Great Group Reads BIBLIOFEAST 2020
October 6, 2020 by
Join us as well celebrate National Reading Group Month and the newest Great Group reads collection!
Monday, October 19th, 7:00-8:30pm
Online Via Zoom
* Book Giveaways for Attendees *
* Author Readings and Q&A *
*Recorded for Facebook & More*
Our Annual Bibliofeast book & author event is a virtual format this year! Enjoy a panel discussion featuring four outstanding authors, and their 2020 Great Group Reads-chosen titles!
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Donna Hemans, author of Tea by the Sea (Red Hen Press, TP)
Summary: When Plum’s daughter is kidnapped at birth, by the baby’s father, she spends the next 17 years searching for her With travels that extend from Jamaica to Brooklyn, this novel examines issues of parenthood, tragedy, identity, redemption, and betrayal.
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Nancy Jensen author of In Our Midst (Dzanc Books, HC)
Summary: In 1940s Indiana, community fear and suspicion has grown about German immigrants. Nina and Otto Aust and their sons are first separated by the FBI, then interrogated, and ultimately sent to an internment camp in this WWII-set historical fiction.
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Christina Baker Kline author of The Exiles (Custom House, HC)
Summary: Set in the early days of Australia, this is a story of three women: Two English convicts, and a young Aboriginal girl who’s taken from her people to be raised as a sort of pet by the governor and his wife. This novel takes on colonization, native peoples, and the determination that enabled them to persevere in the face of exile.
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Sahar Mustafah author of The Beauty of Your Face (W.W. Norton, HC)
Summary: High School principal Afaf Rahman hides as a shooter guns down students at a Muslim girls school in Chicago. The novel alternates between Afaf’s live account of the attack and flashbacks to childhood incidents, including the relationship with her mother, her sister’s disappearance, and her own discovery of the comfort of Islam.
VIEW THE FULL 2020 GREAT GROUP LIST HERE
BIBLIOFEAST is one week away!
October 14, 2019 by
Join us at our “Movable Feast”
Celebrating National Reading Group Month
Monday, October 21st
at
Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant, SouthPark Mall, Charlotte
6:00pm: Cocktails (cash bar)
6:45pm: Dinner & Moveable Feast
Bibliofeast is WNBA Charlotte’s annual signature event in celebration of National Reading Group Month. Our festive dinner is open to both WNBA members and the public. Book clubs are invited and encouraged to attend as groups, and group seating can be arranged.
Tickets MUST be purchased IN ADVANCE!
DEADLINE EXTENDED ONLY TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
MEET OUR FEATURED GUESTS NOVELISTS!
Belle Boggs, author of The Gulf (Graywolf Press) — SIBA Okra Pick
Jim Hamilton, author of The Last Entry (Working Title Farm) — 2019 TRIO Pick
Karla FC Holloway, author of A Death in Harlem (TriQuarterly/Northwestern University Press)
Bruce Holsinger, author of The Gifted School (Riverhead Books/PRH)
Anna Jean Mayhew, author of Tomorrow’s Bread (Kensington)–2019 TRIO Pick, 2019 Great Group Reads Selection
Diane C. McPhail, author of The Abolitionist’s Daughter (John Scognamiglio Books/Kensington)
Jon Sealy, author of The Edge of America (Haywire Books) — SIBA Okra Pick
Amber Smith, author of Something Like Gravity (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)
Tickets: $55 Members / $70.00 Non-Members
To purchase online by credit card, click here. To purchase with cash or checks,
visit Park Road Books in Charlotte, or at Main Street Books in Davidson.
Tickets MUST be purchased IN ADVANCE!
DEADLINE EXTENDED ONLY TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
QUESTIONS? Please contact Susan Walker, National Reading Group Month Events Manager, susan.walker.books@gmail.com
BIBLIOFEAST 2018 is Monday, October 15! Mark your calendars and buy your tickets online today!
August 22, 2018 by
BIBLIOFEAST 2018
A Literary “Movable Feast”
WNBA Charlotte’s 9th Annual
Book & Author Dinner
Celebrating the 11th Anniversary of
National Reading Group Month
TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!
Printed tickets available at Park Road Books
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ONLINE TODAY!
Ticket deadline extended to October 12 – must be purchased in advance!
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WHEN: Monday evening, October 15, 2018 / 6:00-9:00 PM
WHERE: Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant, SouthPark Mall, Charlotte
WHAT: A “movable feast” dinner featuring 8 outstanding authors
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Open to both WNBA members and the public
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Book clubs invited and encouraged to attend as groups. If you come with your book club members, we’ll reserve a table for you!
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Anticipated attendance 70+ people
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Ticketed fundraiser event for WNBA Charlotte, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
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Tickets $60/person. BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR! If you’re a current 2018-2019 WNBA member, you can earn a $10 rebate on your own ticket for each prospective member/guest you bring to Bibliofeast! For example, bring 2 guests who purchase tickets and earn $20 in rebates on your own ticket! Bring 6 paying guests and earn $60 in rebates – your own ticket for free! (This rebate offer is subject to approval by WNBA Charlotte’s Treasurer before rebates are issued. Rebates will be paid at or after the event.)
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Tickets are now available online (credit cards via PayPal). Deadline to purchase tickets is Friday, October 12.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR ONLINE TICKETS ORDER FORM. -
Tickets also may be purchased at Park Road Books (check or cash only) starting September 4.
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Tickets must be purchased in advance — deadline extended to October 12!
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Books by participating authors will be sold at the event by Park Road Books, Charlotte.
This coming October, the Charlotte Chapter of WNBA will sponsor our 9thannual BIBLIOFEAST Book & Author Dinner in celebration of WNBA’s National Reading Group Month. Our very successful 2017 BIBLIOFEAST highlighted 8 authors and was attended by 60+ people. This year we’re including 8 authors and 60-70 attendees.
We’re delighted to welcome our eight featured authors for 2018:
JT Ellison, TEAR ME APART, Mira/HarperCollins
Donna Everhart, THE ROAD TO BITTERSWEET, Kensington
Sue Halpern, SUMMER HOURS AT THE ROBBERS’ LIBRARY, Harper Perennial
Webb Hubbell, THE EIGHTEENTH GREEN, Beaufort Books
Pam Kelley, MONEY ROCK: A FAMILY’S STORY OF COCAINE, RACE, AND AMBITION IN THE NEW SOUTH, The New Press
Elaine Neil Orr, SWIMMING BETWEEN WORLDS, Berkley/PRH
Kathryn Schwille, WHAT LUCK, THIS LIFE, Hub City Press
Lee Zacharias, ACROSS THE GREAT LAKE, University of Wisconsin Press
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NEW THIS YEAR! Sponsor an Author – For $30 you can sponsor one of our featured guest authors. Benefits include —
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Escorting the author during the cocktail hour
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Key seating right next to this author at your dinner table, plus this seat next to 5 other authors who will visit your table during the “moveable feast” author rotations which are the highlight of this dinner.
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Email us at wnbacharlotte@gmail.com to let us know that you want to participate and which author(s) you prefer to sponsor.
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10% off your sponsored author’s book (WNBA Charlotte will cover this discount with Park Road Books.)
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Send cash or check with your information to WNBA Charlotte Chapter, c/o Sally Brewster, Park Road Books, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209, or come out and pay at our Fall Kickoff and Networking event on September 11!
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! Invite your friends, fellow book club members, and colleagues.
PLEASE SHARE THIS BIBLIOFEAST FLYER ONLINE!! And print it out and post it for others to see, too. THANKS!
Check out this other members’ opportunity at Bibliofeast, too:
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Members’ Promotional Table – Members can display their business services and publications for a $10 flat fee. There will be a members services table that all attendees, including authors, will be able to view. Get your name out there!
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Email us at wnbacharlotte@gmail.com to let us know that you want to participate and what your service or publication will be. Send cash or check with your information to WNBA Charlotte Chapter, c/o Sally Brewster, Park Road Books, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209, or come out and pay at our Fall Kickoff and Networking event on September 11!
BIBLIOFEAST QUESTIONS? Please contact Susan Walker, National Reading Group Month Events Manager, susan.walker.books@gmail.com, 612-382-5868. Thank you!
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BIBLIOFEAST 2017 is Monday, October 16! Save the date!!
October 9, 2017 by
BIBLIOFEAST 2017
A Literary “Moveable Feast”
WNBA Charlotte’s 8th Annual
Book & Author Dinner
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of
National Reading Group Month
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ONLINE TODAY!
Ticket deadline EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 12 – must be purchased in advance!
WHEN: Monday evening, October 16, 2017 / 6:00-9:00 PM
WHERE: Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant
SouthPark Mall, Charlotte
WHAT: A “moveable feast” dinner featuring 8 outstanding authors
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Open to both WNBA members and the public
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Book clubs invited and encouraged to attend as groups. If you come with your book club members, we’ll reserve a table for you!
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Anticipated attendance 70+ people
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Ticketed fundraiser event for WNBA Charlotte and local book-related charitable organizations
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Tickets $60/person. NEW THIS YEAR! If you’re a current 2017-2018 WNBA member, you can earn a $10 rebate on your own ticket for each prospective member/guest you bring to Bibliofeast! For example, bring 2 guests, earn $20 in rebates! (This rebate offer is subject to approval by WNBA Charlotte’s Treasurer before rebates are issued. Rebates will be paid at or after the event.)
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Tickets are now available online (credit cards via PayPal).
CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR ONLINE TICKETS ORDER FORM. -
Tickets also may be purchased at Park Road Books (check or cash only) starting September 1.
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Tickets must be purchased in advance — DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 12!
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Books for this event will be purchased from publishers and sold at the event by Park Road Books, Charlotte
This coming October, the Charlotte Chapter of WNBA will sponsor our 8thannual BIBLIOFEAST book and author dinner in celebration of WNBA’s National Reading Group Month. Our very successful 2016 BIBLIOFEAST highlighted 10 authors and was attended by 60+ people. This year we’re including 8 authors and 60-70 attendees.
We’re delighted to welcome our eight featured authors for 2017:
Jodi Lynn Anderson, MIDNIGHT AT THE ELECTRIC, HarperCollins
Sarah Creech, THE WHOLE WAY HOME, William Morrow
Sebastian Matthews, BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO A HEAD-ON COLLISION, Red Hen Press
Bren McClain, ONE GOOD MAMA BONE,
Story River Books/The University of South Carolina Press
Jim Minick, FIRE IS YOUR WATER, Ohio University Press
Michel Stone, BORDER CHILD, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Caitlin Hamilton Summie, TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS, Fomite
Leah Weiss, IF THE CREEK DON’T RISE, Sourcebooks
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! Invite your friends, fellow book club members, and colleagues.
PLEASE SHARE THIS BIBLIOFEAST FLYER ONLINE!! And print it out and post it for others to see, too. THANKS!
QUESTIONS? Please contact Susan Walker, National Reading Group Month Events Manager, susan.walker.books@gmail.com, 612-382-5868. Thank you!
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BIBLIOFEAST 2016 is Monday, October 17! BUY TICKETS THROUGH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15!
September 13, 2016 by
BIBLIOFEAST 2016
A Literary “Moveable Feast”
WNBA Charlotte’s 7th Annual
Book & Author Dinner
Celebrating
2016 National Reading Group Month
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ONLINE TODAY!
Ticket deadline October 15 — must be purchased in advance!
WHEN: Monday evening, October 17, 2016 / 6:00-9:00 PM
WHERE: Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant
SouthPark Mall, Charlotte
WHAT: A “moveable feast” dinner featuring 10 outstanding authors
- Open to both WNBA members and the public
- Book clubs invited and encouraged to attend as groups. If you come with your book club members, we’ll reserve a table for you!
- Anticipated attendance 70+ people
- Ticketed fundraiser event for WNBA Charlotte and local book-related charitable organizations
- WNBA member tickets $50; nonmember tickets $60
- Tickets are now available online (credit cards via PayPal).
CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR ONLINE TICKETS ORDER FORM. - Tickets also may be purchased at Park Road Books (check or cash only) starting September 7.
- Tickets must be purchased in advance — deadline October 15!
- Books for this event will be purchased from publishers and sold at the event by Park Road Books, Charlotte
This coming October, the Charlotte Chapter of WNBA will sponsor our 7th annual BIBLIOFEAST book and author dinner in celebration of WNBA’s National Reading Group Month. Our very successful 2015 BIBLIOFEAST highlighted 9 authors and was attended by 60+ people. This year we’re including 10 authors and 60-70 attendees.
We’re delighted to welcome these featured authors:
Jane Alison, NINE ISLAND, Catapult
Susan Crawford, THE OTHER WIDOW, William Morrow
Gayle Forman, LEAVE ME, Algonquin Books
Julia Franks, OVER THE PLAIN HOUSES, Hub City Press
Peter Golden, WHEREVER THERE IS LIGHT,
Atria Books/Washington Square Press
Ashley Mace Havird, LIGHTINGSTRUCK, Mercer University Press
Megan Miranda, ALL THE MISSING GIRLS, Simon & Schuster
Travis Mulhauser, SWEETGIRL, Ecco
Angela Pisel, WITH LOVE FROM THE INSIDE, G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Kathryn Smith, THE GATEKEEPER, Touchstone
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! Invite your friends, fellow book club members, and colleagues.
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