On Saturday, October 27th, two of our WNBA-NYC members will be involved in the 2012 Self-Publishing Book Expo! The Self-Publishing Book Expo is “a learning center for the self-publishing community”—a chance for published and aspiring authors to learn more about self-publishing from a variety of professionals. Members Rose Carrano and…
Susannah Greenberg, of Susannah Greenberg Public Relations, was a panel organizer and featured speaker at two panels at BEA 2012: Book Publicity for the Self-Published Author; and Book Publicity for Young Adult Books. Both were featured in Publishers Weekly Daily during the show. She was also a judge for the…
By Hannah Bennett Several big announcements and interesting articles caught my eye this week, necessitating another roundup! In case you missed your publishing industry news this week, here are some great articles to catch up on. *** Let’s start big, with the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. …
By Susannah Greenberg Three recent news stories and the subsequent media coverage of them have me thinking about gender equality in the workplace and more specifically in the book industry: Pioneering Woman Astronaut Sally Ride’s passing and posthumous coming out; Marissa Mayer’s appointment as CEO of Yahoo at 37 years…
It’s Time to Order Your Trick-or-Treat Boxes! By Nancy Stewart (WNBA UN DPI/NGO Second Alternate) The WNBA has a special partnership with UNICEF—the United Nations Children’s Fund. The WNBA has made it a priority to help this organization in its fundraising for the needs of children around the world. Our…
October is National Reading Group Month! The WNBA-NYC, with event partner Strand Book Store, is celebrating “October is National Reading Group Month!” by hosting a National Reading Group Month Panel. Join NRGM Great Group Reads Chair Rosalind Reisner in conversation with an amazing line-up of authors: Ben Ryder Howe—My Korean…
Diana Altman, author of the novel In Theda Bara’s Tent, speaks about the creation of the Hollywood studio system at the Harvard Club, October 24 at 6:45 PM. Come see rare footage of Ava Gardner, Bob Hope, and Henry Fonda screen tests inherited from Diana’s father, a famous MGM talent scout.…
By Hannah Bennett Last Sunday, the WNBA-NYC ran a booth at the Brooklyn Book Festival, and we couldn’t have asked for a more spectacular day. The weather was perfect, the crowd was engaged and energized, and even the mischievous wind couldn’t put a damper on our spirits. The highlight of…
By Fatima Shaik This review of Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration was first published in the New York Bookwoman. My aunts and uncles went to Chicago and New York in the 1940s but returned home to New Orleans. Cousins went North…
After years of celebrating published authors, extraordinary book women, and others in the field, we have decided it is time to celebrate emerging writers with our 1st Annual National Writing Contest. The deadline to submit your work is November 1st, so don’t delay! Please send only your highest caliber work.…
