Novelists, mystery writers, playwrights and children's authors are among the accomplished authors who will be teaching in Hofstra University's annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 16, 2010. This event is sponsored by Hofstra’s English Department, its Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education. To register and for more information call ( 516 ) 463-7200 or visit ce.hofstra.edu.
This Summer Writers Program, now in its 36th year, operates on the principle that true writing talent may be developed, nurtured and encouraged by writer-in-residence mentors. Through instruction, discussion, criticism and free exchange among the workshop participants, writers begin to find their voice and their style. The workshops provide group and individual sessions for each writer.
The Summer Writers Program includes guest speakers, and exposure to award-nominated and winning authors. Often, agents, editors and publishers make presentations during the program, and authors and students read from published work and works in progress. These presentations offer additional opportunities to meet informally with participants, master writers and guest speakers.
Courses are offered 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day and may be taken on a noncredit or credit ( graduate or undergraduate ) basis. Non-credit participant tuition is $550 for the two-week, 9-session course. Students who want to take the program for undergraduate or graduate credit must contact Professor Richard Pioreck in the English Department at Richard.J.Pioreck@hofstra.edu or ( 516 ) 463-0258. A luncheon featuring author Alafair Burke on July 15 is included in tuition for program participants and priced at $45 per person for non-participants.
Now entering its second year: Students entering grades 9-12 can participate in the Summer Writers Program with a special section in creative writing for high school students. For more information, contact Jennifer Jokinen at ( 516 ) 463-5016. Registration for the high school program is also $550.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
May 15 2010 - Literary Stars Heading to Sydney Writers
One of the most important events in the literary life of Australia's largest city is due to get underway on Saturday May 15th.
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) consists of more than 300 events at venues across the metropolis, where established authors will rub shoulders with emerging poets and book critics from around the world.
Several literary heavyweights are set to appear at this year's festival, including Colm Toibin, US novelist Lionel Shriver and Australian Booker Prize winner Peter Carey, who will be making his first trip to the SWF.
People using Sydney hotels can also look forward to events featuring other leading authors from Australia, including Peter Goldsworthy, Cate Kennedy and Alex Miller.
Half of the SWF's scheduled events will be free to attend, although the most eagerly anticipated parts of the programme will require visitors to buy tickets.
An Evening with Colm Toibin, during which the Irish writer will discuss his work with Australian journalist Caroline Baum, takes place on Friday May 21st and tickets start at AU$25.
Toibin's latest novel Brooklyn was longlisted for last year's Man Booker Prize and won the 2010 Costa Book Award.
The festival programme also includes a free day of family events taking place on Sunday May 23rd.
Website: http://www.swf.org.au/
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) consists of more than 300 events at venues across the metropolis, where established authors will rub shoulders with emerging poets and book critics from around the world.
Several literary heavyweights are set to appear at this year's festival, including Colm Toibin, US novelist Lionel Shriver and Australian Booker Prize winner Peter Carey, who will be making his first trip to the SWF.
People using Sydney hotels can also look forward to events featuring other leading authors from Australia, including Peter Goldsworthy, Cate Kennedy and Alex Miller.
Half of the SWF's scheduled events will be free to attend, although the most eagerly anticipated parts of the programme will require visitors to buy tickets.
An Evening with Colm Toibin, during which the Irish writer will discuss his work with Australian journalist Caroline Baum, takes place on Friday May 21st and tickets start at AU$25.
Toibin's latest novel Brooklyn was longlisted for last year's Man Booker Prize and won the 2010 Costa Book Award.
The festival programme also includes a free day of family events taking place on Sunday May 23rd.
Website: http://www.swf.org.au/
Sunday, April 18, 2010
June 8 2010 - L.A. Writers to Celebrate 10 Years of Spilling Their Guts
After 10 years of baring their souls in essays and performances spiked with music, the founders and writers of Los Angeles' ground-breaking Sit 'n Spin have decided it's time to celebrate. Calling their party SPINNAVERSARY, the event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. at the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA.
Sit 'n Spin creators Jill Soloway (United States of Tara, Six Feet Under) and comedienne Maggie Rowe (Hollywood Hell House, editor of Dirty Laundry) are issuing a call to the "hundreds of funny, dirty, sad, and honest writers" who have performed on the COMEDY CENTRAL Stage, plus their fans, friends and families, to join them in the evening's festivities: a live performance, film clips and an after-party.
"When we started, our goal was to shine the spotlight on writers, the behind-the-scenes artists who aren't always recognized for their words," said Soloway. "We wanted to give them a platform where they could experiment, see audiences' reactions, and by hearing live laughter and applause, find their voices."
Along with Soloway and Rowe, others expected to perform who have spilled their guts in front of the Sit 'n Spin footlights include: Jon Levenstein and Jim Vallely (Arrested Development), Gary Shapiro (Politically Incorrect) Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose), Scott Buck (Dexter, Six Feet Under), Becky Thyre (Weeds), Doug Benson (Marijuanalogues), Jaclyn Lafer (Sit 'n Spin producer) and Ron Zimmerman (Alternative Comedy Legend).
Sit n' Spin, which has been happening on alternate Thursdays for ten years, is based on a simple premise: five or so writers, reading deeply honest, hilarious, and often times embarrassing essays, with an awesome band doing interstitial music plus a song before and after.
"It didn't take long to gather a cult-like following and standing-room only audience," said Rowe. "You can pin it on our no-entrance-fee policy, but I think it's the electric mix of real, raw, funny writing -- the kind you can't hear anywhere else -- that's the draw."
When Gary Mann, vice president of development, COMEDY CENTRAL moved from HBO to COMEDY CENTRAL, he brought Sit 'n Spin along with him. According to Mann," Sit 'n Spin is like discovering buried treasure. All in one place, we can uncover amazing writers who are also terrific performers. They give us ideas and talent for possible further development."
Following the show, COMEDY CENTRAL will host a cocktail party on the patio behind the theatre. To purchase SPINNAVERSARY tickets ($15 each), go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106015. For more information, check out sitnspin.org, or call 323.655.2510 or 323-327-3265.
Sit 'n Spin creators Jill Soloway (United States of Tara, Six Feet Under) and comedienne Maggie Rowe (Hollywood Hell House, editor of Dirty Laundry) are issuing a call to the "hundreds of funny, dirty, sad, and honest writers" who have performed on the COMEDY CENTRAL Stage, plus their fans, friends and families, to join them in the evening's festivities: a live performance, film clips and an after-party.
"When we started, our goal was to shine the spotlight on writers, the behind-the-scenes artists who aren't always recognized for their words," said Soloway. "We wanted to give them a platform where they could experiment, see audiences' reactions, and by hearing live laughter and applause, find their voices."
Along with Soloway and Rowe, others expected to perform who have spilled their guts in front of the Sit 'n Spin footlights include: Jon Levenstein and Jim Vallely (Arrested Development), Gary Shapiro (Politically Incorrect) Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose), Scott Buck (Dexter, Six Feet Under), Becky Thyre (Weeds), Doug Benson (Marijuanalogues), Jaclyn Lafer (Sit 'n Spin producer) and Ron Zimmerman (Alternative Comedy Legend).
Sit n' Spin, which has been happening on alternate Thursdays for ten years, is based on a simple premise: five or so writers, reading deeply honest, hilarious, and often times embarrassing essays, with an awesome band doing interstitial music plus a song before and after.
"It didn't take long to gather a cult-like following and standing-room only audience," said Rowe. "You can pin it on our no-entrance-fee policy, but I think it's the electric mix of real, raw, funny writing -- the kind you can't hear anywhere else -- that's the draw."
When Gary Mann, vice president of development, COMEDY CENTRAL moved from HBO to COMEDY CENTRAL, he brought Sit 'n Spin along with him. According to Mann," Sit 'n Spin is like discovering buried treasure. All in one place, we can uncover amazing writers who are also terrific performers. They give us ideas and talent for possible further development."
Following the show, COMEDY CENTRAL will host a cocktail party on the patio behind the theatre. To purchase SPINNAVERSARY tickets ($15 each), go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106015. For more information, check out sitnspin.org, or call 323.655.2510 or 323-327-3265.
May 11 2010 - IABC Dallas Presents Rebranding Strategies at Its May Luncheon
The Dallas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) plans to present rebranding strategies and tactics through a ConAgra case study presented by Lance Koenig at the organization's monthly luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 11 at Maggiano's Little Italy in Plano, Texas.
At this informational event, Koenig, who is executive vice president of account planning at Bailey Lauerman, will demonstrate how he helped reposition ConAgra Foods as a progressive company that makes its food and brands better all the time, a company that makes food consumers love and want a leader with a significant number of popular brands.
Koenig is a tenured communication professional with years of agency experience. He graduated from the University of Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has served in his leadership role in account planning since 2001.
"The ongoing curiosity that's prompted Lance's career growth drives him to pursue 'anything that makes the brand stronger and the client's business better,'" says Ben Neenan, Account Coordinator with Bailey Lauerman.
For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, visit the organization's website, http://www.iabcdallas.com/.
IABC Dallas is the premier organization for practical education and information, professional development and networking for marketing and communication professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The chapter serves more than 300 members representing corporations, agencies, and professional services, government, association, not-for-profit and entrepreneurial organizations. IABC Dallas offers a range of resources and networking opportunities, including regular professional development meetings, workshops and seminars, member newsletters, awards programs and job placement resources. IABC Dallas can trace its roots to 1942, when it was known as the Southwestern Association of Industrial Editors. For more information, visit www.iabcdallas.com.
At this informational event, Koenig, who is executive vice president of account planning at Bailey Lauerman, will demonstrate how he helped reposition ConAgra Foods as a progressive company that makes its food and brands better all the time, a company that makes food consumers love and want a leader with a significant number of popular brands.
Koenig is a tenured communication professional with years of agency experience. He graduated from the University of Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has served in his leadership role in account planning since 2001.
"The ongoing curiosity that's prompted Lance's career growth drives him to pursue 'anything that makes the brand stronger and the client's business better,'" says Ben Neenan, Account Coordinator with Bailey Lauerman.
For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, visit the organization's website, http://www.iabcdallas.com/.
IABC Dallas is the premier organization for practical education and information, professional development and networking for marketing and communication professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The chapter serves more than 300 members representing corporations, agencies, and professional services, government, association, not-for-profit and entrepreneurial organizations. IABC Dallas offers a range of resources and networking opportunities, including regular professional development meetings, workshops and seminars, member newsletters, awards programs and job placement resources. IABC Dallas can trace its roots to 1942, when it was known as the Southwestern Association of Industrial Editors. For more information, visit www.iabcdallas.com.
April 22 2010 - Triangle Press Club Meeting to Host Pulitzer Prize Winner David Zucchino
Triangle Press Club is hosting another meeting of a professional group called the Triangle Press Club which is open and free to any professional member of the media in the Wake, Durham or Orange County area or beyond including those in print, TV, radio, and new media. There are no club dues for professional journalists.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, April 22nd from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the special events room at the TirNaNog Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh. For directions, click here.
The event is free to qualified working journalism professionals but also members of the general public may attend for $40. If you register for this event and you are not a working journalist, then you will be sent an electronic invoice for $40 where you can pay for your ticket in advance. Journalism students are also invited to attend at no charge if they register in advance at this website.
NETWORKING: Most of the meeting will be a general networking session (we will have plenty of free food and drink specials) so that members of the media who might not ordinarily be able to meet can do so.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST RSVP: if you are planning to attend RSVP, so we can plan for food. There is limited space so RSVP today! If you have any questions, please call Randall Gregg at 919- 760- 3110.
SPECIAL GUEST: DAVID ZUCCHINO OF THE L.A. TIMES
David Zucchino is author of two books including a compilation of stories from soldiers during the Gulf War entitled “Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad.” He also wrote an acclaimed book on the plight of women in poverty entitled “Myth of the Welfare Queen.”
A highly respected journalist who has built an impressive body of work at the Los Angeles Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, Zucchino has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1985, 1989, 1995, and 2004. In 1989, Zucchino won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Reporting for his series entitled “Being Black in South Africa.”
Zucchino has also made a name for himself as an embedded reporter during the Iraq Wars and like Ernie Pyle during World War II, he has brought home the story of the individual soldier working hard on the front lines.
The Pulitzer Prize committee named Zucchino as a finalist in 2004 after he covered the war for the LA Times, citing “his resourceful, sweeping and valorous reports that gave readers a rare, close- up view of combat as American soldiers invaded Iraq.”
The Triangle Press Club is honored to welcome David as our special guest at our upcoming April 22nd meeting and we’re sure that members of the club will be delighted to meet such an outstanding journalist who has covered world events.
REGISTER FOR THIS GREAT EVENT:
http://www.raleightelegram.com/pressclub.html
The next meeting will be on Thursday, April 22nd from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the special events room at the TirNaNog Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh. For directions, click here.
The event is free to qualified working journalism professionals but also members of the general public may attend for $40. If you register for this event and you are not a working journalist, then you will be sent an electronic invoice for $40 where you can pay for your ticket in advance. Journalism students are also invited to attend at no charge if they register in advance at this website.
NETWORKING: Most of the meeting will be a general networking session (we will have plenty of free food and drink specials) so that members of the media who might not ordinarily be able to meet can do so.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST RSVP: if you are planning to attend RSVP, so we can plan for food. There is limited space so RSVP today! If you have any questions, please call Randall Gregg at 919- 760- 3110.
SPECIAL GUEST: DAVID ZUCCHINO OF THE L.A. TIMES
David Zucchino is author of two books including a compilation of stories from soldiers during the Gulf War entitled “Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad.” He also wrote an acclaimed book on the plight of women in poverty entitled “Myth of the Welfare Queen.”
A highly respected journalist who has built an impressive body of work at the Los Angeles Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, Zucchino has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1985, 1989, 1995, and 2004. In 1989, Zucchino won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Reporting for his series entitled “Being Black in South Africa.”
Zucchino has also made a name for himself as an embedded reporter during the Iraq Wars and like Ernie Pyle during World War II, he has brought home the story of the individual soldier working hard on the front lines.
The Pulitzer Prize committee named Zucchino as a finalist in 2004 after he covered the war for the LA Times, citing “his resourceful, sweeping and valorous reports that gave readers a rare, close- up view of combat as American soldiers invaded Iraq.”
The Triangle Press Club is honored to welcome David as our special guest at our upcoming April 22nd meeting and we’re sure that members of the club will be delighted to meet such an outstanding journalist who has covered world events.
REGISTER FOR THIS GREAT EVENT:
http://www.raleightelegram.com/pressclub.html
April 20 2010 - Canadian Journalism Foundation: ""Arts Journalism"
From the cultural giants of the past to the celebrity culture of today, how arts criticism and literary journalism have changed. Mainstream media cutbacks and the proliferation of blogging means everyone is a critic. Can the web save arts journalism? A CJF Forum moderated by Bronwyn Drainie, editor of the Literary Review of Canada, and featuring three experts who will address this and other questions. The panellists are Kamal Al-Solaylee, assistant professor at Ryerson and former theatre critic at the Globe and Mail, Seamus O'Regan, co-host of CTV's Canada AM and host of Arts & Minds and The O'Regan Files on Bravo!, and Globe and Mail columnist and feature writer Kate Taylor, currently on leave as the Atkinson Fellow for 2009-2010.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.; Reception 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
Tickets are $15 or $5 with student ID. Visit the EVENT PAGE (http://cjfarts.eventbrite.com/) for more details and to buy tickets.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.; Reception 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
Tickets are $15 or $5 with student ID. Visit the EVENT PAGE (http://cjfarts.eventbrite.com/) for more details and to buy tickets.
April 30 2010 - Tip/Conference On Journalism Ethics
Journalism leaders, media experts and scholars will gather for the "New Journalism, New Ethics?" conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, April 30, to discuss emerging ethical issues for nonprofit forms of journalism and whether traditional standards apply to the use of new media and social media.
It's the second annual conference on journalism ethics at UW-Madison, hosted by the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Stephen J.A. Ward, Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, says that with the media revolution forcing a revolution in ethics, now is the time for a conference of journalists, academics, students and the public to explore the future of journalism ethics.
A report on ethical issues for the new, nonprofit investigative newsrooms, based on a January roundtable discussion of leaders in nonprofit journalism, will be released next week and available online before the conference begins at
www.journalismethics.info. The report will then discussed during a morning session of the conference. Also, Charles Lewis, founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and founder of the Center for Public Integrity, will speak about transparency, standards and practices in what he calls a "new journalism ecosystem."
He will be followed by keynote speaker Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, whose talk is titled "Bridging the Gaps: Holding True to Old-Media Values in a New-Media World." Other speakers at include Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois and former director of Investigative Reporters and Editors; Martin Kaiser, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Andy Hall, director of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting; and Phil Rosenthal, media columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
The event runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Registration is free for students and $25 for others; register by filling out the form on the center's Web site, http://journalismethics.info/. Journalists who attend to cover the conference do not have to pay the registration fee.
It's the second annual conference on journalism ethics at UW-Madison, hosted by the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Stephen J.A. Ward, Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, says that with the media revolution forcing a revolution in ethics, now is the time for a conference of journalists, academics, students and the public to explore the future of journalism ethics.
A report on ethical issues for the new, nonprofit investigative newsrooms, based on a January roundtable discussion of leaders in nonprofit journalism, will be released next week and available online before the conference begins at
www.journalismethics.info. The report will then discussed during a morning session of the conference. Also, Charles Lewis, founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and founder of the Center for Public Integrity, will speak about transparency, standards and practices in what he calls a "new journalism ecosystem."
He will be followed by keynote speaker Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, whose talk is titled "Bridging the Gaps: Holding True to Old-Media Values in a New-Media World." Other speakers at include Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois and former director of Investigative Reporters and Editors; Martin Kaiser, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Andy Hall, director of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting; and Phil Rosenthal, media columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
The event runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Registration is free for students and $25 for others; register by filling out the form on the center's Web site, http://journalismethics.info/. Journalists who attend to cover the conference do not have to pay the registration fee.
May 15 2010 - Fifth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival Scheduled
Get ready as the red carpet rolls out for thousands of teens as they come together to meet their favorite authors at this year's TBF Live! The 5th Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival. If you love to read literature which shocks you while it comforts you, embraces you while it confuses you, worries you while it inspire you, this is an event you will not want to miss! Nazareth College will host this free day-long celebration that will take place on Saturday, May 15, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. For more information visit www.tbflive.org or contact Stephanie Squicciarini at the Fairport Public Library at (585) 223-9091.
TBF Live! will bring teens face-to-face with twenty eight award-winning authors from across the nation. Attendees will be able to meet and ask questions of their favorite authors as well as introduce themselves to new ones. The festival opens with a panel with all authors together and then continues with special breakout sessions designed to promote interaction with readers and writers. Teens will also have the chance to attend an autographing session with books available for purchase through Barnes and Noble.
Featured authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Holly Black, Coe Booth, Robin Brande, Kay Cassidy, manga writing duo Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges, Marissa Doyle, Simone Elkeles, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Jones, James Kennedy, A.S. King, Daniel Kirk, Alisa Libby, Barry Lyga, Mari Mancusi, Lisa McMann, Ben Mikaelsen, Alyson Noël, Sarah Ockler, Matt de la Peña, Amy Kathleen Ryan, Lisa Schroeder, Jennifer E. Smith, Terry Trueman, Vivian Vande Velde, and Martin Wilson. For more information about all of the TBF authors, visit http://www.tbflive.org/.
Teens can sometimes be overlooked in libraries with much attention, money, and resources given to children and adults. To counter that, a committee of Public and School Librarians across two counties has created a positive, cooperative opportunity dedicated to this age group. TBF Live! The Fifth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival is a day-long celebration featuring authors who write specifically for teens. TBF Live! will be held at Nazareth College on Saturday, May 15, 2010, 9:00am-5:00pm.
TBF Live! will bring teens face-to-face with twenty eight award-winning authors from across the nation. Attendees will be able to meet and ask questions of their favorite authors as well as introduce themselves to new ones. The festival opens with a panel with all authors together and then continues with special breakout sessions designed to promote interaction with readers and writers. Teens will also have the chance to attend an autographing session with books available for purchase through Barnes and Noble.
Featured authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Holly Black, Coe Booth, Robin Brande, Kay Cassidy, manga writing duo Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges, Marissa Doyle, Simone Elkeles, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Jones, James Kennedy, A.S. King, Daniel Kirk, Alisa Libby, Barry Lyga, Mari Mancusi, Lisa McMann, Ben Mikaelsen, Alyson Noël, Sarah Ockler, Matt de la Peña, Amy Kathleen Ryan, Lisa Schroeder, Jennifer E. Smith, Terry Trueman, Vivian Vande Velde, and Martin Wilson. For more information about all of the TBF authors, visit http://www.tbflive.org/.
Teens can sometimes be overlooked in libraries with much attention, money, and resources given to children and adults. To counter that, a committee of Public and School Librarians across two counties has created a positive, cooperative opportunity dedicated to this age group. TBF Live! The Fifth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival is a day-long celebration featuring authors who write specifically for teens. TBF Live! will be held at Nazareth College on Saturday, May 15, 2010, 9:00am-5:00pm.
April 20 - Bret Lott to Speak about Writing and Publishing
The College of Charleston is offering you a unique perspective on the publishing industry. College of Charleston English professor Bret Lott will discuss writing and publishing during a free lecture on April 20. The 3 p.m. lecture will be held in room 227 of the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library.
His talk is part of the series, "The Community of the Book," where campus professors, staff and others discuss book writing.
Lott is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve books, most recently the novel Ancient Highway, published by Random House in July of 2008. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1984, studying under Jay Neugeboren and James Baldwin.
From 1986 to 2004 Lott was writer-in-residence and professor of English at The College of Charleston, leaving to take the position of editor and director of the journal The Southern Review at Louisiana State University. Three years later, in the fall of 2007, he returned to The College of Charleston and the job he most loves: teaching.
He has spoken on Flannery O'Connor at The White House, was a Fulbright Senior American Scholar and Writer-in-Residence at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is a member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board to the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For information, contact Chris Lamb, professor of Communication at 843.953.6591 or lambc@cofc.edu
His talk is part of the series, "The Community of the Book," where campus professors, staff and others discuss book writing.
Lott is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve books, most recently the novel Ancient Highway, published by Random House in July of 2008. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1984, studying under Jay Neugeboren and James Baldwin.
From 1986 to 2004 Lott was writer-in-residence and professor of English at The College of Charleston, leaving to take the position of editor and director of the journal The Southern Review at Louisiana State University. Three years later, in the fall of 2007, he returned to The College of Charleston and the job he most loves: teaching.
He has spoken on Flannery O'Connor at The White House, was a Fulbright Senior American Scholar and Writer-in-Residence at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is a member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board to the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For information, contact Chris Lamb, professor of Communication at 843.953.6591 or lambc@cofc.edu
Sunday, April 11, 2010
April 23-24 2010 - Symposium examines online journalism
Journalists, news industry executives and academics from the United States, Europe, Africa and Latin America will review the state of online journalism today and debate what the future holds at the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism April 23-24 at The University of Texas at Austin.
Professor Rosental Calmon Alves, the Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication, has organized the annual symposium since 1999. This year, speakers will discuss mobile news (including the use of the iPad and other tablet computers and smartphones), newspapers' strategies to survive the digital era, participatory journalism, non-profit journalism and innovative international experiences in online journalism.
The symposium bridges the academic and professional worlds by including the presentation of research papers selected in an international, highly competitive, blind review process, and by the participation of editors, producers and news organization executives from around the world.
The keynote speaker this year is Steven Kydd, executive vice-president and head of content at Demand Media, a company that uses algorithms to find topics that people want to see on the Internet, and then produces them in a massive way. It has reached more than 100 million unique users each month with stories and videos produced by more than 7,000 freelancers in an innovative way that has raised admiration and criticism alike.
Participants from more than 20 countries are expected at the symposium, including speakers from more than a dozen nations, including Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Norway, France, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Turkey. The symposium also has attracted the participation of many universities, besides The University of Texas at Austin. Among others, there will be participants from Cornell, Harvard, University of Southern California, University of Oslo, University of São Paulo, University of Brussels, University of Barcelona, New York University, College of Staten Island (CUNY).
Among the panelists, Tom Bodkin, assistant managing editor and design director, The New York Times; Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Dan Gillmor, professor and director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University; Scott Lewis, CEO, Voice of San Diego; James Moroney III, publisher and CEO of The Dallas Morning News and executive vice president of A. H. Belo; Jim O'Shea, co-founder and editor, Chicago News Cooperative; John Paton, CEO, Journal Register Company; Evan Smith, CEO and editor, Texas Tribune; Eivind Thomsen, senior vice president of Norway-based Schibsted Media Group; and Ethan Zuckerman, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
The program and more information about the symposium can be found online. The Web site also contains videos, transcripts, presentations, papers and other material about the previous 10 symposia. It is a unique repository of the evolution of online journalism in the last decade that has been used by researchers from around the world.
Registration is still open. The fee is $25 for students and faculty and $50 for others, and can be paid online at the event's Web site. The symposium is made possible thanks to the Knight Chair endowment, given to the University of Texas at Austin by the John S. and James L Knight Foundation. The foundation also funds the Knight Center for Journalism in the America, a sponsor and co-organizer of the events. This year, the symposium counts on underwriting by The Dallas Morning News and the support of The University of Texas at Austin's College of College of Communication and School of Journalism.
The event will take place at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center, 1900 University Ave., on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Contact the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at 512-471-1391 or online.journalism@yahoo.com for more information.
Professor Rosental Calmon Alves, the Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication, has organized the annual symposium since 1999. This year, speakers will discuss mobile news (including the use of the iPad and other tablet computers and smartphones), newspapers' strategies to survive the digital era, participatory journalism, non-profit journalism and innovative international experiences in online journalism.
The symposium bridges the academic and professional worlds by including the presentation of research papers selected in an international, highly competitive, blind review process, and by the participation of editors, producers and news organization executives from around the world.
The keynote speaker this year is Steven Kydd, executive vice-president and head of content at Demand Media, a company that uses algorithms to find topics that people want to see on the Internet, and then produces them in a massive way. It has reached more than 100 million unique users each month with stories and videos produced by more than 7,000 freelancers in an innovative way that has raised admiration and criticism alike.
Participants from more than 20 countries are expected at the symposium, including speakers from more than a dozen nations, including Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Norway, France, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Turkey. The symposium also has attracted the participation of many universities, besides The University of Texas at Austin. Among others, there will be participants from Cornell, Harvard, University of Southern California, University of Oslo, University of São Paulo, University of Brussels, University of Barcelona, New York University, College of Staten Island (CUNY).
Among the panelists, Tom Bodkin, assistant managing editor and design director, The New York Times; Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Dan Gillmor, professor and director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University; Scott Lewis, CEO, Voice of San Diego; James Moroney III, publisher and CEO of The Dallas Morning News and executive vice president of A. H. Belo; Jim O'Shea, co-founder and editor, Chicago News Cooperative; John Paton, CEO, Journal Register Company; Evan Smith, CEO and editor, Texas Tribune; Eivind Thomsen, senior vice president of Norway-based Schibsted Media Group; and Ethan Zuckerman, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
The program and more information about the symposium can be found online. The Web site also contains videos, transcripts, presentations, papers and other material about the previous 10 symposia. It is a unique repository of the evolution of online journalism in the last decade that has been used by researchers from around the world.
Registration is still open. The fee is $25 for students and faculty and $50 for others, and can be paid online at the event's Web site. The symposium is made possible thanks to the Knight Chair endowment, given to the University of Texas at Austin by the John S. and James L Knight Foundation. The foundation also funds the Knight Center for Journalism in the America, a sponsor and co-organizer of the events. This year, the symposium counts on underwriting by The Dallas Morning News and the support of The University of Texas at Austin's College of College of Communication and School of Journalism.
The event will take place at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center, 1900 University Ave., on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Contact the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at 512-471-1391 or online.journalism@yahoo.com for more information.
April 22-24 2010 - Limerick Festival Puts Poetry In The Shop Window
The literary trail has been developed by the County Limerick Arts Office ahead of the 11th annual Éigse Michael Hartnett, which takes place in the town from 22-24 April 2010.
Michael Hartnett, who wrote both English and Irish poems, was born in Croom, County Limerick in 1941, and reared in Newcastle West, He died in Dublin in 1999.
The annual festival is regarded as one of Ireland's largest annual gatherings of contemporary poets. Among the confirmed participants of this year’s festival are Jorie Graham, Pulitzer prize winning US poet; Fintan O’Toole, author, cultural and political commentator, and Irish Times Deputy Editor, Patrick Hederman, author and Abbot of Glenstal Abbey; Eileen Sheehan, award winning Kerry poet; Gearóid Mac Lochlainn, ground breaking performance poet; and Rita Ann Higgins, poet and dramatist.
Commenting on the literary trail, Limerick County Arts Officer Joan Mac Kernan said: “The town has a bustling lively feeling as it prepares for the big community event of the year, Éigse Michael Hartnett Literary and Arts Festival. One is led around the town on an informal literary trail by the poetry of Michael Hartnett which is displayed on large boards in the shop windows. Hartnett who was closely linked with the wren, the king of all birds, is everywhere, on posters advertising the festival, peeping from behind books in the library and bookstore and generally creating a magical presence in the town.”
‘All this colour and poetry creates a lovely festive ambience in the town, one can see people reading and reflecting on lines such as ‘…I loved her from the day she died. She was a summer dance at the crossroads…She was a song that nobody sings…’, as they sip their morning coffee or buy their fish or vegetables. It emphasises that this festival is a real community celebration, happening in the library, the castle, the book store, pubs, community hospital and eating houses of Newcastle West”, added Ms. Mac Kernan.
The festival will be officially launched at Newcastle West Library on Thursday April 22nd when keynote speaker Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman OSB presents ‘Irish Poets, learn your trade: Poetry as speaking Truth’.
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jorie Graham, making her first appearance at an Irish festival will read on the Friday night with award winning poet Eileen Sheehan. The magic of this reading will be further enhanced with the haunting singing of Roisin Leafy. Synge’s ‘The Aran Islands’ will be performed directly after, at 10.00 pm in the dramatic dining hall of Desmond Castle by Tegolin Knowland and Sean Coyne.
The opening event on Saturday is The Hartnett Memorial Lecture which will be given by Fintan O’Toole. Fintan follows in a long line of prestigious Hartnett Memorial speakers that have included Nuala O’ Faoilain and Paul Durcan. The afternoon promises to be great fun with poets, bards and haiku masters queuing up to participate in the Hartnett Viva Voce. Prize money will be awarded for the best performed original poem and the best performed Hartnett poem. The competition adjudicators will be Eileen Sheehan, Gabriel Fitzmaurice and John Cussen. Saturday evening features two of Ireland’s acclaimed poets and performers Rita Ann Higgins and Gearóid Mac Lochlainn reading with the internationally renowned poet David Whyte. They will be joined by Polish singer Dorota Konczewska for what promises to be an unforgettable event.
The final event of the festival ‘Kick up your Heels’ will be a lively session of dancing, singing, story and poetry recitation. The outstanding sean nos dancer Seosamh O’ Neachtain will be setting the tone for this final shin dig which should have all the talent of the Eigse weekend gathering for the finale.
Children and young people are also a key focus of the festival weekend with puppet shows in the library on the Friday and Saturday and poets and writers visiting schools over Thursday and Friday. These include writer Michael Smith recounting the life of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean and due to popular demand there will be lunch time presentations for adults who want to hear about his daring endeavours On Saturday afternoon youth theatre members of County Limerick Youth Theatre will be spilling onto the streets in dramatic costume along with other street acts to entertain the Saturday afternoon crowds.
According to Joan MacKernan: “Many of the events over the festival weekend are free or just have a nominal admission fee. This festival is grounded in the community and we want to make it as accessible as possible to as many people as possible, giving people the opportunity to hear and engage with the standard bearers in poetry, writing and critical thinking in Ireland and internationally.
The inaugural Éigse Michael Hartnett was held in 2000. Past participants include the Pat McCabe, Carol Ann Duffy, Paul Durcan, Thomas Lynch, John Waters, Leanne O'Sullivan, Alice Taylor and the late Nuala O Faolain. Previous festivals have attracted literary and arts enthusiasts from all over North America and Europe.
Full details and updates of the Éigse Michael Hartnett programme are available from the Limerick County Arts Office on 061 493498/496300 or http://www.eigsmichaelhartnett.ie/.
Michael Hartnett, who wrote both English and Irish poems, was born in Croom, County Limerick in 1941, and reared in Newcastle West, He died in Dublin in 1999.
The annual festival is regarded as one of Ireland's largest annual gatherings of contemporary poets. Among the confirmed participants of this year’s festival are Jorie Graham, Pulitzer prize winning US poet; Fintan O’Toole, author, cultural and political commentator, and Irish Times Deputy Editor, Patrick Hederman, author and Abbot of Glenstal Abbey; Eileen Sheehan, award winning Kerry poet; Gearóid Mac Lochlainn, ground breaking performance poet; and Rita Ann Higgins, poet and dramatist.
Commenting on the literary trail, Limerick County Arts Officer Joan Mac Kernan said: “The town has a bustling lively feeling as it prepares for the big community event of the year, Éigse Michael Hartnett Literary and Arts Festival. One is led around the town on an informal literary trail by the poetry of Michael Hartnett which is displayed on large boards in the shop windows. Hartnett who was closely linked with the wren, the king of all birds, is everywhere, on posters advertising the festival, peeping from behind books in the library and bookstore and generally creating a magical presence in the town.”
‘All this colour and poetry creates a lovely festive ambience in the town, one can see people reading and reflecting on lines such as ‘…I loved her from the day she died. She was a summer dance at the crossroads…She was a song that nobody sings…’, as they sip their morning coffee or buy their fish or vegetables. It emphasises that this festival is a real community celebration, happening in the library, the castle, the book store, pubs, community hospital and eating houses of Newcastle West”, added Ms. Mac Kernan.
The festival will be officially launched at Newcastle West Library on Thursday April 22nd when keynote speaker Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman OSB presents ‘Irish Poets, learn your trade: Poetry as speaking Truth’.
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jorie Graham, making her first appearance at an Irish festival will read on the Friday night with award winning poet Eileen Sheehan. The magic of this reading will be further enhanced with the haunting singing of Roisin Leafy. Synge’s ‘The Aran Islands’ will be performed directly after, at 10.00 pm in the dramatic dining hall of Desmond Castle by Tegolin Knowland and Sean Coyne.
The opening event on Saturday is The Hartnett Memorial Lecture which will be given by Fintan O’Toole. Fintan follows in a long line of prestigious Hartnett Memorial speakers that have included Nuala O’ Faoilain and Paul Durcan. The afternoon promises to be great fun with poets, bards and haiku masters queuing up to participate in the Hartnett Viva Voce. Prize money will be awarded for the best performed original poem and the best performed Hartnett poem. The competition adjudicators will be Eileen Sheehan, Gabriel Fitzmaurice and John Cussen. Saturday evening features two of Ireland’s acclaimed poets and performers Rita Ann Higgins and Gearóid Mac Lochlainn reading with the internationally renowned poet David Whyte. They will be joined by Polish singer Dorota Konczewska for what promises to be an unforgettable event.
The final event of the festival ‘Kick up your Heels’ will be a lively session of dancing, singing, story and poetry recitation. The outstanding sean nos dancer Seosamh O’ Neachtain will be setting the tone for this final shin dig which should have all the talent of the Eigse weekend gathering for the finale.
Children and young people are also a key focus of the festival weekend with puppet shows in the library on the Friday and Saturday and poets and writers visiting schools over Thursday and Friday. These include writer Michael Smith recounting the life of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean and due to popular demand there will be lunch time presentations for adults who want to hear about his daring endeavours On Saturday afternoon youth theatre members of County Limerick Youth Theatre will be spilling onto the streets in dramatic costume along with other street acts to entertain the Saturday afternoon crowds.
According to Joan MacKernan: “Many of the events over the festival weekend are free or just have a nominal admission fee. This festival is grounded in the community and we want to make it as accessible as possible to as many people as possible, giving people the opportunity to hear and engage with the standard bearers in poetry, writing and critical thinking in Ireland and internationally.
The inaugural Éigse Michael Hartnett was held in 2000. Past participants include the Pat McCabe, Carol Ann Duffy, Paul Durcan, Thomas Lynch, John Waters, Leanne O'Sullivan, Alice Taylor and the late Nuala O Faolain. Previous festivals have attracted literary and arts enthusiasts from all over North America and Europe.
Full details and updates of the Éigse Michael Hartnett programme are available from the Limerick County Arts Office on 061 493498/496300 or http://www.eigsmichaelhartnett.ie/.
April 17 2010 - SUNY Cortland's Seven Valleys Writing Project
SUNY Cortland's Seven Valleys Writing Project (SVWP) will offer a half-day workshop, "Writing to Learn in the Social Studies Classroom," on Saturday, April 17, at Homer High School in Homer, N.Y.
The SVWP is part of the National Writing Project based at SUNY Cortland, a grassroots organization of teachers who are learning and teaching the craft of writing to their students and to each other. Seminars are offered in collaboration with the Cortland County Teacher Center.
"We've seen the transformative power of 'writing to learn' in our own classrooms and we can't wait to share our best practices with you," observes SVWP co-director David Franke, an associate professor of English at SUNY Cortland.
Franke will facilitate the workshop with SVWP co-director Brian Fay, an English teacher for Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services (OCM-BOCES).
The teacher consultants who will present are Joe Cortese, a teacher at Homer High School; and Kathryn Cenera, a middle school teacher from Ithaca City School District.
The seminar, from 8:30 a.m.-noon in the school library Media Learning Center on the second floor, is geared for social studies teachers in grades 7-12.
The $25 fee includes a light breakfast and coffee. To register, contact one of the following individuals: Franke at david.franke@cortland.edu or (607) 753-5945; Fay at brian.fay@7VWP.com or (315) 440-1289; or Joe Cortese at jcortese@homercentral.org or (607) 423-1092.
The SVWP is part of the National Writing Project based at SUNY Cortland, a grassroots organization of teachers who are learning and teaching the craft of writing to their students and to each other. Seminars are offered in collaboration with the Cortland County Teacher Center.
"We've seen the transformative power of 'writing to learn' in our own classrooms and we can't wait to share our best practices with you," observes SVWP co-director David Franke, an associate professor of English at SUNY Cortland.
Franke will facilitate the workshop with SVWP co-director Brian Fay, an English teacher for Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services (OCM-BOCES).
The teacher consultants who will present are Joe Cortese, a teacher at Homer High School; and Kathryn Cenera, a middle school teacher from Ithaca City School District.
The seminar, from 8:30 a.m.-noon in the school library Media Learning Center on the second floor, is geared for social studies teachers in grades 7-12.
The $25 fee includes a light breakfast and coffee. To register, contact one of the following individuals: Franke at david.franke@cortland.edu or (607) 753-5945; Fay at brian.fay@7VWP.com or (315) 440-1289; or Joe Cortese at jcortese@homercentral.org or (607) 423-1092.
April 23-24 2010 -
Award winning authors join aspiring writers in the Charming Village at Indian Springs in Middle Georgia to share the secrets of how books are made. Writer Anne B. Jones has planned an exciting program that includes professional writers, editors, and publishers. Small, initimate sessions mean more time to rub elbows with the speakers: Dale Cramer, Rosemary Daniell, Louise Staman, Dr. Anne B. Jones, Peter Bowerman, Beverly Browing, Jackie Lee Miles, Williams, Jr., Patricia Sprinkle, Jackie Cooper.
It's all about passing along the stories of how these professionals got published; what they learned along the way; what helped them break into the business; and what pitfalls lie ahead for any writer in today's economy. Session include discussions on doing research; choosing your words carefully; writing memoirs; marketing and promoting your book once it is published; landing more lucrative freelance writing assignments; what the life of a writer is really like; what makes a book a thriller; writing the mystery; how to stay motivated and complete your manuscript; how to solve a murder; using your writing to heal your own life; turning your own life into a great book; writing the inspirational novel; and knowing what a publisher wants. Professional editors, designers, and publisher will be on hand to weigh the idea of self-publishing against traditional publishing. A full schedule can be viewed at http://www.TheVillageatIndianSprings.com/gallery
The two-day seminar is offered at $100 this year and includes access to all siminars, book signing events, and meals. Space is limited to make interaction more personal. Conference on site registration starts at 2:00 m on Friday April 23. Pre-registsration is required call Phase One/Generations Gallery to register by phone at 1-800-352-7212. Visa, MasterCard or Discovery Card accepted or you may mail you check (after pre-registration by phone) to Generations Gallery, attn: Writers Conference, 1825 Hwy 42 South, Flovilla. Georgia 30216. Email andi@phaseonedesign.com for more information.
It's all about passing along the stories of how these professionals got published; what they learned along the way; what helped them break into the business; and what pitfalls lie ahead for any writer in today's economy. Session include discussions on doing research; choosing your words carefully; writing memoirs; marketing and promoting your book once it is published; landing more lucrative freelance writing assignments; what the life of a writer is really like; what makes a book a thriller; writing the mystery; how to stay motivated and complete your manuscript; how to solve a murder; using your writing to heal your own life; turning your own life into a great book; writing the inspirational novel; and knowing what a publisher wants. Professional editors, designers, and publisher will be on hand to weigh the idea of self-publishing against traditional publishing. A full schedule can be viewed at http://www.TheVillageatIndianSprings.com/gallery
The two-day seminar is offered at $100 this year and includes access to all siminars, book signing events, and meals. Space is limited to make interaction more personal. Conference on site registration starts at 2:00 m on Friday April 23. Pre-registsration is required call Phase One/Generations Gallery to register by phone at 1-800-352-7212. Visa, MasterCard or Discovery Card accepted or you may mail you check (after pre-registration by phone) to Generations Gallery, attn: Writers Conference, 1825 Hwy 42 South, Flovilla. Georgia 30216. Email andi@phaseonedesign.com for more information.
Pump Up Your Book Promotion Announces April 2010 Authors On Tour
Join a talented and diverse group of 25 authors who are touring with Pump Up Your Book Promotion during the month of April 2010.
Follow these authors as they travel the blogosphere from April 5th through April 30th to discuss their books. You'll find everything from contemporary fiction to romance, from chick-lit memoirs to thrillers, inspirational books, suspense novels, and more.
Contemporary fiction titles are being promoted by Kathi Macias, Kaylin McFarren, and Sheila Roberts. You’ll find some fun titles from David Grant, Richard Arenson, and Graham Parke, while Brian McClure is touring with his children's picture book, "The Raindrop."
Josi Kilpatrick returns with a new culinary mystery, "Lemon Tart." Other returning authors are Bill Walker, Pamela Samuels Young, George Earl Parker, Barry Pollack, and Paul Stutzman.
Inspirational and self-help titles are being promoted by Tinisha Nicole Johnson, Lindon King, and Anne Vincent, while Cherie Burbach promotes her health book, "21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Diabetes." Also on tour in April are Dr. John E. Bell, Mary Carter, D.C. Corso, U.L. Harper, T.H. E. Hill, Robin Leigh Miller, Dianne Sweeney, and Marilyn Randall, who is promoting her poetry and prose book, "My Heart and Soul."
Check out YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHFv1JtZSN4 to view this month's trailer. Follow these authors during the month of April by visiting the official Pump Up Your Book Promotion website at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/ or our publicity blog found at http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/.
Follow these authors as they travel the blogosphere from April 5th through April 30th to discuss their books. You'll find everything from contemporary fiction to romance, from chick-lit memoirs to thrillers, inspirational books, suspense novels, and more.
Contemporary fiction titles are being promoted by Kathi Macias, Kaylin McFarren, and Sheila Roberts. You’ll find some fun titles from David Grant, Richard Arenson, and Graham Parke, while Brian McClure is touring with his children's picture book, "The Raindrop."
Josi Kilpatrick returns with a new culinary mystery, "Lemon Tart." Other returning authors are Bill Walker, Pamela Samuels Young, George Earl Parker, Barry Pollack, and Paul Stutzman.
Inspirational and self-help titles are being promoted by Tinisha Nicole Johnson, Lindon King, and Anne Vincent, while Cherie Burbach promotes her health book, "21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Diabetes." Also on tour in April are Dr. John E. Bell, Mary Carter, D.C. Corso, U.L. Harper, T.H. E. Hill, Robin Leigh Miller, Dianne Sweeney, and Marilyn Randall, who is promoting her poetry and prose book, "My Heart and Soul."
Check out YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHFv1JtZSN4 to view this month's trailer. Follow these authors during the month of April by visiting the official Pump Up Your Book Promotion website at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/ or our publicity blog found at http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/.
May 12-14 2010 - Authors and Self-Publishers Learn the Latest in the Business of Book Publishing
The second annual Self-Publishers Online Conference (SPOC) gives entrepreneurial writers, authors, and publishers the opportunity to learn from experts in book publishing from the convenience of their own office. At SPOC, everyone is encouraged to "Live Long and Publish!" This three-day virtual event features expert speakers on May 12, 13, and 14, 2010.
Authors and self-publishers can attend SPOC when they have time in their schedule. There is no charge for a Basic Attendance pass. Attendees can wander the virtual exhibit hall, take part in online conversations, attend informative teleseminars, participate in Q&A roundtable discussions, and discover helpful information about writing and publishing quality books.
Attendees can register online at SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com. A free Basic attendance pass gives participants live call-in access to the teleseminars and a log in for the exhibit hall and seminar handouts. Paid Standard and Premium passes offer access to the seminar recordings and a wide range of bonus materials.
Authors and self-publishers can attend SPOC when they have time in their schedule. There is no charge for a Basic Attendance pass. Attendees can wander the virtual exhibit hall, take part in online conversations, attend informative teleseminars, participate in Q&A roundtable discussions, and discover helpful information about writing and publishing quality books.
Attendees can register online at SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com. A free Basic attendance pass gives participants live call-in access to the teleseminars and a log in for the exhibit hall and seminar handouts. Paid Standard and Premium passes offer access to the seminar recordings and a wide range of bonus materials.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
April 8 2010 - Michigan Internet Marketing Club Meets On How Drive Traffic To Your Blog or Web Site using Video
The Detroit Internet Marketing Club and Roundtable will have their lap tops and pens going when Kojo Philip Vaden shows members how to use video to drive traffic to their blogs and websites. Kojo is the 'Make it Happen Video King' of the Detroit Metro area. Kojo is a leading educator on video marketing techniques.
Mark Maupin, well known local internet marketing trainer said “Kojo makes it simple to do a video. He is the master at using the built in cameras on lap tops to get top quality value from free resources.
Each month the internet marketing and internet round table bring new speakers. This is a free event which is making a huge difference for people in the Detroit Metro Market. The internet roundtable is known as the best internet marketing club in Michigan.
Business owners and local entrepreneurs are invited to bring their marketing materials to display their business or service. Vendor tables will be provided for those who call Mark at 248-939-6232 to reserve a table. This is a great opportunity for free advertising and public relations!
The Internet Marketing Roundtable will meet on Thursday, April 8, from 6 - 9pm in the Cooper Room at Wayne County Community College; Eastern Campus; 5901 Conner; Detroit, MI 48213. For up-to-date information on all our events visit http://www.megaeveningevent.com/
Mark Maupin, well known local internet marketing trainer said “Kojo makes it simple to do a video. He is the master at using the built in cameras on lap tops to get top quality value from free resources.
Each month the internet marketing and internet round table bring new speakers. This is a free event which is making a huge difference for people in the Detroit Metro Market. The internet roundtable is known as the best internet marketing club in Michigan.
Business owners and local entrepreneurs are invited to bring their marketing materials to display their business or service. Vendor tables will be provided for those who call Mark at 248-939-6232 to reserve a table. This is a great opportunity for free advertising and public relations!
The Internet Marketing Roundtable will meet on Thursday, April 8, from 6 - 9pm in the Cooper Room at Wayne County Community College; Eastern Campus; 5901 Conner; Detroit, MI 48213. For up-to-date information on all our events visit http://www.megaeveningevent.com/
April 9 2010 - SEO 'Myth Buster' Event Planned for PR folk and Bloggers
On the afternoon of Friday April 9, 2010, in a relaxed 'meet up' environment, some of the best brains in the UK's SEO World will gather to share thoughts and experiences on SEO (search engine optimisation) subjects at the thupr event on Natural SEO. The event is open to all and free to attend.
Jointly organised by PR consultant Claire Thompson, Waves PR, and blogger and digital marketer Murray Newlands, the event aims to provide a ‘myth busting', open, environment to sharpen people's understanding of SEO, particularly anyone is who selling their writing skills, from PR people to bloggers.
With a keynote from well established SEO ‘good guy' Judith Lewis, Seshet Consulting breakout discussion sessions will range from basic on-line PR tactics such as on-line press releases, linking and syndicated content, through to the ethics of issues such as ‘pay per post' and the influence of activity such as PPC/Google Adwords.
Partnered with Mashable, Search Engine Watch and Social Media Monday, event details are:
Date: Friday April 9, 2010
Time: 2pm-6pm
Venue: Centre for Creative Collaboration (London, close to Kings Cross, London)
To attend: sign up on the thupr meetups site (This event is free to attendees, although the venue will dictate limits to numbers)
"It's very easy to believe you don't need to worry, or to take a purist ‘it will happen naturally' approach, but the fact is that some seemingly ethical practises can damage your search engine ranking, people are going to have to decide where they draw their own lines on what's ethical and what's not, and there's a lot of conflicting information out there," said digital marketer, Murray Newlands. "We can't promise to have all of the answers, but we can promise to provide a forum for sharing information, finding genuine experts, getting issues out in the open."
And best of all, there will be beer!
Notes to editors:
Thupr (The Tools that Help Us, PR) was set up at the end of 2009 to provide a sharing, conversational environment for PR people and other communicators to come together with each other and with the software and services that help to improve performance and understanding. The events are no or low-cost and run roughly monthly.
Future events include:
Friday, May 14: a full day session on content creation and sharing
Friday, June 25: cleaning up communications
Sign up is via the Meetups site: http://www.meetup.com/thupr2010/
For further information, please contact Claire Thompson, Waves PR
T: +44 (0) 207 795 8147; e: claire at wavespr.com; m: +44 (0) 7771 817015
Jointly organised by PR consultant Claire Thompson, Waves PR, and blogger and digital marketer Murray Newlands, the event aims to provide a ‘myth busting', open, environment to sharpen people's understanding of SEO, particularly anyone is who selling their writing skills, from PR people to bloggers.
With a keynote from well established SEO ‘good guy' Judith Lewis, Seshet Consulting breakout discussion sessions will range from basic on-line PR tactics such as on-line press releases, linking and syndicated content, through to the ethics of issues such as ‘pay per post' and the influence of activity such as PPC/Google Adwords.
Partnered with Mashable, Search Engine Watch and Social Media Monday, event details are:
Date: Friday April 9, 2010
Time: 2pm-6pm
Venue: Centre for Creative Collaboration (London, close to Kings Cross, London)
To attend: sign up on the thupr meetups site (This event is free to attendees, although the venue will dictate limits to numbers)
"It's very easy to believe you don't need to worry, or to take a purist ‘it will happen naturally' approach, but the fact is that some seemingly ethical practises can damage your search engine ranking, people are going to have to decide where they draw their own lines on what's ethical and what's not, and there's a lot of conflicting information out there," said digital marketer, Murray Newlands. "We can't promise to have all of the answers, but we can promise to provide a forum for sharing information, finding genuine experts, getting issues out in the open."
And best of all, there will be beer!
Notes to editors:
Thupr (The Tools that Help Us, PR) was set up at the end of 2009 to provide a sharing, conversational environment for PR people and other communicators to come together with each other and with the software and services that help to improve performance and understanding. The events are no or low-cost and run roughly monthly.
Future events include:
Friday, May 14: a full day session on content creation and sharing
Friday, June 25: cleaning up communications
Sign up is via the Meetups site: http://www.meetup.com/thupr2010/
For further information, please contact Claire Thompson, Waves PR
T: +44 (0) 207 795 8147; e: claire at wavespr.com; m: +44 (0) 7771 817015
April 20 2010 - IABC Cleveland to Present Workshop on 'Measuring What Matters in Social Media'
The Cleveland chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) will host a half-day workshop, sponsored by PRNewswire, on Thursday, April 22, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This is specifically for communicators who want clarity on how Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media tools deliver results and meet organizations' return on investment objectives. There is also a lunch-only session for time-pressed communicators.
The workshop, "Measuring What Matters in Social Media," will be presented by Katie Paine of KDPaine & Partners LLC and author of Measuring Public Relationships, the data-driven communicators' guide to measuring success. The half-day program will be held at Akron General Health & Wellness Center – West, 4125 Medina Road, Akron, OH 44333, and is open to all.
As CEO of KD Paine & Partners LLC, Paine and her firm have listened to millions of conversations, analyzed thousands of articles, and asked hundreds of questions over the last two decades in order to help her clients better understand their relationships with their constituencies. Paine also blogs (Katie Paine's Measurement Blog) and publishes a newsletter, The Measurement Standard, dedicated entirely to measurement and accountability.
Networking and registration begin at 11:00-11:30 a.m. Lunch runs from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. For those attending the workshop, the in-depth session continues until 3:00 p.m.
Separate costs are available for the full program and lunch-only as follows:
Full program (including lunch) Lunch only $55 IABC members $25 IABC members $75 non-members $45 non-members $40 students and members in $20 students and members in transition transition
Deadline to register is April 20. Register online at iabccleveland.com or contact Pam Tallant, chapter administrator, at 216-226-7013.
The workshop, "Measuring What Matters in Social Media," will be presented by Katie Paine of KDPaine & Partners LLC and author of Measuring Public Relationships, the data-driven communicators' guide to measuring success. The half-day program will be held at Akron General Health & Wellness Center – West, 4125 Medina Road, Akron, OH 44333, and is open to all.
As CEO of KD Paine & Partners LLC, Paine and her firm have listened to millions of conversations, analyzed thousands of articles, and asked hundreds of questions over the last two decades in order to help her clients better understand their relationships with their constituencies. Paine also blogs (Katie Paine's Measurement Blog) and publishes a newsletter, The Measurement Standard, dedicated entirely to measurement and accountability.
Networking and registration begin at 11:00-11:30 a.m. Lunch runs from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. For those attending the workshop, the in-depth session continues until 3:00 p.m.
Separate costs are available for the full program and lunch-only as follows:
Full program (including lunch) Lunch only $55 IABC members $25 IABC members $75 non-members $45 non-members $40 students and members in $20 students and members in transition transition
Deadline to register is April 20. Register online at iabccleveland.com or contact Pam Tallant, chapter administrator, at 216-226-7013.
April 9-10 2010 - ournalists Will 'Rise Up in Cleveland!' to Build Skills, Chart Futures, and Rock and Roll
"Rise Up in Cleveland!" is the title of the 2010 Region 4 Spring Conference presented by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), April 9-10, in Cleveland, Ohio. SPJ's Cleveland Pro Chapter will host programs for professional development and improving journalism at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center and The Plain Dealer.
Journalists, students and educators from Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, which form Region 4, will gather for the annual spring meeting which is open to all journalists, including those not affiliated with SPJ.
High-profile, accomplished journalists speaking at the conference include Jim Schaefer, part of the Detroit Free Press team whose coverage toppled Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor, and won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting and Regina Brett, a columnist at The Plain Dealer who twice won first-place National Headliner Awards. The two are among more than two dozen professional journalists, educators and entrepreneurs providing skills training for anyone who plays a journalistic role in any form of media.
"Our theme is 'Rise Up in Cleveland!' to emphasize steps journalists and other communicators can take to chart their own course if they have lost jobs in the media or wish to aim for the stars with their own venture," said Tony Kozlowski, conference chairman and SPJ Cleveland Pro board member. "I'm especially excited about our hands-on training program for students and young professionals at The Plain Dealer April 9, followed by the opening reception, 7 p.m., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum."
"We'll have a well-rounded program for people with a variety of interests," said Clifford Anthony, president of SPJ Cleveland Pro. "Writers, photographers, editors and broadcasters who work in varied roles will be able to choose from an agenda that includes training in using public records for investigative reporting to using social networking technology." Other programs will cover better writing, data mining and understanding Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
The PD sessions begin at 1:30 p.m. April 9 at The Plain Dealer, 1801 Superior Ave. For others attending the conference, it begins at 7 p.m. April 9 with a reception at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum at North Coast Harbor in downtown Cleveland. Programming begins at 8 a.m. April 10 at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown, 127 Public Square. The conference includes the Region 4 Mark of Excellence Luncheon, where student journalists receive awards for superior work, at noon, April 10.
For more details and registration, go to http://spjclevelandregion4.eventbrite.com/. Earlybird fees (by March 26) for SPJ members are $70 for students and $80 for professionals, and $10 more for non-members. Registration is also available after 3 p.m. Friday, April 9 and beginning at 7 a.m. the day of the conference. Hotel rooms are available at the Marriott at a special conference rate of $89 per night, plus local taxes and fees, for a limited number of reservations made by March 28. The entrance to the hotel is at West Mall Drive and East St. Clair Ave.
Journalists, students and educators from Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, which form Region 4, will gather for the annual spring meeting which is open to all journalists, including those not affiliated with SPJ.
High-profile, accomplished journalists speaking at the conference include Jim Schaefer, part of the Detroit Free Press team whose coverage toppled Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor, and won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting and Regina Brett, a columnist at The Plain Dealer who twice won first-place National Headliner Awards. The two are among more than two dozen professional journalists, educators and entrepreneurs providing skills training for anyone who plays a journalistic role in any form of media.
"Our theme is 'Rise Up in Cleveland!' to emphasize steps journalists and other communicators can take to chart their own course if they have lost jobs in the media or wish to aim for the stars with their own venture," said Tony Kozlowski, conference chairman and SPJ Cleveland Pro board member. "I'm especially excited about our hands-on training program for students and young professionals at The Plain Dealer April 9, followed by the opening reception, 7 p.m., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum."
"We'll have a well-rounded program for people with a variety of interests," said Clifford Anthony, president of SPJ Cleveland Pro. "Writers, photographers, editors and broadcasters who work in varied roles will be able to choose from an agenda that includes training in using public records for investigative reporting to using social networking technology." Other programs will cover better writing, data mining and understanding Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
The PD sessions begin at 1:30 p.m. April 9 at The Plain Dealer, 1801 Superior Ave. For others attending the conference, it begins at 7 p.m. April 9 with a reception at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum at North Coast Harbor in downtown Cleveland. Programming begins at 8 a.m. April 10 at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown, 127 Public Square. The conference includes the Region 4 Mark of Excellence Luncheon, where student journalists receive awards for superior work, at noon, April 10.
For more details and registration, go to http://spjclevelandregion4.eventbrite.com/. Earlybird fees (by March 26) for SPJ members are $70 for students and $80 for professionals, and $10 more for non-members. Registration is also available after 3 p.m. Friday, April 9 and beginning at 7 a.m. the day of the conference. Hotel rooms are available at the Marriott at a special conference rate of $89 per night, plus local taxes and fees, for a limited number of reservations made by March 28. The entrance to the hotel is at West Mall Drive and East St. Clair Ave.
Knight Fellowships: 'The Universe' Training Workshop for Journalists
Though science news is often dictated by the latest diet craze or a recent catastrophe, sometimes the best-read and most-emailed science stories are about plain fascinating events in nature.
To help journalists better understand the nature of astrophysics, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT will host a three-day intensive workshop to be taught by top scientists from MIT, Harvard and other institutions. The workshop will cover everything from the new discoveries about dark matter and energy to the most promising planets on which life may be found.
"The Universe" is one of a series of summer workshops in The Kavli Journalism Workshop series offered by MIT's Knight Science Journalism Fellowships program. The Kavli series rotates between three themes: astrophysics, brain science and nanotechnology. To be considered for "The Universe" workshop, full-time journalists must submit applications by April 20.
In order to bring journalists to Cambridge, Mass. for the workshop, the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships will cover up to $750 in travel expenses as well as hotel and most meals. 15 journalists will be selected to participate.
To learn more, visit the program's website: http://web.mit.edu/knight-science/bootcamps/current.html
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT offers experienced journalists the opportunity to increase their understanding of science, technology, medicine or the environment through 9-month Fellowships and week-long training workshops.
To help journalists better understand the nature of astrophysics, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT will host a three-day intensive workshop to be taught by top scientists from MIT, Harvard and other institutions. The workshop will cover everything from the new discoveries about dark matter and energy to the most promising planets on which life may be found.
"The Universe" is one of a series of summer workshops in The Kavli Journalism Workshop series offered by MIT's Knight Science Journalism Fellowships program. The Kavli series rotates between three themes: astrophysics, brain science and nanotechnology. To be considered for "The Universe" workshop, full-time journalists must submit applications by April 20.
In order to bring journalists to Cambridge, Mass. for the workshop, the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships will cover up to $750 in travel expenses as well as hotel and most meals. 15 journalists will be selected to participate.
To learn more, visit the program's website: http://web.mit.edu/knight-science/bootcamps/current.html
Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT offers experienced journalists the opportunity to increase their understanding of science, technology, medicine or the environment through 9-month Fellowships and week-long training workshops.
April 10 2010 - Popular Country Club in Bucks County to Host Luncheon for Author Lisa See
Nationally acclaimed author Lisa See will share her insights with luncheon attendees at the Warrington Country Club on April 10.
Author Lisa See will be featured at the annual Author Luncheon to be held Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the Warrington Country Club. Lisa See's most well recognized literary work to date is Snowflower and the Secret Fan which topped best seller lists for weeks and was the topic of discussion by countless book clubs. Fans of Lisa See will be intrigued to hear her talk about her Chinese heritage and its influence on her literary and cultural accomplishments at the popular wedding reception site in Bucks County.
Tickets for the luncheon and author presentation are $35. They are currently on sale at the Doylestown Library for members of the Friends of the Library Center, Doylestown, and will be available to the general public on Monday, March 15. Sale hours are 11:00-1:00 and 6:00-8:00 Monday through Thursday, 11:00-1:00 on Fridays, and 9:00-12:00 on Saturdays until all tickets have been sold.
Luncheon entrees at the Warrington Country Club include chicken with cranberry stuffing, salmon with dill sauce, and a vegetarian platter. Lisa See will be signing her books both before and after her presentation, and her books will be available for purchase courtesy of the Doylestown Bookstore. The doors to the country club will open at 11:15 and luncheon will be served at 12:00.
Located on five acres in beautiful Bucks County, Warrington Country Club (warringtoncountryclub.com) has been a memorable wedding venue for over 25 years. Conveniently located, Warrington Country Club also serves the surrounding areas of Montgomery County, Philadelphia and New Jersey. This year's brides came to us from local surrounding areas including Doylestown, Fort Washington, Chalfont, Newtown, Hatboro, Horsham, Lansdale, Abington and Huntingdon Valley.
Warrington Country Club
1360 Almshouse Road (Route 611 and Almshouse Road)
Warrington, PA 18971 / P: 215-343-1630.
Author Lisa See will be featured at the annual Author Luncheon to be held Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the Warrington Country Club. Lisa See's most well recognized literary work to date is Snowflower and the Secret Fan which topped best seller lists for weeks and was the topic of discussion by countless book clubs. Fans of Lisa See will be intrigued to hear her talk about her Chinese heritage and its influence on her literary and cultural accomplishments at the popular wedding reception site in Bucks County.
Tickets for the luncheon and author presentation are $35. They are currently on sale at the Doylestown Library for members of the Friends of the Library Center, Doylestown, and will be available to the general public on Monday, March 15. Sale hours are 11:00-1:00 and 6:00-8:00 Monday through Thursday, 11:00-1:00 on Fridays, and 9:00-12:00 on Saturdays until all tickets have been sold.
Luncheon entrees at the Warrington Country Club include chicken with cranberry stuffing, salmon with dill sauce, and a vegetarian platter. Lisa See will be signing her books both before and after her presentation, and her books will be available for purchase courtesy of the Doylestown Bookstore. The doors to the country club will open at 11:15 and luncheon will be served at 12:00.
Located on five acres in beautiful Bucks County, Warrington Country Club (warringtoncountryclub.com) has been a memorable wedding venue for over 25 years. Conveniently located, Warrington Country Club also serves the surrounding areas of Montgomery County, Philadelphia and New Jersey. This year's brides came to us from local surrounding areas including Doylestown, Fort Washington, Chalfont, Newtown, Hatboro, Horsham, Lansdale, Abington and Huntingdon Valley.
Warrington Country Club
1360 Almshouse Road (Route 611 and Almshouse Road)
Warrington, PA 18971 / P: 215-343-1630.
May 29 2010 - 2nd Annual Market Street Book Fair In Wilmington, Delaware
Sunlight Book Source & Media will be hosting the 2nd Annual Market Street Book Fair on Saturday, May 29, 2010, from 9:30am - 6:30pm. The book fair embodies the slogan, 'Read More, Learn More, Change The Globe.'
This 1-day event will consist of authors coming from around the nation. They will be signing autographed copies of their books, promoting their upcoming projects and meeting & greeting local fans who will be traveling from the tri-state area. Many publishers and authors who attended the 1st Market Street Book Fair in 2009, found it to be one of the best book events that they had attended in a while. This year's fair will also have the same great food, music and atmosphere that many loved in the previous year.
"It was awesome," said Alyssa Watson, a fan of Bloody Money written by Leondrei Prince. Attendees and exhibitors of the 2009 fair included state officials, religious leaders and community activist, such as Pastor Derrick Johnson (Pastor D) of Joshua Harvest Church. Pastor D stated that the book fair was the future for Wilmington. Bishop Aretha Morton of Tabernacle Full Gospel Baptist Church attended the event as an exhibitor, where she signed copies of her debut novel, "Heap see, but few know."
For more information or to register for the 2nd Annual Market Street Book Fair, authors and publishers can log on to http://2010marketstreetbookfair.eventbrite.com/ or call 302-250-0652.
This 1-day event will consist of authors coming from around the nation. They will be signing autographed copies of their books, promoting their upcoming projects and meeting & greeting local fans who will be traveling from the tri-state area. Many publishers and authors who attended the 1st Market Street Book Fair in 2009, found it to be one of the best book events that they had attended in a while. This year's fair will also have the same great food, music and atmosphere that many loved in the previous year.
"It was awesome," said Alyssa Watson, a fan of Bloody Money written by Leondrei Prince. Attendees and exhibitors of the 2009 fair included state officials, religious leaders and community activist, such as Pastor Derrick Johnson (Pastor D) of Joshua Harvest Church. Pastor D stated that the book fair was the future for Wilmington. Bishop Aretha Morton of Tabernacle Full Gospel Baptist Church attended the event as an exhibitor, where she signed copies of her debut novel, "Heap see, but few know."
For more information or to register for the 2nd Annual Market Street Book Fair, authors and publishers can log on to http://2010marketstreetbookfair.eventbrite.com/ or call 302-250-0652.
Writers' Podcasts for April Shares Young Talent, New Fiction, and Personal Insights
The members of Writers in the Sky will be offering a series of interviews with a diverse group of authors for the month of April. The month begins with a young writer who will remind us that age is irrelevant when you have a message to share. The next week brings a guest who will discuss the world of young adult fiction and exciting insights into book promotion. April continues with a novelist who challenges her readers to think about the acceptance of an unconventional romance. The following week brings a leader in the business and sports management world who offers his keys for success. The month of April comes to a close with a writer who makes readers confront their stereotypes surrounding psychological conditions.
On April 2, Sarah Moore will welcome ten-year-old author and illustrator Natalie Tinti to the program to discuss her new book Sewing a Friendship. In this story, four best friends decide to have a "pink sleepover" to celebrate the end of the school year. They are buzzing with excitement over their plans when they encounter their nemesis and elder by two years, Kiki Shaver. As the plot progresses and the chance for confrontation grows, author Tinti develops a way in which all of the girls are able to come together and find common ground. Natalie will be discussing how she developed her characters, what message she hopes her peers will take away from reading the book, and how visual artistry has always been the foundation of her writing. Please visit the Amazon website to purchase Sewing a Friendship.
Young adult fiction writer Diane Wolfe sits down with Yvonne Perry on April 9. Ms. Wolfe will be discussing the planning that goes into the creation of a series, as her own published works include the Circle of Friends series. She also will share what she has learned about the opportunity for online promotions, including her three-week virtual tour. As a motivational speaker, Ms. Wolfe will lend insight into the role speaking plays in book promotion. Please visit http://www.thecircleoffriends.net/ and http://www.spunkonastick.net/ for more information.
The podcast series continues on April 16 when Sarah Moore sits down for a conversation with author Martina Vanderley. The two will be discussing Ms. Vanderley's new book Crossroads at the Wilderness. In this novel, readers meet Leslie Dawson, a middle-aged woman with grown children and a marriage that appears close to ideal from the outside. However, the relationship is stale and without passion, leading Leslie into the arms of a handsome married man during a vacation. When their paths cross again, the two decide that their connection is destiny and the consequences that occur are long-lasting and affect both of their families. During the interview, Ms. Vanderley will be discussing how she developed the emotional and controversial storyline, the importance of character development in her novel, and what she is doing to promote her work. To purchase Crossroads at the Wilderness, please visit the Amazon website.
On April 23, Christopher Franklin, the founder and CEO of Titan Financial Services, Inc, will be joining the podcast. His company is based in Washington, D.C. and specializes in serving athletes, celebrities, and other high-net worth clients. Mr. Franklin is respected nationally for his leadership in the field and is widely published in trade journals and newspapers. He also is a sought-after motivational speaker and participant on television panels. In his new release Access Now, Christopher Franklin shares his seven keys for success and a life filled with unlimited possibilities. In his conversation with Sarah Moore, Mr. Franklin will be discussing how his personal background created the foundation for his success, why he decided to write a book sharing what he has learned, and how he hopes readers will use Access Now. Readers may purchase Access Now by visiting the Amazon website.
The podcast series ends for the month on April 30, when WITS owner Yvonne Perry will host Vrinda Pendred as a guest. Their discussion about Check Mates (a collection of fiction, poetry and artwork about obsessive-compulsive disorder) will hopefully change a few minds about what neurological disorders really are—not just the limitations, pain or frustration, but also the more positive, beneficial symptoms of mysterious conditions such as OCD, Tourette syndrome, ADHD, Autism, and bipolar disorder. Many times that people with neurological disorders are usually highly creative people (many psychiatrists believe certain nervous disorders might even be a prerequisite to being creative. Vrinda established Conditional Publications to provide a creative outlet for fellow writers living with neurological conditions. http://www.conditionalpublications.com/
"I am so proud that our podcast interviews this month offer so many moments of inspiration and education, as well as some ideas that will just make you stop and think," shares Yvonne Perry, owner of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services, which produces the podcast. "I hope that many of our listeners will take a few moments this month to let us know if any of our guests had a particular impact on them."
About Writers in the Sky: Writers in the Sky blog, podcast, and newsletter is a three-fold production filled with information about writing, publishing, and book publicity created by Yvonne Perry as part of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services.
Listening to Writers in the Sky Podcast on a computer is easy. Go to http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/. On the right sidebar there is a list of archived shows. Click on the interview you would like to hear and it will open a post that has a link to the audio file.
On April 2, Sarah Moore will welcome ten-year-old author and illustrator Natalie Tinti to the program to discuss her new book Sewing a Friendship. In this story, four best friends decide to have a "pink sleepover" to celebrate the end of the school year. They are buzzing with excitement over their plans when they encounter their nemesis and elder by two years, Kiki Shaver. As the plot progresses and the chance for confrontation grows, author Tinti develops a way in which all of the girls are able to come together and find common ground. Natalie will be discussing how she developed her characters, what message she hopes her peers will take away from reading the book, and how visual artistry has always been the foundation of her writing. Please visit the Amazon website to purchase Sewing a Friendship.
Young adult fiction writer Diane Wolfe sits down with Yvonne Perry on April 9. Ms. Wolfe will be discussing the planning that goes into the creation of a series, as her own published works include the Circle of Friends series. She also will share what she has learned about the opportunity for online promotions, including her three-week virtual tour. As a motivational speaker, Ms. Wolfe will lend insight into the role speaking plays in book promotion. Please visit http://www.thecircleoffriends.net/ and http://www.spunkonastick.net/ for more information.
The podcast series continues on April 16 when Sarah Moore sits down for a conversation with author Martina Vanderley. The two will be discussing Ms. Vanderley's new book Crossroads at the Wilderness. In this novel, readers meet Leslie Dawson, a middle-aged woman with grown children and a marriage that appears close to ideal from the outside. However, the relationship is stale and without passion, leading Leslie into the arms of a handsome married man during a vacation. When their paths cross again, the two decide that their connection is destiny and the consequences that occur are long-lasting and affect both of their families. During the interview, Ms. Vanderley will be discussing how she developed the emotional and controversial storyline, the importance of character development in her novel, and what she is doing to promote her work. To purchase Crossroads at the Wilderness, please visit the Amazon website.
On April 23, Christopher Franklin, the founder and CEO of Titan Financial Services, Inc, will be joining the podcast. His company is based in Washington, D.C. and specializes in serving athletes, celebrities, and other high-net worth clients. Mr. Franklin is respected nationally for his leadership in the field and is widely published in trade journals and newspapers. He also is a sought-after motivational speaker and participant on television panels. In his new release Access Now, Christopher Franklin shares his seven keys for success and a life filled with unlimited possibilities. In his conversation with Sarah Moore, Mr. Franklin will be discussing how his personal background created the foundation for his success, why he decided to write a book sharing what he has learned, and how he hopes readers will use Access Now. Readers may purchase Access Now by visiting the Amazon website.
The podcast series ends for the month on April 30, when WITS owner Yvonne Perry will host Vrinda Pendred as a guest. Their discussion about Check Mates (a collection of fiction, poetry and artwork about obsessive-compulsive disorder) will hopefully change a few minds about what neurological disorders really are—not just the limitations, pain or frustration, but also the more positive, beneficial symptoms of mysterious conditions such as OCD, Tourette syndrome, ADHD, Autism, and bipolar disorder. Many times that people with neurological disorders are usually highly creative people (many psychiatrists believe certain nervous disorders might even be a prerequisite to being creative. Vrinda established Conditional Publications to provide a creative outlet for fellow writers living with neurological conditions. http://www.conditionalpublications.com/
"I am so proud that our podcast interviews this month offer so many moments of inspiration and education, as well as some ideas that will just make you stop and think," shares Yvonne Perry, owner of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services, which produces the podcast. "I hope that many of our listeners will take a few moments this month to let us know if any of our guests had a particular impact on them."
About Writers in the Sky: Writers in the Sky blog, podcast, and newsletter is a three-fold production filled with information about writing, publishing, and book publicity created by Yvonne Perry as part of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services.
Listening to Writers in the Sky Podcast on a computer is easy. Go to http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/. On the right sidebar there is a list of archived shows. Click on the interview you would like to hear and it will open a post that has a link to the audio file.
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