Northeast Ohio chapter of the nation's largest professional journalism group. SPJ Cleveland Pro's Web site is www.spj.org/Cleveland.
PR Newswire is the official source for distributing news from href="http://www.spj.org/">SPJ Cleveland Pro.
Networking and discussing the state of journalism are on the agenda, which will include a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Not an SPJ member? No problem. SPJ officers will briefly discuss the chapter's 50-year history focusing on issues that matter to journalists.
The cost is $5 to defray the cost of pizza and appetizers. A cash bar will be available. RSVPs requested, but not required, with Tom Moore, SPJ secretary and a WTAM news announcer, at 440-454-3282 or tmoore56@msn.com. Johnny's Little Bar, also known as the landmark Little Bar & Grill, is at 614 Frankfort Ave.
SPJ Cleveland Pro is the Northeast Ohio chapter of the nation's largest professional journalism group. SPJ Cleveland Pro's Web site is www.spj.org/Cleveland.
PR Newswire is the official source for distributing news from href="http://www.spj.org/">SPJ Cleveland Pro.
Sept 19-20 2009 - I AM AN ARTIST: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Spend the weekend jumpstarting or refreshing your artist career! The I Am An Artist Workshop offers essential resources, funding opportunities, peer-to-peer evaluation, networking and hands-on feedback. This two-day workshop includes:
* The Basics: Learning the Artist Landscape
* Finding Funding and Other Opportunities
* Using the Internet as a Tool for Promotion
* Peer Feedback Break Out Sessions
* Special Topic: 4Culture (www.4culture.org) – So many opportunities from one organization!
* Guest Presenter: Award winning performing artist Gin Hammond (www.ginhammond.com)
* Networking Event, Get to know other performing artists and local resources. All participating artists will be invited to a performing artist focused networking event to be held in
September. Date and location TBD.
Location:
Artist Trust
1835 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122-2437
Artist Trust is located at the corner of 12th Avenue and East Denny Way in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood (three blocks east of Broadway).
Cost:
* Artist Rate: $95 (includes Artist Trust Membership)
* Artist Trust Member Rate: $50
Cost includes entire weekend of activities, including handouts, Artists’ Assets, all workshops, panels, and an appointment with an Artist Trust staff member. Participants are responsible for their own lunch.
Registration:
• Pre-registration is required.
• Registration is limited to 15 artists.
• Register by contacting Artist Trust: 206/467-8734 x11; 1/800/21-TRUST (toll free); miguel@artisttrust.org.
* The Basics: Learning the Artist Landscape
* Finding Funding and Other Opportunities
* Using the Internet as a Tool for Promotion
* Peer Feedback Break Out Sessions
* Special Topic: 4Culture (www.4culture.org) – So many opportunities from one organization!
* Guest Presenter: Award winning performing artist Gin Hammond (www.ginhammond.com)
* Networking Event, Get to know other performing artists and local resources. All participating artists will be invited to a performing artist focused networking event to be held in
September. Date and location TBD.
Location:
Artist Trust
1835 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122-2437
Artist Trust is located at the corner of 12th Avenue and East Denny Way in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood (three blocks east of Broadway).
Cost:
* Artist Rate: $95 (includes Artist Trust Membership)
* Artist Trust Member Rate: $50
Cost includes entire weekend of activities, including handouts, Artists’ Assets, all workshops, panels, and an appointment with an Artist Trust staff member. Participants are responsible for their own lunch.
Registration:
• Pre-registration is required.
• Registration is limited to 15 artists.
• Register by contacting Artist Trust: 206/467-8734 x11; 1/800/21-TRUST (toll free); miguel@artisttrust.org.
Sept 26 and 27, 2009 - Terry Kay - Take One: a Fundamental Look at Screenwriting
This course is designed as an introduction to screenwriting for those who have limited experience in the medium, and as a refresher for those who have more advanced experience. The workshop will be taught by writer Terry Kay, who is a regional Emmy winner for his teleplay, Run Down the Rabbit, and whose background includes eight years as a film reviewer/essayist with The Atlanta Journal. In addition, Kay has written for the television series, In the Heat of the Night, and has worked on screenplays with such directors as Taylor Hackford (Officer and a Gentleman). He has had three of his novels translated into Hallmark Hall of Fame movies -- To Dance with the White Dog, The Runaway, and The Valley of Light.
The primary reference for the course will be from writer-teacher Syd Field, who is considered the guru of screenwriting technique. In addition, resource material will be taken from Paul Argentini's Elements of Style for Screenwriters. Sessions will cover such topics as: Definition of Acts; plot points; character; treatment; use of dialogue; understanding cubism in screenwriting, and staying-on-point.
Workshop fee $140 OCAF Members, $150 Non-Members, $75 Students. Advance registration is recommended as space is limited. For more information call (706) 769-4565 or email, info@ocaf.com. Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, 34 School Street, Watkinsville GA.
The primary reference for the course will be from writer-teacher Syd Field, who is considered the guru of screenwriting technique. In addition, resource material will be taken from Paul Argentini's Elements of Style for Screenwriters. Sessions will cover such topics as: Definition of Acts; plot points; character; treatment; use of dialogue; understanding cubism in screenwriting, and staying-on-point.
Workshop fee $140 OCAF Members, $150 Non-Members, $75 Students. Advance registration is recommended as space is limited. For more information call (706) 769-4565 or email, info@ocaf.com. Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, 34 School Street, Watkinsville GA.
Oct. 16-17, 2009, NW Travel Writers Conference, Vancouver, Washington
Travel and Words 2009 is a conference for freelance and staff writers looking to explore ideas, expand their sales, learn current travel trends and marketing how-tos, and get insider publishing tips for print and online markets. Join us at the historic Pearson Air Museum and Red Lion at the Quay, on the Columbia River, and meet dynamic speakers and panelists. It's affordable, plus there's a discount on the fee for registering by Sept. 20. Details at www.travelandwords.com.
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