WNBA Events Calendar

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.

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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June 2

26th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture with Bestselling YA Author Nicola Yoon

6:00 pm PT

Free On Zoom

Co-hosted by WNBA-San Francisco & the San Francisco Public Library

YA author Nicola Yoon will present in conversation with author YA author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and teen librarian Connie Lin. New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon has taken the young adult world by storm over the past few years. Her magical young adult love story The Sun Is Also a Star, was made into a popular 2019 film. She has also written the acclaimed Everything, Everything, which was filmed in 2017. Her latest novel, Instructions for Dancing, was published in 2021.

Yoon is the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list. Her books are not only popular, they are critically acclaimed. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient, and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. She was born in Jamaica, and she immigrated to New York City at age 11. Yoon’s talk focuses on the rich diversity, and the challenges, of the immigrant experience, as seen through her own and her characters’ lenses.

This lecture is sponsored by the Main Children’s Center and the African American Center, in partnership with the Friends of the SF Public Library and the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter. WNBA–San Francisco was founded in 1968 by the groundbreaking Black librarian Effie Lee Morris.A leader in advocacy for women, people of color, and the disabled, Ms. Morris was Coordinator of Children and Youth Services for the San Francisco Public Library, having previously opened avenues for success for Black and visually impaired readers in Cleveland and New York Public Libraries.In 1996, the WNBA-SF Chapter established the annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture Series to honor their founder.

Register: https://on.sfpl.org/ELM_2022

Join our monthly accountability group! The group meets the first Friday of the month to share goals, wins, information, and ideas. This group aims to support members as they focus on and work toward their professional goals. This group is open to all WNBA members no matter what your profession is. And if you don’t know what your goals are yet, we might be able to help you figure them out!

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WNBA-Metro Atlanta’s June book club pick is Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus! We can’t wait to discuss this amazing debut novel! Join us!

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After 2 years of virtual annual meetings for our national organization, we are going hybrid! Some of our national board members will gather in Nashville, while the rest will join online. All members are welcome to join us as we go over chapter and committee reports and plan for our 2022/2023 membership year. If you have questions, email communications@wnba-books.org.

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Jeannette Winterson’s riveting, unconventional memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal, tells of her childhood as the adopted daughter in a Pentecostal family with a mother incapable of loving. By turns funny and heartbreaking, this is an episodic narrative of a journey beyond abuse to a search for love and belonging.To join the Bookwoman Book Club, email Julie at communications@wnba-books.org and include which chapter you belong to.

Join WNBA-Nashville for our discussion of the sci-fi book Project Hail Mary. Written by the bestselling author of The Martian, this book takes you on a roller coaster ride of an adventure as a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science. Email nashville@wnba-books.org for more info.

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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.

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