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Conferences / Workshops 2009 Bread Loaf Writers Conference Conference Dates: Wednesday, August 12, through Sunday, August 23. Schedule The schedule varies, but most days look something like this: -7:30 a.m. breakfast -9 a.m. faculty lecture -10:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. workshops/preparation time (alternating days) -noon - 1:45 p.m lunch -2:30-3:30 p.m. craft classes -4:15 p.m. reading or guest speaker -5:30 p.m. guest presentation -6:30 p.m. dinner -8:15 p.m. reading Workshop meetings take precedence, but hikes, meetings with editors and agents, individual conferences with faculty, and other activities may be scheduled simultaneously with lectures and readings. With so many tempting options, Bread Loafers sometimes take a few days to realize they have to pace themselves. Conference fees: $2,469 general applicants; $2,365 auditors. Includes room and board. Manuscript Guidelines All applicants--except for fellows and auditors--should note the following guidelines: • Applicants should submit a manuscript of unpublished work in progress for consideration by our admissions board: up to 6,000 words of fiction or nonfiction, or up to 10 pages of poetry. Applicants should send their strongest unpublished work. Those accepted will have an opportunity to send a replacement manuscript for workshop critique. • The applicant's name and a page number must appear on each sheet of the manuscript. (For example: Smith, p.1.) • Prose manuscripts must be double-spaced with 12 pt. font and margins of at least 1.25". The total word count should be noted at the top of the first page. Applicants may include one or more stories as long as the overall total number of pages is within the 6,000-word limit. Manuscripts excerpted from a longer project should include a one-page synopsis (the synopsis can be single- spaced). • Poetry manuscripts should have 12 pt. font and can be either single- or double-spaced. A poem can exceed one page, as long as the complete manuscript submission is within the ten-page limit. Please do not squeeze more than one poem to a page. • Please do not send children's or young adult literature, newspaper journalism, co-authored work, or self-help literature Great American Pitchfest Sun June 14th Where: Burbank Marriott Convention Center 2500 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 When: SaturdayJune 13th; 9am-6pm (Free Classes Day & Tradeshow) Sunday, June 14th; 10am-6pm (PitchFest Day) The Saturday is a full day of free classes, and anyone who wishes to attend is welcome. They also have half day, Master Class Intensives available for a nominal fee. If you'd like to attend the free classes or want more information on anything, please RSVP to Pitchfest info Full-Day Professional Hollywood Writing Seminars For Just $99 Each Two of the best screenwriting teachers around unite for a great weekend of screenwriting classes. Learn the tricks behind a great structure for your story, how to craft memorable scenes, and the secrets to a wondeful character arc. Plus register now for a huge discount on the registration price! Robert McKee San Francisco July 17-19 In the category of If I only had the money.. :-( For over 15 years, Robert McKee's Story Seminar has been the world's ultimate writing class for over 50,000 screenwriters, filmmakers, TV writers, novelists, industry executives, actors, producers, directors and playwrights. An intensive three-day course that produces proven results for: Screenwriters TV Writers Novelists Filmmakers Producers Directors Film & TV Executives Journalists Playwrights Actors Advertising Execs And More Over three intense days, McKee's Story Seminar effectively demonstrates the relationship between story design and character. Quality story structure demands creativity; It cannot be reduced to simple formulas that impose a rigid number of mandatory story elements. Robert McKee's course teaches you the principles involved in the art and craft of screenwriting and story design, and proves the essence of good story is unchanging and universal. Whether on the big screen, on television, in novels, on stage and in ALL creative work, everything works in the shadow of classic story design. www.mckeestory.com/homepage.html Michael Hauge's UNITING STORY STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER ARC and Pilar Alessandra's CRAFTING GREAT SCENES FOR FILM AND TV Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26, 2009, Beverly Hills, CA. Get the benefit of learning from these two masters in an intimate classroom setting, giving you plenty of time to ask questions. Normally, each of these professional-level seminars is an entire weekend, and registration is in the $325-$400 range. However, through a special arrangement, Creative Screenwriting and these two top Hollywood teachers are offering you a chance to learn from each of these two masters in intimate, full-day classroom settings for under $100 each. Early registration price is ONLY $99. On-site registration will be $139 for each -still a great bargain for their high-level courses. But reigster now and save money in the process! Don't miss this amazing opportunity and REGISTER FOR EITHER OR BOTH NOW! Seminar Prices: Only $99! Register NOW to save on your registration price! Class Summaries: Uniting Story Structure & Character Arc (July 25) In the best screenplays and novels and short stories, the heroes must achieve two compelling goals: an outer journey of accomplishment; and a deeper, inner journey of transformation and fulfillment. In the special, all day seminar, Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read, presents his unique approach to mastering these two essential components of your story. Topics covered will include: * The primary goal of all story * Turning plot structure from a complicated concept into a simple, powerful tool you can easily apply to every story * The power of desire, need, longing and destiny * The essential conflict all characters must face * The single key to creating character arc and theme * Creating unique, believable and fulfilling love stories * Adapting novels and true stories into film If you want to elevate screenwriting and storytelling to the highest possible level, this event is a must. MICHAEL HAUGE is a Hollywood script consultant and writers' coach, and best-selling author. He has consulted on projects starring Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Kirsten Dunst, Charlize Theron and Morgan Freeman, as well as for every major studio and network. Michael has lectured to more than 40,000 writers, filmmakers and corporate executives throughout the world. He can be reached through his web site at www.ScreenplayMastery.com Crafting Great Scenes For Film and TV (July 26) In this day-long intensive, writing instructor Pilar Alessandra, www.onthepage.tv, provides tools and techniques for drafting, writing and polishing scenes for television and film. Using film clips and in-class exercises, Pilar helps you focus your scenes, sharpen character moments, enliven dialogue and make your script an industry must-read. PILAR ALESSANDRA is the director of the popular writing program "On the Page" www.onthepage. tv. Her screenwriting podcasts - with guests from within the industry - regularly appear in the film and TV top 100. She has worked as Senior Story Analyst for DreamWorks and Radar pictures and trains the Fellowship Writers for ABC/Disney. Her students and clients have sold to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Sony and have won prestigious competitions, including as the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition and the Nicholl Fellowship. 8th Annual Florida Writers' Conference Lighting the Way October 23-25, 2009 Orlando Marriott Lake Mary For details on the conference and the RPLA competition, see the FWA website: www.floridawriters.net or query FWAconference@yahoogroups.com Orlando Marriott Lake Mary 1501 International Parkway Lake Mary, Florida 32746 Phone: 1-407-995-1100 Fax : 1-407-995-1150 Sales: 1-407-995-7019 Toll-free: 1-800-380-7724 Ask for Special FWA conference rates! Writers Helping Writers is more than a slogan. This year’s Florida Writers Conference, “Lighting the Way,” is designed to help you meet your writing goals. From Friday morning’s Signature Workshops though Sunday’s keynote, the 2009 program will help you hone your skills, build your networks, and get published. Workshops cover such diverse topics as writing memoirs, screenplays, stage plays, and children’s and YA fiction. Or choose from presentations in new areas, such as Internet marketing or authors’ legal issues. This is your chance to sign up to pitch your work to agents and publishers, or simply for some one- on-one faculty mentoring. Agents Elizabeth Trupin-Pulli (JET Literary Associates, Inc.) Robert Brown & Sharene Martin-Brown (Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency) Lori Perkins (L. Perkins Agency) Brandi Bowles (Howard Morhaim Literary Agency) Denise Marcil (Denise Marcil Literary Agency) Natanya Wheeler (Lowenstein-Yost Associates) Publishers Julie Ann Howell (The Peppertree Press) Lara Hyde (Harlequin) Amanda Boyer (BRIO Books) Rebecca Melvin (Double Edge Press) Bob Sanders (Mundania Press) Jacqueline Smith (A.M. Green Publishing) Rik Feeney (IsThereABookInsideYou) Diana Kay Publishing Carolyn Yoder (Calkins Creek Books/History Highlights) 2009 Keynote Speeches James O. Born, Published Author: Learning From Rejection Bob Sanders, Mundania Press: The Future of Publishing Other Faculty Chantelle Osman, film development; Vicki Hendricks, Broward College; Sandra Beckwith, public relations; Margie Lawson, psychologist; Veronica Hart, playwright; June Weltman, Dianne Ochiltree, and Penny Warner, published children’s authors; John Castellano, FSB Legal Counsel; Molli Nickell, query letters/pitches; Charles Jacobs, Caros Books; M. B. Weston, Laura Castoro, Chuck Dowling, and A. J. Robinson, published authors; Leslie Halpern and Jamie Morris, Prompt/Write/Read; Chris Hamilton and Mary Ann de Stefano, social media. Gain recognition for your writing, whether it’s published or unpublished! Enter the Royal Palm Literary Awards competition. This year’s competition will be bigger and better than ever, with more categories, more winners, new judges, and a new (much shorter!) format for the Awards Banquet. For more information, see FWA website. REGISTER FOR THESE GREAT SEMINARS NOW! PINAWOR Classes Looking for inexpensive local classes? Writing Class Schedule Classes are held at the Highland Recreation Center 400 N. Highland Avenue Largo, FL 33770 Saturdays, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Class Fee - $10.00 per session or $50 for a complete series Payable to PINAWOR Online Classes Gotham Writers Workshops LEARN TO WRITE & SELL FEATURE ARTICLES New Classes Feature an Editor from The New York Times Gotham Writers' Workshop is proud to present Premium writing classes—Article Writing I and How to Freelance—in collaboration with the New York Times Knowledge Network. ARTICLE WRITING I featuring The New York Times Learn how to craft compelling feature articles from a professional writer and a New York Times editor in this comprehensive eleven-week workshop. HOW TO FREELANCE featuring The New York Times Learn the most effective methods for selling magazine and newspaper articles from a professional freelancer and a New York Times editor in this innovative five-week seminar. These online courses incorporate many of the features that garnered Gotham "Best of the Web" status from Forbes, including: Expert instruction Small class size Weekly lectures Engaging writing exercises In addition, only these Premium courses include a week-long Q&A with an editor from The New York Times. For a complete list of classes go to www.writingclasses.com Linda Novak Registrar Gotham Writers Workshop 1841 Broadway Suite 809 New York, New York 10023 Phone: 877-974-8377 Writers Online Workshops Writer's Digest For a complete List of classes go to www.writersonlineworkshops.com/contactus.html Writers UniversityThese are not just “screen writing” classes. I found a few I’d like to take myself, now if only I can win the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes… |
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| Hi writers and readers, Here’s the news for July 2009. Places to go and books to read Workshops/conferencs/Classes Creative Screenwriting Seminar Series July 25-26. Meetings: FWA June 11th. Books Oprah's producer's book is: Middlemarch by George Eliot. I plan to read it. What about you? See below for Oprah's list of the 25 books of summer!!! Patricia Sprinkle Southern mysteries are enjoyable summer reading Lisa Unger has another new book - Die For You Fall Writers Conferences register early for a discount. Gracious Living and giving BIRTHDAY BASKET Every day is someone's birthday... and some of those are children living in METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES' transitional residence facilities for homeless families. Once a month they celebrate birthdays, and Inkwood wants each child to receive a book on their special day. We will offer 20% off any book you purchase for our BIRTHDAY BASKET and deliver the books for you. So please, change a life, give a book. Take care, Mlou This is a personal website created and maintained by Marylou I. Hess. Last updated July 2, 2009. Cell (727) 642-8115 Home: (727) 328-7788 Hessmlou@worldnet.att.net www.marylouihess.com writer@marylouihess.com |
| From Lynne Barrett... What's New at the Florida Book Review? American History: Florida Style by Dan Wakefield. An excerpt of this charming memoir located on the Florida Book Review website, lets us listen in while Dan helps Titi, his thirteen- year old, Cuban-American God daughter, study for her American history midterm exam. Nick Garnett wrote a reconsideration of Elmore Leonard's novel Stick, entitled Once Upon a Crime. Stick was originally published in 1973 (William Morrow) and republished in 2002 (Harper Collins.) Nick reminds us that Stick was written in the Miami of the early 1980's with all the violence of those days and had not yet be pastelled by Miami Vice. Molly McGreevy reviews Great Houses of Florida with an eye to what survives (and even thrives on) Florida real estate's ups and downs. Susan Jo Parsons takes us to Palm Beach in her review of The Misadventures of Oliver Booth John Bond discusses Peter Matthiessen's master work Shadow Country. To read these reviews, go to: www.floridabookreview.com |
Booksignings Inkwood Books 216 South Armenia Avenue in Tampa, (813-253-2638) announces the following: CONTACT: Carla Jimenez or Leslie Reiner, 813-253-2638. Please follow this direct link inkwoodbks@aol.com Thurs Thurs. July 9th 7 PM DEBORAH SHARP MAMA RIDES SHOTGUN Thurs. July 23rd 7 PM CHRIS KUZNESKI THE LOST THRONE Thurs. July 30th 7 PM IAN VASQUEZ LONESOME POINT See the Inkwood Books section below for more details and non-book signing events. BIRTHDAY BASKET Every day is someone's birthday... and some of those are children living in METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES' transitional residence facilities for homeless families. Once a month they celebrate birthdays, and Inkwood wants each child to receive a book on their special day. We will offer 20% off any book you purchase for our BIRTHDAY BASKET and deliver the books for you. So please, change a life, give a book. |
| Studio@620 Please follow this direct link www.thestudioat620.com Studio@620 has an exciting line up of events in July 2009. Here are the highlights: Phone 727-895-6620 Email info@studio620.org High Five - a Visual History The Studio@620 is thrilled to reach a major milestone in its history: five years of celebrating the diverse artistic community that forms the dynamic heart of St. Petersburg. Five spectacular events in five locations around St. Petersburg will celebrate this anniversary through music, dance, film, theater, art and a salute to the spirit of community and social activism. "Spoken Word Open Mic", June 29, 2009 Monthly Poetry Event to be held at The Studio@620. It is open to all who want to share their words with others. The words may be spoken or sung and may be accompanied musically by members of the audience. The poetry occurs in an atmosphere supportive to all who care to join us. "Indie Film Cafe", Theater 620 The Pen is Mightier: Global Lens Film Series Mark Haber: An Evening of Readings Admission is free and open to the public. |
| Meetings: PINAWOR, Pinellas County’s premier critique group meets Saturdays 9:15 – Noon at the Highlands Recreation Center, 400 Highland Ave NE in Largo. Excellent editors and critiquers are present. This is an encouraging, helpful group of talented authors, writers, editors and readers. They provide an excellent reality check. Please follow this link www.pinawor.org Pinellas County’s oldest writers group, the St Petersburg Writers Club meets in Room 121 of the West St. Pete Library at 750 66th Street North, on the first and third Thursday at 6:30 P.M. FMI call Martha Dupes @ 736-3355. Looking for a critique group? Go to you library. Take a course in writing at a local college and start your own critique group. FWA St Petersburg Group monthly meeting will be on Thursday, June 11, doors open at 5:30pm, meeting and presentation from 6pm to 7:30pm, at our new location, the North Branch of the St. Petersburg Public Library, at 9th St N (MLK) and 70th Ave, by Fossil Park. Local author K.L. 'Kathy' Nappier will be presenting on the topic of Internet Publishing, being an award winning author with Double Dragon Publishing. Her work is cross-genre, mixing horror, thriller, spiritual philosophy and social commentary. She has appeared at Necronomicon, the Sci-Fi and Fantasy convention in St. Petersburg, and is coming off an appearance at Oasis 22 in Orlando. Hope to see you there! |
| Poetry / Spoken Word ***** Poets Live! ***** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: July 13. 2009 Place: Largo Public Library 120 Central Park Dr. Largo, FL 33771 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Theme: The Promise Poet Bio: Gerald Stern Open Mic Questions: Contact Wayne S. Williams at cylum@tampabay.rr.com Hello Poets, I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve felt that if I suddenly turned around, the very edge of the sun would be right there, swirling an bubbling in it’s chaotic fusion of heat. Fortunately, our fabulous room at the Largo Public Library is like an oasis, cool and comfortable, fun and rewarding, a perfect place for poetry. While summer is a time when we usually find a smaller crowd in attendance, not so this year. We had another full house for June, and actually added new names to our ever growing list of poetry friends. This month’s Poets Live! Poet Bio will be Gerald Stern. The possibility keeps some going, as they endure confusion and wait for solution. It’s also the unbroken word, the commitment at attention on the stage of honor. This is the theme for July: The Promise. See you soon. Wayne |
| Plays, Playwrights, Theater, Drama, Songwriting, Music Studio@620 The Florida Playwrights Festival is a group that welcomes playwrights. Check out their website: www.FloridaPlaywrightsFestival.org when you get a chance. They will be holding their second annual competition and are looking for full-length plays by Florida writers on any subject. Regards, Victor Carr President Florida Playwrights Festival, Inc. For info on the Island Players or Gulfport Players, stop by Eileen’s Resale Boutique 5401 Gulfport Blvd (22nd Ave s) or email her at gulfporteileen@tampabay.rr.com GULFPORT COMMUNITY PLAYERS 4919 17th Avenue South Gulfport FL 33707 (727) 322-0316 Plays are held at both the Catherine A. Hickman Hall at 5501 27th Ave S. (at Beach Blvd) in Gulfport, and at the “Back Door” rehearsal hall located at 4919 17th Ave S Asolo Theater For tickets call the Box Office at 351-8000 or order online www.asolo.org. Gulfport's Hickman Theater Call 430-2328 for tickets www.islandcommunitytheatre.com Available at the Gulfport Casino, Eileen's Resale Boutique, Beach Bazaar and the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce www.gulfportcommunityplayers. com |
| Scriptwriting FMI www.screenwritingexpo.com CS Weekly Please follow this direct link www.creativescreenwriting.com From Barbara Harrington: FLORIDA SCREENWRITERS & ACTORS CONNECTION Screenwriters - Beginner or Pro. Improve plot, dialogue and format by readings and critiques.We welcome anyone interested in writing screenplays and/or acting to participate. The Florida Screenwriters Actors Connection (FSAC) meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month - from 1 to 4 PM at Panera Bread, Bardmoor Shopping Center, corner of 10810 Starkey and Brian Dairy Rd. Get there at 12 to discuss the query, synopsis, log line and the pitch ... Policy is meals count towards payment for use of room. Barbara Harrington: 727-572-6345 bharrington2@tampabay.rr.com The C.R.A.P. SHOOT, an Indie film, sponsored by the PFS, and written and produced by Barbara Harrington and Miriam Goodspeed, still needs a few crew hand to help out with Craft Services and other jobs. Casting is scheduled for August 16 and Filming the first two weekends in September. Interested:727-572-6345- bharrington2@tampabay.rr.com PINELLAS FILM SOCIETY - (PFS) Indie Studios welcomes any one interested in films to attend ... from the writers to the technicians to the powers who know everything there is to know about getting movies made. They also encourage filmmakers to showcase their work. Pete Bradshaw and Curtis Grayham host the event, which is held on the FOURTH Friday of each month at 6 pm, at 1776 - 11th Avenue North, St. Petersburg. 727-572-6345 - bharrington2@tampabay.rr.com THREE SCREENWRITING MARKET LISTINGS WritersMarket.com lists more than 6,000 opportunities to get paid for your writing efforts. Here are three recently verified and updated listings for screenwriting markets. Lee Daniels Entertainment works in all aspects of entertainment, including film, television and theater. All non-agency scripts must be accompanied by a signed copy of their submission release form, which can be downloaded from their Web site. http://www.writersmarket.com/Search/screenwriting Shoreline Entertainment, Inc., is "looking for character driven films that are commercial as well as independent. Completed screenplays only. Especially looking for big-budget action, thrillers." http://www.writersmarket.com/Search/screenwriting_markets_ Valeo Films does not want "projects that contain the following characteristics: 1 character saves the world, SFX based, highly action based, extreme/grotesque violence, high sexual content, or strong explicit language." http://www.writersmarket.com/Search/screenwriting_markets UCLA Summer Screenwriting Course with Prof. Richard Walter Study for university credit with UCLA's legendary screenwriting chairman. This course is especially designed for the UCLA Summer Session; all prerequisites are waived; this is a rare for-credit University course for which you do not have to be a UCLA student. It meets in a round-table seminar setting for six Monday afternoons during Summer Session 'A' starting mid June and ending late July. The main assignment is the first 25 pages of a screenplay. It is appropriate for new and experienced writers. The course includes in-class writing exercises, analysis of students' pages, and more. UCLA-trained screenwriters won the Oscar this year for MILK, and were nominated also for BENJAMIN BUTTON (the third nomination for this writer; it would have been his second Oscar). The year before last another of Walter's students won the Oscar for SIDEWAYS. UCLA writers have written the following pictures for Steven Spielberg: JURASSIC PARK I, II, & III, INDIANA JONES II & III, MUNICH, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE TERMINAL, & EAGLE EYE. Television projects written by Walter's students include among others THE OFFICE, FRINGE, GOSSIP GIRLS, THE SIMPSONS, SEX IN THE CITY, MELROSE PLACE, BEVERLY HILLS 90210, EVERY BODY LOVES RAYMOND, KING OF QUEENS, CHEERS and many, many more. For registration info click www.summer.ucla.edu/EnrollRegister /overview.htm and to register click here |
Contests Glimmer Train Fiction Open Guidelines for the Very Short Fiction Contest: Deadline July 31th. Open to all writers, all themes, so have at it! We don't publish stories for children, and we don't publish works longer than 20,000 words. We do consider unpublished novel excerpts if they feel like complete stories. It's fine to submit more than one story or to submit the same story to another category. When we accept a story for publication, we are purchasing first-publication rights. (After we've published it, you can include it in your own collection.) To make a submission: Please send your work via our new online submission procedure. It's easy, will save you postage and paper, and is much easier on the environment. Just click the yellow Submissions button above to get started! Dates: The category will be open to submissions for one full month, from the first day through midnight (Pacific time) of the last day of the month. (Exception: The December Fiction Open closes Jan. 2 each year.) Results will be posted at www.glimmertrain.org. March. Results will be posted on May 31. June. Results will be posted on August 31. September. Results will be posted on November 30. December. Results will be posted on February 28 (or 29, if there is one). Reading fee: $20 per story. Prizes: 1st place wins $2000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue. 2nd-place: $1000 3rd-place:$600 Other considerations: Open to all writers, all themes. Word count range: 2,000 - 20,000 We look forward to reading your work! To submit to either Glimmer Train Magazine or to enter any of the Glimmer Train contests you need to know when to submit. Glimmer Train Press, Inc. Submission Calendar Standard Story Submission Welcome in January, April, July, and October. Short Story Award For New Writers Entry Dates: May and November. Very Short Fiction Award Entry Dates: February and August. Fiction Open Entry Dates: March, June, September, and December. Family Matters Entry Dates: January, April, July, and October. |
Inkwood Books For the reader in all of us… Book events Inkwood's Upcoming Events for June 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carla Jimenez or Leslie Reiner, 813-253-2638, or emailinkwoodbks@aol.com Here are June 2009's UNCHAINED CHOICES selected for you by Inkwood's booksellers, all 20% off this month: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:00 p.m. WENDY WAX Location: Inkwood Books Description: St. Petersburg native WENDY WAX will read and sign her 5th novel, THE ACCIDENTAL BESTSELLER. Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:00 p.m. SCOTT DEITCHE Location: Inkwood Books Description: SCOTT DEITCHE returns to discuss and sign his newest book, BALLS: THE LIFE OF EDDIE TRASCHER, GENTLE... THE ACTOR AND THE HOUSEWIFE by SHANNON HALE - “Becky Jack is a typical Mormon housewife until she stumbles into an unlikely, platonic friendship with handsome Hollywood actor Felix Callahan. This modern fairytale poses the question of what happens when your secret celebrity crush starts to mix with your ordinary, happy home life. This was a delightful read and gave me hope for a friendship with George Clooney!” Avery. Regularly $24; our price $19.20. B IS FOR BEER by TOM ROBBINS - “Six-year-old Gracie Perkel has just discovered a mysterious brew. The adults keep it all to themselves, until her free-spirited Uncle Moe takes it upon himself to instruct her in the finer points of beer. A factual, funny and fantastical tale for all ages, B is for Beer is Robbins at his best.” Christian. Regularly: $17.95; our price: $14.36. BEOWULF ON THE BEACH: WHAT TO LOVE AND WHAT TO SKIP IN LITERATURE’S 50 GREATEST HITS by JACK MURNIGHAN - “Let me start out by saying that I’ve never really enjoyed ‘books about books,’ but that was before I picked up Jack Murnighan’s Beowulf on the Beach. Not only has he chosen the ‘50 Greatest Hits’ of literature wisely, but his synopses are incredibly enjoyable and laugh-out-loud funny. Murnighan’s love of literature is tangible, and while I wouldn’t follow all of his ‘skip’ recommendations (how can you skip anything in Pride and Prejudice!), he makes literature accessible and hassle-free, offering up some of the greatest works ever written to a new generation of eager readers. A perfect book to read straight through, and a good reference when you crack open Moby Dick (and really read it this time).” Amanda. Regularly $15; our price $12. BREATH by TIM WINTON - “Few authors could make me read about thrill-seeking, surf- obsessed adolescents, but I’ve loved Winton’s earlier novels (The Riders, Dirt Music), and was not disappointed. Breath is more evidence that Australia’s preeminent writer deserves a much wider audience here, with this tender story of progressively addictive risk-taking by boys determined not to be ordinary. From his stunning description of an adolescent’s first time catching a wave to intricacies of adult relationships, Winton brings psychological and physical landscapes to life with extraordinary prose.” Carla. Regularly $14; our price $11.20. THE CALLING by INGAR ASH WOLFE - “I have a weakness for literary detective stories, and this debut is wonderful. Sixty-plus Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is nearing retirement in her small Ontario town when a serial killer begins choosing terminally ill patients as victims. Micallef, divorced after 40 years, and dealing with a critical aging mother, finds herself desperately trying to focus on the killer while all around her spins out of control. Wolfe (a pseudonym of a North American novelist) has written a sharp, compelling thriller with characters that are fully formed and fascinating. I hope this is the start of a series for this middle-aged detective.” Leslie. Regularly $13.95; our price $11.16. DEAR AMERICAN AIRLINES by JONATHAN MILES -“This epistolary novel is only one letter with no response - a risky format that works. Benjamin Ford is stranded at the Chicago airport on the way to the wedding of his semi-estranged daughter. What begins as a letter of complaint for the heartless treatment by the airline becomes his story of lament for a misspent life. Recently sober after the usual messed up relationships, now caretaker to his schizophrenic artist mother, Benjamin has a lot to whine about, but the digressions and rants become redemptive and make for a satisfying debut.” Carla. Regularly $13.95; our price $11.16. The Photographer: INTO WAR-TORN AFGHANISTAN WITH DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS by EMMANUEL GUIBERT & DIDIER LEFEVRE - “In 1986, renowned French photo-journalist Didier Lefevre travelled with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), to chronicle their mission in Afghanistan during the Soviet war. With beautiful illustrations alongside stunning photographs, Emmanuel Guibert recounts Lefevre’s enthralling story. His experiences are at times humorous, at others heartbreaking, but generally revelatory and transcendent of culture. On par with Three Cups of Tea for the way it reveals a misunderstood people, The Photographer is an important and worthwhile read.” Amanda. Regularly $29.95; our price $23.96. THE SERVANTS’ QUARTERS by LYNN FREED - “Young Cressida feels she’s been given a raw deal. Her mother treats her with undisguised disdain, her father has been comatose for as long as she’s been alive, she’s in charge of enlivening a hopeless and humorless boy, and for some reason the ‘Cyclops’ George Harding has taken a special interest in her. As Cressida grows up, her relationship with Mr. Harding develops and evolves, from monster to mentor, and from mentor to something much more. Set in South Africa a few years following World War II, The Servants’ Quarters is a lovely and morally ambiguous tale you’ll not soon forget.” Amanda. Regularly $24; our price $19.20. SPOON by AMY KRAUSE ROSENTHAL, illustrated by SCOTT MAGOON - “This book for all ages concerns Spoon (yes, that sort of spoon) and his envy of his friends, Knife and Fork. Able at first to only see what he is not, Spoon wistfully complains to his mother, who listens, then gently reminds Spoon what it is that makes him so very special. Gentle humor, and perfect illustrations turns this into a real charmer.” Leslie. Regularly $15.99; our price $12.79. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE by ALAN BRADLEY - "Meet 11 year old Flavia who adores chemistry and homemade poisons, and somewhat happily discovers a dead body in her garden one morning. As a rule I don't enjoy the old coot or the precocious child in books (or in reality) but Flavia is an exception. Too clever for her own good, she bungles around, stirring up trouble. As she solves the mystery you can't help but feel her pain as she attempts to close the gap between herself and her remote, widowed father. This is a lovely way to start the summer, and what I hope is just the first of a new series." Leslie. Regularly $23.00; our price $18.40. VALERIA’S LAST STAND by MARC FITTEN - “Almost like a fairy tale, but instead of a beautiful princess Fitten presents Valeria, the town spinster. Cranky and out-spoken, Valeria is struck by love, and the small Hungarian village cannot believe the curmudgeon’s transformation. Full of humor, this is a story of late-blooming love set amid a small town trying to recover from the Soviets and adapt to the incoming capitalists. Subtle, funny and wise, Valeria’s Last Stand is a great debut.” Leslie. Regularly $24; our price $19.20. Check out the nation's only television show hosted by a city mayor and devoted to books, MAYOR'S BOOK TALK. Tampa Mayor PAM IORIO and Inkwood's Carla Jimenez discuss a selection of new books of interest this month, including Mother's Day and graduation ideas. Mayor Iorio also leads the 5th graders' book group discussion of TANGERINE by EDWARD BLOOR. And an interview with Lisa Unger. Proud member of the IndieBound alliance of great independent businesses from coast to coast, we sell and honor ABA giftcards and distribute IndieBound booksellers' recommendations. Visit www.indiebound.org for more info and to join our community! While you're online, visit us at www.inkwoodbooks.com for shopping and store info 24/7... Inkwood Books 216 South Armenia Avenue Tampa FL 33609-3310 ph 813-253-2638 fax 813-253-2396 As a proud member of the Book Sense alliance of great independent bookstores from coast to coast, we sell and honor Book Sense giftcards and distribute Book Sense booksellers' recommendations. Want to know more? Visit www.booksense.com |
Special People (and their good news) Carla and Leslie at Inkwood Books Times are tough, but these two wonderful, kind ladies are still reaching out to help others. BIRTHDAY BASKET Every day is someone's birthday... and some of those are children living in METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES' transitional residence facilities for homeless families. Once a month they celebrate birthdays, and Inkwood wants each child to receive a book on their special day. We will offer 20% off any book you purchase for our BIRTHDAY BASKET and deliver the books for you. So please, change a life, give a book. Lisa Unger has a new hardcover mystery out from Random House titled, DIE FOR YOU. HOORAY FOR BESS! and Jennifer Francis, too! Many of you know our dear friend and associate of Inkwood Books, JENNIFER FRANCIS, and the big yellow BESS THE BOOK BUS. What you might not know is that she is on a cross-country tour bring books to needy children in over 25 states because of the generous sponsorship of superpages.com. See Jennifer's joyful appearance on the CBS Early Show - you'll agree she is one of Tampa's heroines, and see why we are so proud of her. Inkwood would also like to thank all of our customers who have given so generously to Bess the Book Bus through Inkwood's collections or directly, and the following publishers who donated to her trip: Abrams, Candlewick, Macmillan, Penguin, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster. You are helping create the readers of tomorrow. Thank you. |
| Radio Programs Kate Sullivan Executive Editor WordSmitten Media, Inc. O.727.409.0500 C.727.560.5125 editor@wordsmitten.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Join host Kate Sullivan for an entertaining Saturday afternoon with the brightest literary lights in contemporary publishing on About the Books. Listen to WOCA (Ocala), WTIS AM (Tampa Bay) at 1 PM every Saturday, WRBH 88.3 (New Orleans) and NPR 88.9 weekdays during drive time. Recent guests include Elizabeth Gaffney (Metropolis), David Leavitt (The Indian Clerk) and upcoming in 2008, Bret Anthony Johnston (Naming the World), Abigail Thomas (Safekeeping), Tom Brokaw, author of "The Greatest Generation," who discusses his newest book. Margo Hammond THE BOOK BABES PROGRAM: WMNF-FM 88.5 Check out the next Book Babes radio show today (January 16) at 11:30 a.m., airing on WMNF-FM 88.5 in Tampa. The program also streams on the Internet at that time at www.wmnf.org. If you miss the live show, no worries. All the programs are now being archived on the WMNF site as -- although it's still a bit of a slog to find them (we're working on that): Click On Demand at the left of the Home Page, then Archives, then Public Affairs (just below Alan Watts on the schedule grid) then The Book Babes and finally scroll down to the archives. Thanks for being patient! On the January 16 program, The Book Babes discuss the news of Tom Wolfe's latest book and give some juicy book recommendations: "The Sound of Language: A Novel" by Amulya Malladi, an original trade paperback from Ballantine (Margo's pick) and "Once Upon a Quinceanera," by Julia Alvarez, out from Viking (Ellen's pick). In the show's final segment, Margo talks to Ellen when she's in San Francisco participating in the first ever West Coast board meeting of the National Book Critics Circle (first ever out-side-of-New-York board meeting, in fact). The NBCC board gathered to pick the finalists for its annual awards. Ellen, chair of the Autobiography committee, talks about two books -- two very different diaries -- she was backing in that category: "The Journals of Joyce Carol Oates, 1973–1982," by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco) and "Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption and Death in Putin's Russia," Anna Politkovskaya (Random House). As you can see below, both made the final cut. So did Alvarez's "Once Upon a Quinceanera." So, Ellen was three for three. Lyn Millner, FGCU Assistant Professor Journalism, Freelance Writer whose work has been in USA Today, and who has done radio stories for NPR, taught a very interesting class on speaking for radio. |
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Reading
Marylou's Recommendations
Requiem, Mass by John Dufresne
Who Left That Body in the Rain? by Patricia Sprinkle
Oprah's 25 Books of Summer
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
Yes, My Darling Daughter by Margaret Leroy
Dreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell Rich
What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen
A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure
Columbine by Dave Cullen
The Glister by John Burnside
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
The Peep Diaries by Hal Niedzviecki
Farm City by Novella Carpenter
Plan Bee by Susan Brackney
Poems from the Women's Movement by Honor Moore
Stormy Weather by James Gavin
Eye of My Heart edited by Barbara Graham
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards by Robert Boswell
A Meaningful Life by L.J. Davis
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange by Amanda Smyth
Camilla by Madeleine L'Engle
Essential Pleasures edited by Robert Pinsky
Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
Marylou's Recommendations
Requiem, Mass by John Dufresne
Who Left That Body in the Rain? by Patricia Sprinkle
Oprah's 25 Books of Summer
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
Yes, My Darling Daughter by Margaret Leroy
Dreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell Rich
What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen
A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure
Columbine by Dave Cullen
The Glister by John Burnside
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
The Peep Diaries by Hal Niedzviecki
Farm City by Novella Carpenter
Plan Bee by Susan Brackney
Poems from the Women's Movement by Honor Moore
Stormy Weather by James Gavin
Eye of My Heart edited by Barbara Graham
One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards by Robert Boswell
A Meaningful Life by L.J. Davis
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange by Amanda Smyth
Camilla by Madeleine L'Engle
Essential Pleasures edited by Robert Pinsky
Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo