Author, Erica Miner & Ann Arbor Book Festival on The Michigan Literary Network Radio Show Today @ 5pm

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Today we have
lined up great

literary talent of poets and authors to connect and educate you!

Erica
Miner

Author of Travels With My Lovers

Fiction Prize Winner,
Direct from the Author Book Awards

http://www.ericaminer.com

 

Author – Screenwriter – Lecturer

Novelist, Screenwriter, Poet, Lecturer Erica Miner has a passion for writing! In a series of interviews and articles found in these web pages, she explains her writing process and how music, poetry and her life experiences have affected her writing. Her highly intuitive writing runs the gamut of emotions, reflecting her own life’s experiences.

 

 

http://www.aabookfestival.org/

 

 

This year’s festival! May 15-17, 2009 <!– –>   <!– <! var randomNumber=Math.floor(Math.random()*4)+1 var imageSelection switch (randomNumber) { case 1: imageSelection=’lincoln’; break; case 2: imageSelection=’marx’; break; case 3: imageSelection=’lamour’; break; case 4: imageSelection=’seinfeld’; break; } document.write(‘‘); // –>–> Our poster this year features four book quotes. Click any of the smaller images to see a larger representation or click here to visit our gift shop to order a full-size poster. This year’s poster design was created by David Ryan Design. You can learn more by clicking here. This year’s poster design was created by David Ryan Design, a growing design company based in Brighton, Michigan that creates everything from silkscreen to web design. David Ryan Design strives to produce professional looking yet still entertaining visual work. The 2009 Ann Arbor Book Festival was an exciting project for us and we wanted to create something a bit different than posters from past years. We hope you enjoy the humor and take home the message. <!– Volunteer some time Sponsor the festival Donate to the festival <! Find out how to SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL in a fun and easy way (it involves shopping!). –><!– –><!– Authors appearing include: Colson Whitehead, author of The Intuitionist and the upcoming Sag Harbor Dr. Perri Klass, pediatrician and author of The Mercy Rule and Quirky Kids Peter Yarrow, singer/songwriter/author of Sing Along with the Peter Yarrow Songbooks –> Stay Connected Facebook Twitter Flickr YouTube Email Click on any of our links to stay connected or visit our Stay Connected page to learn more about our social networking presence.   Message From the Director As we are working on the details now for our upcoming 6th annual event, it seemed fitting to look back over our first 5 years and put together some information to share with you. As we look forward to our next 5 years, it is critical to continue to have the support of our community, especially in these challenging economic times. Kathy Robenalt, Executive Director, Ann Arbor Book Festival

Current Events Short Story Contest Our annual Short Story Contest has begun. Stories may be submitted following the guidelines - click here for details. Colson Whitehead Colson Whitehead is featured on this week’s Sunday New York Times Book Review cover. Colson will be at our Festival with his book Sag Harbor. Upcoming Events Preview a schedule for the 2009 Festival including: - 2009 Literary Symposium - Breakfast with the Authors - 2009 Writer’s Conference - “The Art of the Play” at the Arthur Miller Theater - Special Event – Fundraiser at the Michigan Theater <!– Authors @ Lunch Event – March 28, 2009 UPDATE: NOW SOLD OUT! This brunch event will feature dishes from the new book penned by Zingerman’s co-founder and food writer, Ari Weinzweig. Click here for the details. Hope to see you there! –><!– Authors @ Lunch Event The Zingerman’s brunch with Ari Weinzweig was tons of fun. Thanks to all who attended. –><!– "It’s All Write" Short Story Contest Young people in grades 6-12 are encouraged to submit a short story to this contest sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library. Click here for the details. Submissions will be accepted starting Jan. 23, 2009. Winners will be announced at the Festival on May 16. –> Guest Authors TA Barron and Gary Schmidt will both be appearing on May 16 at this year’s Festival. Please plan to come and meet them! Click here for a flyer. Festival Headliner – Special Event with Perri Klass Dr. Perri Klass, pediatrician and writer, will be interviewed on May 16 by Dr. Chris Elkins, Ann Arbor pediatrician, about her many interests: medicine, family, teaching, early literacy in children, and how writing has been a theme that connects all of these for her. <!– Recent Events –><!– Read about a few of the events at the 2008 Festival or visit our schedule page to see what took place at our special events, bookstore events, and the Saturday street fair including children & family events. –><!– View a street map of the festival grounds and stages. –><!– May 9th Premiere of the "Up North with the Hemingways" Exhibit in the Art Lounge in the Michigan Union. –><!– May 16th Showing of the newly-released film "The Life Before her Eyes" based on the book of the same name by local author Laura Kasischke. At the famous Michigan Theater, this event will feature the author in conversation about the movie. –><!– Tickets are on sale now or are available at the door the night of the show. –><!– May 12th Noted chef and Cooking Channel star Bobby Flay will appear at the Lohr Rd. Borders Store to read from his new book Grill It! 12:30 pm, with signings to follow. –><!– May 12th Pulitzer Prize winning author John Sandford appears at Nicola’s Books to read from the new book in his “Prey” series, Phantom Prey, the 18th in this series of thrillers. –><!– May 13th Author Elizabeth Goodenough appears at Shaman Drum Bookshop to read from her new work, an anthology co-edited with Andrea Immel entitled Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War. –><!– Short Story Contest Congratulations to the winner of the 2008 Festival Short Story Contest, Kiki DeLancey. Read her winning story. We look forward to our contest in 2009 – watch the website for details. Thanks to all of our participants – we had a record number of writers submit their work and encourage you to try again next year! –><!– Authors in Schools 21 authors visited local schools as a very popular part of our programming. Have a look at some pictures from the visits. –><!– Pictures and Movies from the 2008 Book Festival Our photographer captured some great moments at last year’s festival. Visit our Pictures and Movies page for a view at some of our favorite moments. –><!– Join our e-mail list –>

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MOTOWN WRITERS

NETWORK GOING GREEN ANTHOLOGY

Over 2 million trees are destroyed every year to make paper for the over

a quarter of million books that are made.

In an effort to raise money for our upcoming conference and to support

going green, Motown Writers Network invites twelve Michigan Writers to our

first 2009 anthology. Our theme will be based on Fairy Tales of various

genres. We do specify that the story takes place in Detroit and no more than

10,000 words. In lieu of royalties, each selected contributing author will

receive:

1 e-blast for 2009 – 2010

$50 discount on their conference fee

1 page inside of book to market themselves

various promotional opportunities that coincide with the marketing of the

anthology.

If you are interested, please contact:

motownwriters@yahoo.com. 

If you are an editor interested in donating your time, please email us also.