Playwrights Theatre's roundtable reading series FORUM will take place at 7pm each evening on November 30, December 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. FORUM brings playwrights, actors and audience members together to enjoy the creative process of bringing a play to life. Staged readings of 16 innovative new plays by some of the country's best writers with intimate discussions between author and audience following each performance. The readings will be held at Playwrights Theatre, 33 Green Village Road, Madison, NJ. Patrons can attend one reading for $10 or purchase a FORUM PASS which gives them access to the entire festival for $25. Playwrights Theatre's season subscribers receive a FORUM PASS as a free added bonus. Reservations can be made online at http://www.ptnj.org/ or call (973) 514-1787 X10.
We're looking forward to this excellent selection of new work. It's a great mix of writers, from old friends to writers new to us, from nationally recognized writers to writers just getting started,” said John Pietrowski, Artistic Director. “We're especially looking forward to our first week, which features writers from New Jersey, including John Wooten, Artistic Director of Premiere Stages and three writers from the MFA Program at the Mason Gross School, Rutgers University -- Samuel Brett Williams, Lia Romeo and Carrie Louise Nutt. The talkbacks will prove to be very fun and interesting.”
FORUM Schedule:
Tuesday, November 30 -- Auqa by Carrie Louise Nutt
Wednesday, December 1 -- Hungry by Lia Romeo
Thursday, December 2 -- The Fallen by Yasmine Rana
Friday, December 3 -- Revelation by Samuel Brett Williams
Saturday, December 4 -- The Sticks by John Wooten
Sunday, December 5 -- The Thread of Story by Judah Skoff
Wednesday, December 8 -- Trespasser In A Promised Land by Russell Davis
Thursday, December 9 -- Mickey and Jean by Richard Dresser
Friday, December 10 -- A User's Guide to Hell Starring Bernie Madoff by Lee Blessing
Saturday, December 11 -- Texas Boot by Jeffrey Sweet
Sunday, December 12 -- Furies by Matt Bukovac
Wednesday, December 15 -- Artist As A Man by Joe Sutton
Thursday, December 16 -- The Law Of The Monkeys by Ken Scarborough
Friday, December 17 -- Number of People by Emilie Beck
Saturday, December 18 -- Marlowe by James Glossman
Sunday, December 19 -- The Exceptionals by Robert Clyman
Programs are subject to change, based on artistic need. Please visit the website www.ptnj.org for up-to-the-minutes details.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Nov 17 2010 - How to Get the Most Out of Your LinkedIn Connections
LinkedIn now has 80 million members, which makes it the most important networking site for professionals on the Web. It also makes it the first place where chief executives and hiring managers look for fresh talent and resources to solve business-critical problems. However, few executives really know how to use LinkedIn effectively to be found and to forge new connections. In the November session of Experts Connection (www.experts-connection.com), Jason Alba, founder and CEO of JibberJobber.com and author of "I'm On Linked-In – Now What???," will discuss how to get the most out of LinkedIn, including how to be found, how to find other business-critical contacts, and how to present yourself as an expert in your field. "LinkedIn for Executives: Beyond the Basics" is scheduled for November 17 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 - 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE (http://www.netshare.com/).
Whether you are looking for a new contract, trying to close a sale, thinking about changing careers, or just looking to expand your professional network, LinkedIn is an invaluable resource. This session of Experts Connection will take you beyond the basics of LinkedIn, offering strategies that help you make the most out of your time and how to stand apart from the crowd. Topics to be discussed include:
* How to optimize your LinkedIn profile so you will be found by the right people.
* How to search for key contacts.
* How to best communicate with market influencers outside your LinkedIn network, without paying for an upgrade.
* How to increase the chances your LinkedIn communications will be read and increase your perceived expertise.
* How to make the best use of LinkedIn Groups
* How to promote yourself without seeming self-serving or "pushy."
* How to use the LinkedIn "Answers" sections as a way to build your network and solidify strategic relationships.
"Even the most experienced executives often struggle with making connections to build their business or advance their career," said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection teleseminars. "LinkedIn has evolved as one of the most effective and accessible networking tools to bring professionals together, and Jason has become the acknowledged expert on LinkedIn. In 90 minutes, attendees should be able to learn all they need to know to become masters of LinkedIn."
The Experts Connection teleseminar series gives executives access to leading career experts. The cost of the seminar is $60, $50 for NETSHARE members, and access is provided via web and telephone. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at www.experts-connection.com.
Whether you are looking for a new contract, trying to close a sale, thinking about changing careers, or just looking to expand your professional network, LinkedIn is an invaluable resource. This session of Experts Connection will take you beyond the basics of LinkedIn, offering strategies that help you make the most out of your time and how to stand apart from the crowd. Topics to be discussed include:
* How to optimize your LinkedIn profile so you will be found by the right people.
* How to search for key contacts.
* How to best communicate with market influencers outside your LinkedIn network, without paying for an upgrade.
* How to increase the chances your LinkedIn communications will be read and increase your perceived expertise.
* How to make the best use of LinkedIn Groups
* How to promote yourself without seeming self-serving or "pushy."
* How to use the LinkedIn "Answers" sections as a way to build your network and solidify strategic relationships.
"Even the most experienced executives often struggle with making connections to build their business or advance their career," said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection teleseminars. "LinkedIn has evolved as one of the most effective and accessible networking tools to bring professionals together, and Jason has become the acknowledged expert on LinkedIn. In 90 minutes, attendees should be able to learn all they need to know to become masters of LinkedIn."
The Experts Connection teleseminar series gives executives access to leading career experts. The cost of the seminar is $60, $50 for NETSHARE members, and access is provided via web and telephone. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at www.experts-connection.com.
Nov 10 2010 - Wordsmith Media, Inc. to Conduct National Conference Call With Narnia Executive Producer
Wordsmith Media, Inc. announced today a conference call with Douglas Gresham, stepson of famed British author C.S. Lewis. Mr. Gresham is Executive Producer of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, in theaters December 10th. He has served as a Wordsmith advisor since 2005 and was instrumental in the development of the company's latest project. The call will highlight the preparations for the company's documentary on the shipwreck of St. Paul.
In addition, Lou Reda Productions' Managing Director Scott Reda, along with Robert Cornuke, author of the book on which the production is based, will discuss the documentary ahead of the premiere of Reda's latest production, WWII in HD: THE AIR WAR, airing Wednesday night on The History Channel. The conference call will be held Wednesday, November 10th at 12:30pm Eastern, 9:30am Pacific.
To join the call, dial 1-800-920-7487 in the U.S. with access code 52654578# and internationally 001-404-920-1710. Questions can be submitted prior to the call at conferencecall@wordsmithmedia.net.
In addition, Lou Reda Productions' Managing Director Scott Reda, along with Robert Cornuke, author of the book on which the production is based, will discuss the documentary ahead of the premiere of Reda's latest production, WWII in HD: THE AIR WAR, airing Wednesday night on The History Channel. The conference call will be held Wednesday, November 10th at 12:30pm Eastern, 9:30am Pacific.
To join the call, dial 1-800-920-7487 in the U.S. with access code 52654578# and internationally 001-404-920-1710. Questions can be submitted prior to the call at conferencecall@wordsmithmedia.net.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Free Podcast on Search Engine Optimization Tips
Paying attention to search engine optimization is the difference between getting high organic rankings in search engines and not being found by your audience members.
Search engine optimization is the process of improving visibility of a website and its web pages by incorporating your specific keywords in the page's copy. Content marketers and online publishers engage heavily in search engine optimization in order to rank higher in search engines because the higher up in search results a listing appears, the better chance that publisher has of generating new email subscribers and overall revenue for the website.
As an Internet marketing strategy, search engine optimization takes on a few forms. The first aspect of proper search engine optimization involves understanding the audience and the keyword phrases that they search for.
Next, it's important to understand how to engage in SEO copywriting itself. Specific attention must be given to SEO copywriting because simply adding keyword phrases without taking into account the overall readability of a website will not help in search engine optimization. The content needs to be interesting and readable while including the keyword phrases.
Furthermore, after engaging in SEO copywriting, it's important to embark on SEO campaigns so that additional promotion for the webpage or associated products can take place.
For an introduction to search engine optimization, SEO copywriting and SEO campaign management, start with Mequoda Group's free podcast Search Engine Optimization Tips.
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Nov 10 2010 - Line by Line: Fashion Writing Basics - Boston, MA, 02116
Make fashion writing a reality this season at the Boston Center for Adult Education's (BCAE) new class, "Line by Line: Fashion Writing Basics," taught by Boston's own style expert, Erica Corsano, editorial director of STUFF Magazine.
Students will get an insider's look into what's really behind the lines of fashion writing, researching and reporting, as they learn not only what makes a standout piece a show-stopper, but how to develop their own fashion-writing style. Better yet, Erica will offer one lucky student a chance to fast forward their fashion writing career by publishing their work in an upcoming issue of STUFF Magazine.
A nationally recognized style expert, Erica has worked with some of the world's most sought-after luxury brands, including Bottega Veneta, Bulgari, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo and Carolina Herrera. Erica has also worked as a contributing editor and stylist for Boston's major publications and broadcast outlets including: Boston Editor for Lucky Magazine, Editor-at-Large for Boston Common and a contributing writer for The Boston Globe, Daily Candy and Fashion Boston—and, of course, we all know and love her for her role as the editorial director of Boston's own, STUFF Magazine.
Drawing on her vast experience in the fashion industry, Erica will discuss the differences between local and national publishing, as well as offer general writing tips and tricks for avoiding fashion-writing faux pas! Students will learn how to research and report, write for their target audience, spot and predict the latest fashion trends, and more.
Don't miss it! This BCAE class is haute!
WHERE: Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, Boston, MA, 02116
WHEN: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
COST: $40 for Members/Non-members, $30 Materials Cost.
RSVP: Visit http://www.bcae.org/ or call the Boston Center for Adult Education to sign up.
Students will get an insider's look into what's really behind the lines of fashion writing, researching and reporting, as they learn not only what makes a standout piece a show-stopper, but how to develop their own fashion-writing style. Better yet, Erica will offer one lucky student a chance to fast forward their fashion writing career by publishing their work in an upcoming issue of STUFF Magazine.
A nationally recognized style expert, Erica has worked with some of the world's most sought-after luxury brands, including Bottega Veneta, Bulgari, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo and Carolina Herrera. Erica has also worked as a contributing editor and stylist for Boston's major publications and broadcast outlets including: Boston Editor for Lucky Magazine, Editor-at-Large for Boston Common and a contributing writer for The Boston Globe, Daily Candy and Fashion Boston—and, of course, we all know and love her for her role as the editorial director of Boston's own, STUFF Magazine.
Drawing on her vast experience in the fashion industry, Erica will discuss the differences between local and national publishing, as well as offer general writing tips and tricks for avoiding fashion-writing faux pas! Students will learn how to research and report, write for their target audience, spot and predict the latest fashion trends, and more.
Don't miss it! This BCAE class is haute!
WHERE: Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, Boston, MA, 02116
WHEN: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
COST: $40 for Members/Non-members, $30 Materials Cost.
RSVP: Visit http://www.bcae.org/ or call the Boston Center for Adult Education to sign up.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Oct. 27 2010 -Blogging for Writers and Creatives - Morrisville, NC
Creative professionals will learn how to effectively blog at the Wed., Oct. 27, meeting of the Independent Communicators Alliance (ICA). Local writer Alice Osborn will explain how blogging can help professionals grow their businesses and their careers. The meeting will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Skyline Exhibits & Events, 600 Airport Boulevard #1300, in Morrisville. The cost is $10 for ICA members, and $15 for nonmembers. Further information may be obtained at http://www.meetup.com/ica-triangle/calendar/14987586/.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
FSU Center for Creative Writing Sponsors Poetry Reading by Nancy Krygowski at Main Street Books
The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing will present a reading by poet Nancy Krygowski on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at Main Street Books at 2 E. Main St. in Frostburg. The reading is free and open to the public.
Winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for her first book of poems "Velocity," Krygowski is co-founder and assistant artistic director of the Gist Street Reading Series. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, River Styx, Southern Poetry Review, 5 A.M. and other magazines. She is the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, a Pittsburgh Foundation Grant, awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, plus residencies from Jentel, The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Krygowski's subject matter deals with major life events.
For more information, contact Gerry LaFemina at 301-687-4024 or glafemina@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.
Winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for her first book of poems "Velocity," Krygowski is co-founder and assistant artistic director of the Gist Street Reading Series. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, River Styx, Southern Poetry Review, 5 A.M. and other magazines. She is the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, a Pittsburgh Foundation Grant, awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, plus residencies from Jentel, The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Krygowski's subject matter deals with major life events.
For more information, contact Gerry LaFemina at 301-687-4024 or glafemina@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.
Nov 6 2010 - Long Island Poets Ready to Rock the Brownstone Poets in Brooklyn Heights
Two highly respected Long Island poets, Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and Doreen Spungin, are ready to rock the Brownstone Poets in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday, November 6 at 2:30 P.M. at the Park Plaza Restaurant. Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan is the appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate for 2009 – 2011. Doreen Spungin taught children with special needs and now serves her own special needs writing poetry.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. & Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. & Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
Oct 15 2010 - Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival
The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing, in partnership with the Allegany County Library System, will host the fourth annual Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at several locations on Main Street in Frostburg.
This annual event brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local literary community. Participating journals and presses are provided with tables inside Frostburg's Lyric Theater to display books, submission guidelines and other promotional materials. This year the festival has expanded to several partnering locations on Main Street, including Mountain City Traditional Arts, the Frostburg Public Library and the Lyric Theater. Those locations will be the site of panel discussions and roundtable sessions, which include topics on writing and getting published, teachers and students, blogging and new media publishing, using social media for promotion and multi-genre craft discussions. The festival is an excellent opportunity for members of the local literary community to meet directly with editors and publishers and learn all about writing and publishing.
Some participants this year include Mammoth Books, CityLit Press, Lines + Stars, Kestrel, Gargoyle Magazine, No Tell Books and The Broadkill Review.
The festival will begin with a poetry reading by Nancy Krygowski from the Gist Street Reading Series on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at Main Street Books; a reception for press and journal attendees at the Center for Creative Writing from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and a panel discussion on forging a literary community at 7:30 p.m., also at CCW.
Leading up to the festival, interviews and information about participating presses and journals will be featured on the Center's website and Wordpress blog. Visit the website at www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter for more information and a complete list of participants.
This annual event brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local literary community. Participating journals and presses are provided with tables inside Frostburg's Lyric Theater to display books, submission guidelines and other promotional materials. This year the festival has expanded to several partnering locations on Main Street, including Mountain City Traditional Arts, the Frostburg Public Library and the Lyric Theater. Those locations will be the site of panel discussions and roundtable sessions, which include topics on writing and getting published, teachers and students, blogging and new media publishing, using social media for promotion and multi-genre craft discussions. The festival is an excellent opportunity for members of the local literary community to meet directly with editors and publishers and learn all about writing and publishing.
Some participants this year include Mammoth Books, CityLit Press, Lines + Stars, Kestrel, Gargoyle Magazine, No Tell Books and The Broadkill Review.
The festival will begin with a poetry reading by Nancy Krygowski from the Gist Street Reading Series on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at Main Street Books; a reception for press and journal attendees at the Center for Creative Writing from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and a panel discussion on forging a literary community at 7:30 p.m., also at CCW.
Leading up to the festival, interviews and information about participating presses and journals will be featured on the Center's website and Wordpress blog. Visit the website at www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter for more information and a complete list of participants.
Jan 24-29 2011 - 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Elko, Nevada
The 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, will take place January 24-29, 2011, in Elko, Nevada. As part of its ongoing effort to build understanding among herding cultures worldwide, the Gathering will welcome horsemen, musicians and craftsmen from the Hungarian puszta, the largest contiguous grasslands in Europe, home to the legendary Hungarian horsemen, csikos, who have tended and defended their herds of grey longhorn Hungarian cattle since the Magyars first crossed into the area from the Carpathians a thousand years ago. Renowned for their horsemanship and animal husbandry, they have much in common with the American cowboy.
"We will explore common ground and new ground between these two herding cultures," explains Charlie Seemann, Executive Director of the Western Folklife Center, which produces the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. "Through panel discussions, performances of pastoral music and poetry, workshops and an exhibition about Hungarian csikos, we hope to build a bridge between cultures that may seem very different on the surface, but that share profound similarities."
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the nation's largest annual celebration of cowboy culture. For six days the community of Elko will welcome thousands of cowboys and cowgirls, poets and musicians, artisans and scholars, rural and city people—all of whom share a love of the American West and the artistic traditions of ranching and cowboy culture. The Hungarians will join more than 60 poets and musicians from the U.S., Canada and Australia, who will perform on eight stages at five different venues throughout Elko. Highlights include a dinner theater production featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott, who will perform songs from his 2010 Grammy-award-winning recording of traditional blues music, and the youthful Marshall Ford Swing Band, featuring Emily Gimble (granddaughter of Texas fiddle legend Johnny Gimble). They will join many Gathering favorites, including Ian Tyson, Waddie Mitchell, Baxter Black, the Quebe Sisters, Wylie and the Wild West, Paul Zarzyski and Wallace McRae.
Tickets to the 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering can be purchased online at www.westernfolklife.org or by calling 775-738-7508 or toll-free at 888-880-5885. For more information about the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, visit http://www.westernfolklife.org/.
"We will explore common ground and new ground between these two herding cultures," explains Charlie Seemann, Executive Director of the Western Folklife Center, which produces the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. "Through panel discussions, performances of pastoral music and poetry, workshops and an exhibition about Hungarian csikos, we hope to build a bridge between cultures that may seem very different on the surface, but that share profound similarities."
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the nation's largest annual celebration of cowboy culture. For six days the community of Elko will welcome thousands of cowboys and cowgirls, poets and musicians, artisans and scholars, rural and city people—all of whom share a love of the American West and the artistic traditions of ranching and cowboy culture. The Hungarians will join more than 60 poets and musicians from the U.S., Canada and Australia, who will perform on eight stages at five different venues throughout Elko. Highlights include a dinner theater production featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott, who will perform songs from his 2010 Grammy-award-winning recording of traditional blues music, and the youthful Marshall Ford Swing Band, featuring Emily Gimble (granddaughter of Texas fiddle legend Johnny Gimble). They will join many Gathering favorites, including Ian Tyson, Waddie Mitchell, Baxter Black, the Quebe Sisters, Wylie and the Wild West, Paul Zarzyski and Wallace McRae.
Tickets to the 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering can be purchased online at www.westernfolklife.org or by calling 775-738-7508 or toll-free at 888-880-5885. For more information about the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, visit http://www.westernfolklife.org/.
Nov 3-23 2010 - The Web's Largest Online Optimization and Conversion Conference November 2010 - ONLINE
The Landing Page Success Summit is a live web conference designed to help Marketers increase their online marketing profits. Leading industry Conversion Rate Experts will teach Marketers how to save tme and increase sales with cutting-edge website and landing page optimization techniques. The summit covers these hot topics: Online Customer Conversion Rates; Search Engine Optimization; Web Page Analysis; Copywriting; Web 2.0 Strategies; Social Media - Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin; B2B and B2C Case Studies, Search and Social Media Marketing Resources, Tools, Trends and more. The online conference runs from November 3-23, 2010--three weeks of solid, expert-led training completely online.
The focus of the Landing Page Success Summit is to provide Marketers with expert insights, resources, tools and strategies to develop and deploy customer-converting landing pages. The Summit's Founder Mary O'Brien, search marketing (pay per click) industry leader, has trained thousands of Marketers how to drive their bottom line profits using search marketing: Google AdWords/Yahoo Search Marketing/Microsoft AdCenter and other online advertising platforms.
The Landing Page Success Summit registration is open and attendees can get 50% off for a limited time only. To learn more about the Landing Page Success Summit online sessions and speakers, please visit Landing Page Success Summit.
The focus of the Landing Page Success Summit is to provide Marketers with expert insights, resources, tools and strategies to develop and deploy customer-converting landing pages. The Summit's Founder Mary O'Brien, search marketing (pay per click) industry leader, has trained thousands of Marketers how to drive their bottom line profits using search marketing: Google AdWords/Yahoo Search Marketing/Microsoft AdCenter and other online advertising platforms.
The Landing Page Success Summit registration is open and attendees can get 50% off for a limited time only. To learn more about the Landing Page Success Summit online sessions and speakers, please visit Landing Page Success Summit.
Legendary Author Maurice Sendak to Read Where the Wild Things Are
Barnes & Noble, Inc. announced legendary author Maurice Sendak will read the classic children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are for the Barnes & Noble.com Online Storytime program (www.bn.com/storytime). Beginning today, visitors can listen to this exclusive narration by Mr. Sendak of his children's classic and celebrate the wild rumpus through his colorful artwork and illustrations.
Barnes & Noble.com will feature a Where the Wild Things Are page with a selection of monster-themed books and toys. BN.com customers will receive a 45% discount on select items, for a limited time. To celebrate the Online Storytime, Barnes & Noble stores will feature Where the Wild Things Are in-store displays for the month of October.
"Barnes & Noble is thrilled to have author Maurice Sendak reading Where the Wild Things Are as only he can. Mr. Sendak's book is imaginative, creative and whimsical -- a perfect fit for our Online Storytime," said Rachel Jarrett, Director of Kids and Lifestyle Products for Barnes & Noble.com. "After more than 40 years and over 20 million copies sold worldwide, children are still wildly enthusiastic about Mr. Sendak's book and we share that enthusiasm as we listen to him tell the tale of Max sailing to the land 'where the wild things are.'"
A monthly feature, Barnes & Noble.com's Online Storytime is perfect for children ages two through six and showcases favorite children's books read by well-known authors and celebrities. To enhance the Storytime experience, illustrations and artwork are brought to life through pan-and-scan technology. Previous selections have included Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly read by author Jane O'Connor; Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; and, most recently, Ian Falconer's Olivia read by SNL alum Ana Gasteyer. In November, author Jan Brett will read his timeless favorite The Mitten and in December Chris Van Allsburg will read his holiday classic The Polar Express.
Barnes & Noble.com will feature a Where the Wild Things Are page with a selection of monster-themed books and toys. BN.com customers will receive a 45% discount on select items, for a limited time. To celebrate the Online Storytime, Barnes & Noble stores will feature Where the Wild Things Are in-store displays for the month of October.
"Barnes & Noble is thrilled to have author Maurice Sendak reading Where the Wild Things Are as only he can. Mr. Sendak's book is imaginative, creative and whimsical -- a perfect fit for our Online Storytime," said Rachel Jarrett, Director of Kids and Lifestyle Products for Barnes & Noble.com. "After more than 40 years and over 20 million copies sold worldwide, children are still wildly enthusiastic about Mr. Sendak's book and we share that enthusiasm as we listen to him tell the tale of Max sailing to the land 'where the wild things are.'"
A monthly feature, Barnes & Noble.com's Online Storytime is perfect for children ages two through six and showcases favorite children's books read by well-known authors and celebrities. To enhance the Storytime experience, illustrations and artwork are brought to life through pan-and-scan technology. Previous selections have included Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly read by author Jane O'Connor; Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; and, most recently, Ian Falconer's Olivia read by SNL alum Ana Gasteyer. In November, author Jan Brett will read his timeless favorite The Mitten and in December Chris Van Allsburg will read his holiday classic The Polar Express.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Oct 25 2010 - Bowers Writers House hosts Richard Jackson - Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College Bowers Writers House presents University of Tennessee at Chattanooga National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor Richard Jackson. Dr. Jackson, who teaches creative writing and poetry in UTC's interdisciplinary honors program and writing seminars at Vermont College, will read from his collected works at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, in Bowers Writers House.
Jackson is the author of numerous books of poems including Resonance and Ultimate Voyage: The Poems of Giovanni Pascoli (translation), which came out this year.
Other recent books include Half Lives: Petrarchan Poems (2004) and Unauthorized Autobiography: New and Selected Poems (2003). His work has been translated into 15 languages and has appeared in The Best American Poems, among other collections.
Jackson is editor of two anthologies of Slovene poetry, as well as the journal Poetry Miscellany. In addition to dozens of essays and reviews that have appeared in such journals as The Georgia Review, Contemporary Literature, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner, he is the author of Dismantling Time in Contemporary American Poetry (Agee Prize) and Acts of Mind: Interviews With Contemporary American Poets (Choice Award).
Jackson was awarded the Order of Freedom Medal by the President of Slovenia for literary and humanitarian work in the Balkans and was named a Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, NEA Fellow, NEH Fellow, and has lectured and given readings at dozens of universities and conferences. He leads a group of writing students to Europe each May.
Founded this spring, Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College, 840 College Hill Lane in Elizabethtown, is an interdisciplinary venue for expression, study, presentation and performance. Created to promote and support a culture of creative curiosity, Bowers Writers House brings to Elizabethtown a new sense of excitement and enthusiasm for intellectual diversity. From dramatic readings to musical performances to interactive panels, the programs offer a dynamic variety of enjoyable and formative experiences.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Website: http://www.etown.edu/
Jackson is the author of numerous books of poems including Resonance and Ultimate Voyage: The Poems of Giovanni Pascoli (translation), which came out this year.
Other recent books include Half Lives: Petrarchan Poems (2004) and Unauthorized Autobiography: New and Selected Poems (2003). His work has been translated into 15 languages and has appeared in The Best American Poems, among other collections.
Jackson is editor of two anthologies of Slovene poetry, as well as the journal Poetry Miscellany. In addition to dozens of essays and reviews that have appeared in such journals as The Georgia Review, Contemporary Literature, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner, he is the author of Dismantling Time in Contemporary American Poetry (Agee Prize) and Acts of Mind: Interviews With Contemporary American Poets (Choice Award).
Jackson was awarded the Order of Freedom Medal by the President of Slovenia for literary and humanitarian work in the Balkans and was named a Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, NEA Fellow, NEH Fellow, and has lectured and given readings at dozens of universities and conferences. He leads a group of writing students to Europe each May.
Founded this spring, Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College, 840 College Hill Lane in Elizabethtown, is an interdisciplinary venue for expression, study, presentation and performance. Created to promote and support a culture of creative curiosity, Bowers Writers House brings to Elizabethtown a new sense of excitement and enthusiasm for intellectual diversity. From dramatic readings to musical performances to interactive panels, the programs offer a dynamic variety of enjoyable and formative experiences.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Website: http://www.etown.edu/
Oct 19 2010 - Free Global Teleclass on "How to Market Your Ebook & Infoproducts"
Small business owners and entrepreneurs from around the globe are invited to "How to Market Your Ebook & Infoproducts: A Teleseminar with an Expert Writer & a Marketing Specialist" a free teleclass on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 6:00pm PT/9:00pm
More and more small business owners, like healthcare providers, realtors, coaches, consultants, and other service professionals have discovered ebooks and infoproducts as a way to share their expertise and create passive income. Yet, most are unfamiliar with how to write a book or ebook and their time is limited.
"I meet business owners all the time who tell me they've been wanting to write a book or ebook but just can't seem to get started," says Andrea Susan Glass, founder of WritersWay, a ghostwriting and copyediting service. "They seem to have obstacles, distractions, and excuses that keep them from writing that book, ebook, or other infoproduct they say they want to write. Or they've written something but have no clue how to market and sell it," says Glass, an award-winning ghostwriter of over 100 books and ebooks. Her most recent ebook, "Your Info-Product Success System" was just released and is available at http://www.infoproductsuccesssystem.com/.
She decided to team up with a marketing expert to host a one-hour teleclass to reveal the secrets and strategies for ebook and infoproduct success. Along with Glass will be Debra Ward, marketing pro to a global franchise and owner of her own marketing firm.
"Andrea will talk about her areas of expertise such as the motivation behind writing a book, how to identify the best market, and how to write with a market in mind," says Ward. "I'll share top marketing strategies such as developing a marketing plan, using SEO, writing press releases, and social media. I'll also reveal top tips for a successful live event."
Ward and Glass will answer any questions to make the call as interactive as possible. They will offer solid, practical content to help people write their infoproducts and market them successfully. Glass is dedicated to teaching service professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone with the desire to transform their expertise, experience, and education into powerful, valuable products that serve a larger audience and provide passive income. She's also an instructor for UCSD Extension and A Word With You Press.
Registration is free and available at http://www.writersway.com/teleclass. The free event is being conducted by Andrea Susan Glass, an expert copyeditor and award-winning ghostwriter along with Debra Ward, a marketing consultant. For additional information contact andrea@writersway.com. To order a free report and get more information about writing info-products visit http://www.writersway.com/
More and more small business owners, like healthcare providers, realtors, coaches, consultants, and other service professionals have discovered ebooks and infoproducts as a way to share their expertise and create passive income. Yet, most are unfamiliar with how to write a book or ebook and their time is limited.
"I meet business owners all the time who tell me they've been wanting to write a book or ebook but just can't seem to get started," says Andrea Susan Glass, founder of WritersWay, a ghostwriting and copyediting service. "They seem to have obstacles, distractions, and excuses that keep them from writing that book, ebook, or other infoproduct they say they want to write. Or they've written something but have no clue how to market and sell it," says Glass, an award-winning ghostwriter of over 100 books and ebooks. Her most recent ebook, "Your Info-Product Success System" was just released and is available at http://www.infoproductsuccesssystem.com/.
She decided to team up with a marketing expert to host a one-hour teleclass to reveal the secrets and strategies for ebook and infoproduct success. Along with Glass will be Debra Ward, marketing pro to a global franchise and owner of her own marketing firm.
"Andrea will talk about her areas of expertise such as the motivation behind writing a book, how to identify the best market, and how to write with a market in mind," says Ward. "I'll share top marketing strategies such as developing a marketing plan, using SEO, writing press releases, and social media. I'll also reveal top tips for a successful live event."
Ward and Glass will answer any questions to make the call as interactive as possible. They will offer solid, practical content to help people write their infoproducts and market them successfully. Glass is dedicated to teaching service professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone with the desire to transform their expertise, experience, and education into powerful, valuable products that serve a larger audience and provide passive income. She's also an instructor for UCSD Extension and A Word With You Press.
Registration is free and available at http://www.writersway.com/teleclass. The free event is being conducted by Andrea Susan Glass, an expert copyeditor and award-winning ghostwriter along with Debra Ward, a marketing consultant. For additional information contact andrea@writersway.com. To order a free report and get more information about writing info-products visit http://www.writersway.com/
Oct 9 2010 - Get Paid to Speak and Write - Henderson, NV
Imagine getting paid to speak! If you've ever wanted to write or speak professionally, this is your chance to discover what it takes and how to get paid for doing what you love. Spend a day with some of the most successful speakers and authors in Las Vegas. Robin Jay, award-winning author, speaker, columnist, publisher, and president of the Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau is hosting a one-day event on Saturday, October 9th in Las Vegas.
Jay and several outstanding guest speakers will be sharing their experience and coaching audience members through a comprehensive look at what it takes to become a professional PAID speaker and successful author or writer.
Guests will discover that there are three different types of professional speakers and be able to determine which category is right for them. Jay and her experts will share the nuts and bolts of what it takes to monetize their speaking career. If you have ever wondered what it takes to become a professional, PAID speaker, here is your chance to get an insider's view during this information-packed and entertaining seminar.
As president of a speakers bureau in the convention capital of the world, Jay is in a unique position to offer insights from some of the most successful speakers of our time. She regularly works with some of the most popular, successful motivational speakers, including Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Keith Ferrazzi, and more. She is also the publisher of a series of speaker anthologies, "The Power of the Platform," that feature these industry leaders.
Attendees will receive a FREE copy of "The Power of the Platform: Speakers on Success," which features chapters from some of these speaking icons including Jack Canfield, co-creator of "Chicken Soup for the Soul," Brian Tracy, "America's Success Guru," Les Brown, "The World's Leading Motivational Speaker," Dr. Tony Alessandra, creator of "The Platinum Rule," and Marcia Wieder, "America's Dream Coach," along with many other outstanding professional speakers.
The seminar will cover an insider's look at the speaking and publishing industries, as well as presentation skills, marketing materials, and the other tools that speakers and writers need to succeed.
Those interested in getting paid to speak or write can sign up for early bird registration before September 30th, 2010. Early bird registration is just $149 per person. After 9/30, registration will be $199 per person. The program will begin at 9AM and run until 5PM, with breaks for lunch and throughout the day. The event will be held on Saturday, October 9th, at the Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas South, at 3245 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson, NV 89052.
For more information or to sign up, please call Robin Jay at 702-460-1420 or e-mail her at Robin@RobinJay.com. Website: http://robinjay.com/
Jay and several outstanding guest speakers will be sharing their experience and coaching audience members through a comprehensive look at what it takes to become a professional PAID speaker and successful author or writer.
Guests will discover that there are three different types of professional speakers and be able to determine which category is right for them. Jay and her experts will share the nuts and bolts of what it takes to monetize their speaking career. If you have ever wondered what it takes to become a professional, PAID speaker, here is your chance to get an insider's view during this information-packed and entertaining seminar.
As president of a speakers bureau in the convention capital of the world, Jay is in a unique position to offer insights from some of the most successful speakers of our time. She regularly works with some of the most popular, successful motivational speakers, including Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Keith Ferrazzi, and more. She is also the publisher of a series of speaker anthologies, "The Power of the Platform," that feature these industry leaders.
Attendees will receive a FREE copy of "The Power of the Platform: Speakers on Success," which features chapters from some of these speaking icons including Jack Canfield, co-creator of "Chicken Soup for the Soul," Brian Tracy, "America's Success Guru," Les Brown, "The World's Leading Motivational Speaker," Dr. Tony Alessandra, creator of "The Platinum Rule," and Marcia Wieder, "America's Dream Coach," along with many other outstanding professional speakers.
The seminar will cover an insider's look at the speaking and publishing industries, as well as presentation skills, marketing materials, and the other tools that speakers and writers need to succeed.
Those interested in getting paid to speak or write can sign up for early bird registration before September 30th, 2010. Early bird registration is just $149 per person. After 9/30, registration will be $199 per person. The program will begin at 9AM and run until 5PM, with breaks for lunch and throughout the day. The event will be held on Saturday, October 9th, at the Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas South, at 3245 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson, NV 89052.
For more information or to sign up, please call Robin Jay at 702-460-1420 or e-mail her at Robin@RobinJay.com. Website: http://robinjay.com/
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sept 30 2010 - Simplifying Social Media to Grow Your Business - FREE
Top business and marketing coaches, Bria and Mark Simpson offer a breakthrough interview event for small business owners and entrepreneurs on Sept 30 with social medial expert, Amy Porterfield.
Amy Porterfield has made a career telling people what they don't want to hear. Her ability to see past the hype, and tell you exactly what you need, has made her the top consultant to some of the largest companies in the world. She has worked with top real estate moguls, celebrity chefs, travel industry executives, and a variety of Fortune 500 companies. She is also the co-author of the upcoming book, "Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies" of the popular For Dummies reference book series.
On September 30th , 2010 Bria and Mark Simpson, founders of Excelerated Success Coaching Company, will interview Amy to get the most up-to-date information on what is and is not working in the ever changing world of social media.
Here are a few of the tips that will be covered:
*The #1 mistake most people make when it comes to social media marketing
*The top 3 strategies to generate cash...QUICKLY
*Best Bang for your Buck - a pros guide to which sites are best for you
*How to make social media easy, fun and highly profitable
*Amy's secret weapon to grow your business
To sign up for this complimentary, fun and lively interview, click here: http://exceleratedsuccess.com/amyp/.
"Social Media is not just a way for your kids to keep in touch with their friends – it's a powerful business building tool. Many businesses last year TRIPLED their incomes because they got online and put a face behind their business. Social networking is THE BEST way to build lasting and trusting relationships with potential clients and customers,"says Mark.
To create a successful online marketing strategy, business owners need to be aware of the new technologies and concepts that are being developed on a monthly basis. As an example, Facebook recently changed rules regarding the layout of the pages on their site that will effect a huge number of Facebook users. Keeping up with this updates and modifications can be a full time job. That is why it is so crucial to have people like Amy Porterfield or Bria and Mark Simpson who keep up with this changes and break them down into language small business owner's can understand.
For Amy Porterfield, her true passion is showing small business owners how to find their "sweet spot" in the social media world to turn their business and their brand into viral gold. This fits perfectly with the vision the Simpson's have of teaching these same entrepreneurs the latest strategies and techniques they need to incorporate into their business and their lives to achieve their goals and reach new levels of success.
The interview will discuss the art of engagement and online community building using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and many other popular social media sites. Amy and Mark, will help demystify social media and will be SIMPLIFYING the entire process for you on this free Call.
Interested entrepreneurs should register for free to find out more:
http://exceleratedsuccess.com/amyp/
The tele-summit is being recorded and copies of the recording will be provided to everyone who signs up.
Sept 30 2010 - Teachers Headline Panel Discussion on 'Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age' - Washington, DC
WHAT: A panel of nationally recognized teachers will share their innovative best practices of using digital media tools in the classroom. Teachers will offer perspectives on new learning technologies and student experiences, and will present brief videos of in-classroom use.
Welcoming remarks will be provided by Representative George Miller, Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. Juan Williams, journalist and renowned author, will moderate the discussion and seek to advance the national conversation around classroom technology and education reform.
This is the first in a series of four Teachers Are the Center of Education events, sponsored by The College Board, which gives teachers a forum to discuss critical issues in education.
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
8:30 AM - 9 AM Continental breakfast
9 AM - 10 AM Panel briefing
WHERE: Room HVC 215, United States Capitol Visitors Center (Please be prepared to present photo ID)
You can also follow us during this event on Twitter at @writingproject
WHO: Briefing will include teachers featured in Teachers Are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age, a report recently released by the two organizations and Phi Delta Kappa International.
Juan Williams, Moderator
Journalist and Renowned Author
Welcoming remarks will be provided by Representative George Miller, Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. Juan Williams, journalist and renowned author, will moderate the discussion and seek to advance the national conversation around classroom technology and education reform.
This is the first in a series of four Teachers Are the Center of Education events, sponsored by The College Board, which gives teachers a forum to discuss critical issues in education.
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
8:30 AM - 9 AM Continental breakfast
9 AM - 10 AM Panel briefing
WHERE: Room HVC 215, United States Capitol Visitors Center (Please be prepared to present photo ID)
You can also follow us during this event on Twitter at @writingproject
WHO: Briefing will include teachers featured in Teachers Are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age, a report recently released by the two organizations and Phi Delta Kappa International.
Juan Williams, Moderator
Journalist and Renowned Author
Monday, September 20, 2010
Sept 22 2010 - Stony Brook Southampton's Acclaimed "Writers Speak" Series - Southampton, SC
Stony Brook Southampton's MFA Program in Writing and Literature will inaugurate its Fall 2010 " Writers Speak " series in the new Chancellors Hall Radio Lounge on Wednesday, September 22, at 7 pm with renowned author James Salter, who will be reading from the just-released Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps (Counterpoint).
The Fall 2010 Stony Brook Southampton Writers Speak series, launched by James Salter in Southampton on September 22, and in Manhattan on September 27, will also include:
September 29; 7 PM:
Gahan Wilson (Southampton)
October 6; 7 PM:
Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author (Southampton)
October 11; 7 PM:
Andrew Wingfield (Southampton)
October 20; 7 PM:
Best American Poetry series editor David Lehman and Pushcart Prize anthology editor Bill Henderson (Southampton)
November 1; 7 PM:
David Rakoff (Manhattan)
November 10; 7 PM:
Ursula Hegi (Southampton)
November 17; 7 PM:
Matthea Harvey & Rob Casper (Southampton)
December 6; 7 PM:
Julie Sheehan and Ursula Hegi (Manhattan)
December 8; 7 PM:
A Southampton MFA reading (Southampton)
For more information, refer to the Stony Brook Southampton MFA Writers Speak website, or call 631-632-5030. http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/southampton/mfa/
The Fall 2010 Stony Brook Southampton Writers Speak series, launched by James Salter in Southampton on September 22, and in Manhattan on September 27, will also include:
September 29; 7 PM:
Gahan Wilson (Southampton)
October 6; 7 PM:
Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author (Southampton)
October 11; 7 PM:
Andrew Wingfield (Southampton)
October 20; 7 PM:
Best American Poetry series editor David Lehman and Pushcart Prize anthology editor Bill Henderson (Southampton)
November 1; 7 PM:
David Rakoff (Manhattan)
November 10; 7 PM:
Ursula Hegi (Southampton)
November 17; 7 PM:
Matthea Harvey & Rob Casper (Southampton)
December 6; 7 PM:
Julie Sheehan and Ursula Hegi (Manhattan)
December 8; 7 PM:
A Southampton MFA reading (Southampton)
For more information, refer to the Stony Brook Southampton MFA Writers Speak website, or call 631-632-5030. http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/southampton/mfa/
Oct 8 - 2010 - Ray Bradbury Stars in 'Big Rea' at WesternU - POMONA, CA
Renowned author Ray Bradbury will make a special appearance at Western University of Health Sciences on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 as part of Pomona's "Fahrenheit 451" Big Read.
Ray Bradbury and Sam Weller, his authorized biographer, will appear at WesternU's Health Education Center, 701 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif., from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 8 to discuss "The Bradbury Chronicles" and the newly released "Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews."
"An Evening with Ray Bradbury and Sam Weller" will feature an interactive program with the two men, and is a rare opportunity to meet one of America's most celebrated authors. A reception will be held at 6 p.m., with a book signing following the program.
Bradbury will sign copies of "Fahrenheit 451," and Weller will sign copies of "The Bradbury Chronicles" and "Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews." No other books, CDs, DVDs or memorabilia of any kind, please.
This event, which is open to the public, serves as the kick-off for Pomona's "Fahrenheit 451" Big Read. Everyone in the community is invited to read the novel "Fahrenheit 451" and share in the numerous discussions, film screenings, art exhibits and other events scheduled throughout October and November. Event details and updates are available on the Pomona Public Library web page (http://www.pomonalibrary.org/) and here (http://www.neabigread.org/communities/?community_id=2024), or call the Pomona Public Library at 909-620-2043.
The goal of the Big Read is to restore reading to the center of American culture and highlight the importance of literature in daily life. The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, aims to directly address the decline of reading for pleasure by providing citizens with an opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their community.
WesternU's Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library, 287 E. Third St., Pomona, will feature a special display of controversial medical books and some consumer health books that have been banned, as well as "Fahrenheit 451" and other fiction. The "Banned Books Display" will remind students and visitors not to take freedom for granted. The display runs Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, 2010.
Ray Bradbury and Sam Weller, his authorized biographer, will appear at WesternU's Health Education Center, 701 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif., from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 8 to discuss "The Bradbury Chronicles" and the newly released "Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews."
"An Evening with Ray Bradbury and Sam Weller" will feature an interactive program with the two men, and is a rare opportunity to meet one of America's most celebrated authors. A reception will be held at 6 p.m., with a book signing following the program.
Bradbury will sign copies of "Fahrenheit 451," and Weller will sign copies of "The Bradbury Chronicles" and "Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews." No other books, CDs, DVDs or memorabilia of any kind, please.
This event, which is open to the public, serves as the kick-off for Pomona's "Fahrenheit 451" Big Read. Everyone in the community is invited to read the novel "Fahrenheit 451" and share in the numerous discussions, film screenings, art exhibits and other events scheduled throughout October and November. Event details and updates are available on the Pomona Public Library web page (http://www.pomonalibrary.org/) and here (http://www.neabigread.org/communities/?community_id=2024), or call the Pomona Public Library at 909-620-2043.
The goal of the Big Read is to restore reading to the center of American culture and highlight the importance of literature in daily life. The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, aims to directly address the decline of reading for pleasure by providing citizens with an opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their community.
WesternU's Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library, 287 E. Third St., Pomona, will feature a special display of controversial medical books and some consumer health books that have been banned, as well as "Fahrenheit 451" and other fiction. The "Banned Books Display" will remind students and visitors not to take freedom for granted. The display runs Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, 2010.
Sept 23 2010 - How to Develop a Content Strategy for Search and Social Marketing
On September 23, Compendium CEO Chris Baggott will partner with Content Marketing Evangelist Joe Pulizzi for a compelling webinar on content marketing.
In marketing, content has always ruled as king. Now, however, content is more important than ever as the fuel that feeds search engine optimization and social networking, the two most popular means for online marketing. Titled "Content Strategies for Search and Social Marketing," this webinar will teach marketers how to develop a content strategy that meets the search and social needs of their organization.
Joe Pulizzi is a content marketing evangelist and one of the thought leaders behind the content marketing and social media movement. He is also the co-author, with Newt Barrett, of "Get Content, Get Customers," and a noted public speaker.
Chris Baggott is the co-founder and CEO of Compendium, a social content publishing platform that allows companies to generate and distribute content to search-engine friendly landing pages and social networking sites. Baggott travels widely throughout the U.S. speaking on search and social marketing, and how to develop and deploy the human content that drives both.
With these two industry experts guiding the webinar, attendees will learn proven content strategies to improve their online marketing and acquire new business.
"It's not enough to simply know you need more content," says Baggott. "That's like telling someone they need to drive a car without ever teaching them how…or even providing them with a car to drive. This webinar will show marketers how to strategically create more content for search and social marketing."
The September 23 webinar takes place from 2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT and is limited to 250 attendees. For more information, go to http://landingpages.compendium.com/homeleader-webinar-content-strategies.html.
In marketing, content has always ruled as king. Now, however, content is more important than ever as the fuel that feeds search engine optimization and social networking, the two most popular means for online marketing. Titled "Content Strategies for Search and Social Marketing," this webinar will teach marketers how to develop a content strategy that meets the search and social needs of their organization.
Joe Pulizzi is a content marketing evangelist and one of the thought leaders behind the content marketing and social media movement. He is also the co-author, with Newt Barrett, of "Get Content, Get Customers," and a noted public speaker.
Chris Baggott is the co-founder and CEO of Compendium, a social content publishing platform that allows companies to generate and distribute content to search-engine friendly landing pages and social networking sites. Baggott travels widely throughout the U.S. speaking on search and social marketing, and how to develop and deploy the human content that drives both.
With these two industry experts guiding the webinar, attendees will learn proven content strategies to improve their online marketing and acquire new business.
"It's not enough to simply know you need more content," says Baggott. "That's like telling someone they need to drive a car without ever teaching them how…or even providing them with a car to drive. This webinar will show marketers how to strategically create more content for search and social marketing."
The September 23 webinar takes place from 2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT and is limited to 250 attendees. For more information, go to http://landingpages.compendium.com/homeleader-webinar-content-strategies.html.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Oct 7-10 2010 - The 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
The largest and most renowned poetry event in North America, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's 13th Biennial Dodge Poetry Festival, will be hosted this year by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the City of Newark. The Festival is expected to attract an audience of more than 20,000 people nationally and internationally. The Dodge Foundation will also provide free tickets to more than 4,500 high school students representing 250 schools across the country. The Festival features former U.S. Poets Laureate Kay Ryan, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, and Mark Strand as well as dozens of distinguished poets over four days of readings, discussions, and conversations.
THE 2010 GERALDINE R. DODGE POETRY FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
POETRY SAMPLER AND POETRY SUMMIT
The Festival opens on October 7th with an event unrivaled by any other poetry gathering: a Poetry Sampler featuring back-to-back readings by two dozen major poets, including Kay Ryan, the most recent U.S. Poet Laureate, and former Poets Laureate Billy Collins and Rita Dove, as well as Pulitzer Prize and McArthur "Genius" Fellowship winner Galway Kinnell. The event takes place in NJPAC's 2,800-seat Prudential Hall.
Other notable poets reading in the Poetry Sampler are Amiri Baraka, Kwame Dawes, Matthew Dickman, Bob Hicok, Martin Espada, Dunya Mikhail, Joseph Millar, Nancy Morejon, Sharon Olds, Marie Ponsot, and Claudia Rankine. All poets in the Poetry Sampler will participate in the Festival's subsequent three days of scheduled readings, conversations and discussions. The Festival will culminate with a Sunday afternoon Poetry Summit on October 10th in Prudential Hall featuring four Poets Laureate: Billy Collins (2001-03), Rita Dove (1993-95), Kay Ryan (2008-10), and Mark Strand (1990-91).
Tickets can be purchased by phone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC, in person at the box-office at One Center Street (open Monday- Saturday, noon to 6pm, and Sunday, noon to 5pm), or online at www.njpac.org). As they become available, information and program updates about the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival will be available at http://www.dodgepoetry.org/.
THE 2010 GERALDINE R. DODGE POETRY FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
POETRY SAMPLER AND POETRY SUMMIT
The Festival opens on October 7th with an event unrivaled by any other poetry gathering: a Poetry Sampler featuring back-to-back readings by two dozen major poets, including Kay Ryan, the most recent U.S. Poet Laureate, and former Poets Laureate Billy Collins and Rita Dove, as well as Pulitzer Prize and McArthur "Genius" Fellowship winner Galway Kinnell. The event takes place in NJPAC's 2,800-seat Prudential Hall.
Other notable poets reading in the Poetry Sampler are Amiri Baraka, Kwame Dawes, Matthew Dickman, Bob Hicok, Martin Espada, Dunya Mikhail, Joseph Millar, Nancy Morejon, Sharon Olds, Marie Ponsot, and Claudia Rankine. All poets in the Poetry Sampler will participate in the Festival's subsequent three days of scheduled readings, conversations and discussions. The Festival will culminate with a Sunday afternoon Poetry Summit on October 10th in Prudential Hall featuring four Poets Laureate: Billy Collins (2001-03), Rita Dove (1993-95), Kay Ryan (2008-10), and Mark Strand (1990-91).
Tickets can be purchased by phone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC, in person at the box-office at One Center Street (open Monday- Saturday, noon to 6pm, and Sunday, noon to 5pm), or online at www.njpac.org). As they become available, information and program updates about the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival will be available at http://www.dodgepoetry.org/.
Sept 23 2010 - SUNY Potsdam Announces Guest Author Book Series
The SUNY Potsdam Guest Author Book Series, funded as part of the college's five-year, $1.6 million dollar Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant Award from the U.S. Department of Education to promote undergraduate research across the curriculum, will host an inaugural open campus forum on Thursday, Sept. 23, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Raymond Hall 8th floor dining room.
The inaugural SUNY Potsdam Guest Author Book Series event will feature nationally known scholars Dr. Kathyrine Scheuch and Dr. Joy Gaston-Gayles, authors of "Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Engaging College Students in Research and Creative Activities."
"The Guest Author Book Series is a unique opportunity for the campus and community to learn more about national role models in instructional pedagogy and curriculum design that engages both faculty and students in meaningful research, scholarship and creative activity in multiple classroom, community, laboratory or studio settings," said SUNY Potsdam Title III Project Director Gerald L. Ratliff.
Dr. Kathyrine Scheuch, former deputy director of research and director of academic programs and teacher education at the Florida Department of Education, is currently serving as a research analyst for the Florida Department of Education. She earned a doctorate degree from Florida State University and her dissertation examined faculty research orientation, undergraduate research activities and student outcomes. Scheuch's scholarly interests include not only instructional pedagogy and practices but also minority student issues and the history of the honors program movement in the United States.
Dr. Joy Gaston-Gayles, professor in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult & Higher Education at North Carolina State University, serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of College Student Development and the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. She has published numerous articles that explore the relationship between a student's academic and social experience and the influence of college experiences on desired outcomes of education. Gayles earned a doctorate degree from The Ohio State University and her scholarly interests are related to the gendered effects of degree attainment on minorities and women in the sciences.
The campus forum is open to the community and there is no charge for admission. For more information, contact Gerald L. Ratliff, Title III project director, at (315) 267-2107 or e-mail ratlifgl@potsdam.edu. To find out more about the variety of events on the SUNY Potsdam calendar, check out www.potsdam.edu/newsandevents.
The inaugural SUNY Potsdam Guest Author Book Series event will feature nationally known scholars Dr. Kathyrine Scheuch and Dr. Joy Gaston-Gayles, authors of "Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Engaging College Students in Research and Creative Activities."
"The Guest Author Book Series is a unique opportunity for the campus and community to learn more about national role models in instructional pedagogy and curriculum design that engages both faculty and students in meaningful research, scholarship and creative activity in multiple classroom, community, laboratory or studio settings," said SUNY Potsdam Title III Project Director Gerald L. Ratliff.
Dr. Kathyrine Scheuch, former deputy director of research and director of academic programs and teacher education at the Florida Department of Education, is currently serving as a research analyst for the Florida Department of Education. She earned a doctorate degree from Florida State University and her dissertation examined faculty research orientation, undergraduate research activities and student outcomes. Scheuch's scholarly interests include not only instructional pedagogy and practices but also minority student issues and the history of the honors program movement in the United States.
Dr. Joy Gaston-Gayles, professor in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult & Higher Education at North Carolina State University, serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of College Student Development and the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. She has published numerous articles that explore the relationship between a student's academic and social experience and the influence of college experiences on desired outcomes of education. Gayles earned a doctorate degree from The Ohio State University and her scholarly interests are related to the gendered effects of degree attainment on minorities and women in the sciences.
The campus forum is open to the community and there is no charge for admission. For more information, contact Gerald L. Ratliff, Title III project director, at (315) 267-2107 or e-mail ratlifgl@potsdam.edu. To find out more about the variety of events on the SUNY Potsdam calendar, check out www.potsdam.edu/newsandevents.
Sept 28 2010 - Frostburg State University Presents Banned Book Readings
The English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta and the Lewis J. Ort Library at Frostburg State University will present an evening of readings from books deemed controversial enough to be banned or challenged. The readings will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in room 237 of the Lewis J. Ort Library.
This event is held in conjunction with the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read. This yearly commemoration, as the ALA notes, "reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted."
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Anne Lutz at the FSU Department of English at mlutz@frostburg.edu, or Jeffrey Maehre at the Lewis J. Ort Library at jamaehre@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.
This event is held in conjunction with the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read. This yearly commemoration, as the ALA notes, "reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted."
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Anne Lutz at the FSU Department of English at mlutz@frostburg.edu, or Jeffrey Maehre at the Lewis J. Ort Library at jamaehre@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 2010 - 100 Day Writing Challenge for Established and Aspiring Writers
Online writing teacher and top copywriter Angela Booth has created a "100 Day Challenge" to help both professional and aspiring writers to achieve their 2010 goals by the end of this year.
Angela has announced these details on her writing blog:
* The 100 Day Challenge is free. It begins in September, an ends on January 1, 2011.
* The Challenge is for both new and established writers who want to achieve the goals they set for themselves in 2010. Writers who haven't set goals will have the opportunity to set their goals during the Challenge.
* Writers' objectives for the Challenge are essentially to meet their goals for 2010. For example, a writers' goals could include making at least $200 a day more from his writing than he's making now, or making at least $70 an hour from his writing by the end of 2010, or starting or completing a book.
* Prerequisites for writers who want to enroll: a writer needs the determination to commit to the process, and the desire to devote an hour a day to it. Writers will also need to be prepared to have fun.
* Writers will receive twice-weekly guidance and writing training in email messages from Angela.
Angela says: "in a nutshell, writers will achieve their goals for 2010, and will have a great time as they do it. It's my aim that in just 100 days, writers will discover how to build the great writing career they want and deserve."
The mid-September enrollment date for the Challenge will be announced in Angela's popular Fab Freelance Writing Ezine. The enrollment will be limited, and will be open for just five days.
To learn more, writers are encouraged to subscribe to Fab Freelance Writing Ezine.
Angela has announced these details on her writing blog:
* The 100 Day Challenge is free. It begins in September, an ends on January 1, 2011.
* The Challenge is for both new and established writers who want to achieve the goals they set for themselves in 2010. Writers who haven't set goals will have the opportunity to set their goals during the Challenge.
* Writers' objectives for the Challenge are essentially to meet their goals for 2010. For example, a writers' goals could include making at least $200 a day more from his writing than he's making now, or making at least $70 an hour from his writing by the end of 2010, or starting or completing a book.
* Prerequisites for writers who want to enroll: a writer needs the determination to commit to the process, and the desire to devote an hour a day to it. Writers will also need to be prepared to have fun.
* Writers will receive twice-weekly guidance and writing training in email messages from Angela.
Angela says: "in a nutshell, writers will achieve their goals for 2010, and will have a great time as they do it. It's my aim that in just 100 days, writers will discover how to build the great writing career they want and deserve."
The mid-September enrollment date for the Challenge will be announced in Angela's popular Fab Freelance Writing Ezine. The enrollment will be limited, and will be open for just five days.
To learn more, writers are encouraged to subscribe to Fab Freelance Writing Ezine.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sept 21 2010 - Virtual Workshop on Social Media
Informex, the leading meeting place for buyers and sellers of high-value chemistry for a broad range of applications, today announced that it will hold the first of a series of webinars on September 21, 2010. The inaugural webinar, 'Navigating Social Media: A step-by-step guide for promoting your brand,' will run from 2 until 4pm ET and will be led by social media and chemical industry expert, Mary Canady.
The fully interactive session will examine social media strategies and tactics tailored specifically for chemical industry professionals. The workshop will aim to educate delegates as to the best ways to promote their brand via social media. One of the major themes of the real-time seminar will be how to increase the effectiveness of your presence at an event before, during, and after the trade show or conference. Real examples from life science conferences will be used to show what has worked and why, and attendees will receive worksheets and schedules designed to get them moving quickly towards planning a highly successful event presence.
The webinar will take an in-depth look at social media's role in the chemical industry as it relates to: research of industry and competitors, connecting with business partners, developing and maintaining business relationships, leveraging news and announcements and interacting with customers and clients.
The Informex social media webinar will focus on several topic areas to educate attendees in the many benefits of using social media to extend company outreach and engagement, including:
A timeline for how to use social media up to, including, and post trade show/conference
Getting over your fears of social media
How to integrate into your marketing plan
The types of messages and platforms that will be most applicable for your brand
Etiquette 'Do's and Don'ts' of social media
Case study of a firm that has seen the benefit of social media
Investment of employee time required
How to be an active member of the social media communities
Metrics for evaluating return on investment
Entrance to the webinar costs $79 per person or $150 per group and places are limited number to ensure that attendees will have a chance to ask questions, interact and have their concerns fully addressed.
Future topics in the Informex webinar series include 'How to Grow Your Business in Latin America,' 'Waste Management,' 'Organic Chemistry 101 for Chemical Business Professionals' and 'Navigating Drug Delays'. The webinars will allow chemical industry professionals to connect to Informex branded events without leaving the comfort of the office. In times when travel is not always an option, virtual events allow education and interactivity with minimal investment enabling attendees to hear from industry leaders who may not speak regularly at events due to time or travel constraints.
Registration for the webinar series is now open and further information is available at: www.informex.com/webinars.
The fully interactive session will examine social media strategies and tactics tailored specifically for chemical industry professionals. The workshop will aim to educate delegates as to the best ways to promote their brand via social media. One of the major themes of the real-time seminar will be how to increase the effectiveness of your presence at an event before, during, and after the trade show or conference. Real examples from life science conferences will be used to show what has worked and why, and attendees will receive worksheets and schedules designed to get them moving quickly towards planning a highly successful event presence.
The webinar will take an in-depth look at social media's role in the chemical industry as it relates to: research of industry and competitors, connecting with business partners, developing and maintaining business relationships, leveraging news and announcements and interacting with customers and clients.
The Informex social media webinar will focus on several topic areas to educate attendees in the many benefits of using social media to extend company outreach and engagement, including:
A timeline for how to use social media up to, including, and post trade show/conference
Getting over your fears of social media
How to integrate into your marketing plan
The types of messages and platforms that will be most applicable for your brand
Etiquette 'Do's and Don'ts' of social media
Case study of a firm that has seen the benefit of social media
Investment of employee time required
How to be an active member of the social media communities
Metrics for evaluating return on investment
Entrance to the webinar costs $79 per person or $150 per group and places are limited number to ensure that attendees will have a chance to ask questions, interact and have their concerns fully addressed.
Future topics in the Informex webinar series include 'How to Grow Your Business in Latin America,' 'Waste Management,' 'Organic Chemistry 101 for Chemical Business Professionals' and 'Navigating Drug Delays'. The webinars will allow chemical industry professionals to connect to Informex branded events without leaving the comfort of the office. In times when travel is not always an option, virtual events allow education and interactivity with minimal investment enabling attendees to hear from industry leaders who may not speak regularly at events due to time or travel constraints.
Registration for the webinar series is now open and further information is available at: www.informex.com/webinars.
Sept 16 2010 - What the Pros Know About Writing Well - Willowbrook, Illinois
Barbara Govednik, Writer, Writing Coach, Communication Strategist at 423 Communication, http://www.423communication.com/ visits with West Suburban Women Entrepreneurs, http://www.wswe.org/, a premier educational and networking organization in the western suburbs for women seeking to better their businesses, their communities and the world. Attendee registration at http://www.wswe.org/
Ms. Govednik will be keynoting on the topic "What the Pros Know About Writing Well" on September 16, 2010 at the Ashton Place, 341 75th Street, Willowbrook, Illinois at 8:00 am (CST).
Ms. Govednik says, "Whether you are trying to write a book or trying to write an email, knowing the tips, tricks and skills that professional writers use every day can make your time at the keyboard more efficient, more effective and a lot less daunting."
For more than 20 years, Barbara Govednik has made her living creating content and she shares the secrets for getting started, polishing your message and staying on track with any kind of writing project, big or small.
WSWE's program director, Aileen Gilpin is delighted to have Ms. Govednik participating. "We've managed to attract the top talent in the industry to represent topics that are forefront in the minds of small business owners," noted Gilpin. "The overwhelming success of our unique presentation style allows us to offer live presentations and Q&A to our members, as well as on-demand presentations throughout the year. The opportunities for our speakers to impart their knowledge and expertise, as well as to "get the word” out to other women entrepreneurs in the community is just mind-boggling."
In addition to educational sessions, WSWE attendees are able to develop relationships that become a critical source of support and inspiration, meet women who understand your challenges and can provide encouragement and share practical solutions, learn from experts with the information you need to continue to grow both professionally and personally and make professional connections that will lead to new business opportunities.
For the full event information and registration, visit http://www.wswe.org
Ms. Govednik will be keynoting on the topic "What the Pros Know About Writing Well" on September 16, 2010 at the Ashton Place, 341 75th Street, Willowbrook, Illinois at 8:00 am (CST).
Ms. Govednik says, "Whether you are trying to write a book or trying to write an email, knowing the tips, tricks and skills that professional writers use every day can make your time at the keyboard more efficient, more effective and a lot less daunting."
For more than 20 years, Barbara Govednik has made her living creating content and she shares the secrets for getting started, polishing your message and staying on track with any kind of writing project, big or small.
WSWE's program director, Aileen Gilpin is delighted to have Ms. Govednik participating. "We've managed to attract the top talent in the industry to represent topics that are forefront in the minds of small business owners," noted Gilpin. "The overwhelming success of our unique presentation style allows us to offer live presentations and Q&A to our members, as well as on-demand presentations throughout the year. The opportunities for our speakers to impart their knowledge and expertise, as well as to "get the word” out to other women entrepreneurs in the community is just mind-boggling."
In addition to educational sessions, WSWE attendees are able to develop relationships that become a critical source of support and inspiration, meet women who understand your challenges and can provide encouragement and share practical solutions, learn from experts with the information you need to continue to grow both professionally and personally and make professional connections that will lead to new business opportunities.
For the full event information and registration, visit http://www.wswe.org
Sept 26 2010 - Best-Selling Author Rick Riordan to Speak at Adelphi University
Rick Riordan will deliver the Rita Diamandopoulos Lecture in Literature on Saturday, September 25, 2010, in the Ruth S. Harley University Center's Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. This ticketed lecture will take place at 4:00 p.m. with a book-signing at 5:15 p.m.
Mr. Riordan is best known for his children's fiction series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. His first book in the series, The Lightening Thief, was a Notable Book of the New York Times in 2005. The Sea of Monsters was named Child Magazine’s Best Book for Children in 2006 and was a national bestseller. His third title, The Titan’s Curse, put the series on the New York Times’ number one bestseller list, while the fourth title, The Battle of the Labyrinth, had a first printing of one million copies. The series ended in 2009 with The Last Olympian, which was also a national bestseller.
With a body of work including highly acclaimed adult fiction, Mr. Riordan won the 1998 Shamus Award and Anthony Award for Big Red Tequila, and the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for The Widower’s Two-Step. The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, was another number one bestseller of the New York Times. His newest series, The Kane Chronicles, is about Egyptian mythology and opened in the spring of 2010 with The Red Pyramid.
Mr. Riordan was previously an English and history teacher for middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, Texas honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award. He now writes full-time and lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons.
For more information about this and other events on campus, please visit adelphi.edu, or call the Cultural Events Hotline at (516) 877-4555. General admission for this lecture is $15 per person. To purchase tickets, please visit the box office or call (516) 877-4000
Mr. Riordan is best known for his children's fiction series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. His first book in the series, The Lightening Thief, was a Notable Book of the New York Times in 2005. The Sea of Monsters was named Child Magazine’s Best Book for Children in 2006 and was a national bestseller. His third title, The Titan’s Curse, put the series on the New York Times’ number one bestseller list, while the fourth title, The Battle of the Labyrinth, had a first printing of one million copies. The series ended in 2009 with The Last Olympian, which was also a national bestseller.
With a body of work including highly acclaimed adult fiction, Mr. Riordan won the 1998 Shamus Award and Anthony Award for Big Red Tequila, and the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for The Widower’s Two-Step. The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, was another number one bestseller of the New York Times. His newest series, The Kane Chronicles, is about Egyptian mythology and opened in the spring of 2010 with The Red Pyramid.
Mr. Riordan was previously an English and history teacher for middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, Texas honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award. He now writes full-time and lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons.
For more information about this and other events on campus, please visit adelphi.edu, or call the Cultural Events Hotline at (516) 877-4555. General admission for this lecture is $15 per person. To purchase tickets, please visit the box office or call (516) 877-4000
Sept 12 2010 - Brooklyn Book Festival - New York
Now in its fifth year, the Brooklyn Book Festival is one of the top book festivals in the country. With the extraordinary literary heritage, vibrant publishing community and international reading audience of Brooklyn and New York City as its backdrop, the Festival offers the best and brightest stars in contemporary literature.
The hip, huge and free all-star literary lineup includes Salman Rushdie, Naomi Klein, Paul Auster, Venus Williams, Nelson George, Sarah Silverman, Gary Shteyngart, Mary Gaitskill, John Ashbery, Rosanne Cash, Paul Krugman, Colson Whitehead, Francine Prose, Dennis Lehane, Per Petterson, Esmeralda Santiago, Pete Hamill, Jennifer Egan, Russell Banks, Michael Connelly, John Hodgman, Kristen Schaal, Sam Lipsyte, Sloane Crosley, Maaza Mengiste, Paul Harding, Amy Goodman, Marlon James, Sarah MacLean, Jean Valentine, Elizabeth Nunez and many more, as well as children's and young adult lit stars like Rebecca Stead, Sara Shepard, Jacqueline Woodson, Jon Scieszka, Jenny Han, Nina Crews, Mac Barnett, Tad Hills, Chris Raschka, Michael Rex, Matthew Reinhart and Francisco X. Stork.
Locations include Brooklyn Borough Hall/Columbus Park, St. Francis College and the Brooklyn Historical Society. Brooklyn Book Festival is presented by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism.
"As the creative epicenter of New York, Brooklyn is already home to many of the world's greatest writers, and now we've got a festival that gathers together the rest of the best from across the nation and around the world," said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.
This year's expansion includes weekend-long "Bookend" events at the coolest venues in Brooklyn, including BAM, Bell House, Brooklyn Bridge Park, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Brooklyn Public Library, Debut Lit, Freebird Books & Goods, Greenlight Bookstore, Irondale Center, Light Industry, Littlefield, Mainspring Collective, PEN American Center, Pizza D'Amore, powerHouse, St. Ann's Warehouse, WORD and more!
The Brooklyn Book Festival "BoBi" award, given each year to an author whose body of work exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn, will go to the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery.
With a festival this hip, smart and diverse—Brooklyn is indeed Book-lyn!
Visit http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ or check out the official Facebook page
The hip, huge and free all-star literary lineup includes Salman Rushdie, Naomi Klein, Paul Auster, Venus Williams, Nelson George, Sarah Silverman, Gary Shteyngart, Mary Gaitskill, John Ashbery, Rosanne Cash, Paul Krugman, Colson Whitehead, Francine Prose, Dennis Lehane, Per Petterson, Esmeralda Santiago, Pete Hamill, Jennifer Egan, Russell Banks, Michael Connelly, John Hodgman, Kristen Schaal, Sam Lipsyte, Sloane Crosley, Maaza Mengiste, Paul Harding, Amy Goodman, Marlon James, Sarah MacLean, Jean Valentine, Elizabeth Nunez and many more, as well as children's and young adult lit stars like Rebecca Stead, Sara Shepard, Jacqueline Woodson, Jon Scieszka, Jenny Han, Nina Crews, Mac Barnett, Tad Hills, Chris Raschka, Michael Rex, Matthew Reinhart and Francisco X. Stork.
Locations include Brooklyn Borough Hall/Columbus Park, St. Francis College and the Brooklyn Historical Society. Brooklyn Book Festival is presented by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism.
"As the creative epicenter of New York, Brooklyn is already home to many of the world's greatest writers, and now we've got a festival that gathers together the rest of the best from across the nation and around the world," said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.
This year's expansion includes weekend-long "Bookend" events at the coolest venues in Brooklyn, including BAM, Bell House, Brooklyn Bridge Park, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Brooklyn Public Library, Debut Lit, Freebird Books & Goods, Greenlight Bookstore, Irondale Center, Light Industry, Littlefield, Mainspring Collective, PEN American Center, Pizza D'Amore, powerHouse, St. Ann's Warehouse, WORD and more!
The Brooklyn Book Festival "BoBi" award, given each year to an author whose body of work exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn, will go to the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery.
With a festival this hip, smart and diverse—Brooklyn is indeed Book-lyn!
Visit http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ or check out the official Facebook page
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sept 18 2010 - Twelve Poetic Dance works - San Francisco, CA
Twelve Poetic Dance works - a fusion of dance with poetry - by selected Art Dance groups and soloists, embracing poetry as something to dance about, will be featured at the 17th annual Dancing Poetry Festival. Costumes, Music, and Motion highlight this year's festival, which will be held at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's exquisite Florence Gould Theater, 100 - 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, on Sept. 18, 2010, noon - 4:00 p.m.
A delightful and rare fusion of the arts of dance and poetry. Sponsored by Artists Embassy International and featuring the renowned Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, with Poet Laureate Man of Letters, Richard Angilly. For reservations/advanced tickets email dancingpoetry@aol.com or call: 510-235-0361. Information at: http://www.dancingpoetry.com/. $15 General admission, $12 Seniors, $8 Youth. An exciting, fun-filled afternoon for the whole family.
Artists Embassy International expands performance outreach, as it moves poetry from the page to the stage, presenting exceptional local, international, cultural exchanges. AEI is a non-profit tax-exempt volunteer organization, furthering intercultural understanding, friendship and goodwill through the universal language of the arts. Poets, dancers, musicians, visual artists, and arts enthusiasts are invited to this wonderful poetic happening. Tax-deductible donations accepted.
A delightful and rare fusion of the arts of dance and poetry. Sponsored by Artists Embassy International and featuring the renowned Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, with Poet Laureate Man of Letters, Richard Angilly. For reservations/advanced tickets email dancingpoetry@aol.com or call: 510-235-0361. Information at: http://www.dancingpoetry.com/. $15 General admission, $12 Seniors, $8 Youth. An exciting, fun-filled afternoon for the whole family.
Artists Embassy International expands performance outreach, as it moves poetry from the page to the stage, presenting exceptional local, international, cultural exchanges. AEI is a non-profit tax-exempt volunteer organization, furthering intercultural understanding, friendship and goodwill through the universal language of the arts. Poets, dancers, musicians, visual artists, and arts enthusiasts are invited to this wonderful poetic happening. Tax-deductible donations accepted.
Amy Goodman, Award-Winning Journalist, Opens Calhoun Performing Arts Series, Sept. 27, 2010 - New York
Amy Goodman, best-selling author and award-winning executive producer and host of the national independent news program Democracy Now!, will address the role of independent media in promoting social justice on Monday, September 27, 7pm, in an evening talk hosted by the Calhoun 2010-2011 Performing Arts Series. A Q&A and signing of her latest book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, will follow the talk. Tickets for the event,which is being held in the Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center at The Calhoun School, 433 West End Avenue @ 81st Street, are $5 for seniors and students; $10 for adults, and may be purchased online at www.calhoun.org/reservations.
Ms. Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award--widely known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize"-- for "developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media." Her reporting on East Timor and Nigeria has won numerous awards, including the George Polk Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. She has also received awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Project Censored. Ms. Goodman was one of the first recipients of Independent Media's Izzy Award. PULSE named her one of the 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009, and she received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Reporting in 2007 for a weekly podcast syndicated by King Features. Time Magazine named Democracy Now its "Pick of the Podcasts."
The author of four New York Times best sellers, Ms. Goodman's latest book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, proves the power of independent journalism in the struggle for a better world. She co-authored the first three bestsellers with her brother, journalist David Goodman: Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (2008), Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2006) and The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (2004). For more information about Amy Goodman, see http://www.democracynow.org/.
Ms. Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award--widely known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize"-- for "developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media." Her reporting on East Timor and Nigeria has won numerous awards, including the George Polk Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. She has also received awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Project Censored. Ms. Goodman was one of the first recipients of Independent Media's Izzy Award. PULSE named her one of the 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009, and she received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Reporting in 2007 for a weekly podcast syndicated by King Features. Time Magazine named Democracy Now its "Pick of the Podcasts."
The author of four New York Times best sellers, Ms. Goodman's latest book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, proves the power of independent journalism in the struggle for a better world. She co-authored the first three bestsellers with her brother, journalist David Goodman: Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (2008), Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2006) and The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (2004). For more information about Amy Goodman, see http://www.democracynow.org/.
Sept 11-12 2010 - Women Writers Event Remembers Katrina - New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2010, five years ago this month. To honor the suffering it caused, and in a year when the eyes of the world are once again trained on the Gulf Coast after the oil spill, the Kentucky Women Writers Conference will feature poet Patricia Smith, the author of "Blood Dazzler," a collection of poetry on Hurricane Katrina. The Kentucky Women Writers Conference runs Sept. 11-12.
"Blood Dazzler," which chronicles the devastation wreaked by Katrina on individual lives, was a National Book Award finalist and one of NPR’s Top 5 books of 2008. Smith’s poems capture the transformation of the hurricane as it approaches shore, from Aug. 23, 2005, the day Tropical Depression Twelve developed, through Aug. 28 when it became a Category 5 storm with its "scarlet glare fixed on the trembling crescent," to the heartbreaking aftermath. Throughout, the book evokes the horror that unfolded in New Orleans as the nation watched on television. Assuming the voices of politicians, the dying, their survivors, and the voice of the hurricane itself, Smith follows the inadequate relief effort and stands witness to families held captive on rooftops and in the Superdome. Of the critically acclaimed collection, South Carolina poet laureate Marjory Wentworth wrote, "'Blood Dazzler' is the narrative of a shameful tragedy, but it is lyrical and beautiful, like a hymn we want to sing over and over until it lives in our collective memory."
Smith is currently working on a dance/theater production based on "Blood Dazzler" with Paloma McGregor, of the Urban Bush Women. The production is expected to premiere at The Kitchen in New York City this fall.
A four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, Smith will perform as headliner and serve as celebrity judge for this year's Gypsy Poetry Slam. The opening event of the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, the Gypsy Poetry Slam will be held Sept. 10,. This is the noted poet's second appearance at the slam, and the event's fifth anniversary. Smith will also teach a two-part poetry workshop for conference registrants Sept. 11-12. For more details, visit the event online at http://www.kentuckywomenwriters.org/ or call (859) 257-2874.
Oct 14 2010 - Bonita Richter Presents "How to Raise Your Fees Workshop" - Garlands in Barrington, Ill
Executive Coach Bonita Richter is pleased to announce a groundbreaking workshop where savvy women entrepreneurs can learn how to confidently sell their services and raise their fees. Richter's "How to Raise Your Fees Workshop" will be held on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Garlands in Barrington, Ill. A registration fee of $297 is available through Sept. 15 and includes workshop materials, continental breakfast, lunch and snack; cost is $497 after Sept. 15.Richter's systematic and proven approach is designed to help women entrepreneurs raise their fees up to 40 percent. "Most sales training systems employ a masculine approach to selling, which conflicts with a woman's approach," explained Richter. "This is why so many women feel uncomfortable discussing fees."
Richter used the system to build her executive coaching business and found the authentic approach to pricing services and guiding clients through a sales conversation process improved her confidence and produced more sales. "I quickly found myself generating more income, because I was closing 80 percent of my sales calls," added Richter.
Recognizing that the process could also help her clients increase their income, Richter created the "How to Raise Your Fees Workshop," a hands-on experience focused on the specific steps needed to raise fees and win clients. Attendance is limited so that each entrepreneur has an opportunity to receive spotlight coaching during the full day event. Time-saving scripts, checklists, templates and examples make it easy to immediately put the system to work.
The authentic selling system is ideal for women consultants, coaches, copywriters, freelance writers, publicists, web designers, speakers and trainers. For more information or to register, visit http://www.bonitarichter.com/.
Sept 19 2010 - Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention - Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention presents legendary Author Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles) on Sunday, September 19, 2010. Ray Bradbury will be appearing 12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. to sign Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis, a new Science Fiction film just released on DVD.
Ray Bradbury's writing has inspired generation after generation of writers with his iconic works such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked this Way Comes, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine and many others. Several of Ray Bradbury's stories have been adapted for film and television. Twenty seven of Ray Bradbury's stories were adapted for the classic EC Comic Books of the 1950s in such titles as Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Crime Suspenstories, Shock Suspenstories, Weird Science-Fantasy, Weird Science, and Weird Fantasy. Ray Bradbury just turned 90 years old in 2010 and he is still active and involved with creating new works.
Ray Bradbury is appearing in person to sign Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis, a new Science Fiction film based on his short story and just released on DVD. Appearing with Ray for the 12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. signing will be Cast Members Glen Vaughan, Corey Landis, Elina Madison, Darren Kendrick, Larry Kirk, Producer Roger Lay, Jr., Composer Brandon Moore, and Creature Effects Designer Lee Romaire. Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis DVD, Poster, and CD will be available for purchase at the Convention.
The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention will be held at the historic landmark the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, 700 West 32nd Street, in Los Angeles, across the street from USC College. Also featured is a large Dealer's Room full of Old and New Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Toys, Action Figures, Movie Memorabilia, Trading Cards, DVDs and many other Collectibles available for purchase at over one hundred tables. Show hours are 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Admission is $8.00, five years and under are free. A Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Mini-Movie Poster will be given away free to everyone attending courtesy of Sony Pictures. Check http://www.comicbookscifi.com/ or call (818) 954-8432 for more information.
Ray Bradbury's writing has inspired generation after generation of writers with his iconic works such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked this Way Comes, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine and many others. Several of Ray Bradbury's stories have been adapted for film and television. Twenty seven of Ray Bradbury's stories were adapted for the classic EC Comic Books of the 1950s in such titles as Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Crime Suspenstories, Shock Suspenstories, Weird Science-Fantasy, Weird Science, and Weird Fantasy. Ray Bradbury just turned 90 years old in 2010 and he is still active and involved with creating new works.
Ray Bradbury is appearing in person to sign Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis, a new Science Fiction film based on his short story and just released on DVD. Appearing with Ray for the 12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. signing will be Cast Members Glen Vaughan, Corey Landis, Elina Madison, Darren Kendrick, Larry Kirk, Producer Roger Lay, Jr., Composer Brandon Moore, and Creature Effects Designer Lee Romaire. Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis DVD, Poster, and CD will be available for purchase at the Convention.
The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention will be held at the historic landmark the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, 700 West 32nd Street, in Los Angeles, across the street from USC College. Also featured is a large Dealer's Room full of Old and New Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Toys, Action Figures, Movie Memorabilia, Trading Cards, DVDs and many other Collectibles available for purchase at over one hundred tables. Show hours are 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Admission is $8.00, five years and under are free. A Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Mini-Movie Poster will be given away free to everyone attending courtesy of Sony Pictures. Check http://www.comicbookscifi.com/ or call (818) 954-8432 for more information.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Oct 7-9 2010 - 2010 Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival - Norfolk, Virginia
The organizers of the Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival (MABFF) have announced a final call for submissions for the 2010 festival. The premiere African-American short film festival returns for its fourth year from October 7 - 9, 2010 with three days of screenings and workshops at the historic Crispus Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia. During the three-day festival, veteran TV and film stars Ted Lange ("The Love Boat", "That's My Mama", and "Friday Foster" with Pam Grier), Judy Pace ("Cotton Comes To Harlem", "Brian's Song", Spike Lee’s "Sucker Free City") and Beverly Todd ("Crash", "The Bucket List", "Lean on Me") will attend as celebrity guests and will each be honored with MABFF's Living Legend Award.
As in previous years, the MABFF is accepting entries in the categories of Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, and Student Film. This year, the festival is also introducing exciting new categories, including a Screenplay Competition, an Original TV Pilot Competition, and a Web Series Competition. Submission forms and general requirements for all categories can be downloaded online at www.mabff.org or www.withoutabox.com.
The festival will kick off on Thursday, October 7th with a selection of opening day screenings and workshops followed by an Opening Night Ceremony Gala hosted by Beverly Todd and Judy Pace.
Beginning on Thursday, October 7th, Emmy-winning producer/LAWEBFEST founder Michael Ajakwe, Jr. will conduct a two-day Web Series Workshop with informative sessions on Writing, Producing, Marketing and Monetizing Your Web Series.
As part of the festival program, members from the Organization of Black Screenwriters (OBS) will join MABFF in hosting a three-day TV and screenwriting workshop and will also judge the festival’s screenplay and Original TV Pilot competitions. On Thursday, October 7th, OBS will conduct an Intensive half-day TV Writing Workshop followed by an Intensive half-day Screenwriting Workshop on Friday, October 8th. On Saturday, October 9th, the workshop will culminate with a special screening of "For Love of Amy", veteran actor Ted Lange's feature film directorial debut. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with both Lange and the film’s screenwriter/producer/star, Vincent Alston, who will share how he raised the money to complete his first feature film. During the award ceremony later that evening, the two filmmakers will be presented with MABFF’s inaugural Outstanding First Film Award for their achievement.
On Friday, October 8th, celebrity honorees Ted Lange, Judy Pace, and Beverly Todd will join award-winning filmmaker Monty Ross (Spike Lee's "Malcolm X", "Do the Right Thing", "Mo' Better Blues", "School Daze") and Michael Ajakwe, Jr. ("Martin", "Soul Food", "Sister, Sister", "Eve", "Love That Girl", "Talk Soup", "Entertainment Tonight") for ''Black Hollywood Then and Now,'' a blue ribbon panel of industry veterans discussing the state of Black Hollywood and how it has evolved over the last forty years.
Closing night festivities on October 9th will feature finalist screenings of the short film and web series competitions, culminating with the MABFF Award Ceremony at which winners for the various festival competitions will be announced along with the recognition and presentation of awards to this year's distinguished VIP honorees.
For more information about MABFF, please visit http://www.mabff.org/.
As in previous years, the MABFF is accepting entries in the categories of Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, and Student Film. This year, the festival is also introducing exciting new categories, including a Screenplay Competition, an Original TV Pilot Competition, and a Web Series Competition. Submission forms and general requirements for all categories can be downloaded online at www.mabff.org or www.withoutabox.com.
The festival will kick off on Thursday, October 7th with a selection of opening day screenings and workshops followed by an Opening Night Ceremony Gala hosted by Beverly Todd and Judy Pace.
Beginning on Thursday, October 7th, Emmy-winning producer/LAWEBFEST founder Michael Ajakwe, Jr. will conduct a two-day Web Series Workshop with informative sessions on Writing, Producing, Marketing and Monetizing Your Web Series.
As part of the festival program, members from the Organization of Black Screenwriters (OBS) will join MABFF in hosting a three-day TV and screenwriting workshop and will also judge the festival’s screenplay and Original TV Pilot competitions. On Thursday, October 7th, OBS will conduct an Intensive half-day TV Writing Workshop followed by an Intensive half-day Screenwriting Workshop on Friday, October 8th. On Saturday, October 9th, the workshop will culminate with a special screening of "For Love of Amy", veteran actor Ted Lange's feature film directorial debut. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with both Lange and the film’s screenwriter/producer/star, Vincent Alston, who will share how he raised the money to complete his first feature film. During the award ceremony later that evening, the two filmmakers will be presented with MABFF’s inaugural Outstanding First Film Award for their achievement.
On Friday, October 8th, celebrity honorees Ted Lange, Judy Pace, and Beverly Todd will join award-winning filmmaker Monty Ross (Spike Lee's "Malcolm X", "Do the Right Thing", "Mo' Better Blues", "School Daze") and Michael Ajakwe, Jr. ("Martin", "Soul Food", "Sister, Sister", "Eve", "Love That Girl", "Talk Soup", "Entertainment Tonight") for ''Black Hollywood Then and Now,'' a blue ribbon panel of industry veterans discussing the state of Black Hollywood and how it has evolved over the last forty years.
Closing night festivities on October 9th will feature finalist screenings of the short film and web series competitions, culminating with the MABFF Award Ceremony at which winners for the various festival competitions will be announced along with the recognition and presentation of awards to this year's distinguished VIP honorees.
For more information about MABFF, please visit http://www.mabff.org/.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Upcoming Literary Events at Kepler's: Aug. 25 - Nov. 7, 2010
All events are free and take place at Kepler's unless otherwise noted.
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650.324.4321
Howard Norman
Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 p.m.
What Is Left the Daughter
Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involvements with the same compelling neighbor. The suicides cause Wyatt to move to small-town Middle Economy to live with his uncle, aunt, and cousin Tilda.
Setting in motion the novel’s chain of life-altering passions and the wartime perfidy at its core is the arrival of the German student Hans Mohring. Actual historical incidents--including a German U-boat’s sinking of the Nova Scotia–Newfoundland ferry Caribou, on which Aunt Constance Hillyer might or might not be traveling--lend intense narrative power to Norman’s uncannily layered story.
Norman is a three-time winner of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction. His 1987 novel, The Northern Lights, was nominated for a National Book Award, as was his 1994 novel The Bird Artist. He is also author of the novels The Museum Guard, The Haunting of L, and Devotion. His books have been translated into twelve languages. Norman teaches in the MFA program at the University of Maryland.
Brad Herzog
Monday, August 30, 7:00 p.m.
Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey BUY NOW
"Herzog's third travel memoir follows the highways cross-country examining the idea of the hero along the way. He captures stunning details of the American landscape. The hero's return, is irresistible...a near-perfect ending." --Kirkus Reviews
Turn Left at the Trojan Horse has been described as On the Road meets Eat, Pray, Love because it goes well beyond a road trip. More than just a funny and profound narrative of Brad Herzog's cross-country trek toward a college reunion in Ithaca (New York) and more than another reimagining of Odysseus's ancient journey (he visits places like Troy, OR... Iliad, MT... Apollo, PA...), it is a memoir exploring the parameters of a heroic existence - by chronicling the lives of people in America's oft-ignored spaces, by examining the universal truths embedded in ancient myths, and by undertaking a fair bit of self-evaluation. It is the memoir of an Everyman searching for the hero within.
Brad Herzog has been described as a "modern-day Steinbeck" and a "Picasso of the Winnebago," and Lonely Planet has ranked his travel memoirs among eight classics of the genre, along with books like Travels with Charley and On the Road. As an award-winning freelance writer, he has chronicled some of the nation's most unusual and intriguing subcultures, from nudists to North Pole explorers and from Pez collectors to pro mini golfers. Please visit him at bradherzog.com
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"This is how a quest should be done...Herzog's stitching is so good, so seamless — he follows Odysseus' story until it becomes his own." -- Los Angeles Times
September Events
Rick Moody
Thursday, September 2, 7:00 p.m.
The Four Fingers of Death
Montese Crandall is a downtrodden writer whose rare collection of baseball cards won't sustain him, financially or emotionally, through the grave illness of his wife. Luckily, he swindles himself a job churning out a novelization of the 2025 remake of a 1963 horror classic, "The Crawling Hand." Crandall tells therein of the United States, in a bid to regain global eminence, launching at last its doomed manned mission to the desolation of Mars. Three space pods with nine Americans on board travel three months, expecting to spend three years as the planet's first colonists. When a secret mission to retrieve a flesh-eating bacterium for use in bio-warfare is uncovered, mayhem ensues.
THE FOUR FINGERS OF DEATH is Rick Moody's ninth book. He has received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Deborah Willis
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m.
Vanishing
This debut short story collection explores emotional and physical absences, the ways in which people leave and are left, and whether it’s ever possible to move on. With a remarkable economy of words, moments of dark humor, and wisdom and dexterity far beyond her years, Willis captures an incredible array of characters that will linger in the imagination, proving that nothing is ever truly forgotten. In these fourteen stories, secrets are both kept and unearthed, and lives are shaped by missing lovers, parents, and children.
“The emotional range and depth of these stories, their clarity and deftness, is astonishing.” --Alice Munro“Short-listed for a Governor-General’s Award, the stories in Vanishing show the magic of fiction at its best: fully realized worlds inseparable from the uncanny fact that they exist as mere words, magnificently strung together. Willis’s creative sleight-of-hand illuminates human intricacies as if tapping directly into your own.” --The Globe and Mail, one of Jim Bartley's Top Five Books of the Year
Deborah Willis, 28, was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. Her work has appeared in various journals and publications, and she was a winner of PRISM International’s annual fiction prize. She graduated from the University of Victoria, and has worked as a horseback riding instructor, a waitress, a short-order cook, a tour-guide in a French castle, a house-cleaner, and a newspaper reporter. She is fluent in French, and currently works as a bookseller at Munro’s Books in Victoria, British Columbia. Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, Vanishing and Other Stories is her first book of fiction.
William Gibson
Friday, September 10, 7:00 p.m.
Zero History
The iconic visionary returns with his first new novel since the New York Times bestseller Spook Country.
Hollis Henry worked for the global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend once before. She never meant to repeat the experience. But she's broke, and Bigend never feels it's beneath him to use whatever power comes his way -- in this case, the power of money to bring Hollis onto his team again. Not that she knows what the "team" is up to, not at first.
Milgrim is even more thoroughly owned by Bigend. He's worth owning for his useful gift of seeming to disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic - so much so that he spoke Russian with his therapist, in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of the addiction that would have killed him.
Garreth has a passion for extreme sports. Most recently he jumped off the highest building in the world, opening his chute at the last moment, and he has a new thighbone made of rattan baked into bone, entirely experimental, to show for it. Garreth isn't owned by Bigend at all. Garreth has friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors that a man like Bigend will find he needs, when things go unexpectedly sideways, in a world a man like Bigend is accustomed to controlling.
As when a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy that even Bigend, whose subtlety and power in the private sector would be hard to overstate, finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift in a seriously dangerous world.
Mr. Gibson will sign copies of his older titles if you purchase a copy of Zero History from Kepler's. Please have your receipt with you.
Monique Truong
Monday, September 27, 7:00 p.m.
Bitter in the Mouth
From Monique Truong, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Book of Salt, comes a brilliant, mesmerizing, beautifully written novel about a young woman’s search for identity and family, as she uncovers the secrets of her past and of history.
Growing up in the small town of Boiling Springs, North Carolina, in the 70’s and 80’s, Linda believes that she is profoundly different from everyone else, including the members of her own family. Now in her thirties, Linda looks back at her past when she navigated her way through life with the help of her great-uncle Harper, who loves her and loves to dance, and her best friend Kelly, with whom Linda exchanges almost daily letters.
For as long as she can remember, Linda has experienced a secret sense—she can “taste” words, which have the power to disrupt, dismay, or delight. She falls for names and what they evoke. As with all bodies, Linda’s is a mystery to her, in this and in other ways. Even as Linda makes her way north to Yale and New York City, she still does not know the truth about her past. Then, when a personal tragedy compels Linda to return to Boiling Springs, she gets to know a mother she never knew and uncovers a startling story of a life, a family.
This astonishing novel questions many assumptions—about what it means to be a family and to be a friend, to be foreign and to be familiar, to be connected and to be disconnected—from others and from the past, our bodies, our histories, and ourselves.
John Vaillant
Tuesday, September 28, 7:00 p.m.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren’t random: the tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.
This ancient, tenuous relationship between man and predator is at the very heart of this remarkable book. Throughout we encounter surprising theories of how humans and tigers may have evolved to coexist, how we may have developed as scavengers rather than hunters, and how early Homo sapiens may have fit seamlessly into the tiger’s ecosystem. Above all, we come to understand the endangered Siberian tiger, a highly intelligent super-predator that can grow to ten feet long, weigh more than six hundred pounds, and range daily over vast territories of forest and mountain.
Beautifully written and deeply informative, The Tiger circles around three main characters: Vladimir Markov, a poacher killed by the tiger; Yuri Trush, the lead tracker; and the tiger himself. It is an absolutely gripping tale of man and nature that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in the taiga.
John Vaillant is also the author of The Golden Spruce. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic, and Men’s Journal, among others. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
October Events
Stina Katchadourian
Wednesday, October 6, 7:00 p.m.
The Lapp King's Daughter: A Family's Journey Through Finland's Wars BUY NOW
From 1939 to 1945, Finland fought three wars: the Winter War of 1939, when the Soviet Union attacked the country; the Continuation War, when Finland fought the Soviet Union alongside Germany; and the Lapland War of 1944-45 against Germany.
Stina Katchadourian's memoir tells the story of how these three wars uprooted the lives of one Finnish family. The book draws on the author's childhood memories and also on the correspondence between her parents, who were separated during most of World War II, with the father on the front, fighting the Soviets.
Very little has previously been written about Finland's dramatic political history during World War II. How this small country retained its independence despite facing occupation by the Soviet Union or domination by Nazi Germany is told in riveting detail in this eyewitness account, which also includes family photos, maps, historical photos and other unique material from Swedish and Finnish archives.
Katchadourian grew up in Finland as part of its Swedish-speaking minority and moved to the United States in 1966. She is the author of two nonfiction books, Efronia, An Armenian Love Story and Great Need Over the Water, and has published book-length translations of poetry by Märta Tikkanen, Edith Södergran, and Tua Forsström.
Stina Katchadourian also works as a journalist for Scandinavian media. She regularly contributes to a Helsinki newspaper and has made numerous programs for Finnish radio and television.
She holds an M.A. from Stanford University and has been an Affiliated Scholar at Stanford’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender. She has held residencies at the Djerassi Foundation in Woodside, California, and the MacDowell Foundation in New Hampshire. She has served on the Board of the Global Fund for Women and currently serves on the Board of the Bay Area Chapter of the Finlandia Foundation, and is an honorary member of the Finland-Swedish Literature Society. Her prizes include the Leif and Inger Sjögren Translation Prize of the American-Scandinavia Society and the Södergran Prize.
Lan Samantha Chang
Thursday, October 7, 7:00 p.m.
All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost
At the renowned writing school in Bonneville, every student is simultaneously terrified of and attracted to the charismatic and mysterious poet and professor Miranda Sturgis, whose high standards for art are both intimidating and inspiring. As two students, Roman and Bernard, strive to win her admiration, the lines between mentorship, friendship, and love are blurred.
All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost offers a starkly honest portrait of people caught up in the drive to write and of the personal bargains and self-deceptions that such an ambition can entail. Lan Samantha Chang was brave to write this book, to turn her novelist's eye onto a world she knows intimately, and her bravery pays off in the unflinching final scenes. (Adam Haslett, author of Union Atlantic )
What a lovely, fierce book about love, betrayal, loss, and time’s dominion over us all. Fleet, preternaturally attuned to the ebb and flow of personal history, All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost is, well, unforgettable. Lan Samantha Chang sees deeply into her characters, right down to their souls, but she wields her intelligence with the compassion of a master. (Scott Spencer, author of A Ship Made of Paper )
Lucy, Roman, Bernard, and Miranda are characters you won’t soon forget. In their passionate, demanding, wrecked, and joyous literary lives, they thrive on their belief in language’s absolute authority. This deeply affecting--and elegant--novel by Lan Samantha Chang definitely offers what Leonard Cohen calls his whole career in song: All day and night, versions of the erotic. I wish I could live long enough to discover this novel in an attic trunk a hundred years in the future, and exclaim, so this is what ‘poetic education’ really meant. (Howard Norman, author of What Is Left the Daughter )
Lan Samantha Chang's fiction has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Story and The Best American Short Stories 1994 and 1996. Chang is the author of the award-winning books Hunger and Inheritance. She is the recipient of the Wallace Stegner and Truman Capote fellowships at Stanford University. She also received, from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a Teaching-Writing fellowship and a Michener-Copernicus fellowship. Her many awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, and she was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, where she directs the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Giovanni Tempesta
Monday, October 11, 7:00 p.m.
Acque, Lutulente E Chiare: Waters, Muddy and Clear
The 30 poems collected in Waters, muddy and clear, will let the reader penetrate Tempesta's nostalgic Italian heart. His verses, some in rhymes, are about love, desire, passion and compassion, fear and rejection, and the irony of life in all its aspects.
Translating poetry is an arduous task but he succeeded in recreating in English, the emotional impact of his original poems in Italian. At the end, he even invites the readers to give their own interpretation of the final poem, My Lady. Giovanni is a firm believer that we are all poets in one way or another, and that poetry lives inside of us. Poetry is part of each and every one of us, without exception. It is like a remote and hidden prisoner. He feels that man, like Michelangelo and his David, must do nothing but give it freedom from its imprisonment. Once sent forth, however, poetry belongs to us no longer, thus we often do not feel worthy of it. We hold the doubt that it was really our delivery, that it was hidden inside us for so long.
Giovanni Tempesta has been a Professor of Italian Language and Culture at Stanford University since 1983. Over the years, he has also taught Latin, Greek and French in Northern California and Italy. He was born and raised in Italy and moved to California in 1972.
Meet-and-Greet Signing: Alex Ross
Friday, October 15, 2:30 p.m.
Listen to This
The Rest Is Noise
Ross’s award-winning international bestseller, The Rest Is Noise, has become a contemporary classic, establishing him as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians. Listen to This, which takes its title from a beloved 2004 essay in which Ross described his late-blooming discovery of pop music, showcases the best of Ross’s writing from more than a decade at The New Yorker. These pieces, dedicated to classical and popular artists alike, are at once erudite and lively. In a previously unpublished essay, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history—from Renaissance dances to Led Zeppelin—through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and lament. He vibrantly sketches canonical composers such as Schubert, Verdi, and Brahms; gives us in-depth interviews with modern pop masters such as Björk and Radiohead; and introduces us to music students at a Newark high school and to indie-rock hipsters in Beijing.
Ross has been the music critic for The New Yorker since 1996. He is the author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, which was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award.
NOTE: This is a meet-and-greet booksigning. The author will not give a formal presentation.
Jimmy Carter
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 p.m.
White House Diary
The edited, annotated diary of President Jimmy Carter--filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world
Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this extraordinary document has never been made public—until now.
Jimmy Carter, our thirty-ninth president, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The author of numerous bestsellers—including An Hour Before Daylight and Palestine Peace Not Apartheid—he and his wife, Rosalynn, live in Plains, Georgia, but continue to travel around the world in support of numerous philanthropic efforts.
NOTE: This is a meet-and-greet book-signing. President Carter will not be giving a formal presentation.
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Bo Caldwell
Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
City of Tranquil Light
Will Kiehn is seemingly destined for life as a humble farmer in the Midwest when, having felt a call from God, he travels to the vast North China Plain in the early twentieth-century. There he is surprised by love and weds a strong and determined fellow missionary, Katherine. They soon find themselves witnesses to the crumbling of a more than two-thousand-year-old dynasty that plunges the country into decades of civil war. As the couple works to improve the lives of the people of Kuang P'ing Ch'eng— City of Tranquil Light, a place they come to love—and face incredible hardship, will their faith and relationship be enough to sustain them?
Told through Will and Katherine's alternating viewpoints—and inspired by the lives of the author's maternal grandparents—City of Tranquil Light is a tender and elegiac portrait of a young marriage set against the backdrop of the shifting face of a beautiful but torn nation. A deeply spiritual book, it shows how those who work to teach others often have the most to learn.
Caldwell is the author of the national bestseller The Distant Land of My Father. Her short fiction has been published in Ploughshares, Story, Epoch, and other literary journals. A former Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford University, she lives in Northern California with her husband, novelist Ron Hansen.
November Events
Thomas McGuane
Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 p.m.
Driving on the Rim
From one of America’s most acclaimed literary figures (“an important as well as brilliant novelist”—The New York Times Book Review) a major new novel that hilariously takes the pulse of our times.
The unforgettable voyager of this dark comic journey is I. B. “Berl” Pickett, M.D., the die of whose uncharmed life was probably cast as soon as his mother got the bright idea to name him after Irving Berlin. The boyhood insults to any chance of normalcy piled on apace thereafter. What would have become of this soul had he not gone to medical school, thanks to the surrogate parenting of a local physician and solitary bird hunter?
But there is meaning to life beyond professional accreditation, even in the noblest of callings. Berl’s been on a mission to find it these past few years, though with scant equipment or basis for hope. Hard to say (for the moment anyway) whether his mission has been aided or set back by his having fallen under suspicion of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover.
Fortunately, he will find his deliverance in continuing to practice medicine one way or another, as well as in the few human connections he has made, wittingly or not, over the years. The landscape, too, will furnish a hint in what might yet prove, if not a certifiable epiphany, a semi-spiritual awakening in I. B. Pickett, M.D., the inglorious but sole hero of Thomas McGuane’s uproarious and profound exploration of the threads by which we all are hanging.
Geoffrey Wolff
Thursday, November 4, 7:00 p.m.
The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum
Introduction by Geoffrey's brother, Tobias Wolff
Joshua Slocum escaped a Dickensian childhood in Nova Scotia in 1860, at the age of sixteen, as an ordinary seaman. Despite his third-grade education, Slocum’s rise through the ranks was mercurial: just a decade later he was commander of his own ship, the first of many. His journey had already taken him nearly everywhere—but his crowning glory was yet to come.
In 1895 he set sail—by himself—in the small sloop Spray. More than three years and forty-six thousand miles later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, a feat that wouldn’t be replicated for another quarter century. His account of that voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World, soon made him famous. A decade later, he set off alone once more—and was lost at sea.
An acclaimed novelist, essayist, biographer, and critic, Geoffrey Wolff is a prominent voice in contemporary American literature. Educated at Cambridge and at Princeton, from which he graduated summa cum laude, he is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at UC Irvine, where he was the Director of the Graduate Fiction Program from 1995 to 2006. Previously, he served on the faculties of Istanbul University and Princeton University and has been a book editor at the Washington Post and Newsweek. He received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1994 and his honors also include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. During 2007, he was a Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin.
Betty Auchard
Sunday, November 7, 2:00 p.m.
The Home for the Friendless: Finding Hope, Love, and Family
Life for Betty and her family is so rich with turmoil that it rivals any present-day reality television. Her parents marry young, but don't know how to stay together. In between their separations and reunions, constant housing changes and job layoffs, Betty, her brother, and her sister are shuffled off to live with a variety of relatives, and eventually, a children's shelter called the Home for the Friendless. Yet despite her circumstances, Betty's irreverent nature allows her to see humor and opportunity. With both candor and charm, Betty narrates this poignant but hilarious story of an uncommon childhood that is filled with resourcefulness, remarkable escapades, and an abundance of love.
Betty Auchard was a retired art teacher when her husband of 49 years died. For her, writing became a way to heal, eventually taking on a life of its own. Her first book was Dancing in My Nightgown, These short, upbeat, inspiring stories tell us how this spunky septuagenarian survives—she decides to dance instead of sitting on the sidelines. Her stories have been published in the Chocolate for a Woman’s Soul series and the San Jose Mercury News and other periodicals.
In addition to writing full time, Betty presents the stories from her life to audiences in California’s Bay Area and beyond. She still lives happily within driving distance of her four children and ten grandchildren.
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Howard Norman
Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 p.m.
What Is Left the Daughter
Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involvements with the same compelling neighbor. The suicides cause Wyatt to move to small-town Middle Economy to live with his uncle, aunt, and cousin Tilda.
Setting in motion the novel’s chain of life-altering passions and the wartime perfidy at its core is the arrival of the German student Hans Mohring. Actual historical incidents--including a German U-boat’s sinking of the Nova Scotia–Newfoundland ferry Caribou, on which Aunt Constance Hillyer might or might not be traveling--lend intense narrative power to Norman’s uncannily layered story.
Norman is a three-time winner of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction. His 1987 novel, The Northern Lights, was nominated for a National Book Award, as was his 1994 novel The Bird Artist. He is also author of the novels The Museum Guard, The Haunting of L, and Devotion. His books have been translated into twelve languages. Norman teaches in the MFA program at the University of Maryland.
Brad Herzog
Monday, August 30, 7:00 p.m.
Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey BUY NOW
"Herzog's third travel memoir follows the highways cross-country examining the idea of the hero along the way. He captures stunning details of the American landscape. The hero's return, is irresistible...a near-perfect ending." --Kirkus Reviews
Turn Left at the Trojan Horse has been described as On the Road meets Eat, Pray, Love because it goes well beyond a road trip. More than just a funny and profound narrative of Brad Herzog's cross-country trek toward a college reunion in Ithaca (New York) and more than another reimagining of Odysseus's ancient journey (he visits places like Troy, OR... Iliad, MT... Apollo, PA...), it is a memoir exploring the parameters of a heroic existence - by chronicling the lives of people in America's oft-ignored spaces, by examining the universal truths embedded in ancient myths, and by undertaking a fair bit of self-evaluation. It is the memoir of an Everyman searching for the hero within.
Brad Herzog has been described as a "modern-day Steinbeck" and a "Picasso of the Winnebago," and Lonely Planet has ranked his travel memoirs among eight classics of the genre, along with books like Travels with Charley and On the Road. As an award-winning freelance writer, he has chronicled some of the nation's most unusual and intriguing subcultures, from nudists to North Pole explorers and from Pez collectors to pro mini golfers. Please visit him at bradherzog.com
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"This is how a quest should be done...Herzog's stitching is so good, so seamless — he follows Odysseus' story until it becomes his own." -- Los Angeles Times
September Events
Rick Moody
Thursday, September 2, 7:00 p.m.
The Four Fingers of Death
Montese Crandall is a downtrodden writer whose rare collection of baseball cards won't sustain him, financially or emotionally, through the grave illness of his wife. Luckily, he swindles himself a job churning out a novelization of the 2025 remake of a 1963 horror classic, "The Crawling Hand." Crandall tells therein of the United States, in a bid to regain global eminence, launching at last its doomed manned mission to the desolation of Mars. Three space pods with nine Americans on board travel three months, expecting to spend three years as the planet's first colonists. When a secret mission to retrieve a flesh-eating bacterium for use in bio-warfare is uncovered, mayhem ensues.
THE FOUR FINGERS OF DEATH is Rick Moody's ninth book. He has received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Deborah Willis
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m.
Vanishing
This debut short story collection explores emotional and physical absences, the ways in which people leave and are left, and whether it’s ever possible to move on. With a remarkable economy of words, moments of dark humor, and wisdom and dexterity far beyond her years, Willis captures an incredible array of characters that will linger in the imagination, proving that nothing is ever truly forgotten. In these fourteen stories, secrets are both kept and unearthed, and lives are shaped by missing lovers, parents, and children.
“The emotional range and depth of these stories, their clarity and deftness, is astonishing.” --Alice Munro“Short-listed for a Governor-General’s Award, the stories in Vanishing show the magic of fiction at its best: fully realized worlds inseparable from the uncanny fact that they exist as mere words, magnificently strung together. Willis’s creative sleight-of-hand illuminates human intricacies as if tapping directly into your own.” --The Globe and Mail, one of Jim Bartley's Top Five Books of the Year
Deborah Willis, 28, was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. Her work has appeared in various journals and publications, and she was a winner of PRISM International’s annual fiction prize. She graduated from the University of Victoria, and has worked as a horseback riding instructor, a waitress, a short-order cook, a tour-guide in a French castle, a house-cleaner, and a newspaper reporter. She is fluent in French, and currently works as a bookseller at Munro’s Books in Victoria, British Columbia. Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, Vanishing and Other Stories is her first book of fiction.
William Gibson
Friday, September 10, 7:00 p.m.
Zero History
The iconic visionary returns with his first new novel since the New York Times bestseller Spook Country.
Hollis Henry worked for the global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend once before. She never meant to repeat the experience. But she's broke, and Bigend never feels it's beneath him to use whatever power comes his way -- in this case, the power of money to bring Hollis onto his team again. Not that she knows what the "team" is up to, not at first.
Milgrim is even more thoroughly owned by Bigend. He's worth owning for his useful gift of seeming to disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic - so much so that he spoke Russian with his therapist, in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of the addiction that would have killed him.
Garreth has a passion for extreme sports. Most recently he jumped off the highest building in the world, opening his chute at the last moment, and he has a new thighbone made of rattan baked into bone, entirely experimental, to show for it. Garreth isn't owned by Bigend at all. Garreth has friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors that a man like Bigend will find he needs, when things go unexpectedly sideways, in a world a man like Bigend is accustomed to controlling.
As when a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy that even Bigend, whose subtlety and power in the private sector would be hard to overstate, finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift in a seriously dangerous world.
Mr. Gibson will sign copies of his older titles if you purchase a copy of Zero History from Kepler's. Please have your receipt with you.
Monique Truong
Monday, September 27, 7:00 p.m.
Bitter in the Mouth
From Monique Truong, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Book of Salt, comes a brilliant, mesmerizing, beautifully written novel about a young woman’s search for identity and family, as she uncovers the secrets of her past and of history.
Growing up in the small town of Boiling Springs, North Carolina, in the 70’s and 80’s, Linda believes that she is profoundly different from everyone else, including the members of her own family. Now in her thirties, Linda looks back at her past when she navigated her way through life with the help of her great-uncle Harper, who loves her and loves to dance, and her best friend Kelly, with whom Linda exchanges almost daily letters.
For as long as she can remember, Linda has experienced a secret sense—she can “taste” words, which have the power to disrupt, dismay, or delight. She falls for names and what they evoke. As with all bodies, Linda’s is a mystery to her, in this and in other ways. Even as Linda makes her way north to Yale and New York City, she still does not know the truth about her past. Then, when a personal tragedy compels Linda to return to Boiling Springs, she gets to know a mother she never knew and uncovers a startling story of a life, a family.
This astonishing novel questions many assumptions—about what it means to be a family and to be a friend, to be foreign and to be familiar, to be connected and to be disconnected—from others and from the past, our bodies, our histories, and ourselves.
John Vaillant
Tuesday, September 28, 7:00 p.m.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren’t random: the tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.
This ancient, tenuous relationship between man and predator is at the very heart of this remarkable book. Throughout we encounter surprising theories of how humans and tigers may have evolved to coexist, how we may have developed as scavengers rather than hunters, and how early Homo sapiens may have fit seamlessly into the tiger’s ecosystem. Above all, we come to understand the endangered Siberian tiger, a highly intelligent super-predator that can grow to ten feet long, weigh more than six hundred pounds, and range daily over vast territories of forest and mountain.
Beautifully written and deeply informative, The Tiger circles around three main characters: Vladimir Markov, a poacher killed by the tiger; Yuri Trush, the lead tracker; and the tiger himself. It is an absolutely gripping tale of man and nature that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in the taiga.
John Vaillant is also the author of The Golden Spruce. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic, and Men’s Journal, among others. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
October Events
Stina Katchadourian
Wednesday, October 6, 7:00 p.m.
The Lapp King's Daughter: A Family's Journey Through Finland's Wars BUY NOW
From 1939 to 1945, Finland fought three wars: the Winter War of 1939, when the Soviet Union attacked the country; the Continuation War, when Finland fought the Soviet Union alongside Germany; and the Lapland War of 1944-45 against Germany.
Stina Katchadourian's memoir tells the story of how these three wars uprooted the lives of one Finnish family. The book draws on the author's childhood memories and also on the correspondence between her parents, who were separated during most of World War II, with the father on the front, fighting the Soviets.
Very little has previously been written about Finland's dramatic political history during World War II. How this small country retained its independence despite facing occupation by the Soviet Union or domination by Nazi Germany is told in riveting detail in this eyewitness account, which also includes family photos, maps, historical photos and other unique material from Swedish and Finnish archives.
Katchadourian grew up in Finland as part of its Swedish-speaking minority and moved to the United States in 1966. She is the author of two nonfiction books, Efronia, An Armenian Love Story and Great Need Over the Water, and has published book-length translations of poetry by Märta Tikkanen, Edith Södergran, and Tua Forsström.
Stina Katchadourian also works as a journalist for Scandinavian media. She regularly contributes to a Helsinki newspaper and has made numerous programs for Finnish radio and television.
She holds an M.A. from Stanford University and has been an Affiliated Scholar at Stanford’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender. She has held residencies at the Djerassi Foundation in Woodside, California, and the MacDowell Foundation in New Hampshire. She has served on the Board of the Global Fund for Women and currently serves on the Board of the Bay Area Chapter of the Finlandia Foundation, and is an honorary member of the Finland-Swedish Literature Society. Her prizes include the Leif and Inger Sjögren Translation Prize of the American-Scandinavia Society and the Södergran Prize.
Lan Samantha Chang
Thursday, October 7, 7:00 p.m.
All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost
At the renowned writing school in Bonneville, every student is simultaneously terrified of and attracted to the charismatic and mysterious poet and professor Miranda Sturgis, whose high standards for art are both intimidating and inspiring. As two students, Roman and Bernard, strive to win her admiration, the lines between mentorship, friendship, and love are blurred.
All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost offers a starkly honest portrait of people caught up in the drive to write and of the personal bargains and self-deceptions that such an ambition can entail. Lan Samantha Chang was brave to write this book, to turn her novelist's eye onto a world she knows intimately, and her bravery pays off in the unflinching final scenes. (Adam Haslett, author of Union Atlantic )
What a lovely, fierce book about love, betrayal, loss, and time’s dominion over us all. Fleet, preternaturally attuned to the ebb and flow of personal history, All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost is, well, unforgettable. Lan Samantha Chang sees deeply into her characters, right down to their souls, but she wields her intelligence with the compassion of a master. (Scott Spencer, author of A Ship Made of Paper )
Lucy, Roman, Bernard, and Miranda are characters you won’t soon forget. In their passionate, demanding, wrecked, and joyous literary lives, they thrive on their belief in language’s absolute authority. This deeply affecting--and elegant--novel by Lan Samantha Chang definitely offers what Leonard Cohen calls his whole career in song: All day and night, versions of the erotic. I wish I could live long enough to discover this novel in an attic trunk a hundred years in the future, and exclaim, so this is what ‘poetic education’ really meant. (Howard Norman, author of What Is Left the Daughter )
Lan Samantha Chang's fiction has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Story and The Best American Short Stories 1994 and 1996. Chang is the author of the award-winning books Hunger and Inheritance. She is the recipient of the Wallace Stegner and Truman Capote fellowships at Stanford University. She also received, from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a Teaching-Writing fellowship and a Michener-Copernicus fellowship. Her many awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, and she was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, where she directs the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Giovanni Tempesta
Monday, October 11, 7:00 p.m.
Acque, Lutulente E Chiare: Waters, Muddy and Clear
The 30 poems collected in Waters, muddy and clear, will let the reader penetrate Tempesta's nostalgic Italian heart. His verses, some in rhymes, are about love, desire, passion and compassion, fear and rejection, and the irony of life in all its aspects.
Translating poetry is an arduous task but he succeeded in recreating in English, the emotional impact of his original poems in Italian. At the end, he even invites the readers to give their own interpretation of the final poem, My Lady. Giovanni is a firm believer that we are all poets in one way or another, and that poetry lives inside of us. Poetry is part of each and every one of us, without exception. It is like a remote and hidden prisoner. He feels that man, like Michelangelo and his David, must do nothing but give it freedom from its imprisonment. Once sent forth, however, poetry belongs to us no longer, thus we often do not feel worthy of it. We hold the doubt that it was really our delivery, that it was hidden inside us for so long.
Giovanni Tempesta has been a Professor of Italian Language and Culture at Stanford University since 1983. Over the years, he has also taught Latin, Greek and French in Northern California and Italy. He was born and raised in Italy and moved to California in 1972.
Meet-and-Greet Signing: Alex Ross
Friday, October 15, 2:30 p.m.
Listen to This
The Rest Is Noise
Ross’s award-winning international bestseller, The Rest Is Noise, has become a contemporary classic, establishing him as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians. Listen to This, which takes its title from a beloved 2004 essay in which Ross described his late-blooming discovery of pop music, showcases the best of Ross’s writing from more than a decade at The New Yorker. These pieces, dedicated to classical and popular artists alike, are at once erudite and lively. In a previously unpublished essay, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history—from Renaissance dances to Led Zeppelin—through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and lament. He vibrantly sketches canonical composers such as Schubert, Verdi, and Brahms; gives us in-depth interviews with modern pop masters such as Björk and Radiohead; and introduces us to music students at a Newark high school and to indie-rock hipsters in Beijing.
Ross has been the music critic for The New Yorker since 1996. He is the author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, which was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award.
NOTE: This is a meet-and-greet booksigning. The author will not give a formal presentation.
Jimmy Carter
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 p.m.
White House Diary
The edited, annotated diary of President Jimmy Carter--filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world
Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this extraordinary document has never been made public—until now.
Jimmy Carter, our thirty-ninth president, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The author of numerous bestsellers—including An Hour Before Daylight and Palestine Peace Not Apartheid—he and his wife, Rosalynn, live in Plains, Georgia, but continue to travel around the world in support of numerous philanthropic efforts.
NOTE: This is a meet-and-greet book-signing. President Carter will not be giving a formal presentation.
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Bo Caldwell
Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
City of Tranquil Light
Will Kiehn is seemingly destined for life as a humble farmer in the Midwest when, having felt a call from God, he travels to the vast North China Plain in the early twentieth-century. There he is surprised by love and weds a strong and determined fellow missionary, Katherine. They soon find themselves witnesses to the crumbling of a more than two-thousand-year-old dynasty that plunges the country into decades of civil war. As the couple works to improve the lives of the people of Kuang P'ing Ch'eng— City of Tranquil Light, a place they come to love—and face incredible hardship, will their faith and relationship be enough to sustain them?
Told through Will and Katherine's alternating viewpoints—and inspired by the lives of the author's maternal grandparents—City of Tranquil Light is a tender and elegiac portrait of a young marriage set against the backdrop of the shifting face of a beautiful but torn nation. A deeply spiritual book, it shows how those who work to teach others often have the most to learn.
Caldwell is the author of the national bestseller The Distant Land of My Father. Her short fiction has been published in Ploughshares, Story, Epoch, and other literary journals. A former Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford University, she lives in Northern California with her husband, novelist Ron Hansen.
November Events
Thomas McGuane
Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 p.m.
Driving on the Rim
From one of America’s most acclaimed literary figures (“an important as well as brilliant novelist”—The New York Times Book Review) a major new novel that hilariously takes the pulse of our times.
The unforgettable voyager of this dark comic journey is I. B. “Berl” Pickett, M.D., the die of whose uncharmed life was probably cast as soon as his mother got the bright idea to name him after Irving Berlin. The boyhood insults to any chance of normalcy piled on apace thereafter. What would have become of this soul had he not gone to medical school, thanks to the surrogate parenting of a local physician and solitary bird hunter?
But there is meaning to life beyond professional accreditation, even in the noblest of callings. Berl’s been on a mission to find it these past few years, though with scant equipment or basis for hope. Hard to say (for the moment anyway) whether his mission has been aided or set back by his having fallen under suspicion of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover.
Fortunately, he will find his deliverance in continuing to practice medicine one way or another, as well as in the few human connections he has made, wittingly or not, over the years. The landscape, too, will furnish a hint in what might yet prove, if not a certifiable epiphany, a semi-spiritual awakening in I. B. Pickett, M.D., the inglorious but sole hero of Thomas McGuane’s uproarious and profound exploration of the threads by which we all are hanging.
Geoffrey Wolff
Thursday, November 4, 7:00 p.m.
The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum
Introduction by Geoffrey's brother, Tobias Wolff
Joshua Slocum escaped a Dickensian childhood in Nova Scotia in 1860, at the age of sixteen, as an ordinary seaman. Despite his third-grade education, Slocum’s rise through the ranks was mercurial: just a decade later he was commander of his own ship, the first of many. His journey had already taken him nearly everywhere—but his crowning glory was yet to come.
In 1895 he set sail—by himself—in the small sloop Spray. More than three years and forty-six thousand miles later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, a feat that wouldn’t be replicated for another quarter century. His account of that voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World, soon made him famous. A decade later, he set off alone once more—and was lost at sea.
An acclaimed novelist, essayist, biographer, and critic, Geoffrey Wolff is a prominent voice in contemporary American literature. Educated at Cambridge and at Princeton, from which he graduated summa cum laude, he is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at UC Irvine, where he was the Director of the Graduate Fiction Program from 1995 to 2006. Previously, he served on the faculties of Istanbul University and Princeton University and has been a book editor at the Washington Post and Newsweek. He received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1994 and his honors also include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. During 2007, he was a Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin.
Betty Auchard
Sunday, November 7, 2:00 p.m.
The Home for the Friendless: Finding Hope, Love, and Family
Life for Betty and her family is so rich with turmoil that it rivals any present-day reality television. Her parents marry young, but don't know how to stay together. In between their separations and reunions, constant housing changes and job layoffs, Betty, her brother, and her sister are shuffled off to live with a variety of relatives, and eventually, a children's shelter called the Home for the Friendless. Yet despite her circumstances, Betty's irreverent nature allows her to see humor and opportunity. With both candor and charm, Betty narrates this poignant but hilarious story of an uncommon childhood that is filled with resourcefulness, remarkable escapades, and an abundance of love.
Betty Auchard was a retired art teacher when her husband of 49 years died. For her, writing became a way to heal, eventually taking on a life of its own. Her first book was Dancing in My Nightgown, These short, upbeat, inspiring stories tell us how this spunky septuagenarian survives—she decides to dance instead of sitting on the sidelines. Her stories have been published in the Chocolate for a Woman’s Soul series and the San Jose Mercury News and other periodicals.
In addition to writing full time, Betty presents the stories from her life to audiences in California’s Bay Area and beyond. She still lives happily within driving distance of her four children and ten grandchildren.
Pam Grange
Kepler's Author Events Manager
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Direct: 650.856.0978
Store: 650.324.4321
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