A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts showed that fiction reading is on the rise, especially among 18- to 24-year-olds.
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Sat, June 29, 2019
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Yule Love It Lavender Farm
960 Yule Road
Leonard, MI 48367
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Today’s guest post is an excerpt from the writer’s guide book How to Read for an Audience: The Stuff Nobody Teaches You, co-authored by public speaking coach and creative mentor James Navé (@JamesNave) and author and workshop leader Allegra Huston (@allegrahuston).
When you’re nervous about reading in public, you tend to picture the audience as the enemy, distant and judgmental, just waiting for you to mess up. If you think about this for a moment, you’ll realize that it’s an illusion born of fear. In fact, your audience wants to love you and your work. Some of these people probably already do.
The audience is on your side. They love writing just as you do; that’s why they’re there. These wonderful people have taken time out of their lives, probably traveled some distance and spent some money, just to hear you read. They’ve come to witness your imagination at work. They’ve come to be moved, entertained, motivated, validated, informed, provoked, stimulated and inspired. In short, they’re receptive.
They are your allies.
So, what are you going to read? Here are things to keep in mind as you make your selection.
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There are a cluster of events in the U.P. in late May/early June, another cluster near Traverse City in June, and one more Michigan event at local libraries in September.
The author is really looking forward to all of these – The Marsh King’s Daughter is being read all over the world (!!!), but Michigan readers connect with the story on a deeper level because they bring their own experiences and love of the state to the book.
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See Michigan events below
May 29 – Hancock, Michigan – 12:00 noon – North Winds Bookstore, Finlandia University – meet and greet, signing
May 29 – Calumet, Michigan – 6:30 PM – Calumet Public Library – talk and signing
May 31 – Iron River, Michigan – 11:30 AM – West Iron District Library “Lunch with an Author”
June 1 – Marquette, Michigan – 10:45 AM – Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association Conference – keynote speaker
June 1 – Marquette, Michigan – 2:00 – 3:00 – Snowbound Books – meet and greet, signing
June 2 – Munising, Michigan – 1:00 – 2:00 PM –Falling Rock Bookstore – signing
June 16 – Glen Lake, Michigan – Peninsula Writers Summer Retreat – keynote speaker
June 17 – Suttons Bay, Michigan – 11:00 AM – Suttons Bay Bingham District Library – talk and signing
June 17 – Kingsley, Michigan – 6:00 PM – Kingsley Branch Library – talk and signing,
June 18 – Bellaire, Michigan – 11:00 AM – Bellaire Public Library – luncheon, talk and signing
June 18 – Northport, Michigan – 7:00 PM – Leelanau Township Library – talk and signing
June 19 – Traverse City, Michigan – 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Bookbrokers & Kramer’s Cafe, Grand Traverse Mall – signing
September 18 – Shelby Township, Michigan – 7:00 PM – Shelby Township Library – talk and signing
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3/4/5/6 – National Tom Sawyer Days
13 – Isaac Babel’s birthday
18 – 23 Hemingway Days
30 – Paperback Book Day (they were first introduced on this day in 1935)
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Sat, August 17, 2019
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Suites
10 Drury Lane
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Tired of going to conference after conference, and leaving with no solid results? This is NOT that conference!
Last year, we packed out The Hilton Garden Inn in both Detroit and Atlanta!
This year, we’re in a new venue, new city, with even more engaging content!
Here are some topics we’ll cover:
Prepare to go higher in your craft! Expect a few surprises, giveaways and of course, engaging work to take your authorpreneurial career to the next level! For a recap of last year’s conference and more information on speakers and the venue, visit www.theredinkconference.com!
There’s a story in this morning’s link post about a sales tax exemption, and it got me wondering how authors handled sals tax at book fairs.
It seems Rhode Island has a clause in its tax code whereby creators don’t have to collect state sales tax when they sell their creations at a book festival or other event. This is a great idea, but unfortunately regulators have decided that non-fiction authors don’t count as creators (which is why the ACLU is suing).
Should a decision as to whether a Rhode Island author is entitled to a sales tax exemption depend on whether she has written a fictional murder mystery as opposed to an exhaustive history of the state? That is the question at the crux of a federal lawsuit the ACLU of RI filed today, challenging the state Division of Taxation’s position that a special sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applies only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction, because non-fiction is not “creative and original.” The lawsuit, filed by ACLU of RI cooperating attorney Lynette Labinger, argues that making such a distinction on the content of the work violates the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
This is the first time I have heard of this particular type of tax exemption, and it made me curious enough that I spent several hours today looking for similar exemptions.
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BOOKFEST LOCATION: The Hilton Garden Inn is located at 200 Wilshire Drive, Troy, MI
48084, with ample parking for both authors and readers. It’s just a stones throw west of I-75.
Please be mindful of the I-75 construction and allow plenty of travel time to get there.
The Hilton Garden Inn is a wheelchair accessible, non-smoking facility. Service animals are welcome.
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