5 posts from month 04/2013

‘Hawaii’s Last Queen” Julia Flynn Siler to speak on Sunday, May 19th

We are delighted to welcome New York Times Bestselling Author Julia Flynn Siler to our Speaker Series! Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure brings to life the clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and expanding capitalist powers. At the center of the story is Lili’uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. The story begins around 200 ...

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Write Angles May 2013

Dear Readers of Write Angles, CWC-BB's monthly newsletter, May's issue has poetry, a book review, important membership information, fun facts, humor, tips on how to organize your writing time, the winner of our monthly writers' contest, a little bit of history, an article on the publishing industry, member news, and more. WA's monthly contest is taking a hiatus and will not be in the June ...

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Protected: Board Meeting Minutes 3/16/13

Announcement: Jack London Award winner is Linda Brown!!! Reports NorCal – Kathleen updated us on NorCal activities, assured us that the librarian said we could use the storage closet at the library where our meetings are as soon as they make us a key, and let us know that the Litquake people seemed very open to the Berkeley Branch proposing to have a spot on Litcrawl. Committee volunteers? ...

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See You Sunday! Featuring dynamic duo Lloyd Lofthouse and Alon Shalev.

We're so proud to feature our very own Lloyd Lofthouse as our speaker this Sunday. Lloyd, the author of the award-winning My Splendid Concubine historical novels and much more, has years of experience in successful self-publishing. He is also a generous mentor to the club, keeping up the club's marketing blog as a dual member of two branches. But wait, there's more! Alon Shalev, author of five ...

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April Write Angles

This is no April Fool's trick. This is truly the April issue of Write Angles. Enjoy! Write Angles_April-2013.pdf

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