Holiday Party!

Come join your friends and colleagues from MWA and SinC at our annual holiday party, held this year at Orinda Books, December 1st, from 1:00 to 3:00. Hope you can make it! Orinda Books 276 Village Square Orinda, CA 94563 store (925) 254-7606 orindabooks@thegrid.net

Member News

Michelle Gagnon’s Young Adult debut Don’t Turn Around will be released by Harper Teen next week (August 28th), and so far it has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Voya, and been selected as one of the Autumn 2012 Kids’ Indie Next List—”Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers”! The book trailer debuted on Entertainment Weekly’s shelf life page. It is … Read more

Susan Shea on Art and Crime in Sausalito

Susan C Shea will be speaking about art and crime, in Sausalito on MONDAY, MAY 14 at 7 PM. Every month, new records are being set for the sale of paintings and other art and decorative artworks – millions of dollars, some of it for what the market calls “untested” work, some of it for … Read more

January Meeting 1/22

Where: Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 When: 2 pm 1/22/2012 Who and What: MWA NorCal will host a conversation/roundtable and workshop with Charlie Newton on January 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM. Charlie and his private editor, Ed Stackler, will discuss the publishing journey, the novels, the research, the choice of multiple gender first person, and … Read more

CIL 7th Annual Authors’ Night

Coming November 3rd, NorCal members Penny Warner, Camille Minichino, Susan Dunlap and Cara Black are the featured guests at the Center for Independent Living’s Annual literary fundraiser. See below for information, and stay tuned for further details: