Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 7:00-9:00pm
BookShop West Portal, 80 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127 415-564-8080
Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) members celebrate June’s “Rebuild Your Life Month” featuring books by members Birgit Soyka and Teresa LeYung-Ryan. Join us for a fun evening— reception; authors’ presentations; meet the new board and members of the San Francisco Chapter. Please RSVP by emailing BookShopRSVP@wnba-sfchapter.org
Birgit Soyka (author of To Drink the Wild Air: One Woman’s Quest to Touch the Horizon) and Teresa LeYung-Ryan (author of Love Made of Heart and Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days).
7:00-7:15pm wine reception
7:15-7:20pm Neal Sofman welcomes audience; WNBA board introduces Birgit & Teresa and other WNBA members in audience
7:20-7:50pm Birgit’s presentation and Q&A
7:50-8:20pm Teresa’s presentation and Q&A
8:20-8:50pm autographing; mingle; announcements of WNBA summer and fall events
Visit Birgit’s website. http://todrinkthewildair.com/
Visit Teresa’s website: http://writingcoachteresa.com/
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WNBA Members Invited to Fun Meeting
When: Thurs, May 5, 2011 6pm – 8pm:
Where: San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin St.(or use 30 Grove Street entrance), S.F., CA 94102
WNBA-SF Chapter Members, The current board values your input. What types of events would you like to help orchestrate? Do you wish to run for office?
Meet at the Stong Conference Room (no food allowed in this room but let’s start the meeting at 6:00 in the Stong Conf. Room); then we go downstairs to the library cafe at 7:00pm to get food and finish our meeting there.
Interim Secretary Teresa LeYung Ryan will bring a cake–we celebrate the past 2 years of Lynn Henriksen’s presidency.
Please RSVP by emailing “Teresa LeYung Ryan” WritingCoachTeresa@gmail.com before May 5th.
We have exciting opportunities for members who would like to run for office and for those who want to be committee chairs:
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Membership Chair
Programming Chair
Hospitality Chair
Website Liaison
WNBA-SF Chapter current Executive Board Members:
President: Lynn Henriksen
Vice President: Kate Britton
Treasurer: Christopher Payne
Secretary: Teresa LeYung Ryan
Immediate Past President: Mary E. Knippel
The current executive board members will be mentors to the new board members.
Birgit Soyka has stepped forward to chair an event at BookShop West Portal!
Exciting times at WNBA.
Please RSVP to “Teresa LeYung Ryan” WritingCoachTeresa@gmail.com before May 5th.
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Effie Lee Series
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 San Francisco Public Library, Lower Level, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove), SF, CA www.sfpl.org
5:00pm Reception & Book Signing
6:00pm Lecture
Children & Youth Services and the Fisher Children’s Center of the San Francisco Public Library present: The 15th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture: TRICKSTERS!
Guest lecturer: Gerald McDermott — the Art of the Folktale
Board members of WNBA (a co-sponsor of this lecture) encourage all members (especially authors of children’s literature) to attend this event’s tradition in San Francisco. Effie Lee Morris founded the San Francisco Chapter of Women’s National Book Association.
This annual lecture is just one of the many legacies Effie Lee Morris left for readers and writers.
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Welcomes You to Our 8th Annual Signature
Meet-the-Agents & Acquisition Editors Event
New this year: Keynote Luncheon (see below)
Meet-the-Agents and Acquisition Editors
Update- the event was a huge success!, Thank you to all who participated, and see you in
2012.
| New this year!
Keynote Luncheon – 12:30 – $30.00 – Menu selections on our website.
Note: Must be registered to attend |
Zoe FitzGerald Carter is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Salon and Vogue. Imperfect Endings is her first memoir. The book was excerpted in O magazine and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writer’s pick. The Boston Globe called it “an engaging and insightful tale of familial love, understanding, and forgiveness, shot through with a surprising amount of wit.”
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Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant, San Francisco, March 26, 2011
Agents & Acquisition Editors who are graciously sharing their expertise with us today include:
Amy Burkhardt joined Kimberley Cameron & Associates (www.kimberleycameron.com) in 2007 and represents fiction and nonfiction projects for the adult and young adult market. In fiction, she looks for literary, commercial, upmarket women’s, thrillers, mysteries, historical, and YA. In nonfiction, she seeks narrative nonfiction, memoirs, and prescriptive nonfiction written by experts in their field, particularly in lifestyle, humor, food, and current events topics. In any genre, she looks for accomplished writing, compelling characters, fresh voices, and timely themes. Amy has an MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco and a BA in English from Bates College.
Andy Ross has been a literary agent since January 2008. Prior to that, he was the owner of Cody’s Books in Berkeley, California for 30 years. Andy specializes in non-fiction, particularly narrative non-fiction, history, current events, and journalism. He has secured contracts in other genres as well. Andy has served on the faculty of numerous writers conferences and has conducted workshops on writing non-fiction book proposals. Andy is a member of the Association of Author Representatives (AAR). Check out Andy’s Website: www.andyrossagency.com and Blog: www.andyrossagency.wordpress.com
Brooke Warner Brooke Warner is Senior Editor at Seal Press, publisher of women’s nonfiction books, written for women, by women. Seal Press is fueled by the radical thinking and daring work of its authors, including notable women such as Jessica Valenti, Michelle Tea, and Inga Muscio. In 2007, Seal was acquired by Perseus Books Group, allowing it to continue its long tradition of publishing books that matter to women. Brooke is also a writing coach who works with writers to develop their ideas and pursue their creative passion. Her website is warnercoaching.com.
Elizabeth Pomada is a partner in Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents and a member of the Association of Author’s Respresentatives. The agency has sold books to more than 100 publishers. Elizabeth loves good storytelling. For her, a book begins when she can’t put it down. She welcomes the chance to represent adult fiction, narrative nonfiction, and books for women. Their colleague, Laurie McLean, handles genre fiction, and middle-grade and young-adult books, query@agentsavant.com. Elizabeth and Mike are co-directors of the San Francisco Writers Conference. Elizabeth is the author of the 9th edition of Fun Places to Go in Northern California with Children. Www.larsen-pomada.com.
Georgia Hughes is editorial director at New World Library, where she acquires and edits nonfiction books in the areas of animals, spirituality, personal growth, sustainable business, animals, and women’s issues. New World Library, publisher of the bestselling The Power of Now and Creative Visualization, is a member of the Green Press Initiative. Recent acquisitions include The Life Organizer by Jennifer Louden, Dogs and the Women Who Love Them by Allen and Linda Anderson, Live Your Bliss by Terry Cole-Whittaker, SNAP: Making the Most of First Impressions by Patti Wood, and Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss. www.newworldlibrary.com
Gordon Warnock is a Senior Agent with Andrea Hurst Literary Management (www.andreahurst.com). He seeks to establish involved, long term working relationships with talented and dedicated authors in such areas as: commercial narrative fiction, YA, memoir, political and current affairs, health, humor and cookbooks. He is not looking for: religious fiction, new age, children’s, middle grade or anthologies.
Jeanette Perez, Senior Editor, acquires for the HarperOne imprint based in San Francisco after six years at Harper Perennial. She is specifically looking for books in the health, wellness, personal growth, and memoir categories and has a special love for books provoke curiosity, inspire change, and help readers.
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Jennifer Joseph has been publisher and editor of Manic D Press since its founding in 1984. Manic D Press is a critically acclaimed, award-winning literary press based in San Francisco, California publishing fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, art, cultural studies, and alternative travel trade titles. She has appeared as a guest on CSPAN’s BookTV and Michael Krasny’s Forum on KQED radio. Her critical writing has appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, American Bookseller, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
Laurie McLean is an agent at Larsen-Pomada Literary, San Francisco, Northern California’s oldest literary agency founded in 1972, Laurie represents adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, nouveau westerns, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, etc.) as well as middle-grade and young-adult books. She looks for great writing, first and foremost, followed by memorable characters, a searing storyline and solid world building. For more than 20 years Laurie ran a multi-million dollar eponymous public relations agency in California’s Silicon Valley. She is passionate about marketing, publicity, negotiating, editing and a host of other business-critical areas. She is also a writer herself, so she can empathize with the author’s journey to and through publication. www.agentsavant.com & www.larsenpomada.com
Michael Larsen, Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents, is eager to find adult nonfiction for big and midsize houses and tell you how to transform your writing and your career. He is most drawn to well-written books with social or practical value by writers with platforms who can promote their work. The fourth edition of How to Write a Book Proposal will be out this year. An update is at www.larsen-pomada.com. Mike wrote How to Get a Literary Agent and coauthored the second edition of Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work. He has a consulting service for nonfiction writers.
Peter Beren , Formerly Publisher of Sierra Club Books, V.P. for Publishing at Palace Press International and Publisher of VIA Books, a division of the California State Automobile Association, Peter is a member of AAR, a Literary Agent specializing in nonfiction with an emphasis on illustrated (art and photography) books. He is the author or co-author of six books including The Writers Legal Companion and California the Beautiful. His best-known clients include photographer Art Wolfe (Dogs Make Us Human, forthcoming from Bloomsbury). Brian and Wendy Froud (Trolls, forthcoming from Abrams) and Laurence Boldt (Zen and the Art of Making a Living, Penguin).
WNBA-SF is a non-profit organization that fosters professional development and exposure of our members through a variety of book-related programs, workshops, and hands-on opportunities to make valuable contacts and connections that are beneficial at any stage of one’s career. WNBA-SF is part of a National network promoting the value of books and reading since 1917 throughout ten chapters stretching from coast to coast. Annual Membership is $45.
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