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Notices & Members' Events
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send e-mail to list your event Greg Borzo The Book Cellar, one of Chicago’s best independent bookstores, is located at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. - Help celebrate the release of Chicago Cable Cars, by Greg Borzo (author of the popular book The Chicago “L”). Please RSVP to gborzo@comcast.net Sandy Dickson Zion Area Chamber of Commerce 1300 Shiloh Blvd. Zion, IL 60099 Michael Raleigh FREE! The Chicago Way www.chicagowayseries.com Event: A new, free literary series Date: Thursday, December 6, from 7-8:30 p.m. Featured Guests: Chicago author Don Evans Location: Hidden Shamrock (back room), 2723 N. Halsted St. The format: The Chicago Way welcomes author and Chicago Literary Hall of Fame co-founder Don Evans for a book release party to celebrate his new short story collection, "An Off-White Christmas," featuring a meet-and-greet, a short reading from the new book, a book sale and signing and an audience-interactive conversation with Don and The Chicago Way co-host Mary Beth Hoerner. The Chicago Way is hosted by Julia Borcherts (also the co-founder of the Reading Under the Influence reading series); fiction writer, essayist and playwright Mary Beth Hoerner (Atomic Honeymoon); and local writer and animator Quinn Stephens (Laser Dragon University). Rich Lindberg will sign his book The signing is scheduled for Saturday, November 17th from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL Phone: 847-446-8880. SMA author Bill Yarrow will be the featured reader at Sweet & Sour Poetry Hour Open mic before the feature. Signed copies of Pointed Sentences will be available. cost: free; more information: bill.yarrow@gmail.com or www.billyarrow.com SMA author Michael Raleigh will speak at the Villa Park Public Library on his book IN THE CASTLE OF THE FLYNNS and growing up in the 50s. The program is part of the TWO TOWNS AND A BOOK program between the Villa Park library and the Lombard Helen Plum library. October 6, 2012
2 p.m. Michael will present a one-day seminar on mystery writing at the Newberry Library as part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars program. October 13, 2012 10 – 4 p.m. SMA author Bill Yarrow will be the featured reader at Molly Malone's Reading Series and Open Mic and will read from his new book of poems Pointed Sentences (BlazeVOX, 2012) Monday, June 11, 2012 Signed copies of Pointed Sentences will be available. cost: $5.00 Join Martha Miller, author of Retirement Plan: a Crime Story (a finalist in Lambda Literary Awards) for a reading with other Lambda finalists.
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Gunter Nitsch Upcoming Appearances
Robert Loerzel is speaking about his book Alchemy of Bones: Chicago's Luetgert Murder Case of 1897 April 28 and 29 at Ohio State University in Columbus. The Graduate Student Anthropology Association received a grant to present the lectures, which include one geared for anthropology students as well as a general talk about the book at 11:30 a.m. April 29, 2011 in the Student-Alumni Council Room at the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., Columbus. Rosina Neginsky will give a poetry reading on Friday, October 29, at 1pm: University of Chicago Bookstore Arnie Bernstein will be speaking about his book, Bath Massacre, and about creative nonfiction at Printers Row on Sunday, June 13 at 3:00 pm in the Digitally Lit Room I. Midwest Writers Association invites writers, journalists,
authors and editors to its Wednesday, June 16 dinner program
to network and hear Daniel Hartman from LINKEDIN share his expertise
on how the professional online networking site really works
and how to improve your profile for the greatest impact. The
meeting takes place in a conference room at Pinstripes, 1150
Willow Road, Glenview, just west of Waukegan Road. Check-in
begins at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 6:30, and the program at 7:30.
The cost is $20 for members, $25 for non-members. June 8, 2010: Carol Felsenthal is one of four authors who will appear in a program titled "Write On...A Conversation with Lincoln Park Authors." DePaul University's Cortelyou Commons JOHN PAUL STEVENS: An Independent Life SMA author, Bill Barnhart, is hosting a book-selling/book-signing event for his new biography of Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens. Visit www.barnhartbooks.com for more information.
"Justice John Paul Stevens combines a towering intellect
with courageous independence. Bill Barnhart and Gene Schlickman
combine their exhaustive research with insightful analysis to
give readers a splendid biography of the Supreme Court’s most
respected member." "Terrific." SMA author June Sawyers along with local actor Si Osborne will present "Life of Johnson" Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton; 312-255-3556; the reception will begin at 5.30 p.m., the presentation 6.15 p.m.; $9/$6. Samuel Johnson was a bookseller's son from Lichfield, England. A poet, critic, essayist, and lexicographer, his most famous work is Dictionary of the English Language (1755). In honor of the 300th anniversary of his birth, Ms. Sawyers will offer a brief overview of his remarkable life and career, while actor Mr. Osborne will present an excerpt from Ms. Sawyers' one-man play, Dr. Johnson. In addition, both Ms. Sawyers and Mr. Osborne will be guests on "The Milt Rosenberg Show" on WGN-AM, Tuesday, October 6, 2009, from 9 to 11 p.m. Author Eric Dregni will be in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas this summer promoting his travel memoir In Cod We Trust.
Arnie Bernstein will be on Book TV this weekend on the C-SPAN 2 channel discussing Bath Massacre: America’s First School Bombing. This is a broadcast of the presentation from the Capital Area District Library two weeks ago in Lansing, MI. Quite an emotional event, particularly when Josephine Cushman Vail, a 96-year-old survivor of the tragedy, is introduced. The show will be broadcast at 4:00 pm Central on Saturday, May 16, plus additional times throughout May. Check the schedule below; the show will also be archived at the Book TV web site. 'Slam the Radio: Today's Poetry' A weekly, hour-long show, hosted by Marc Smith (poetry slam founder), live from the Green Mill. James L. Merriner, SMA president, will be interviewed on MSNBC on Wednesday, December 9, at 6:30 a.m. Chicago time about political corruption in Illinois. June Sawyers —Book signing for The Civilized
Shopper's Guide to Edinburgh and Glasgow June Sawyers —Book signing and whisky tasting for
The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Edinburgh and Glasgow
Libby Fischer Hellmann, whose latest novel is "Easy Innocence," will appear with Sean Chercover at the Book Stall in Winnetka on Thursday, November 13, at 7 PM, 811 Elm Street Winnetka, IL SMA member Laura Mazzuca Toops will be speaking at the LaPorte County Historical society about her historical novel, Hudson Lake, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 20. Hudson Lake is set in the summer of 1926 and is a fictionalized account of the Jean Goldkette band's summer at the resort.
Events for Downtown Chicago in Transition, co-authored
by Eric Bronsky and Neal Samors.
Author Evelyn Johnson Boyne Country Books Laura Mazzuca Toops Lmazztoops@aol.com cost: Free more information: Laura Mazzuca Toops Book signing for Hudson Lake -- a historical novel about the early days of jazz Saturday, May 12, 2007 1 to 3 p.m. Barnes & Noble 4601 Grape Road, Mishawaka (near South Bend), IN 574-277-9482 Sarah Roggio sarah@roggio.net cost: free more information: SCBWI Illinois Hi everyone, Get ready for a productive summer with Sara Shacter\'s \"Back to Basics\" session this Thursday! It\'s our last meeting until the fall, so bring all your questions about getting started in children\'s publishing. We meet at 7 p.m. at the Webster Place Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster (Webster/Clybourn) - 2nd floor. Parking is free on the second floor of the parking garage for the first 90 minutes (you must get your ticket validated). You have to pay to park in the surface lot. Hope to see you Thursday! Best, Sarah Roggio Chicago Network Representative George William McDaniel McDanielGeorgeW@sau.edu A Great and Lasting Beginning: The First 125 Years of St. Ambrose University chronicles the history of St. Ambrose University from its founding in 1882 through the current day. McDaniel – a St. Ambrose alumnus, priest, and history professor – integrates the history of the Catholic Church and Catholic higher education. More than a single school’s history, McDaniel situates St. Ambrose within the broader social contexts in which it grew. Throughout the book, McDaniel seeks to understand what the University founders and their successors understood a Catholic school to be and how they implemented that understanding through the curricular and other decisions they made. This book tells the story of how the university grew and changed throughout the generations. McDaniel describes the founding of St. Ambrose Seminary in two-rooms of St. Marguerite’s Parish School, through its transition from serving predominantly “high school” boys to becoming a college. He details the growth and development of St. Ambrose College from an all-male through attempts to provide education for women, prior to becoming coeducational in 1967. World War II greatly impacted St. Ambrose with an influx of navy personnel during the war and veterans attending on the GI Bill after the war. The book concludes with the transition from St. Ambrose College to St. Ambrose University and its tremendous growth at the end of the 20th century. George William McDaniel, PhD, a 1966 graduate of St. Ambrose, is currently professor of history at St. Ambrose. His book, Smith Wildman Brookhart: Iowa’s Renegade Republican, earned the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award from the State Historical Society of Iowa. He has lectured and published articles about St. Ambrose, including “Catholic Action in Davenport: St. Ambrose College and the League for Social Justice,” which earned the Throne/Aldrich Award as best article in the Annals of Iowa. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Iowa, including a term as president of the board. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association. A Great and Lasting Beginning is published by St. Ambrose University and is available at the St. Ambrose University Bookstore and at the Davenport, Iowa Borders Books, or can be ordered online at www.sau.edu/125. Laura Mazzuca Toops Lmazztoops@aol.com cost: Free more information: Laura Mazzuca Toops Book signing for Hudson Lake -- a historical novel about the early days of jazz Saturday, May 12, 2007 1 to 3 p.m. Barnes & Noble 4601 Grape Road, Mishawaka (near South Bend), IN 574-277-9482 Sarah Roggio sarah@roggio.net cost: free more information: SCBWI Illinois Hi everyone, Get ready for a productive summer with Sara Shacter\'s \"Back to Basics\" session this Thursday! It\'s our last meeting until the fall, so bring all your questions about getting started in children\'s publishing. We meet at 7 p.m. at the Webster Place Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster (Webster/Clybourn) - 2nd floor. Parking is free on the second floor of the parking garage for the first 90 minutes (you must get your ticket validated). You have to pay to park in the surface lot. Hope to see you Thursday! Best, Sarah Roggio Chicago Network Representative lori@loriandrews.com cost: None more information: www.loriandrews.com May 21, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm --Conference, \"Who Owns Your Body,\" at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 West Adams, Chicago,IL. Michael Crichton and Lori Andrews will speak. Julie Phillips phillips@xs4all.nl Julie Phillips reads from James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago Friday, November 10, 7:30 pm Alice Sheldon was born in Chicago in 1915, the daughter of two prominent Chicagoans: Herbert and Mary Hastings Bradley. Herbert Bradley was a lawyer and South Side developer who helped found the Brookfield Zoo. Mary Hastings Bradley was a prolific author of mysteries, travel books, and novels (including the Old Chicago series of historical novels) and past president of the Society of Midland Authors. Alice longed to be a writer like her mother, but couldn't find her voice. Then, at age 51, she made a change of career. “James Tiptree Jr.” began writing science fiction in 1967. His stories were fast-paced and hard-boiled, his letters funny, frank, and sensitive. No one had ever seen him. No one knew his true identity. It wasn't until 1977 that the cover was blown on his alter ego: Alice Bradley Sheldon, a complex woman with an unusual past. Alice Sheldon's use of a male voice not only demolishes assumptions about writing and gender, it also speaks to the mystery of the writing persona. Why could she only tell the truth about herself when she became someone else? How can the daughter of a writing mother claim her own voice? Cynthia J Olson fosterkidsseries@yahoo.com cost: 16.95 more information: www.cynthiajolson.com Third book in a series of stories about Foster kids and what they have to cope with in life was released Oct.`7,2006. Elaine lost both parents in the Twin Towers in NY and Tangles is her Old English sheepdog. More information is on my website: www.cynthiajolson.com and includes dates for book signings and ordering information. I am a very excited author! Thanks everyone.
LSTC is in Hyde Park, at 1100 E. 55th St. Free evening parking
is available nearby at the University of Chicago parking structure
at 55th and Ellis. Shanita Michelle Dina Elenbogen siegbogen@aol.com Dina Elenbogen will be reading from and signing her poerty collections Apples of the Earth at Borders Books in Evanston on Thursday May 18 7:30 PM. The Center for Learning & Organizational Change public lecture The Inner Life of a Leader Dan McAdams, PhD 6:00 - 7:30 PM, book signing and reception to follow Pancoe Auditorium 2200 Campus Drive Evanston Campus Cost: $10 Reservations can be made via an online payment page: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=109247 For more information, visit: http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/loc/community/announcements/ Join Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) for: E-communication v. 2.0 THE BUZZ ON BLOGS AND OTHER NEW MEDIA Wednesday, April 19, 6:00–8:30 p.m.Get a smart (and sassy) overview of the biggest trends in new media from Kirsten Osolind and Todd Allen of re:invention, inc. Take advantage of this short course on the buzzwords of the new media alphabet soup: blogs, RSS feeds, SEO, WebEx, and more. Explore the impact of these new tools on the publishing industry and related fields, and learn what every writer and editor needs to know when working on the Web. Register at www.cwip.org/events.htm, call 773.508.0351 x2, or send a check payable to CWIP to P.O. Box 268107, Chicago, IL 60626. Dina Elenbogen siegbogen@aol.com Dina Elenbogen will be reading from her new poetry collection Apples of the Earth with Chicago poet Julie Parson-Nesbit, author of Finders, on Tuesday, January 17, at The Book Stall, 811 Elm Street Winnetka 7:30 P.M. Michael Allen Dymmoch mdymmoch@speakeasy.net more information: Author's web site WHITE TIGER, A John Thinnes Jack Caleb mystery by MICHAEL ALLEN DYMMOCH, St. Martin’s Press, ISBN: 0-312-32302-6 “Just when you think everything possible has been said about the effects of the Vietnam War on the Americans who fought there, along comes this absolutely gripping story…” Dick Adler, The Chicago Tribune Coming in March: THE CYMRY RING by Michael Allen Dymmoch “A rountine request for extradition leads to a fantastic journey into the past . . . A captivating historical romantic adventure . . . “ Kirkus FIVE STAR, 2006, ISBN: 1-59414-429-X Michael Raleigh castleflynn@hotmail.com cost: none more information: Palatine Library Home Page Michael Raleigh discusses his novel IN THE CASTLE OF THE FLYNNS, which has been chosen for the ONE BOOK, ONE PALATINE literary festival, at the Palatine Library, Feb.1 2006 at 7 P.M. Billy Lombardo billylombardo@comcast.net cost: $6 more information: calendar of events Billy will be reading from his book, "The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories," at the Green Mill's Uptown Poetry Slam, on Sunday, January 15, 2006. Open Mic @ 7pm, Billy @ 8pm. Alan H. Neff ahneff@ameritech.net more information: Denlinger's Publisher, LTd. Publication of "Blauser's Building," a dark and comic novel about lawyers in love (but not with the law). billylombardo@comcast.net cost: $25 more information: Steppenwolf Traffic Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. In the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre Billy Lombardo, Stuart Dybek and Alex Kotlowitz share their Chicago Stories in a one night only reading. Billy Lombardo will read from The Logic of a Rose, his prize-winning short stories about growing up in Bridgeport. Michelle True michelleailenetrue@yahoo.com cost: $13.95 pbook, $6.44 e-book more information: In Katrina's Wake - poetry anthology Announcing one of the first books to be published in response to hurricane Katrina - an anthology of 97 poems by 20 writers from across the United States. All profits from book sales will be donated to the American Red Cross. The poems are filled with love, loss, despair, pain, comfort and above all, hope. "In Katrina's Wake" makes a beautiful and thoughtful gift for the holidays or any special occasion. It also will help provide a regular stream of donations to the American Red Cross so they may continue helping the victims, the survivors, of Katrina, Rita, Wilma, as well as earthquakes, floods and other disasters. In Katrina’s Wake: An Anthology of Inspirational Poetry ISBN 1-4116-5533-8 Release Date: 11-01-05 Help us keep this legacy alive and contributing for many years to come by forwarding this information to everyone you know! Lulu site: www.lulu.com/content/169984 Shanita Eze bookfair@christian-book-fair.com cost: $100 for authors; $150 for publishers, booksellers, others more information: Mid-Western Christian Book Fair Mark your calendar for the MID-WESTERN CHRISTIAN BOOK FAIR, October 1-2, 2004 at Robert Lee Recreation Center, Iowa City, Iowa. Major highlights include book sales and conferment of eight MCBF awards to deserving individuals and organizations, including three authors. You could be one of the award winners. SO BE THERE!!! Gerolyn J. Hudson ghudson@luc.edu cost: Free to the Public more information: Loyola Library Book Club Featured Guest: Dick Whittingham When: Wednesday, March 24, at 6 p.m. Crown Center Auditorium 1001 W. Loyola Avenue Loyola alumnus and prolific author Dick Whittingham will talk about his books, which include Boy Wonder of Wall Street:The Life and Times of Financier Eddie Gilbert and Martial Justice: The Last Mass Execution in the United States. He will also discuss his project with Loyola to write a history of the University. Refreshments will be served. Book club events are free and open to the public. To RSVP, visit the Library Book Club website at http://libraries.luc.edu/about/bookclub/ or contact Geri Hudson at 312-915-6948 or via e-mail at ghudson@luc.edu. June Sawyers skinsaw@aol.com cost: free "Drive All Night: The Music of Bruce Springsteen" Join SMA member June Skinner Sawyers on Wednesday, April 7, at 5.30 p.m. at the book release party for Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader (Penguin). The party will feature a talk, slide show, and Springsteen music performed by local singer-songwriter Bucky Halker. Midwest Living magazine Jennifer Wilson at Midwest Living magazine would like SMA members to know that their book editor likes to review new books by Midwest authors with Midwest settings, especially fiction but also literary nonfiction and coffee table books. Contact: Jennifer Wilson, jennifer.wilson@meredith.com. Alzina Stone Dale madchd@webtv.net Alzina Stone Dale and her co-author Barbara Sloan Hendershott are pleased to announce that all five of their MYSTERY READER'S WALKING GUIDES: LONDON, ENGLAND, NEW YORK, CHICAGO and Kathleen Long Bostrom KGB81@msn.com Storytelling and book signing at Crocodile Pie Children's Bookstore, Route 21 (Milwaukee Ave.), Libertyville, IL; Thursday, December 18, 10:30-11:00 December 13, 2003 Laura Mazzuca Toops Lmazztoops@aol.com cost: $100, plus hotel and meals more information: Winter Writing Intensive Weekend: A Creative Retreat Fri.-Sun, Feb. 20-22, 2004 Lakeside Inn Lakeside, Michigan A two-day intensive fiction or memoir writing workshop, including one-on-one manuscript analysis by Laura Mazzuca Toops, author and fiction teacher at College of DuPage. WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEE: $100 (includes all handouts, workshops and personalized manuscript analysis), payable by cash, check or money order to Laura Mazzuca Toops, 740 S. Spring Ave., LaGrange, IL 60525. SPECIAL ROOM RATES (for two nights): $75 to $175. Contact hotel directly for reservations at 269-469-0600, Fax: 269.469.1914, www.lakesideinns.com Workshop reservation deadline is Feb. 1. Makes a great holiday gift for your favorite writer! Wendell Mayo wmayo@bgnet.bgsu.edu cost: $50 Workshop Participation more information: Open Workshops The Open Writing Workshops are open to the public and designed for fiction writers and poets of all levels of experience. Writers in the workshops share their work in a professional studio setting and receive commentary on works in progress from nationally published writers. This year the workshops are offered in conjunction with the WINTER WHEAT conference on creative writing. |