NEXT MEETING: SATURDAY, June 16, 2012
Catherine Brady on Revisions
Just in time to inspire us before our summer break, Catherine M. Brady, Academic Director and Professor at USF, will speak on revisions. Brady is the author of Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction (2010), as well as three short story collections: The End of the Class War (1999), finalist for the 2000 Western States Book Award; Curled in the Bed of Love (2003), winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction; and The Mechanics of Falling (2009), winner of the Northern California Book Award for Fiction. She has also written a biography, Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres: Deciphering the Ends of DNA (2007). Visit her website at www.catherinebradyauthor.com.
Tri-Valley Member News
Shannon Brown publishes debut novel
Rock ’N Roll in Locker Seventeen by Shannon Brown placed in the first round of book pitches in a recent Amazon contest. Now Shannon has published her book through Lucky 17 Publishing Company. It’s available on Amazon CreateSpace, Kindle, and Smashwords.
Ann Parker, Penny Warner at Livermore Library
Ann Parker, CWC Tri-Valley member, will be paired with Penny Warner, both Agatha Award nominees, in the Friends Authors and Arts Series at the Livermore Civic Center Library, 1188 South Livermore Avenue, on Thursday, May 10, at 7:00 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Camille Minichino and Ann Parker present mystery book club
Camille Minichino and Ann Parker will facilitate a new mystery book club at Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street Pleasanton, beginning Tuesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. Meetings will be held the third Tuesday of each month. Contact Towne Center Books at (925) 846-8826 or townecenterbooks@sbcglobal.netfor more details.
