2008 September « Charlottesville Words

Lisa Williams and Domnica Radulescu at New Dominion

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Two Readings/Book Signings at New Dominion Bookshop: Wednesday, October 1 at 5:30 PM: Lisa Williams, Woman Reading to the Sea Thursday, October 2 at 5:30 PM: Domnica Radulescu, Train to Trieste New Dominion Bookshop will host a reading and book-signing by Lisa Williams who will present selections from her new book of poetry, Woman Reading [...]

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Who will you find? Tracing your family tree at J-MRL

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

From the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library: Learn to use HeritageQuest for your genealogical sleuthing. The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library will provide two training sessions on how to use HeritageQuest which is a collection of research materials for doing genealogy research. The sessions will be Friday Oct 31, 9:30 am at the Central Library and Saturday Nov 1, [...]

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links for 2008-09-19

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Language Log » R "To help bloggers everywhere celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, in keeping with our annual tradition, we present the Corsair Ergonomic Keyboard for Pirates…" 10 Books Not To Read Before You Die – Times Online "9: Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien The best I can say about [...]

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WriterHouse on TV!

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Whooo! Click here for video.

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WriterHouse makes the news!

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

From NBC29: You may see writers around Charlottesville typing away at a coffeehouse or in the corner of a bookstore. But a group of writers have created a place of their own so they can write connect and learn from each other. From classes to workshops to just a quiet place to think and create, [...]

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Upcoming book tours, courtesy of BookTour

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Have I mentioned BookTour here before? It’s a handy site that lets you find upcoming book tours in your area. Or, you can look up your favorite author and see where he or she is going to be appearing. I get a weekly update from the site in my email: Here are the details, from [...]

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links for 2008-09-17

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

New York Slideshows – A Cartoon Review of Philip Roth's 25th Novel – Village Voice "A Cartoon Review of Philip Roth's 25th Novel" — I love it! Who Would Like To Read? "Whether you are a beginning writer, first time published author, or in between, you will give a reading at some point in your [...]

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links for 2008-09-16

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Welcome to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance :: STARS 'The Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service-STARS-is a specialized "speakers bureau" of sorts created by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and designed to build relationships between authors and independent booksellers. Authors want to give readings at bookstores. Bookstores are often looking for authors for events. But unless [...]

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C-Ville: Reviews – An old war from a new Grisham

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Behold this week’s C-Ville, In which I review Bedlam South by Mark Grisham and David Donaldson: An old war from a new Grisham C-Ville: Reviews – An old war from a new Grisham.

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The Best American Poetry 2008, September 17 at The Bridge

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

A Public Reading & Signing | Wednesday, Sept 17th 8pm This public reading and signing event will showcase works collected by Series Editor David Lehman and guest editor Charles Wright. Participating Contributors include poets John Casteen, Lisa Russ Sparr and Debra Nystrom. Poets will read from their own works and also selections from this years [...]

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