Meet Mary Grey James, General Manager and Children’s book buyer of Parnassus Books – as well as your National President! “For someone whose next life will be as a jazz pianist who writes critically-acclaimed novels on the side, Mary Grey finds her life in Nashville just about perfect. In addition to…
We are excited to announce that Julie Otsuka has won the 2012 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her book, The Buddha in the Attic! Also selected by the National Reading Group Month selection committee as one of the Women’s National Book Association Great Group Reads, and nominated last year for…
By Erica Misoshnik and Hannah Bennett WARNING: Major spoilers ahead for both the book and movie. When we were given the opportunity to write a post on The Hunger Games, we jumped at the chance. Discussions of how to approach it varied from Capitol levels of crazy (dressing up and…
Spring is here and it’s time to celebrate! The WNBA-NYC chapter would like to invite its members to the annual members-only Spring Brunch! When: Sunday, April 15th, from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Where: Held at the home of a long-time chapter member on NYC’s Upper East Side (address given closer to…
We’re big fans of McNally Jackson bookstore here at the WNBA. As we mentioned before, they have a bustling events calendar complete with workshops, author signings, and book clubs. Coming up next Wednesday is a monthly storytelling and performance show, “Real Characters.” Combining some of New York’s best story tellers and comedians,…
This week, we’d like to introduce you to some of the newest members of the NYC chapter! Amy Hill Hearth‘s first novel, Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society, will be published by Atria/Simon&Schuster on November 6. Amy is the author or co-author of seven nonfiction books, including…
Yesterday, the WNBA-NYC chapter hosted the panel event, “Digital Marketing and PR in Book Publishing: Driving Buzz and Sales.” Mere hours after the event, we were excited to note that Gabe Habash had already written an excellent article about the panel for Publishers Weekly. An excerpt from his article follows,…
Last week we brought you Jill Tardiff’s article from her New York Bookwoman column. This week we wanted to showcase Elaine Whitehouse’s piece on promoting global awareness in schools.Committee on Teaching About the United Nations (CTAUN) – Promoting Global Awareness in Our Schools By Elaine Whitehouse CTAUN, which…
We can’t wait for tomorrow’s Digital Marketing and PR Panel moderated by Susannah Greenberg! The event starts at 12:30 PM (Check-in at 12:15 PM) at the Hachette Atrium, located on 237 Park Avenue. Enter @ Lexington between 45th and 46th Streets, 13th floor (Map) The event is sold out but if…
In our never ending quest to find the best events, hot spots, and indie bookstores in NYC, we came across WORD bookstore and just couldn’t wait to get the word out! (We also couldn’t wait to make cheesy puns about its name!) All jokes aside, WORD is an independent bookstore in Greenpoint,…
