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There isn't enough time to
read all the books
published, so here are a
few places to help you
choose the best.
Lynne Barrett's Florida
Book Review website.
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Florida Book Award Winners
FSU Florida Book Award
Oprah's Book list
Oprah's Books
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Conferences / Workshops 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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| From Lynne Barrett... Hope you joined us again as FBR live-blogs Miami Book Fair 2009 Here's what WLRN's Under the Sun says about our coverage: "If this year’s blog is like last year’s, it will be a trenchant mix of event observations (”Dave Barry + Frank McCourt = Hilarity”), street-level observations (”If Miami were a comic book hero, its super power would be striking people down with heat stroke”) and audience contributions through the Blogging Gator (a box where they collect comments)." If you are far from Miami, enjoy the vicarious experience of the Festival of Authors, the Street Fair, the exhibits, food, and fun. And if you're at the fair, stop by the Gulf Stream Magazine/Miami Poetry Collective booth where we'll have our box (the Blogging Gator) set up to collect your comments. Tell us who you've heard, what treasure you've found, and share your experience of the Fair. We'll be posting a selection of your contributions. Our first blog postings, by James Elens reporting on the Evening With Margaret Atwood and by Dariel Suarez who took in the Prometeo Theater's Book Fair Spanish language production of Chéjov vs. Chéjov, are already up at the FBR Book Fair 2009 page, with lots more to come soon. And while you're on our site, read our newest reviews of books of Florida poetry, crime, arts & architecture, and tales and legends. www.Floridabookreview.com 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 Sat. Dec 12, 1:30 p.m. Lynne Jonnell Books for middle-readers. The Secret of Zoom. a wonderful mystery with laboratories, scientists, orphans, and a mansion in a forest with a sign that reads "Trespassers Will Be Boiled". What more could you want? See the Inkwood Books section below for more details and non-book signing events. Other Book Signings Sat., Dec. 12 - St. Pete Beach Library - 1 p.m. 365 73rd Avenue, St. Pete Beach Tim Dorsey Nuclear Jellyfish |
| Studio@620 Please follow this direct link www.thestudioat620.com Studio@620 has an exciting line up of events in November 2009. Here are the highlights: Phone 727-895-6620 Email info@studio620.org "Spoken Word Open Mic", October 27, 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. Oneword II Featuring Gail Langstroth Weds. November 11 and Thursday November 12 / 7:30 PM Oneword II is a courageous, witty performance piece in which the artist invokes her two selves: writer-poet and movement artist-eurythmist. Eloquently evoking the Connecticut mannequin, dump trucks, and raving nuns, Langstroth dances the story of her life. A presentation of The Present Company. Admission: $20, Seniors $15, Students $10 Dodging Traffic: Book Signing and Reading Saturday November 14 / 7:00 pm The Studio@620 and Ampersand Books present Dodging Traffic: A New Poetry Collection by J. Bradley. Join us for an evening of readings and meet the author. Admission: Free Holizaar Deux: Second Annual Handmade Holiday Bazaar Saturday November 21 / 11 AM - 6 PM Sunday November 22 / 12 PM - 5 PM The Studio@620 and The St Pete Craft Heroes present Holizaar Deux: The Second Annual Handmade Holiday Bazaar! Support local artists and crafts people in your community by selecting hand made holiday gifts this year! You find jewelry, sculpture, art, clothing, plush toys and more! Admission: Free AMP: Art, Music, Poetry Monday November 30 / 8:00 pm Featured poet: Blu Bailey, Founder of SpokenWordPress.org and Milestone Projects AMP: Art, Music, Poetry is the revamped and refreshed Open Mic night at The Studio@620! AMP@620 is a platform where local artists, beginning or established, can commune and enjoy like minded interaction in a comfortable, informal environment. AMP@620 revitalizes the art of live performance that makes the community of St. Petersburg such a wonderful place to be. Hosted by Jay Bruzzichesi Doors open at 8:00 PM, Poetry begins at 9:00 PM Admission: $5 |
| Meetings: The annual SPWC Christmas party will be at the SP Community West Library on the St. Pete College campus, ROOM 101 (the regular meeting place) on DEC 17, 2009. 750 66th St. N -- Library phone # -- (727) 341-7199 Room opens at 6pm...meeting scheduled from 6:30 to around 8:45 PM. Everyone is welcome, including all the usual, former members, new authors, guests, etc. We do ask that people notify Martha Dupes, secretary-treasurer, by about Dec 10 if they're coming, and people are encouraged to bring party-type snack food to pass, but this is not absolutely necessary-- there will be snacks provided, too...We will have the use of the kitchen, with a fridge and microwave... Critiques will be mostly on Holiday-themed works, and we have scheduled lots of free time to socialize & network... mgdupes@juno.com (727) 736-3355 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 The November FWA Meeting, which will be held at the St. Pete Main Library 3745 9th Ave N, on Thursday, November 12th at 5:30, will feature Bev Browning, a celebrity ghostwriter from Gainesville, FL, who will be holding a workshop titled 'Shimmer.' This workshop will explore creating subtext in your work, and promises to be a good one. Doors open at 5:30pm for socializing and networking. A short business meeting begins around 6pm followed by the featured speaker. Wrap up between 7:30 and 8, as the library closes at 8. FLORIDA SCREENWRITER & ACTORS CONNECTION (FSAC) Screenwriters - Beginner or Pro. Improve plot, dialogue and format by readings and critiques. We welcome anyone interested in acting to take part in the readings. FSAC meets on the 1st Thursdays of the month at the Clwr. East Library on Drew St. from 12 to 4 pm and again on the 3rd Thursdays from 1 to 4 PM at Panera Bread, Bardmoor Shopping Center, Corner of 10810 Starkey and Brian Dairy Rd. Free. Get there early to chat and eat. More info: Barbara Harrington: 727-572-6345 or bharrington2@tampabay.rr.com. |
| Poetry / Spoken Word ***** Poets Live! ***** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: November 9, 2009 Place: Largo Public Library 120 Central Park Dr. Largo, FL 33771 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Theme: What Inspires You Poet Bio: Joseph Brodsky Open Mic Questions: Contact Wayne S. Williams at cylum@tampabay.rr.com Hello everyone! There were a couple of cool days recently. And these are days which ignite something poetic within, to be close, to walk in nature's new decor. I am a fall guy for sure, when "sentimental" isn't such a bad word after all. Since we had so much good poetry last month and time was short, we'll try once again to get Joel Brodsky in for The Poets Live! Poet Bio. Is it a pink coral cloud in an ice blue sky, watching the person you love sleeping, or the scent of a memory, the sound of love - is it black gingham or blue eyes? This is our theme for November: What inspires you? One inspiration for me... Legs Yes it's the legs, pale and strong as they reach beneath the hem, how they support the supple shape of beauty and brilliance. These tantalizing movers are saviors, like the smoke that rises from a desolate snow-covered cabin,... the way you walk into someone's life. Hope to 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 FLORIDA SCREENWRITER & ACTORS CONNECTION (FSAC) Screenwriters - Beginner or Pro. Improve plot, dialogue and format by readings and critiques. We welcome anyone interested in acting to take part in the readings. FSAC meets on the 1st Thursdays of the month at the Clwr. East Library on Drew St. from 12 to 4 pm and again on the 3rd Thursdays from 1 to 4 PM at Panera Bread, Bardmoor Shopping Center, Corner of 10810 Starkey and Brian Dairy Rd. Free. Get there early to chat and eat. More info: Barbara Harrington: 727-572-6345 or 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 Contest October 2009 - Family Matters and Standard Submissions For guidelines concerning Family goto: www.glimmertrain.com/familymatters.html Guidelines for the Short Story Award for New Writers: Deadline October 31th. We don't publish stories for children, I'm sorry. Multiple submissions are fine. You can send more than one submission per competition, if you like, or submit the same story for different categories, if it qualifies. When we accept a story for publication, we are purchasing first-publication rights. (Once we've published your story, you are free to, for instance, 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. Go to: www.glimmertrain.com/shorawfornew2.html Reading fee: $15 per story. Prizes: 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue. 2nd-place: $500 3rd-place:$300 Other considerations: Open only to writers whose fiction has not been presented in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Entries, of course, must be unpublished.) Stories not to exceed 12,000 words.(No minimum, though it's rare for a piece under 500 words to read as a full story.) 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. E.M. KOEPPEL $1,100 SHORT FICTION ANNUAL AWARD Writecorner Press Koeppel Contest P.O. Box 140310 Gainesville, FL 32614-0310 Web site: writecorner.com Contact: Mary Sue Koeppel, Robert B. Gentry. "Any number of unpublished stories under 3,000 words may be entered by any writer. Send 2 title pages. Put only the title on one title page. List the title and the author's name, address, phone, e-mail, and short bio on the second title page. Guidelines online or SASE." Deadline: Deadline: October 1-April 30 Fee: $15/story; $10/additional story. Prize: 1st Place: $1,100; Editor's Choices: $100 each; P.L. Titus Scholarship: $500. JUST DESSERTS SHORT-SHORT FICTION CONTEST Dept. of English, Northern Michigan University 1401 Presque Isle Ave. Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: (906)227-1203 Fax: (906)227-1096 E-Mail: passages@nmu.edu Web site: myweb.nmu.edu/~passages Contact: Kate Myers Hanson Deadline: Deadline: Submit October 31-January 31 Fee: $10 reading fee/story Prize: $1,000, and publication for the winner; 2 honorable mentions also published; all entrants receive a copy of Passages North. |
Inkwood Books For the reader in all of us… Book events Inkwood's Upcoming Events for October 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carla Jimenez or Leslie Reiner, 813-253-2638, or emailinkwoodbks@aol.com We're 18!!! and we like it... Saturday, November 7 Celebrate this major milestone with us on our 18th birthday and the first annual NATIONAL BOOKSTORE DAY, highlighting the vibrant culture of unique and diverse bookstores across the country. (Coincidence? We don’t think so…) Enjoy refreshments and a chance to win $18 giftcards, or 18% off for a year, or special books, and our wonderful Inkwood Regulars* enjoy 20% off storewide all weekend. *Not Regular yet? Join anytime for only $15 and take 10% off for a full year. Covers everything in the store except giftcards and marked down books, but does not include special orders. JEFFERY HESS, TRACY CROW, and KEVIN JONES Veteran's Day, Wednesday, November 11, 7 p.m. For a special Veteran's Day reading and booksigning, we are proud to present JEFFERY HESS, TRACY CROW, and KEVIN JONES, three local contributors to HOME OF THE BRAVE: STORIES IN UNIFORM. The book is an anthology of 24 stories concerning military experience, with other contributors including Kurt Vonnegut, Tim O’Brien, Tobias Wolff, Chris Offutt, and more. The stories tell of the loss and sacrifice of combat, with physical and emotional wounds, and people getting high and some merely getting by, in settings from parades to hurricanes. CARLTON WARD, JR. Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m. Meet CARLTON WARD, JR., as he discusses and signs FLORIDA COWBOYS: KEEPERS OF THE LAST FRONTIER, with stunning photographs and 20 essays with historical, cultural, and environmental perspectives. Our state has the longest history of ranching in the country, with nearly one-fifth of the state is still devoted to the cattle industry, and working ranches playing a vital role in our economy. As encroaching urban sprawl threatens, Ward documents the untold story of cowboys riding out every day before dawn, sharing irreplaceable wetlands and other wild land with bears, panthers, and other endangered species. Carl Hiaasen says “Ward’s colorful tribute to this dwindling frontier is also a call to save what remains of it. The alternative is unthinkable." Ward is an eighth-generation Floridian from a pioneering Hillsborough County ranching family, and a leader in the field of conservation photography, with photojournalism appearing in Smithsonian Magazine, Popular Photography, and Outdoor Photographer, and more. A signed copy will make a perfect holiday gift for anyone interested in Florida’s history, environment, and natural beauty… Saturday, November 21 On an average November day last year, over $44 million dollars entered the Hillsborough County economy. With those transactions exclusively in locally owned independent businesses and none in national chains, just one average November day's commerce can make a difference of over $14 MILLION DOLLARS to the local economy. Throw in Pinellas County, and the difference is over $23 million across the two counties. That's because for every dollar spent with local independents, 45 cents stays here, while only 13 cents of every dollar spent with national chains stays in the local economy, and vast amounts leave town in the overnight deposit. We join the rest of TIBA (Tampa Independent Business Alliance) - and the many other groups and communities behind the America Unchained campaign - and invite you to refrain from the chains for this last Saturday before you're inundated with the piles of holiday advertisements from every chain in existence. Of course, we'd like you to think before you spend all year long, as even a small shift of spending from chains to indies can make a huge difference...but we think it's especially important in the season of giving when community means so much. At Inkwood, just mention America Unchained or TIBA for 20% off on November 21. Become a Facebook fan of TIBA for info on other members' specials, and if you haven't already done so, please join the fans of Inkwood while you're there! and reminders for every month... WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT... "In this exciting but dangerous moment of human history, kindness is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Maybe if we treat each other, and our planet, a little better, we can survive, even thrive." - from the introduction to Piero Ferrucci's lovely book, The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life. Inkwood is inspired by this book to surprise customers once a month with a dollar off each book they buy that day. What day would that be, you ask? That’s the surprise. 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. Inkwood Books, 216 South Armenia Avenue, Tampa FL 33609 813-253-2638 inkwoodbooks@gmail.com www. inkwoodbooks.com Tampa's only locally owned independent shop selling new books exclusively. A proud member of the Tampa Independent Business Alliance (www.tibatampa.org) and the Indie Bound online community of indie businesses and their supporters (www.indiebound.com). 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. For those who haven't purchased it yet, Tim Dorsey is on tour with Nuclear Jellyfish in Nov and December. All of Tim's books make great holiday presents for adults and teens. |
| 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
(These are books I've read that I believe are worth the time and money.)
Requiem, Mass by John Dufresne
Who Left That Body in the Rain? by Patricia Sprinkle
Jude Bagatti recommends:
I just finished reading a book I would like to recommend. It was reviewed in
SPTimes a while ago which prompted me to request it from Gulfport Library
which got it from Safety Harbor Library. The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy
Wax is about 4 women writer friends, their secret collaboration, and the NY
publishing scene, and has a local flavor as one of them lives in St. Pete
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
(These are books I've read that I believe are worth the time and money.)
Requiem, Mass by John Dufresne
Who Left That Body in the Rain? by Patricia Sprinkle
Jude Bagatti recommends:
I just finished reading a book I would like to recommend. It was reviewed in
SPTimes a while ago which prompted me to request it from Gulfport Library
which got it from Safety Harbor Library. The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy
Wax is about 4 women writer friends, their secret collaboration, and the NY
publishing scene, and has a local flavor as one of them lives in St. Pete
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
| Hi writers and readers, Here’s the news for December 2009. The St Petersburg Library Main Branch is open for business. Christmas Party for Writers The annual SPWC Christmas party will be at the SP Community West Library on the St. Pete College campus, (750 66th St. N Library phone # (727) 341- 7199 ROOM 101 on DEC 17, 2009. Room opens at 6pm...meeting scheduled from 6:30 to around 8:45... Everyone is welcome, including all the usual, former members, new authors, guests, etc. We do ask that people notify Martha Dupes, secretary-treasurer, by about Dec 10 if they're coming, and people are encouraged to bring party-type snack food to pass, but this is not absolutely necessary-- there will be snacks provided, too...We will have the use of the kitchen, with a fridge and microwave... Critiques will be mostly on Holiday-themed works, and we have scheduled lots of free time to socialize & network... R.s.v.p. by Dec. 10th mgdupes@juno.com (727) 736-3355 Workshops/conferencs/Classes Eckerd College Writers' Conference: Writers in Paradise 2010 Join best-selling authors, Anita Shreve (Testimony, The Pilot's Wife, and The Weight of Water), Sheri Reynolds (The Rapture of Canaan an Oprah's Book Club Selection), and Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island, and The Given Day) for the Sixth Annual Eckerd College Writers' Conference: Writers in Paradise which will take place on the shores of Boca Ciega Bay at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16-24, 2010. This intensive eight-day experience of intimate workshop classes, roundtables, panel discussions, readings, book signings and cocktail receptions is designed for those who are passionate about writing. Our award-winning faculty and guest speakers will also include Denise Duhamel (Ka-Ching!), Beth Ann Fennelly (Tender Hooks), Tom Franklin (Smonk), Ann Hood (Comfort), Michael Koryta (Envy the Night), Laura Lippman (Life Sentences), Stewart O'Nan (Songs for the Missing), David Hale Smith (DHS Literary) and Sterling Watson (Sweet Dream Baby). FMI writersinparadise.eckerd.edu/ Palm Beach Poetry Festival Delray Beach Jan 18-23, 2010 Entrance Deadline extended to Nov 16, 2009 FMI goto www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/upcoming/faculty 24 more reasons to visit Inkwood Books this month... A special sale for you every day! December 1 – LIFE HAPPENS, EVEN DURING THE HOLIDAYS Two for one birthday, new baby, wedding and sympathy cards. December 2 – GIFTS FOR GEEKS Buy one, get one 1/2 off* from the science section. December 3 – NO PASSPORT NECESSARY 50% off all domestic travel guides. December 4 – BON VOYAGE! ADIOS! 50% off all foreign travel guides. December 5 - HOORAY FOR WHO-DONE-ITS Buy two mass market mysteries, get one free*! December 6 – MIND YOUR MANNERS 50% off boxed thank you notes and etiquette books. December 7 - WORD LOVERS SALE 1/3 off books about books or writing, and blank books. December 8 – BACK TO BASICS Buy one, get one free*, children's ABC, 123, and concept books. December 9 – EVERY PENNY COUNTS 1/2 off books on business, finance, economics, and big box bashing. December 10 – LOOK IT UP 50% off reference books. December 11 – TELL THEM TO LOOK IT UP 50% off all reference books for kids. December 12 - BUILD A LIBRARY Buy 2 get one free*, paperback picture books for children. December 13 - "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?” Buy one, get one free*, humor books. December 14 – IT DOESN’T HAVE TO RHYME... All poetry books half price. December 15 – BUILD YOUR NEST Buy one, get one half price*, on all decorating, architecture, and style books. December 16 – MEASURING WORDS Celebrate the short story with 50% off all collections and anthologies. December 17 – SUNSHINE STATE SALE Buy one, get one free*, from our Florida section – history, nature, recreation, and more. December 18 – LOVE YOUR LOCALS Show us a December receipt from a TIBA member for 50% off any one book of your choice. December 19 - I'M BORED SALE Buy one, get one free*, children's activity books - games, magic, cooking, gardening and more. December 20 – HARDBOILED HARDCOVERS Half off all hardcover suspense titles. December 21 – TELL ALL SALE Buy one, get one free*, memoirs, happy or sad. December 22 – WING AND A PRAYER SALE All religion and spirituality books half off. December 23 – JUST TRUST ME... Buy one, get one free*, any bookmarked “staff recommends” not currently on sale. December 24 - ANYWHERE BUT HERE Paperback fiction set in a foreign land, half price. Take care, Mlou This is a personal website created and maintained by Marylou I. Hess. Last updated November 28, 2009. Cell (727) 642-8115 Home: (727) 328-7788 Hessmlou@worldnet.att.net www.marylouihess.com writer@marylouihess.com |