– This is the schedule as of May 2013 —
Please note! WNBA-Charlotte does not hold meetings during the summer. Our monthly meetings, normally held on the second Monday of the month, run from September through November and from January through May. Please check back over the summer for updates about the upcoming 2013-2014 schedule.
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May 13 —
Great Summer Reads with Sally Brewster, Park Road Books
Monday, May 13, 7 – 9 PM
Park Road Books, Park Road Shopping Center
4139 Park Road, Charlotte 28209
GREAT SUMMER READS is our annual favorite get-together, featuring book recommendations for summer reading from Sally Brewster, owner of Park Road Books. Sally will provide a list of books for us, and titles which are already published will be available for purchase, of course! This year we plan to include some recommended titles for children and teens, too.
Refreshments will be served – please bring a contribution, if you wish. Thanks!
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OUR EARLIER MEETINGS THIS 2012-2013 YEAR HAVE INCLUDED……..
April 22 —
Latin American and Latino Women Writers and Literature in Translation
Monday, April 22, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
at the office of Consolidated Planning
We’ll meet in one of the conference rooms — follow our signs when you arrive.
4201 Congress Street, Suite 295, Charlotte, NC 28209
Please note: The office building where we are meeting LOCKS its outside doors and elevators at 7 PM, so please be sure to arrive on time for our meeting! If you find yourself locked out, please call Susan Walker at 612-382-5868 (cell), and someone will come to let you in. Thanks!
Latin American and Latina women writers — Julia Alvarez, Esmerelda Santiago, Sandra Cisneros, and many, many more — offer us a wide range of wonderful fiction, non-fiction and poetry in Spanish and in English translation. Join us for an exciting discussion of these writers with Magdalena Maiz-Peña, Professor of Hispanic Studies at Davidson College. A list of recommended books will be provided at the meeting, too.
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March 11 –
Spring “Meet the Authors” Evening
Monday, March 11, 7 – 9 PM
Park Road Books, Park Road Shopping Center
4139 Park Road, Charlotte 28209
Our March meeting will feature a number of authors from the Carolinas (and beyond), including……
Kim Boykin, THE WISDOM OF HAIR (Berkley / Penguin USA) www.kimboykin.com
Gina Holmes, WINGS OF GLASS (Tyndale House) www.ginaholmes.com
Holly Goddard Jones, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME (Touchstone / S&S) www.hollygoddardjones.com
Megan Miranda, HYSTERIA (Walker Books for Young Readers / Macmillan) www.meganmiranda.com
Margaret Wrinkle, WASH (Atlantic Monthly Press / Grove/Atlantic) more information
Our special guests will join us for an evening of conversation and refreshments. Each author will speak briefly about her book, and there will be plenty of opportunity for one-on-one questions and discussions. Park Road Books will sell books.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet these authors and get signed copies of their new books!
In addition — we’ll announce the winners of our Literary Services Raffle at this March 11 meeting. (Click here for more raffle info.) We’ll have some door prizes to give out to WNBA members who attend the meeting, too.
Prizes include:
Carin Siegfried, Carin Siegfried Editorial – 10 page critique
Betsy Thorpe, Betsy Thorpe Literary Services – 10 page critique or query critique
Quinlan Lee, Adams Literary – query critique
Linda Vigen Phillips, author – 5 page poem or book-in-verse critique
Emily Smith Pearce, author — 10 page critique or book club visit
Lisa Williams Kline, author – 10 page critique
Rules:
1) Winners must be active members of WNBA and/or CWC.
2) Prizes must be claimed within 60 calendar days from the drawing date.
3) WNBA and/or CWC are not responsible for the services provided.
4) No monetary compensation provided in lieu of services.
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February 19, Tuesday –
Panel Discussion –
“From Book Idea to the Bookshelf: The Process and Business of Publishing”
This was a joint meeting with Charlotte Writers’ Club
Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 7 p.m.
Queens University Sports and Conference Center
2229 Tyvola Road, just west of Park Road
Our panel of experienced book industry representatives, many from our own WNBA ranks, will discuss how a book goes from the idea stage to the finished book for sale to the reading public. Come with your questions about the book biz and join in this sure-to-be-lively discussion!
Participants include: (to be updated further – please check back again!)
- Agent Josh Adams, Adams Literary;
- Independent Editor Betsy Thorpe, Betsy Thorpe Literary Services;
- Kelly Bowen, Publicity Director, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill;
- Amanda Phillips, MarComm Manager at distributor/wholesaler Baker & Taylor;
- Independent Bookseller Sally Brewster, owner of Park Road Books in Charlotte;
- Lisa Williams Kline, Author the middle-grade novels Eleanor Hill (winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award), The Princesses of Atlantis, Write Before Your Eyes, and the Sisters in All Seasons series;
- and Independent Book Marketing, Sales and Promotion Consultant Susan Walker.
- Please note: Sales rep Frazer Dobson will be unable to join us after all, but Sally Brewster, who also has worked as as a sales rep for a major publishing company, will discuss the Sales/Marketing side of the publishing process.
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January 14 –
Annual Book Swap – and E-books, E-readers,
and Online Book Resources Discussion
WHEN: Monday evening, January 14, 2013, 7:00-9:00 PM
WHERE: Northwest School of the Arts
Media Center
1415 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
WHAT: Our annual winter socializing and networking event – This is a great way to start off the new year! Refreshments are included – please bring a contribution, if you wish. We’ll have some great giveaways, too, but you have to be a member and attend the meeting to win!
This is a free event.
Our meeting includes all of the following:
- Our annual book swap — Bring adult books you’ve finished or don’t want any longer and swap them for books you DO want to read. Almost as much fun as shopping in your sister’s or friend’s closet……
- A book DONATION opportunity, in support of Promising Pages, a local charity: www.promisingpages.com — Please bring new and gently used children’s books. baby to age 18, to donate to low-income families in the Charlotte area!
- A discussion of books in the E-world, with info on getting more out of your E-books and E-readers, plus online resources for digital book formats, as well as for book clubs and book reviews — websites, apps, blogs, Facebook pages, and so forth. This obviously will not be the end-all on these subjects, but we will offer a good chance to share information and learn some valuable tips and tricks on making use of all of this technology about books. We may have some ways to get free books, too!
- KOBO e-readers and e-books information from Sally Brewster at Park Road Books — where you can buy both KOBO readers and e-books.
- NOOK e-readers and e-books information from Barnes & Noble in Charlotte.
Members — WE NEED YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS! We’re compiling a list of these online resources for using e-books and e-readers, plus book reviews and book club sites. These include websites, apps, blogs, Facebook pages, whatever. We will post this list on the WNBA-Charlotte website in the near future. Please send the names and links for any websites, apps, blogs, Facebook pages, etc. that you use/read and think are good and worthwhile, to Liz Romanek [ elizabeth.romanek@cms.k12.nc.us ] and to Susan Walker [ susan.walker.books@gmail.com ] so we can compile this handy list of resources.
THANKS in advance for your help with this, everyone. We look forward to seeing you at the January 14 meeting!
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A TOAST TO COOKBOOKS!
The Best New Cookbooks / Potluck Supper / Wine Tasting
Monday, November 12
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Total Wine & More
100 Promenade on Providence
5341 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. S.
Charlotte, NC 28277
Phone: 704-841-1212
[store closes at 9 PM on Mondays]
This is a FREE event, except for optional Wine Tasting
Please RSVP to Holly Hughes at hgirlla@yahoo.com by November 5!
We need to know if you’re coming and if you are doing the Wine Tasting.
– Please arrive at 6:30 PM to participate in the Wine Tasting
– Wine Tasting is optional; includes 8 wines
– Wine Tasting $15/person paid on site to Total Wine
– Potluck Supper at 7:00 PM — Please bring a Thanksgiving or winter holiday dish to share
Join us for out meeting to kick off the upcoming winter holidays! We’ll feature a potluck supper, so please bring a favorite Thanksgiving or winter holiday dish to share, plus some copies of your recipe for interested fellow members, (If you don’t have time to cook, just let your favorite deli or restaurant provide you with your contribution….) For our program, we’ll show you some great cookbooks for the holidays — to savor, to give, to receive, to use.
Our Wine Tasting is optional and costs $15/person, which you’ll pay to Total Wine when you arrive. We DO need to know in advance if you’re participating, since we have promised 10 people and need to give Total Wine a head count in advance. Please RSVP to Holly Hughes by November 5. Thanks!
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WNBA Charlotte’s Annual Fall Social & Networking Meeting
Monday, September 10
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Zink American Kitchen
4310 Sharon Road (right next door to SouthPark Mall)
Charlotte, NC 28211
Join us for our annual fall get together! Rendezvous with your fellow WNBA Charlotte members over a glass of wine, and please do bring interested friends with you. If you’re a new or potential member, come and meet everyone!
For more info about this event, please contact Susan Walker, President, at susan.walker.books@gmail.c
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WNBA Charlotte’s 3rd Annual BIBLIOFEAST Book & Author Dinner
celebrating National Reading Group Month
Monday, October 22
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Maggiano’s Little Italy, SouthPark Mall, Charlotte
For more details, click here: BIBLIOFEAST 2012
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2011-2012 Meetings Schedule
These are the meetings we held last year. We’ve left this information here in case you’d like to see what programs were included.
Winter & Spring 2012 Meetings
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Monday, May 14
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Park Road Books, Park Road Shopping Center
4139 Park Road, Charlotte 28209
GREAT SUMMER READS!!
GREAT SUMMER READS is our annual favorite get-together, featuring book recommendations for summer reading from Sally Brewster, owner of Park Road Books. Sally will provide a list of books for us, and titles which are already published will be available for purchase, of course!
Refreshments will be served – please bring a contribution, if you wish. Thanks!
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FYI — Earlier meetings in our 2011-2012 year………..
Monday, April 9
6:30 – 8:30 PM
International House, 322 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28204
704.333.8099, www.ihclt.org
An Evening of Multi-cultural Books and Reading
– UNESCO Awareness Evening –
Our guest speaker is children’s book author, Monika Schroeder . She will be presenting her book Saraswati’s Way and discussing the challenges of writing a book with international issues like child labor, education in undeveloped countries such as India, and the effects of war on children. Monika is an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner for Saraswati’s Way, and she is also the author of The Dog in the Wood and My Brother’s Shadow. Find more information about Monika at www.monikaschroeder.com.
International House promotes international understanding by serving as a center for diversity, advocating for people of diverse national backgrounds, and facilitating professional and cultural exchange programs. International House is affiliated with the US Department of State via the National Council of International Visitors.
IHCLT has publicized the event in their March newsletter. We hope that a representative from their International Book Club will speak at our meeting, too.
Park Road Books will have a book table at the event so people can purchase Monika’s books, as well as a group of selected titles including WNBA National Reading Group Month selection Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson.
For more information about this meeting, please contact WNBA Charlotte Membership Chair Carolyn Abiad at wnbacharlotte@earthlink.com.
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Monday, March 12
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Park Road Books, Park Road Shopping Center
4139 Park Road, Charlotte 28209
From Book Idea to the Book Shelf: The Process & Business of Publishing
Read about this meeting in novelist Rebecca Lane Beittel’s blog! Thanks, Rebecca!
http://rebeccaoftomorrow.wordpress.com/tag/womens-national-book-association/
Our panel of experienced book industry representatives, many from our own WNBA ranks, will discuss how a book goes from the idea stage to the finished book for sale to the reading public. Come with your questions about the book biz and join in this sure-to-be-lively discussion!
Participants include:
- independent editor Carin Siegfried of Carin Siegfriend Editorial;
- agent Quinlan Lee of Adams Literary;
- Nancy Clare Morgan, former Publicity Manager with Random House, Inc.;
- Angela Harwood, VP of Sales & Marketing at John F. Blair Publisher;
- Amanda Phillips, MarComm Manager at distributor/wholesaler Baker & Taylor;
- independent bookseller Sally Brewster of Park Road Books;
- novelist Marybeth Whalen, author of SHE MAKES IT LOOK EASY and THE MAILBOX;
- and independent book marketing, sales and promotion consultant Susan Walker.
photo: Carin Siegfried
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Monday, February 13
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Matthews Community Center, 100 McDowell Street East, Matthews
Rules for a Romance-Novel Marriage –
A Discussion of Romance Books & Writing
Charla Muller, best-selling author of 365 Nights, will discuss how you can incorporate romance into your real-life relationships, based on her readings of many romance books and the formulas behind them. Publisher’s Weekly reviewer Jessica Daitch will review one good, and one very terrible romance novel. The evening is sure to be hilariously romantic, so be sure to attend and join the fun!! Berkley Books giveaway too!
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Monday, January 9
7:00-9:00 PM
Northwest School of the Arts
1415 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina
Annual Bookswap and Networking Social
Books, books, and more BOOKS! Bring all the books you want to exchange for more books you haven’t read already! Here’s your big chance to clean out your bookshelves and repopulate them with more good books, courtesy of your fellow bookish WNBA members and friends. Refreshments provided.
Join us for one of our favorite get-togethers of the year, and be sure to invite your friends and potential new members to come and bring their books, too. See you there!
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Monday, November 14
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Morrison Regional Library, 7015 Morrison Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28211
Discussing Book Clubs and a Book Club Discussion
Featuring a discussion of CRESCENT by Diana Abu-Jaber
We’ll talk about book clubs, what qualities make them work well, and what issues can cause them to disband or fizzle out.
In addition, we’re all reading the novel CRESCENT by Diana Abu-Jaber, and we’ll have a group discussion of this book. If you need a copy, you can buy it at Park Road Books, either in printed or E-book form!
Diana Abu-Jaber : Official Web site : Crescent
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Monday, October 10
WNBA Charlotte’s Second Annual BIBLIOFEAST
Monday, September 12
Annual Fall Networking Social