On September 24, in the Trophy Room from 12:30-2 p.m., the following writers will read from their latest books. They are members of a group of Bay Area women writers (WOMBA, see below). After the reading, the bookstore will be facilitating a book sale, and even better--refreshments will be served.
Word of Mouth Bay Area Presents
Word of Mouth Bay Area is a group of traditionally published women writers. Novelists, poets, playwrights, non-fiction writers and memoirists, we are also columnists, bloggers, journalists. We've been "picked" by Booksense, Barnes and Noble, The New York Times and The San Francisco Chronicle. We've been translated into at least twenty-five languages.
*Catherine Brady, The Mechanics of Falling, short story collection, end of February 2009
Recipient of the 2002 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for Curled in the Bed of Love, Catherine Brady reads from her stunning new collection.
*Susan Freinkel, American Chestnut, non-fiction, paperback release March 2009
Susan Freinkel's award-winning and highly praised chronicle of the history and fate of "a perfect tree" reads from the first book on an ecological catastrophe to profoundly reshape the American landscape and the way we think about the natural world.
*Meg Waite Clayton, The Wednesday Sisters, novel, paperback release May 5
Meg Waite Clayton's delightful and moving national bestseller, The Wednesday Sisters, is coming out in paperback. "Meg Waite Clayton's stirring novel will appeal ... to anyone with a love of great books; anyone who has felt truly moved by a book or an author; and anyone who has had their dreams bolstered by good and faithful friends." - Bronwyn Miller, BookReporter
*Linda Himelstein, The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire, historical narrative nonfiction, May 12, 2009
Award-winning journalist Linda Himelstein, former Silicon Valley Bureau Chief for Business Week who has written for publications such The Wall Street Journal, brings us the fascinating rage-to-riches story of the Smirnov vodka family, set amid the Russia of Tolstoy, Chekhov, and the last Tsars.
*Michelle Richmond, No One You Know, novel, paperback release May 19, 2009
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Michelle Richmond reads from the new paperback release of her latest gripping and lyrical page-turner. In a starred review, Booklist lauds the book as “Thoroughly riveting… thoughtfully explores family dynamics, the ripple effects of tragedy, and the importance of the stories we tell.”
*Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, Love in Translation, novel forthcoming, fall 2009
Jazz vocalist and Japanese karaoke singer Wendy Nelson Tokunaga is also a prize-winning and much-praised author whose Love in Translation is part mystery, part love story and all heart.
*Jessica Barksdale Inclán, Intimate Beings, October 2008; Believe in Me, re-issue September 2009
National bestseller and prolific romance and contemporary author Jessica Inclán brings us the magical second book in her second romance trilogy.
