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SUMMARY:ReadersMagnet Book Confab San Francisco: An Endless Pursuit of Spreading the Art of Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:This year\, ReadersMagnet will once again host ReadersMagnet Book Confab – its original and innovative pop-up event for storytellers and book lovers. More than just a gathering of book enthusiasts\, the event allows writers to build their brand and connect with their readers. Following its resounding success on the East Coast\, ReadersMagnet will bring its second Book Confab to San Francisco\, California. ReadersMagnet Book Confab San Francisco will run from April 28 to 30\, 2023\, at 1086 Howard St.\, San Francisco\, CA. \nIt is no coincidence that San Francisco\, California’s Golden State\, is the most strategic venue to stage the event. ReadersMagnet Book Confab will unite authors\, publishers\, librarians\, and academics in the bright and sunny Golden State\, where culture\, art\, and literature converge. \nTake the chance to learn\, network\, and celebrate the art of storytelling. Join us and be part of another literary milestone at ReadersMagnet Book Confab San Francisco. Learn more about ReadersMagnet Book Confab San Francisco by calling us at 1-800-805-0762. You may also send us an email at info@readersmagnet.com. For more details\, visit www.readersmagnet.com.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/readersmagnet-book-confab-san-francisco-an-endless-pursuit-of-spreading-the-art-of-storytelling/
LOCATION:Studio 1086\, 1086 Howard St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:FESTIVAL: ReadersMagnet returns at the L.A. Times Festival of Books this 2023
DESCRIPTION:Self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet is excited to exhibit again at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The book festival will take place on April 22-23\, 2023\, at the University of Southern California (USC) University Park Campus. \nIt will be ReadersMagnet’s fourth time (including the digital edition in 2020) to exhibit at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. As usual\, we will bring over hundreds of new and exciting titles by up-and-coming and established authors\, as well as authors for meet-and-greet sessions\, which are something that you should check out at our exhibit booth no. 225. \nWe invite you to visit our booth at the L.A. Times Festival of Books for stories that could be written by YOU! Come and interact with authors that you may have never heard of yet whose stories will not only inspire but also resonate. Let’s celebrate the written word together and create unforgettable moments. \nFor questions or more information\, call 1-800-805-0762 or email us at info@readersmagnet.com. You could also visit www.readersmagnet.com for more info.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/festival-readersmagnet-returns-at-the-l-a-times-festival-of-books-this-2023/
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SUMMARY:APRIL IS POETRY MONTH ON HORNBY ISLAND
DESCRIPTION:Here’s an exciting event you won’t want to miss—eight poets on one stage. Eight! Featured poet is Nicole Tritter who wowed the audience last year by dancing her poetry. Or did she speak her dance? \nPoets include Elaine Savoie\, Petra Chambers\, Cornelia Hoogland\, Sussan Thomson\, Jennifer Lee\, Kim June Johnson\, Bernice Friesen and Nicole Tritter. \nSponsored by the League of Canadian Poets\, Poetry Hornby Island\, Hornby Arts and Tiamat: Judith Lawrence (Thank You).
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/april-is-poetry-month-on-hornby-island/
LOCATION:Poetry Hornby Island\, 5255 Seawright Road\, Hornby Island\, BC\, V0R 1Z0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Poetry Hornby Island Cornelia Hoogland":MAILTO:chooglan@uwo.ca
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SUMMARY:Interview: Eleanor Catton in Conversation with Bill Richardson
DESCRIPTION:Eleanor Catton makes a highly anticipated return to the Vancouver Writers Fest with her first novel since The Luminaries was published a decade ago; the mysterious\, intricately structured tale sold 1.5 million copies worldwide\, and made her the youngest ever winner of the Booker Prize. Now\, Catton plunges readers into the world of a gripping new page-turner. Probe the urgent political issues of our times at this Vancouver Writers Fest Special Event\, featuring a literary thriller that Stephen King has called “as good as it gets.” \nBirnam Wood is a fast-paced\, character-driven\, psychologically penetrating work of climate fiction that explores the tense encounter between Birnam Wood—an internally conflicted guerrilla gardening collective\, whose members plant crops on land they don’t own—and an American billionaire who intends to use his newly purchased plot of New Zealand farmland to build an apocalypse bunker. With a title inspired by Macbeth\, Birnam Wood aims Shakespearean wit and drama at our various contemporary crises. \nCome and discover the book that the Globe and Mail\, The Guardian\, Maclean’s\, Vogue\, Kirkus Reviews and more have named one of the most anticipated of 2023. Catton joins award-winning author and esteemed moderator Bill Richardson on Saturday\, March 11 for an incisive conversation about greed\, power\, and reckoning with our global existential threat. \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Upstart & Crow.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/eleanor-catton-in-conversation-with-bill-richardson/
LOCATION:Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre\, 950 W 41st Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5Z 2N7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Writers Fest":MAILTO:info@writersfest.bc.ca
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SUMMARY:SCWES BOOK AWARDS FOR BC AUTHORS 2023: SUBMISSIONS OPEN
DESCRIPTION:New in 2023 is the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards offering prizes in fiction\, non-fiction and poetry in traditional and independent publishing streams. \nThere will be a first-prize winner in each category announced at the Annual Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival. \n$100 will be awarded for the first-place winner as follows:\nTraditionally published books:\n– Fiction\n– Nonfiction\n– Poetry\nIndie published books (includes hybrid):\n– Fiction\n– Nonfiction\n– Poetry\nFor a total of six $100 awards. \nEach entry receives comments from a judge\, including areas of excellence and areas for improvement. \nEntries for the 2023 SCWES Awards will open March 1\, 2023. \nRULES \n\nBooks must be published between January 2021 and May 30\, 2023.\nBooks must be submitted in book form by midnight May 30\, 2023.\nSubmissions will be rated by a member of the judging committee.\nEntries with outstanding merit in each category will be shortlisted.\nThe shortlist will be announced July 1\, 2023.\n\nFinalist Selection \n\nAll shortlisted titles will be submitted to all judges and all entrants will be informed.\nAll entrants will receive judges’ comments of each title submitted.\nThree finalists will be selected in each category. Finalists will be announced August 1\, 2023.\n\nWinner’s Selection \n\nFinalists will be rated by two judges.\nWinning entries will be announced at the Annual Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival\, August 17-20\, 2023.\nJudges may enter their book(s) in the contest but may not judge in the same category that their book(s) is entered in.\n\nPRIZES \nThe first-prize winners will receive cash prizes. \nAll entries will receive:\nComments from a member of the Selection Committee. \nShortlisted authors will receive:\nA certificate “Shortlisted for the SCWES Book Award 2023” or “Shortlisted for the SCWES Independent Book Award”\, as appropriate.\n100 stickers for the book’s cover.\nInclusion on the SCWES website with a link to the author’s or publisher’s website. \nFinalists receive:\nA certificate “Finalist for the SCWES Book Award 2023” or ”Finalist for the SCWES Independent Book Award 2023”\, as appropriate.\n100 stickers for the book’s cover.\nInclusion in a list in the Annual SCWES Art & Words Anthology.\nAn invitation to participate in a reading event during the Annual SCWES Art & Words Festival.\nPlacement in book sales area during the Festival.\nA comment from each of the two finalist judges\, if they are finalists. \nWinners receive:\nThe prizes above and one-year membership in SCWES. \nFEE\n$50 per fiction or non-fiction\, $20 or poetry book entry (etransfer to sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com\, or cheque made payable to SCWES) \nThe Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society was founded in 2021 as a non-profit organization. Our group includes about 75 members living on the Sunshine Coast. SCWES promotes literary arts\, provides a forum for local writers to develop their craft within the community\, and sponsors events such as the Annual Art & Words Festival\, NaNoWriMo\, and 100 Years of Writers on the Sunshine Coast\, among others. \nSUBMISSIONS\nMail a copy of each book to: 787 Madison Place\, Gibsons\, BC V0N 1V1.\nCopies cannot be returned. \nEVALUATIONS\nSCWES judges rate all books and provide comments for the author. The cost is included in the submission fee.\nThe opinions and recommendations in the evaluations are those of SCWES judges and are solicited by the author having entered the contest.\nAll content of comments and ratings will not be disclosed without prior permission of the author.\nThe author may use judges’ comments given for both personal or promotional purposes. \nQuestions? Email sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/scwes-book-awards-for-bc-authors-2023/
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SUMMARY:Freedom to Read Week
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