Showing posts with label St. Louis Literary Consortium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Louis Literary Consortium. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Sunday's 5-store Holiday Book Fair features local authors, book signings

Checking your list? Checking it twice? Books make great gifts, and there’ll be plenty of chances to shop ’til you drop at the St. Louis Literary Consortium’s Second Annual Holiday Book Fair. 

From noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, the Book Fair will feature the works of local writers at five locations around the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.
So come out and join in the holiday fun. Shop at your neighborhood bookstore, browse at one of the newer bookstores in the area, or visit all five!
Author Signing Schedule
All on the Same Page Bookstore - 11052 Olive Blvd. Creve Coeur, MO 63141
12 – 1:30pm | TW Fendley, author of Zero Time
1:30 – 3pm | Elaine Abramson, author of From Fat to Fabulous: A Diet Guide for Restaurant Lovers
3 – 4:30pm | Peter Green, author of Crimes of Design

StlBooks - 100 W Jefferson Ave, Kirkwood, MO 63122
12 – 1:30pm | Denise Elam Dauw, author of If Music be the Food of Love
1:30 – 3pm | Scott L. Miller, author of Counterfeit
3 – 4:30pm | Ned Randle, author of Running at Night

The Book House – 7352 Manchester Blvd. Maplewood, MO 63143
12 – 1:30pm | Claire Applewhite, author of Tennessee Plates
1:30 – 3pm | Kevin Killeen, author of Never Hug a Nun
3 – 4:30pm | Kristina Makansi, author of The Sowing

Holiday Book Fair displays will also showcase the work of St. Louis writers at the following stores:
* Subterranean Books – 6275 Delmar Boulevard, University City
* Main Street Books – 307 S. Main Street, St. Charles
The St. Louis Literary Consortium, formed in 2012, is an alliance of literary organizations whose purpose is to promote the literary arts in the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area. St. Louis Writers Guild is a member of the Literary Consortium.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Holiday Book Fair at Left Bank Books - This Weekend!

 
St. Louis Literary Consortium
 
Holiday Book Fair
at Left Bank Books

November 9-11, 2012
Left Bank Books – Central West End
399 N. Euclid, St. Louis, MO
63108

 
The newly organized Saint Louis Literary Consortium is pleased to announce their first joint event to be held in conjunction with Left Bank Books. The event will host publishers and featured authors on the weekend of November 9, 10, and 11 at Left Bank Books’ Central West End location, 399 North Euclid Ave, 63108. While books from each of the organizations will be available the full three days, featured authors will be present for signings at various times throughout the weekend. (Store hours are: Friday and Saturday – 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; Sunday – 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.) A list of featured books and scheduled authors will be posted on member websites before the event.

“Saint Louis has a long and rich literary history, and this event is a way to celebrate continuing that tradition of excellence. We’re delighted that Left Bank Books is hosting us and giving us the opportunity to showcase local publishers and authors just in time for the holiday shopping season,” said Winnie Sullivan, Executive Director of PenUltimate Press. “For readers who love small presses and who want to support local authors—and local booksellers—this will be a great weekend.”

“This is just the first event that our new group has in the works as we come together as publishers and organizations to promote the literary arts in the Greater Saint Louis area,” Nancy Hughes of the St. Louis Poetry Center said. Along with the St. Louis Poetry Center and the St. Louis Writers Guild, participating organizations include Blank Slate Press, PenUltimate Press, Stonebrook Publishing, and Walrus Publishing.


This holiday season give the gift with a St. Louis touch, support your local authors!

 
Over 40 Participating Authors!
Several of whom have been featured on The Writers’ Lens.

Qiu Xiaolong *
Mary Ellen Havard*
Tullia Hamilton *
Catherine Rankovic
Matt Freeman *
Curtis Comer *
Angie Fox
TW Fendley
Cole Gibsen *
Brad R. Cook *
Peter Green *
Linda Austin
Claire Applewhite *
Leigh Savage *
Brenda Neubauer *
Liz Maloney *
Faye Adams *
Bill Adams*
Pat Bubash *
Bruce Lucas *
Robin Tidwell*
Steve Weigenstein*
Jean Ellen Whatley *
Hannie J. Voyles
Vicki Bennington *
Daniel Brannan *
Loretta Goebel *
Kelli Allen *
Wanita Zumbrunnen*
Denise McCormick Baich*
Steven Schroeder*
Mary Ruth Donnelly*
Jennifer Fandel
Susan Grigsby
Niki Nymark *
John S. Tieman
Marjorie Stelmach
Glendall Wallace
Drucilla Wall
Eamonn Wall

* indicates the author is having a book signing

 

Holiday Book Fair Schedule

Friday, November 9, 2012

2pm to 4pm
            Brenda Neubauer
            Wanita Zumbrunnen

4pm to 6pm
            Robin Tidwell
            Bruce Lucas

6pm to 8pm
            Jean Ellen Whatley
            Leigh Savage
            Denise McCormick Baich

7pm to 8pm
            Mary Ellen Havard


Saturday, November 10, 2012

10am to Noon
            Matt Freeman and Curtis Comer
            Marcel Toussaint
            Cole Gibsen

12pm to 2pm
            Vicki Bennington
            Daniel Brannan
            Loretta Goebel
            Steve Weigenstein

1pm to 3pm
            Qui Xiaolong

2pm to 4pm
            Claire Applewhite
            Steven Schroeder
            Niki Nymark

4pm to 6pm
            Peter Green
            Pat Bubash


Sunday, November 11, 2012

11am to 1pm
            Brad R. Cook
            Mary Ruth Donnelly

1pm to 3pm
            Faye & Billy Adams
            Liz Moloney

3pm to 4pm
            Mary Ellen Havard

3pm to 5pm
            Tullia Hamilton
            Kelli Allen

See you at Left Bank Books!



Brad R. Cook is a historical fantasy author and President of St. Louis Writers Guild. Please visit www.bradrcook.com or follow me on Twitter @bradrcook

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