Upcoming Events
Northern California Book Awards 2018
37th Northern California Book Awards Sunday, June 10, 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...]
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
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…
South Asian Books to Celebrate Earth Day
Written by Gauri Manglik Here’s a round-up of some unique stories that remind us it’s not just Earth Day but everyday, that we need to respect the Earth and take only what we need. Reduce, Re-use and Recycle! Alone In the Forest: Musa, a young boy sets off from his village to the forest to collect Read More…
Lucky Gals: WNBA-SF Spring Break
With Shanti Sekaran Written by Mary Volmer On April 4th a vibrant collection current and potential members of the WNBA-SF met for an evening of conversation and libations at beautiful Saint Mary’s College (CA). Later we joined the bustling crowd gathered in De La Salle Hall to hear Shanthi Sekaran, Saint Mary College’s Distinguished Writer Read More…
