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Home » The Bookwoman Blog » WNBA Members’ Noteworthy News, December 2018

WNBA Members’ Noteworthy News, December 2018

The Women’s National Book Association is home to a talented membership who do so much to promote literacy in our communities. Kudos to these members for their outstanding work!

 

WNBA South Florida logo has South Florida written underneath the words Women's National Book Association.

 

South Florida 

Cover of Villa Paraiso shows a gate in front of a garden.Congratulations to Lee Ravine on the publication of her new novel, Villa Paraiso. Villa Paraiso reveals the secrets and lies hidden behind the gates of a resort lifestyle community located on Florida’s Gold Coast. Is it possible this microcosm of society is a fool’s paradise?  

 

 

Compiled by Ronni Sandroff


New Orleans appears underneath Women's National Book Association. There are three books shown from a top view also.

 

New Orleans

 

 

The cover of Dolly Shot has a black background and an abstract dress with a video camera instead of a head above the dress.Anne Babson‘s chapbook Dolly Shot was just released by Dancing Girl Press. It is about women in twentieth century film.

 

Photo shot of older woman with short white hair. She is wearing a red scarf and a black shirt.
Miki Pfeffer
Photo credit: Sally Asher

Miki Pfeffer read letters of Grace King and Mark Twain at the Center of Mark Twain Studies, October 10.  She will read Grace King’s birthday reminiscences on November 29 at a woman’s club the writer founded.

 

Whitney Stewart‘s new children’s picture book, What Do You Celebrate? Holidays and Festivals Around the World, is available for preorder. She recently published award-winning mindfulness books for kids: Mindful Me, Mindful Me Activity Book, and Mindful Kids Activity cards.

Cover of What Do You Celebrate? has different country's flags across the top. It is festive and shows two brown-skinned children  sharing their traditions. Cover of Mindful Me shows four children in various mindful poses. Cover of Mindful Me Activity Book shows six children in various acts of mindfulness. Cover of Mindful Kids shows a boy standing and a girl sitting.

 

Cover of Hero has a red and gray background and an illustration of a man kissing a woman.Laura Mullen has translated Hero by Veronique Pittolo, from the French, published by Black Square Editions, available December 2018.

 

Headshot of a woman with red hair. She's wearing a black top, red earrings, and a chunky red necklace.
Pam Ebel

Pam Ebel joined the New Orleans board and hosted the first new-board meeting at her home on August 19. She attended Heather Graham Writers’ for New Orleans conference, held at the Monteleone Hotel, on Labor Day weekend. September 25, she read from Fahrenheit 451 as part of a Banned Books Week program at the Main Jefferson Parish Library. As an Assistant Editor for The Bookwoman, she helped create and launch the new WNBA blog in October. Pam is also a volunteer faculty member for the seniors’ People Program, teaching the preparation of effective speech writing.

 

Compiled by Teresa Tumminello Brader


The Women's National Book Association New York City logo has the name of the organization in gray letters on a white background with a picture of three books from a top-down view.

 

New York City

 

 

Diana Altman led a writing workshop on August 19 called Prompt! This was her second year running the workshop with the Raymond Arts Alliance.

 

A red background shows a white box of cards and has Spanda Cards written on it.Sheila Lewis recently co-authored Spanda Cards for the Entrepreneurial Spirit an inspirational card deck with booklet for your work/life issues. It was published on September 25 by Beyond Words.

 

Cover of Authentic Italian shows a variety of pastas mixed together.Dina Di Maio‘s nonfiction book, Authentic Italian: The Real Story of Italy’s Food and Its People, was released on March 19, 2018. It is a history of Italian-American food and immigration.

 

Cover of Secret Agenda shows a skyscraper between two other skyscrapers.Barbara Brett‘s novel, Secret Agenda: Who’s Castrating the Wolves of Wall Street?, won the Silver Medal in the Mystery Division of the 2018 Global Ebook Awards.

 

Cover of Just Like February shows a tree bending in the wind, bare of its leaves.Deborah Batterman‘s novel, Just Like February, has been named a finalist in American Book Fest’s International Book Awards and American Fiction Awards.

 

 

 

 Compiled by Rina Mody


San Francisco appears underneath the words Women's National Book Association. There is a top-view of three books also.

 

San Francisco

 

 

Cover of Born Under Fire shows a black and white photo of author on a blue background.Rina Z. Neiman’s debut novel, Born Under Fire, was published in May 2018.

 

Cover of Sail Cowabunga! is a photo of three kids on a sailboat.Janis Couvreux‘s Sail Cowabunga! A Family’s Ten Years at Sea vies as a semi-finalist for Chanticleer’s 2018 Journey Book Award.

 

Cover of 3 Eyes is a white background with black writing and shows a stick figure wearing three-D glasses.Megan Sweet is publishing a new book on ways to transform our education system. Go to www.your3eyes.com to learn more.

 

Lynn Goodwin will be teaching Independent Study through Story Circle Network starting again in January. To see their latest contest, go to https://www.writeradvice.com.

 

Open: Journal of Arts & Letters published Harriet Garfinkle’s short story, “The Ghoul and the Gunslinger,” and artwork, Oberon.

 

Brenda Knight has been promoted to Director of Editorial for Mango Publishing and will be teaching at the San Fransciso Writers Conference. She will also emcee the WNBA-San Francisco Member Showcase! 

 

Cover of Kiss Me Again, Paris is a close-up of a woman's profile.Renate Stendhal’s Kiss Me Again, Paris is Finalist in 2018 Best Book Awards (LGBTQ nonfiction). Her contribution to #MeToo, the “Sexual Harassment Log of a German Girl,” was also published.

 

Cover of Secret Life of Mrs. London shows an old-fashioned woman wearing a red hat and a fur coat.The Secret Life of Mrs. London, the love triangle between Houdini, Jack London, and his wife Charmian, by Rebecca Rosenberg has been named one of 12 Marvelous Novels about the early twentieth century and is now ranked  #17 in Historical Fiction (Amazon)!

 

Aline Soules had two poems, “Gutting” and “Witching Hour,” published in the Galway Review on Ocotber 28, 2018.  She also received third place for her poem, “Night of Thick Clouds,” in the Ina Coolbrith Circle content announced on November 3, 2018.

 

Coverof Burden of a Daughter is a close up of a woman's left eye and part of her face and is tinted red.Megan Clancy‘s debut novel, The Burden of a Daughter, was published in November by Sand Hill Review Press.

 

Cover of The Jaguars that Prowl Our Dreams is golden.Mary Mackey’s ­­new collection of poetry The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams has won a California Institute of Integral Studies Women’s Spirituality Book Award. Also, her work Jaguars has made the Small Press Distribution Bestseller List

 

Cover of The Central Park Lost Mitten Party shows a variety of mittens on its cover.Fran Quittel’s, The Central Park Lost Mitten Party (September 2018) is now available for purchase in the Central Park Conservancy’s visitor centers.

 

Cover of We Make It Better is a white background with words in rainbow colors.We Make It Better: The LGBTQ Community and Their Positive Contributions to Society by Kathleen Archambeau, along with Eric Rosswood, is trending #1 or #2 on Amazon New Releases in five categories. They are excited to bring this book forward and into schools across America. It’s due out in January 2019.

Cover of Standing at the Edge of the Pool is a photo of a pool's surface reflecting the light.Cathy Fiorello’s new memoir, Standing at the Edge of the Pool, relates how, at age seventy-five, the author “defies the constraints of ageism.”

 

Cover of My Patients Like Treats shows the eyes and ears of a black and brown dog.My Patients Like Treats: Tales from a House-Call Veterinarian by Duncan MacVean was recently released from Skyhorse Publishing.

 

Photo of two young Afghani girlsHumaira Ghilzai has been the Afghan Cultural Consultant on the theatre production of A Thousand Splendid Suns (based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini).

 

Cover of You Can Be a Winning Writer is red with white lettering.Joan Gelfand‘s new book, You Can Be a Winning Writer: The 4 C’s of Successful Authors, was recently published by Mango Press.

 

Cover of Strange Beauty shows the back of a girl walking through the woods.Kate Farrell’s YA novella, Strange Beauty, is now available for pre-release.

Lisa Braver Moss‘s Young Adult novel, Shrug, will be published by SheWrites Press in Fall 2019.

 

Cover of Cat Mulan's Mindful Musins shows a photo of a cat.Margie Yee Webb‘s Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings was featured at Face In Book’s “Celebrate Local Authors!” El Dorado Hills, California.

 

Cover of The Underground Rivers shows the back of a woman wearing an old-fashioned dress and hair style. She is facing a river.Martha Conway’s novel The Underground River (Simon & Schuster) was recently released in paperback and was a New York Times Notable Book.

 

Cover of The Tango War shows bright oranges, red, and blues. There is an airplane flying over a harbor.Mary Jo McConahay‘s new book, The Tango War: The Struggle for the Minds, Hearts and Riches of Latin America during World War II (St. Martin’s Press) was released this fall and has received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.

 

Cover of The Unspeakable Loss has the words underlined in different colors.Nisha Zenoff’s book, The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies, recently won the gold medal from Independent Publisher’s Living Now Book Awards in the grief category.

 

Vicki DeArmon has taken on a new position as the Director of Programming for the Bay Area Book Festival.

 

Compiled by Martha Conway and Jennifer Griffith

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