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WNBA Members’ News for May 2022

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What’s New with WNBA Members? WNBA members can submit their news at any time, and then the Bookwoman staff shares members’ news in the Bookwoman Newsletter and on the Bookwoman Blog. Below, you’ll find the WNBA Members’ News for May 2022. Member Appearances Lucille Lang Day (WNBA-SF) appeared at AWP 2022 on the panel “Poetry & […]

Win a Copy of Pachinko: WNBA Bookish Giveaway

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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Book Giveaway 2017 Great Group Reads; National Book Award finalist; Finalist for the 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize; Winner of the Medici Book Club Prize; February 2017 Indie Next List In this bestselling novel, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled […]

Win a Copy of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal: WNBA Bookish Giveaway

Graphic shows the book cover for Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and states that the giveaway runs through May 15, 2022 and is sponsored by Grove Press.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Book Giveaway Bookwoman Book Club June 2022 Selection 2012 Great Group Reads; Winner of the Stonewall Award; March 2012 Indie Next List Jeanette Winterson’s bold and revelatory novels have earned her widespread acclaim, establishing her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the […]

Win a Copy of How to Raise a Reader: WNBA Bookish Giveaway

Graphic shows the book cover for How to Raise a Reader and states the giveaway ends May 8, 2022

How to Raise a Reader, Book Giveaway An indispensable guide to welcoming children — from babies to teens — to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review. Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things were? How about curling up for hours […]

WNBA Members’ News for March 2022

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What’s New with WNBA Members? WNBA members can submit their news at any time, and then the Bookwoman staff shares members’ news in the Bookwoman Newsletter and on the Bookwoman Blog. Below, you’ll find the WNBA Members’ News for March 2022. Member Appearances Lucille Lang Day (WNBA-SF) did a reading on March 3 with Lyla June […]

WNBA Members’ News for January 2022

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What’s New with WNBA Members? WNBA members can submit their news at any time, and then the Bookwoman staff shares members’ news in the Bookwoman Newsletter and on the Bookwoman Blog. Below, you’ll find the WNBA Members’ News for January 2022. Conference Panels Natalie Obando and Angela Shanté Johnson (WNBA-LA) will be panelists at PubWest’s […]

Second Place for Flash Prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

2021 WNBA Writing Contest Flash Prose Second Place for Leaves by Amy Wright

Congratulations to Amy Wright for winning second place for flash prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “Leaves” below. Leaves The leaves crackle underfoot like the brittle bones of extinct woodland creatures as we walk through the towering oaks. Denuded of foliage, the mossy boughs and each knobby twig are outlined against the dull, […]

What is First Chapter Fun? Hank Phillipi Ryan and Hannah Mary McKinnon Tell Us

An Interview with First Chapter Fun with Hannah McKinnon and Hank Ryan

With First Chapter Fun, authors Hannah Mary McKinnon and Hank Phillipi Ryan provide a community that helps authors. Hey WNBA, what are you doing on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 PM ET? Whatever it is, stop for a half hour, and join First Chapter Fun with Hank and Hannah. You’ll add so many books to […]

Third Place for Creative Nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

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Congratulations to Naomi Weiss for winning third place for creative nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read the winning entry, “Earplugs,” below. Earplugs I was working as a librarian in the Donnell Film Library on 53rd Street when I happened to pass Caswell-Massey on Lexington and 48th. Among sleep items impeccably displayed […]

Third Place for Fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Graphic showing Bonnie Olsen's headshot stating she is the third place winner for fiction for the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Bonnie Olsen for winning third place for fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “A Calm and Rational Story about Murder, Excellent Caretaking, and One Smart Chicken” below. A Calm and Rational Story about Murder, Excellent Caretaking, and One Smart Chicken One member of the animal kingdom I’ve always liked […]

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