Upcoming Events
Northern California Book Awards 2018
37th Northern California Book Awards Sunday, July 1, 2018, 1:00- 3:30 pm KORET AUDITORIUM • SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco FREE ADMISSION The 37th 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. A lively reception with book signing … [Read More...]
Epic Reads: Secrets to Crafting Historical Fiction
Author Lunch, Mechanics Institute Library Friday, August 17, 2018, 12:00 Noon 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 Floor 4 (Free to Public, refreshments available) The Women’s National Book Association San Francisco Chapter is thrilled to present member writers who have authored highly successful historical (and prehistorical!) novels that readers and reviewers rave about. Learn what role research plays and how to make your scenes, settings, and characters realistic and compulsively … [Read More...]
June 28 – A Fun Cure for “Lonely Writer Syndrome”
Thursday, June 28 4–6 pm Vin Debut 9 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco (across from West Portal Muni Station) Join fellow WNBA members and lonely writers for some conversation and cheer at a casual meet-up at a San Francisco wine bar. Come share your projects and your dreams. Wine and appetizers available for purchase. Questions? Contact organizer Kathleen Woods at kgwoods52@gmail.com or 415-652-6980 (phone+text) For other ideas on how to combat Lonely Writer Syndrome, click to … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Patricia V. Davis
Interview by Nina Lesowitz Patricia V. Davis is a proponent of what she calls "female dynamism" – which signifies women taking positive action to support each other. It’s why she founded the Women’s PowerStrategy™ Conference, and why she is a big supporter of the Women’s National Book Association. Here she tells us about her journey to becoming a … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Sharon McElhone
Interview by Nina Lesowitz WNBA-SF Board member Sharon McElhone became obsessed with writing at 18 years old after reading a life-altering novel and has been writing articles, poems, and essays ever since. Today, her seventh book is nearing completion. “I found my way into journalism sixteen years ago through an internship at La Oferta, a … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Kate Carroll de Gutes
Interview by Nina Lesowitz From cappuccinos to creative non fiction: new member Kate Carroll de Gutes shows how persistence pays off in getting published. “I started working as a journalist—writing feature stories—right out of undergrad, working for magazines and as a stringer for a couple of alternative newspapers. It was good work—and … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
The Pitch-O-Rama Experience
by Dr. Susan Allison On March 31, 2018, I attended my first Pitch-O-Rama sponsored by the WNBA. I loved the event, from the warm greeting at the door, to the pre-pitch coaching, from the meetings with top agents and publishers to the marketing-panel finale. I was able to practice my pitch with Amanda McTigue in front Read More…
So You Want To Write A Book
Written By Melissa Kirk You’ve felt for awhile now that you have it in you; you see all these books lining the shelves and none of them seem to bring to light the things you would like to bring to light. You know you can do it but there’s a little niggling sense of “What Read More…
Pitch-O-Rama 2018: Highlights
Written by Sharon McElhone The looming question since the Great Recession, the invention of Kindle, and the highjacking of content by corporate giants like Amazon and Google has always been, can the publishing industry survive the onslaught? For about a decade, a dark cloud has hovered over newspapers, writers, agents, editors, and publishers alike as Read More…
