Heather Allen is in her second semester of the M.S. in Publishing Program at Pace University. She is the Social Media Coordinator for the WNBA-NYC, Social Media/ Marketing Intern for Touchstone Books at Simon & Schuster, and holds a part-time editorial assistant position at Thieme Medical Publishers. On Tuesday, a…
Advance Writer’s Copy: An Interview with Literary Agent Rita Rosenkranz by Rachel Weiss-Feldman The WNBA-NYC’s Query Roulette is one of the chapter’s most anticipated events of the year. Writers will have the opportunity to meet with and get query letter advice from several top literary agents in one night. To…
By Jill Tardiff The Women’s National Book Association is a Non-Governmental Organization member of the United Nations, supporting the United Nation in its goals. Below, find some of the upcoming UN events in support of women around the globe! ***** International Women’s Day — March 8 2013 Women’s Day…
By Hannah Bennett There’s a new book retailer in town, and by “town,” of course, I mean online. Bookish, the long-anticipated book retail website, was launched this week after several years of development. And while the website is a retailer, it aims to be much more—a book recommendation engine, a…
VIDA is a grassroots collection of people across the country, driven by the mission to explore “critical and cultural perceptions of writing by women.” Founded in 2009, VIDA seeks to build a public forum through which the literary community can engage in conversation about the reception of women’s creative writing. To…
By Pauline Hsia It used to be the case that writers had to find agents to represent them, and agents would then approach editors to publish their clients’ work. With the emergence of self-publishing in the digital age, traditional publishing is not the only route authors can take these days.…
By Heather Allen The WNBA-NYC chapter is proud to present a new book club! Inspired by “October is National Reading Group Month,” we have created a group online that is a forum for discussion about the Great Group Reads selection in 2012. Our goal is to read two books a…
“You may have heard the news that the independent bookstore is dead, that books are dead, that maybe even reading is dead—to which I say: Pull up a chair, friend. I have a story to tell.” That is, Ann Patchett has a story to tell. Ann Patchett is of course…
By Michelle Ann Cullen Some of the most engaging minds in the children’s publishing arena convened at Wix Lounge on Wednesday evening as part of the WNBA-NYC’s panel on the Making of a Young Adult Bestseller. The panelists represented the entire spectrum of the publishing industry, including Hannah Moskowitz (YA/MG…
By Sheila Lewis St. Mark’s Bookshop has been a neighborhood landmark since its opening in 1977, but since the economic downturn in 2008, it has experienced its share of financial ups and downs—a situation greatly exacerbated by their lease with Cooper Union, which will become prohibitively expensive in January 2013.…
