How do you get romantic with a Neanderthal woman?
Is it cannibalism if you eat yourself?
Does it matter if the souvenir you bring home from Africa is another human being?
Find the answers in “My Date with Neanderthal Woman,” which won Dzanc Books’ first short-story collection prize. Reading at Montclair Public Library, 7:00, Wednesday, May 9.
The author, David Galef, has published over a dozen books and is the director of the creative writing program at Montclair State University, as well as The Fiction Workshop columnist for The Writer and a humor columnist for Inside Higher Ed.
The Bloomfield Public Library is pleased to announce the formation of a writing club, which will meet at the library on the first and third Monday of each month at 10am. All writers or aspiring writers are invited to attend these meetings and share their work, their knowledge of writing and the business of writing with their fellow authors.
The Bloomfield Public Library would like to thank a local volunteer, Quinita Good for generously donating her time to lead this club twice a month. Quinita is an award-winning journalist and business & creative writer living in New Jersey. The recipient of first- and second-place awards from the New Jersey Press Association in 2005, She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Public Relations and has studied at the Master’s level in Writing Studies. She also held positions as writer, editorial assistant, and editor. Her writing spans the spectrum–from business & technical to creative.
If you’d like to volunteer to lead a program or club at the Bloomfield Public Library, please contact Lisa Cohn at lcohn@bplnj.org.
The Bloomfield Public Library is located at 90 Broad Street in Bloomfield. For more information on this event or upcoming programs please call (973) 566-6200 x 502. 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.
31 August 2011 - by admin
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.
