Upcoming Events
Author Lunch – A Novel Plan: The Art of Outlining Your Fiction
Author Lunch, Mechanics Institute Library Friday, August 16, 2019, 12:00 Noon 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 4th Floor, Chess Room (Free to Public, refreshments available) What are the secrets to success for novels? At least one of them is structure and our esteemed WNBA-SF member authors will share the approaches that have garnered them bestseller status, awards and rave reviews. Learn what role planning and research play and how to make your scenes, settings, and characters … [Read More...]
2019 Bay Area Writer’s Contest
Join our writing contest for awards and cash prizes! The Women’s National Book Association is a 100+ year old venerated organization of women and men across the broad spectrum of writing and publishing. Our membership includes Editors, Publishers, Literary Agents, Professors, Academics, Librarians, Authors, Book Marketers and many others involved in the world of books. We honor and celebrate woman authors and diverse writers and hope to include YOU with our 2019 Bay Area WNBA Writer’s Contest, … [Read More...]
Northern California Book Awards 2019
38th Northern California Book Awards Sunday, June 23, 2019, 1:00- 3:30 pm KORET AUDITORIUM • SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco FREE ADMISSION The 38th Annual Northern California Book Awards will celebrate writers and readers in Northern California. Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, and Children’s Literature will be presented, with brief celebratory readings and remarks by the winning authors. Master of Ceremonies will be Oscar … [Read More...]
Bridging: A One-Day Writing Retreat
with Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Rosner Hedgebrook and the SMC MFA in Creative Writing program at Saint Mary's College are collaborating to offer a one-day writing retreat for woman-identified, non-binary and genderqueer writers. Saturday, June 15, 2019 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Location: Saint Mary's College of California 1928 Saint Mary's Road Moraga, CA 94575 Cost includes: Food (three meals, happy hour, and evening cake and coffee) Vegan and gluten-free options available Networking … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Joan Gelfand
Interview by Susan Allison What inspires me most about WNBA featured writer Joan Gelfand is her tenacity, her willingness to do whatever it takes to be a successful author. Her honesty is refreshing when she says, “I became determined to get a book out-and it takes determination! My publishing experience has been that every book has taken … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Judy Bebelaar
Interview by Susan Allison WNBA Featured author, Judy Bebelaar, has been writing for seventy-two years. Yes, that’s right, seventy-two years! She remembers writing her first story in first grade and then a poetry collection in third grade. Judy loved her teachers so much that she decided to become one. She taught in San Francisco public high … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Kathleen Archambeau
Interview by Susan Allison WNBA featured author, award winning and successful writer, Kathleen Archambeau, has a storyteller’s ear, and has loved to listen and record the stories she’s heard since childhood: “I grew up in an extended Irish Catholic family in San Francisco, which gave me a head start on my love of words and stories. I distinctly … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
The Practice and Potential of Journaling
By Bridgitte Jackson-Buckley, author of The Gift of Crisis (October 2018) I have been writing in journals since I was in the fourth grade. Now years later, every once in a while, I re-read entries from my elementary, middle and high school years. It is nothing less than comical to read about the petty trivialities which consumed Read More…
Proud to Be Diverse
Written by Kathleen Archambeau Monoculture is like monosyllable – okay on occasion, but woefully inadequate in most situations. It is well known that diversity leads to better stock performance by more than 30% and that diverse government agencies serve the public better. By 2050, 54% of the US population will be “minority” and more than Read More…
Tapping the creative current
An extract from Heart, Sass & Soul: Journal Your Way to Inspiration and Happiness by Greta Solomon When I run workshops and online programmes, I always ask the participants why they’ve come and what they want to get out of the workshop or programme. The answers ALWAYS involve blocks or fears. Here are some of Read More…
