Happy Labor Day Weekend, Scribblers!
Please mark your calendars for Friday, September 15th, when Brad Kuhn and Darlyn Finch will give a poetry reading at Urban Think! Bookstore at 7 pm. Come at 6 for cocktails and stay after 8 for the post-poetry-party. It's gonna get hot in Thornton Park!
Celebrations:
Check out Curtis Meyer's elegy for Will's Pub. Those of us who were lucky enough to watch his heartfelt reading of this article onstage at Will's last call will want to clip and save it. Those who didn't - run, don't walk - to pick up an Orlando Sentinel for Saturday, September 2nd, and read New Voices on page A-21. Well said, Curtis!
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In commemoration of the great Palm Beach Hurricane of 1928, Taylor Trade Publishing announces the publication of the paperback edition of Killer 'cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928 by Robert Mykle. The September 16, 1928 hurricane was the second deadliest natural disaster in American History, taking the lives of nearly 3,000 people in Palm Beach County, FL. Robert will be doing a seven city book tour in September and October. The book price is $16.95 for 320 pages and 20 black and white photos.
Contact Rowman and Littlefield Publishing at http://www.rlpgtrade.com or Robert Mykle at http://www.RobertMykle.com
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The Wild Rose Press is having a Grand Opening of its Bookstore with a Cyber Celebration on Sunday evening, September 10th beginning at 8 pm EST. To learn more and join the fun, go to http://www.thewildrosepress.com and follow the instructions to the chat room.
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Scribblers Sharing Info:
Lisa Taylor of the Osceola Library System wants us to know that free, conversational English classes are available at the Hart Memorial Central Library in historic downtown Kissimmee. For more information, please telephone the Adult Literary League at 407-422-1540.
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On Wednesday, September 6th, the Florida Writers Association's Orlando Chapter hosts a presentation by award-winning childrens' author Marlin Houser. Houser will speak about starting your Childrens' Book Writing Career from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the University Club of Winter Park, at the corner of Park Avenue and Webster. For more info, contact Tom Wallace at tommyflorida@earthlink.net or 407-332-0122.
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Mike Whisenant writes: The next meeting of the Newbies Group is Friday, September 15th, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Maitland Arts Center, 903 Packwood. 407-538-1111.
What's Happening:
Friday, September 8th:
Sarah Mlynowski, author of See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Chick Lit, will sign books at 6:30 pm at Urban Think! Bookstore, 625 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, 407-650-8004.
Saturday, September 9th:
Patricia Griffin, author of Gaia's Revolt - The Day Tomorrow Never Came, will sign books from noon - 4 pm at Urban Think! Bookstore, 625 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, 407-650-8004.
Jan Day and Janeen Mason, author and illustrator of Pirate Pink; Treasures of the Reef; and Kissimmee Pete, Cracker Cow Hunter; will sign books from 1-3 pm at Barnes and Noble, 7900 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-345-8561.
Shane Evans, author of No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance, and Free at Last!: Stories and Song of Emancipation, will sign books from 1-3 pm at Urban Think! Bookstore, 625 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, 407-650-8004.
Carlos Jones, author of The Dragon Empress, will sign books at 7 pm at Barnes and Noble, 7900 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-345-8561
Sunday, September 24th:
L. Diane Wolf, author of The Circle of Friends, will sign books from 2-4 pm at Barnes and Noble, 7900 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando, 407-345-8561.
Tuesday, September 26th:
Brad Kuhn, winner of the 2006 Thomas Burnett Swann/Revelry Poetry Prize, will be the featured poet at Tuesday Voices at 7:30 pm at the Sanford campus of Seminole Community College, with open mic to follow.
Wednesday, September 27th:
Mitch Ablom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Five People You Meet in Heaven, and For One More Day, will sign books at 10 am at Barnes and Noble, 481 N. Alafaya Trail, Orlando, 407-275-1765.
Orlando Poetry Group will read and discuss poems at 7 pm at Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 N. Thornton Avenue, Orlando, 407-362-1864.
Saturday, October 7th:
Poet Terry Godbey will read at 7 pm at Urban Think! Bookstore from her collection, Behind Every Door, winner of the 19th Slipstream Poetry Chapbook contest.
Calls for Submissions:
Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards announces a short story competition in Romance, Mystery/Crime Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller/Suspense, and Horror. The deadline is November 1, 2006. For more info, go to: http://www.writersdigest.com
Thanks for your attention!
Darlyn Finch
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