Founded in 1917, the Women’s National Book Association is an impressive 95 years old, and quickly approaching its 100th birthday! The organization has accomplished much since the founding chapter in New York was established, but as we plan our upcoming calendar year, it is easy to forget the amazing women…
This evening, in honor of Pride Week, the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is hosting an event called “Shameless: Pride Week with Melissa Febos, Ariel Levy, and More.” The Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is a New York institution, where merchandise is all donated and the staff is almost entirely volunteer. According…
By Susannah Greenberg At the invitation of the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Visitor’s program, the Women’s National Book Association of New York City held a Cultural Exchange Roundtable at the Books of Wonder independent children’s bookstore in New York, NY on June 12, 2012. The international guests were a…
By Rachel Weiss-Feldman At barely 7:30 in the morning on day two of BEA 2012, the main event hall was nearly full and already energetic, all for the Annual Children’s Author Breakfast. Excited attendees were there for the panel of authors, which included an Emmy Award-winning Glee cast member, a…
This week, one of the most well-known independent bookstores in the city, Strand Books, is teaming up with the famous literary journal, The Paris Review. The result? A Monthly Literary Salon – the first in an ongoing literary event series on the second Wednesday of every month. This Wednesday, June…
By Hannah Bennett The after effects of BEA rest squarely in my shoulders and upper arms this morning. It’s that lovely kind of sore that you get from carrying around three tote bags full of free books for eight hours. For those of you who have been to BEA before,…
After years of celebrating published authors, the Women’s National Book Association has decided the time is right to celebrate emerging writers! The First Annual WNBA National Writing Contest is a chance for the many talented WNBA writers to show off their unpublished work. The contest judges are Valerie Martin, an…
Don’t miss the final Neighborhood Lunch of the season! The June lunch will be held at Arte Café, an Italian restaurant located in a landmark brownstone on NYC’s Upper West Side. Come join your fellow WNBA-ers in wrapping up this fantastic WNBA season! Tuesday, June 19, 12:30 PM – 2:00…
We are sad to report the passing of a very influential author and Women’s National Book Association member, Kathi Kamen Goldmark. Goldmark was a member of the San Francisco chapter, who described her as, “a wonderful spirit, a fabulous organizer, a fun loving and generous colleague and a beautiful woman.”…
By Fatima Shaik About 50 WNBA-NYC members and friends navigated through narrow East 4th Street, went up two flights of slanted stairs and crowded into the famous KGB Bar to participate in the second annual Open Mic on May 23, 2012 at 7 p.m. The journey was an adventure to…
