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Spend April exploring female voices in poetry like Rupi Kaur (@rupikaur_), Victoria Chang (@VChangPoet), Maya Angelou (@DrMayaAngelou), or Edna St. Vincent Millay (@FinchinABQ) to name just a few.
It's #NationalReadingGroupMonth, and we're celebrating with the 2022 Great Group Reads!
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We're hosting a writing webinar today with @JoanGelfand. Free for WNBA members (email [email protected]), only $10 for nonmembers.
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Find the friend or the loved ones who can't get enough of hearing your stories. It's time to start sharing.
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Join us next month for Spring/Summer picks from Park Road Books! Owner Sally Brewster will present her recommendations! Enjoy wine & cheese 🍷 🧀 conversation, & leave w/a curated list of choice titles! Mon., May 9th, 6:30pm est. at @ParkRoadBooks
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Find that special someone who challenges you. Pull your tiles. Open your imagination. Let National Scrabble Day take you on an adventure.
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Give back today and encourage an up and coming writer. Be the #mentor you had or wish you could have met. It's never too early to start showing the next generation the power of words!
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Help us celebrate children's books and #writers. Take the time to rediscover what made childhood magical.
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Every year we set aside a week to remember what's truly magical.
It's that time of year. The clocks have been reset. The roses are in bloom. It's time to fall back in love with your local library. There is no such thing as too small or too niche when it comes to libraries.
We'll be talking to Carolyn Holbrook, author of the 2020 Great Group Reads selection "Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify," about her career and her passion for using writing to heal. All are welcome! Register on Zoom:
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ALT WNBA Author Talk with Carolyn Holbrook, May 6 at 8:30 pm ET. Carolyn is a middle-aged Black woman with graying, medium-length dreads, who is wearing glasses and smiling.
TONIGHT at 7:30 pm EST, we are talking to bestselling author Christina Baker Kline, author of "The Exiles" and "Orphan Train." All are welcome!
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Last Chance! Enter the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest today! Submit your fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or flash prose by 11:59 pm PT.
There's still time to submit your writing — #fiction, #cerativenonfiction, #flashprose, #poetry — in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest. Deadline extended until December 10!! wnba-books.org/contest
ALT WNBA Writing Contest Last Call December 10