WNBA-New Orleans members have had an active year. Chapter secretary, Teresa Tumminello Brader, gives us a peak at all of the wonderful events they’ve held.
WNBA Members’ Noteworthy News: April 2019
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) celebrates its talented membership each month by posting WNBA Members’ Noteworthy News. Check out what our members have been up to!
Power Behind the WNBA: Hortensia Calvo
The member diversity in the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As Bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.”
The Bookwoman welcomes Hortensia Calvo (WNBA-New Orleans) to the “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series!
Power Behind the WNBA: Karen Kersting
The member diversity in the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Karen Kersting (WNBA-New Orleans) to the “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. Since arriving in the city in 1982, I refer to […]
The New Kid on the Block: Gaining and Retaining New Members
When I was growing up, we moved about every five years. That meant I was always the “new kid on the block” and the new kid in grammar school, junior high, and high school. Always entering a room, a group, an activity filled with people who had known each other for a long time and […]
The Power Behind the WNBA: Nicole Eiden, New Orleans
The member diversity in the WNBA makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Nicole Eiden (WNBA-New Orleans) to the “Power behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. I am a poet and filmmaker interested in exploring the challenges and beauty […]
WNBA-New Orleans Celebrates National Reading Group Month
On November 3, the New Orleans Chapter celebrated National Reading Group Month at the Xavier University of Louisiana Library. Before introducing the event’s two illustrious authors, Past-President Marie Breaux said with a laugh, “New Orleanians are allowed to be fashionably late.” Fitting with the program’s theme, “The Art of Biography,” the two speakers, Clare Coss […]
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! South Florida Congratulations to Lee Ravine on the publication of her new novel, Villa Paraiso. Villa Paraiso reveals the secrets and lies hidden behind […]
The Power behind the WNBA: Anne Babson, New Orleans
The member diversity in the WNBA makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Anne Babson (New Orleans) to the “Power behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. My name is Anne Babson, and I’m a member of the WNBA-New Orleans […]
Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction
On Saturday evening, October 6, 2018, WNBA New Orleans presented the annual Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center in New Orleans. The event recognizes two writers for Distinguished Body of Work and for Debut Novel in the crime fiction genre. The prizes were created in 2012 […]