Today’s featured links are fun photos and facts to lift your spirits! Qwiklit.com has compiled a great set of photos of famous authors, including Harper Lee, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the late Chinua Achebe. 25 Rare Photos of Famous Authors Even Hemingway, Kipling, and Kerouac didn’t make it on…
Happy Tuesday WNBA-ers! The warmer weather in NYC brings with it the arrival of some of the city’s most popular events. BookExpo America Thursday, May 30 – Saturday, June 1, 2013 Javits Center 655 W 34th St. New York, NY 10001 For the first time, BEA is now open to…
Rachel Slaiman is currently a freelance and blog writer for LatinTRENDS Magazine, with an M.S. in Publishing from Pace University. She writes about events that she attends around the city and articles that are geared toward the Latino community. Her two passions are reading and writing. How did you become…
Happy Friday WNBAers! In case you missed it, here are some photos from our annual Spring Potluck Brunch. Hope it inspires you to join us next year. Great food with a great group of ladies! Check out more on our Facebook page!
The Women’s National Book Association is a Non-Governmental Organization member of the United Nations, supporting the United Nations in its goals. Today, May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day. Read below for a message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: As seen on www.un.org: Secretary-General’s Message for 2013 Freedom of expression…
NYC Book Crawl Thursday, May 09 4:45PM- 7:30PM Happening Thursday, May 9th is the WNBA-NYC’s second annual NYC Bookstore Crawl. Members will have the chance to visit some of the city’s most successful and enduring independent bookstores. Join us for great book conversation, the chance to simply browse the shelves…
Talia Carner, author of Jerusalem Maiden, is expanding her reach and has accepted a speaking invitation in Paris, France in April and an appearance in Jerusalem in July. For details, please check her website, www.TaliaCarner.com Barbara Foster recently presented A Dangerous Woman: The Life, Loves, and Scandals of Adah Isaacs Menken to the New York…
by Jenna Vaccaro, Guest Blogger Jenna Vaccaro is a Graduate Assistant at Pace University’s publishing program. She loves the intersection of media and technology and hopes to build a career combining the two fields. Jenna previously worked at the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art and volunteers her time at NGOs…
Changing Styles in Children’s Book Illustration Friday, April 26, 2013, 2:15-4:00pm New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. South Court Auditorium Join the NYPL for an exploration of two hundred years of children’s book illustration. Notable editions of Alice in Wonderland and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz will be examined,…
by Tqwana Brown Originally from San Francisco, Quressa Robinson devours whole books in a single day. She has taught University Writing and an introductory fiction class at Columbia. Quressa also worked in Columbia’s Writing Center as a Writing Consultant. She received her MFA from Columbia in Creative Writing with a…
