MEWSie Carol Forbes writes:

I’d like to start a writing group for anyone who is writing a book and is in the revision process. I am on the third draft of my YA novel. I’d like the group to meet once a week for two hours. Members could bring in two chapters at a time depending on how large the group is. Anyone interested please contact me.

I am also teaching an Introduction to Screenwriting class at the South Orange/Maplewood Adult School on Tuesdays from 7 to 9PM starting on October 4th and ending on November 22nd.

For anyone with a teen girl who wants to be writers I am having my Pages of My Book Writing Workshop at the West Orange Public Library. It’s free. I had this workshop the Watchung Booksellers over the summer and it was a huge success. October 24th 7 to 8:30PM. The girls can also check out my blog for writing prompts, contest information, and reviews of YA books and a whole lot more!

If interested contact Carol Forbes at carolftwin@gmail.com

The next meeting of the Bloomfield Public Library Book Club will be on Monday, June 6th at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room. The topic of discussion will be The Alchemist: a Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho.

Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. The Library is barrier-free.

Interested patrons are invited to call the Reference Desk at 973-566-6200, ext. 502 or email us at reference@bplnj.org for help in locating a copy of the book club selection. To join the Book Club email notification list, please contact Linda Esler at lesler@bplnj.org. To be notified of upcoming programs, visit our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter. Visit our website, www.bplnj.org, and join our google group to receive notices of upcoming events directly in your email inbox.

Bloomfield Public Library is in an ongoing Facebook contest to win over 1600 books. The library with the most likes, on April 30 wins a copy of every “For Dummies” book in print. These books will be available to libraries throughout NJ via the BCCLS, Open Borrowing and JerseyCat interlibrary loan systems.

There is a library in MI that is ahead of us by 40 likes. Please help us catch up and take the lead by liking this page and asking your friends to as well:

http://www.tinyurl.com/BPLnjFacebook

Jay McInerney — novelist (Bright Lights, Big City; How it Ended) and WSJ wine critic – is slated to be the special guest at the Montclair Public Library Foundations Grapes of Wrath Wine Tasting Event, April 2, 7:30-10:00 p.m. Sure to be a great night to do what MEWSies do best — mingle, drink wine, and talk about books!

For more information visit the library page: http://www.montclairlibrary.org/grapesofwrath

Proposed state budget cuts to the New Jersey State Library and the statewide library services they fund, as well as budget cuts on the municipal level and an assembly bill to eliminate minimum funding for municipal libraries are poised to cause a severe reduction in services offered by libraries throughout the state. To learn more, and to help save your library, visit http://savemynjlibrary.org.