We are excited about upcoming WNBA events! We have events for members only and some that are open to non-members as well.

The WNBA provides regular programming at the national level and through our chapters. During the coronavirus pandemic, all events are virtual.

If you are a member, you can join our Bookwoman Book Club, which reads books from the Great Group Reads lists. See what we’re reading in the next few months!

Details for WNBA-National events, such as Zoom links and passwords, are sent out through our Bookwoman Event emails and are posted in our Facebook groups (Bookwoman Book Club and WNBA Talks Books) or on our WNBA Facebook page.

Login information for Chapter events will be sent out by the chapters.

Not all events hosted by Chapters are posted here. Check your Chapter’s website or newsletter for chapter-only events.

We hope you’ll join us!

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Join Us for WNBA Events

Love & War: two historical romance authors discuss writing love stories set during times of chaos

WNBA-Nashville is thrilled to welcome historical romance authors Kristy Cambron and J’nell Ciesielski.

Kristy Cambron is a bestselling, award-winning author of historical fiction, including her bestselling debut, The Butterfly and the Violin. Learn more at her website www.kristycambron.com.

With a passion for heart-stopping adventure and sweeping love stories, J’nell Ciesielski weaves fresh takes into romances of times gone by. Learn more at her website www.jnellciesielski.com.

Meeting ID: 841 0821 7684
Passcode: 682503

Women Leaders in Digital Publishing Panel

Join WNBA-Boston’s panel of women leaders in digital publishing to learn about their companies and careers, and to hear insights into the digital marketplace. We’ll talk about how they reached their current positions, what they focus on in their roles, what advice they’d give to women looking to break into the publishing industry, particularly on the digital side — and of course, what trends they’re seeing in the digital part of the publishing industry, especially during lockdown.

Speakers to include Ali Hammond, Account Manager for audiobook retailer Chirp; Tara Cremin, Director of Kobo Writing Life; and Christine Sikule, Director of Sales Strategy and Analytics at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Moderated by Annie Stone, WNBA-Boston Chapter President and Publisher Relations Lead at BookBub/Chirp.

Novel Picks for Spring and Beyond: Our Spring Book & Author Panel 

WNBA-Charlotte will talk with three authors of stand-out trade paperback novels, plus a publishing insider who will give insight and advice on the trade fiction sales and marketing of today.

BOOK RAFFLE! Three lucky attendees will each get a panelist’s novel, compliments of the chapter!

Moderator: Carin Sigfried

Panelists:

Sarah Archer

Madi Sinhai

Sophie Sullivan

WNBA-SF Pitch-O-Rama Plus!

Pitch-O-Rama delivers the 4 Ps that lead to publication.

POLISH. You’ve polished your manuscript. Now polish your pitch with our pre-pitch coaches

PITCH. We’ve assembled top agents and publishers for all genres

PROMOTE. Power up with social media 

PARTICIPATE in a Q&A Panel. Secrets to Successful Book Marketing

= PUBLICATION

What Goes into Writing a Novel?  

What goes into writing a novel?  Where will the story take you?

WNBA-South Florida and the National League of American Pen Women invite you to a joint Zoom program.

Join us as our panelists, Penelope Love, Marleen Pasch, Linda Rosen, and Carol White go “Behind the Scenes of the Novel,” and discuss the components and structure of the novels they write and publish.  

Save the Zoom link below. We look forward to seeing you.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89017865176

Meeting ID: 890 1786 5176

WNBA Connects: A Networking Event

Let’s get to know our fellow members across the country!

At this event, you’ll get to meet WNBA members from across the country. You’ll be able to share about ourselves and learn about our fellow members.

Space is limited to 10 people. After the first 10 people to sign up, a wait list will start for our next networking event.

Women in Poetry’s Future

Join the WNBA-DC in a discussion with three young poets about their inspiration, their aspirations, and the future of poetry.

Speakers:

Alora Young, 2020 youth poet laureate of Nashville

Sophia Falco, recent UC Santa Cruz graduate who believes poetry has the immense potential to create a change of heart regarding the perception of those who struggle with bipolar disorder—herself included.

Megha Sood, multi-award-winner, first chapbook coming out from Finishing Line Press

They’ll read, offer insights about inspiration, and talk about poetry elements.

Journaling Lunch ‘N’ Learn

If you love journaling – or want to journal more, better, or with more purpose – this event is for you!

Whether it’s for your mental, physical, or creative well-being, the reasons for journaling are endless. And for writers … journaling serves as a jumping off point for ideas, projects, and opportunities,

To get the most out of your journaling practice, join authors Debra Eckerling and Nita Sweeney for a Lunch N Learn for the Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco Chapter, on April 23 at 12pm PT.

Debra Eckerling is the author of Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning, and Achieving Your Goals, founder of the D*E*B METHOD, and founder and host of Write On Online, the #GoalChat Twitter Chat, and #GoalChatLive on Facebook. 

Nita Sweeney is the award-winning wellness author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brinkand co-creator of the writing journal, You Should Be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving.

How to Solve a Cozy Mystery: Author Panel

We’re going to dive deep into what makes a cozy mystery, and how you write one with our panels of authors. We’re very excited to bring this author talk together and make it available to all of the members of the Women’s National Book Association. 

Panelists:

V.M. Burns

Sherry Harris

Mia Manansala

Shari Randall

Abby Vandiver (Abby Collette)

WNBA Author Talk: Angie Kim

Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek, will be talking to Julie Frey, WNBA communications & events chair, and we couldn’t be more excited!

Angie Kim is the debut author of the international bestseller Miracle Creek, named a “Best Book of the Year” by Time, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and The Today Show, among others.

A Korean immigrant, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, and one of Variety Magazine’s inaugural “10 Storytellers to Watch,” Kim has written for Vogue, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Glamour, and numerous literary journals. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and three sons.

Winner of:
Edgar Award for First Novel
ITW Thriller Award
Strand Critics Award
Pinckley Prize

Spring Poetry Mixer

WNBA-SF member poets are experts in the realm of keeping it real and wonderful. As we prepare to transition to a new normal, let’s mix it up with fellow WNBA members. 

Let’s inhale some poetry for a breath of fresh air, a dose of spring renewal, and a menu of inspiration!

Join poets Lucille Lang Day, Sheryl Bize-Boutte, Joan Gelfand, Athena Kashyap, Dr. Jeanne Powell, and Iris Jamal Dunkle to toast the last day of National Poetry month, a finale to a grand national celebration. Let’s recognize women in the world of words.

On tap: spoken word poetry, an award winning poetry film, and a mix of words.

Bring a mixed drink or a mocktail. We will have break-out rooms so members can mix and mingle with long-time and new members!

WNBA Author Talk: Carolyn Holbrook

Author and educator Carolyn Holbrook joins us to talk about her book, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify: Essays, her career, and the power of creative writing to heal and challenge racism.

Holbrook’s personal essays tackle an array of topics from life as a single mother to her many professional accomplishments and from racism and discrimination to the importance of finding your voice.  She tells the story of her own triumphant survival in a world that knocked her down over and over again.

“Carolyn Holbrook’s remarkable book testifies to the power of the arts to heal her own life traumas, both historical and more recent. We see and hear her learn to speak up, and to claim space, in a world designed to keep silent or remove people like her.” —Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

“The memoir of Twin Cities writer Carolyn Holbrook is one of fortitude and resilience. . . . During a time when this country seems to be in the midst of a historic reckoning, Holbrook’s story should be read as more than a memoir. She sets out to personalize and underscore the resilience that goes into surviving and thriving without resources.” —Star Tribune

Agents, Editors, The Pitch Letter

About to start, or finish, that manuscript? Join us to hear what two agents and two editors look for in a pitch or query letter. 

The panelists will clarify what elements and information are most important, What Matters to agents, to editors as they review pitch (or “query”) letters, especially for works of fiction or memoir. What ammunition can help an author “sell” their work to an agent? Help an agent sell a writer’s work to a publisher? Help an editor “sell” that book to the acquisition committee?

April Book Club (chapter)

We’ll have our virtual book club. For May, we’ll be reading an Agatha Christie mystery.

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Attend

If you’d like to attend a WNBA event, please follow the direction found in each event.

If you aren’t a WNBA member, but you would like to attend some of our members-only events, you can join at any time!

We have chapters across the country, and our Network membership is perfect for anyone who does not live near one of our chapter cities.

Participate

If you’d like to be part of a panel or author talk or give a webinar or workshop, please simply email Julie at communications [at] wnba-books.org.

Check Back Soon for More WNBA Events

New events are coming, so check back soon. All event details are sent via our Bookwoman event emails, so make sure you are signed up.

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