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Montclair, NJ 07042
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Growing Readers in a Digital World: Why the Publishing Market for Kids Friday September 24 at 7:00pm
In today's digital world, how do you get young people excited about
reading a book? Authors Tracey Baptiste, Susanna Reich, Troy Cle, Crystal Velasquez, and Jessica Burkhart will discuss the craft and business of writing for the children's market. From early readers to tweens and teens, these authors have managed to keep their young audiences turning the pages and coming back for more. Please join us at Watchung booksellers on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 7pm to meet the authors, learn more about writing and publishing for children, and find some great new reads for the young people in your life! Brave New World: Publishing a Book in 2010...and Beyond Ten years ago, it would've been impossible to describe the state of publishing today. There are e readers, threats to print media, houses have fallen and risen. And yet, people have been predicting the demise of the book since the first one rolled off the presses. More people than ever today are reading, while this year alone independent bookstores opened from New Mexico to New York and New Orleans. On Friday October 22, 2010 at 7:00 pm Reagan Arthur, Publisher of Reagan Arthur Books Amy Gash, Senior Editor at Algonquin Aaron Talwar, Publisher of Dark Coast Press Joelle Delbourgo of Joelle Delbourgo Associates and Janet Reid of FinePrint Literary Management will gather to discuss what's in store for book lovers everywhere. Please join us for a champagne toast and what's sure to be a lively discussion with these stars of the publishing world. Seats will fill up fast. Come early to browse the books showcased by our panel of speakers." Writing Matters is a series of informal panel talks about the craft and business of writing. Moving beyond a reading or book signing, our purpose is to facilitate a discussion among readers and writers, and to explore the rapidly changing landscape of contemporary publishing.
Each program features authors and editors with experience in a give subject area. In the works: Alternative Roads to Publishing Your First Nove; Can Writing Be Taught?; The Art of Translation; Reaching Today's Teen; From Page to Stage; Food Writing As Social History; Serious About Humor, and other topics.
Chats are scheduled bi-monthly, (July, September, November, January, March, May),on the third or fourth Friday, at 7pm.
For information, please contact coordinators Marina Cramer or Jenny Milchman.
Previous Writing Matters Events
In Other Words: A Conversation About Translation
Friday July 30th at 7:30pm
If you're interested in the challenge
of rendering words from one language to another, come hear our
panelists discuss their approach. This month we feature the poets Jessica de Koninck, Mark Statman, John J. Trause, and the novelist Alexis Romay.
Seats have been tight at this exciting series. Come early and browse--we look forward to seeing you there.
Writing Matters is a series that seeks
to do something a little different from a typical author's reading or
signing....establish a conversation between writers and readers during
this changing time in publishing. Events are characterized by
substantive give and take, informal chat, refreshments and fun!
Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 7 pm
What To Do Before You Debut If you've ever considered writing a book, or are just interested in this brave, new world of publishing, please come to our sixth Writing Matters panel. Novelists Randy Susan Meyers, Shelley Stout, and Therese Walsh will all talk about the exciting process of bringing a book into the world. From independent press to major house, from already generating reviews to not yet on the shelves, attendees will get the chance to hear all the inside details about debuting in 2010, and after. Refreshments will be served, and authors available to mingle and sign books. Seats have been tight at this exciting series. Come early and browse--we look forward to seeing you there."
Get acquainted with the authors and visit their website.
http://www.randysusanmeyers.com/
http://theresewalsh.com/ http://librifiles.com/2009/10/interview-with-author-shelley-stout/
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 7 pm
Can Writing Be Taught?
Our fifth dialogue between authors and readers seeks to address the age old question of whether writing is different from any other profession, medicine, law, or teaching itself. Are the arts unique? To be a writer must you have some innate ability before you learn to hone your craft? Is there such a thing as a gift? These and other questions will be batted about by our trio of gifted authors and teachers, Sara Backer, Sally Koslow, and Charles Salzberg. Come share your thoughts along with some light refreshments, and learn a little something about this thing we call writing. Please call the store if you are interested in attending.
Get acquainted with the authors, visit their website.
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 7 pm
http://www.debragalant.com/
Friday, November 20, 7 pm. Writing Matters: A Dialog on the Craft and Business of Words. Our bi-monthly series of panel talks continues with Food Writing and Social History – Telling Stories, Touching Lives, featuring book authors Louise DeSalvo and Laura Schenone, and journalist MaryAnn D’Urso. Explore the unique aspects of the place of food in family dynamics and cultural identity, and the particular joys and challenges of food as subject for the nonfiction writer. Louise DeSalvo is the Jenny Hunter Endowed Scholar for Creative Writing and Literature at Hunter College. She is the author of sixteen books, among them the memoir Vertigo, finalist for Italy’s Primo Acerbi literary prize; Crazy in the Kitchen, and Writing As a Way of Healing, a manual intended to help people cope with the effects of illness, trauma, and terrorist acts. Laura Schenone’s book, A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove received the James Beard Award in 2004. Her most recent work, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken, is an exploration of family history and the search for a long-lost recipe. Her essays and articles have appeared in numerous major newspapers and magazines. She is co-author, together with Nancy Ring, of the popular blog JellyPress: Old Recipes, Modern Life. Journalist MaryAnn D’Urso’s food features have appeared in the Newark Star Ledger and other newspapers. Currently, she is involved in a mentoring project for women in crisis, using food writing as a therapeutic tool in dealing with the difficult conditions of their lives.
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