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Free Data File Downloads

To celebrate his 60th birthday on January 16, 2009, John Kramer is offering two $30.00 data files as Excel files for free download.

Specialty Retailers Data File — This Excel data file features 2,000+ museum stores, toy stores, craft shops, gift stores, and other specialty retailers.

Catalog Sales Data Files — Would you like to sell thousands of books with only one contact? This database features 1,350 catalogs, Internet bookstore sites, chain store outlets, wholesalers, distributors, and other special sales outlets.

http://www.bookmarket.com/birthday.htm

Monitor Wanted

Struggling writer on Social Security was given an old computer tower for Christmas but now needs a used monitor. A printer would be nice also. Contact editor for additional information at editor@SDWriteWay.org. 1/5/09

Pear Noir Features Death
by Ferris Wheel

Editors of the independent literary journal Pear Noir, announced the publication of its new issue featuring the poetry of UCLA Extension Writers’ Program instructor Carolyn Howard-Johnson and other poets like Dana Mazur, Tao Lin, Peter Schwartz, Molly Reid, and Jessica Hoard.

The journal is dedicated to showcasing the talents of new and established writers. It is published in small print editions available at http://pearnoir.com/current.htm.

Howard-Johnson's poem Death by Ferris Wheel appears in this issue. Her poetry has appeared in literary journals like the Mochila Review, Banyan Review and Poetic Voices. One of her poems won a reader award at The Pedestal Magazine. Howard-Johnson has studied at UCLA with Suzanne Lummis, editor of Speechless the Magazine http://www.speechlessthemagazine.org/ where her chapbook Tracings, winner of Military Writers Society of America’s Award of Excellence and published by Finishing Line Press, was featured in 2005.

The poet's literary novel, This Is the Place, has won eight awards. Her book of creative nonfiction has won three. Her newest chapbook She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, was coauthored by Magdalena Ball and proudly self published in the tradition of poets for centuries. She is also an authors’ advocate as author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers (www.howtodoitfrugally.com). Learn more about Carolyn Howard-Johnson at http://carolynhoward-johnson.com.

Photo Coffee Table Books by POD

Want to publish your own coffee table book but don't want to put out the money to print a thousand copies? Then go to the following link:

http://www.photosecrets.com/links.photobooks.html

Call for Entries
The San Diego Book and Writing Awards
Categories:
Published books:Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry-$25 per entry
Unpublished :Novel, Memoir-$15. per entry
Short Story, Poetry Chapbook-$10 per entry
Eligibility: Open to all writers residing in San Diego County. Published books must have a 2008 release date or 2008 copyright.
Entry deadline: February 7, 2009
For complete rules , guidelines, and downloadable entry form, go to
http://www.sdbooawards.org
or writer to:
San Diego Book Awards Association, Inc. P.O. Box 501943,
San Diego, CA 92150-1943

LINZ INTERLUDE         by Joe Buchanan Published by Bookwarren Publishing Services. Can be purchased on http://www.Amazon.com A wild ride for a generation geared to keep a 20th Century rendezvous with destiny, changing a nation's face and the lives, loves and journeys of most Americans. A pause in the trip occurs for one young soldier at Linz, Hitler's handsome hometown in whose shadow lurks a ghastly concentration camp. While billeted there with Patton's combat infantrymen his mind drifts back over circumstances that brought him there from midtown America, where he played the double dating game and danced to big band music at high school and college proms. A matter of ethics is solved in Paris' red light district before returning home and entering the work world as a journalist observing a wide swath of personalities, ranging from presidents and generals to stars from the country music, sports and film worlds PAID ADVERTISEMENT

A Way with Words

See the new article.
A Robert Burns Quatrimillenial Celebration
by Richard Lederer on your right >>>

Elle Newmark's New Website

Check it out the video: www.ellenewmark.com

The Book of Unholy Mischief — In stores everywhere December 30, 2008

Upcoming Workshop

Watch for a workshop called
“Midlife at the Oasis,” by PWSD
Member Maggie Rose Crane,
based on her book AMAZING
GRAYS–A Woman’s Guide to
Making the Next 50 the BEST 5O.
Maggie is planning an enlightening
and fun morning workshop to help
boomer women begin to gracefully
release outworn identities and roles
and learn a breakthrough technique
to release fears and anxieties.
This workshop was being
rescheduled as we went to “press”
so you can contact Maggie at
maggie@maggiecrane.com or
858-487-9017.

Articles Wanted

www.SDBackyard.com published on line by the SD Union-Tribune.

www.eastcountymagazine.org published by Miriam Raftery.

3-D Book Cover Images

If you want a 3-D image of your book for flyers, ads, promotions, etc., contact: sam@bookwarren.com.

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<< San Diego Writers Ink

All functions of The Writers, Ink take place at The Ink Spot located at 730 13th Street, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92101 unless otherwise noted. Check their website for additional information on their programs on their website at: www.sandiegowriters.org.

First Fridays; Dime Stories Live San Diego, at 7 pm at The Grove in South Park. Bring 3 minutes (and only 3 minutes) of your best prose and join host Amy Wallen and the writers for San Diego’s only open mic prose-only reading.

Read & Critique: Tuesdays at 1:15 at The Ink Spot.

Brown Bag Writing Group; Tuesdays, Noon, at The Ink Spot, $5 donation requested.

Brown Bag-North County: 2nd & 4th Fridays at Noon at The Book Works.

Thursday Writers; Thursdays at 5 pm, Lestat's West coffeehouse, 3343 Adams Ave., Normal Heights, $5 donation requested.

Room to Write: A free program that dedicates quiet time at The Ink Spot for The Writers, Ink members, is open the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, from 1 to 5 pm, with host Nicole Vollrath.

Risk & Reward Read & Critique: The Writers, Ink still has room for one or two more writers of prose—fiction or nonfiction, in their Risk & Reward Read & Critique group which meets the first and third Monday of each month, 6:30-9:30 pm. Roger Aplon leads. Submit up to five pages to rogeraplon@gmail.com.

Screenwriting Read & Critique: Saturdays, 3-5 pm, at Playhouse Cafe, 6690 Mission Gorge Road.

Writer's Salon: the last Monday of each month, at The Ink Spot.

Regular Groups

Barnes and Noble Poetryseries 2008 every 3rd Monday 7 :30 - 9 pm featuring poets & Open Mic at the Barnes and Noble, Grossmont Shopping Center, 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Suite 331, La Mesa; telephone (619) 667-2870.

<< San Diego Writers/Editors Guild

Meets the fourth Monday of each month

<< African American Writers and Artists, Inc. (link unknown)

<< Publishers and Writers of San Diego

Publishers & Writers of San Diego is now meeting at the Encinitas Community Library (The New One!) 540 Cornish Avenue, Encinitas, 92024; call 760-753-7376. Directions: www.publisherswriters.org. Everyone is Welcome but it will cost you $10 Members for members and $15 Non-Members.

New PWSD Online Discussion Group: In case you’ve missed the news, PWSD has a new Yahoo dicussion group. It’s a great
way to share ideas, ask questions and network with other PWSD members between
meetings. For example, if a burning question about book promotion is keeping you up at night, you don't have to lose sleep! Instead, just send an email to pwsd@yahoogroups.com. Everyone in our group will see your request and have an opportunity to respond with their insights, experiences or resources. It's a nice way to easily help one another and build relationships. To join, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pwsd and follow the prompts. If you don't already have a Yahoo! account, you'll need to set one up, but that's pretty fast and straightforward.

<< Sisters in Crime

<< Romance Writers of America –
       San Diego Chapter

<< San Diego Professional Editors Network
       (SD/PEN)

(SD/PEN) is an association of people who earn their living as editors of books, periodicals, and other materials. Now celebrating its 23rd year, the group meets every odd-numbered month. Its main goals are networking among members, providing continuing education to members and other editors, and educating clients about editing. For more information, please call (619) 281-6951 or visit http://www.sdpen.com.

<< San Diego Association of Black Journalist

<< San Diego Christian Writers Guild

<< Poets & Writers of San Diego

<< Sunset Poets

<< Encinitas Community Library
       Writing Practice Group
Meets at the San Diego County Library (SDCL) 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month.

<< Third Monday Poetry Series
Featuring poets & Open Mic and sponsored by the Barns & Noble in the Grossmont Shopping Center 7:30 to 9 pm. Contact Seretta Masrtin at wordsoup@juno.com.

<< For Details and Other Organizations

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ATTENTION

If you want to stay current on writing events and news, you need to check the eZine more than once a month. We get new listings all the time which we did not receive in time for the first of the month eMail.

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JANUARY 2009

Sat. Jan. 10 — (9 am to 4 pm) You are invited to attend the National Christian Writers Conference at the Anchors Catering & Conference Center, 2375 Recreation way, bldg 3210. They are giving away two publishing packages worth more than $1,000 and free books. Foradditional information go to www.NationalChristianWritersConference.com or call Antonio L. Crawford (founder) at (619) 791-5810

Wed. Jan. 14 — The first Fallbrook Writers Read of the new year features Jincy Willet, author of “The Writing Class,” “Winner of the National Book Award” and “Jenny and the Jaws of Life.” For more information about Fallbrook's Writers Read, contact Kit-Bacon Gressitt at 760-522-1064 or kbgressitt@aol.com, or visit www.kbgressitt.com/events.

Thur. Jan. 15 — (6:30 pm) The San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN) invites you to attend a special literary mixer in the Joyce Beers Community Center (1220 Cleveland Avenue) in the Uptown Shopping Center. SD/PEN is hosting a dozen writer, editor, and publisher groups, who will each give a short presentation about their group’s purpose and activities. The presentations will be followed by an opportunity to ask questions and meet representatives from each group. Among the organizations expected to attend are the American Medical Writers Association, Publishers and Writers of San Diego, San Diego Christian Writers Guild, San Diego Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Writers/Editors Guild, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Society for Technical Communication. This is a great opportunity to network with professionals and enthusiasts involved in the literary and publishing community. Meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (619) 281-6951 or visit http://www.sdpen.com.

FEBUARY

February 6 - 8 — Come and celebrate with us the 25th anniversary of the SDSU Writers Conference. Meet with and learn from top publishers, editors, agents and authors. Includes all areas of fiction, nonfiction and screenwriting with special attention to literary, mainstream, children's books, thrillers/mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, romance and women's fiction, For more information email Ddunaway@aol.com or call 858 484 8575.

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JANUARY 2009

Sat. Jan. 3 — (9 am & 1 pm) New Stories: Start the year out right with a morning of inspiration by the SD Writers, Ink as instructor Nicole Vollrath leads you through three ways to start a new story.
Sign up >>>
Then plan to join Nicole and all the Room to Write writers for a special New Year's edition of our free (to members) community writing time following the workshop at 1 pm.

Wed. Jan. 7 — (5:30 - 6:30 pm) In case you weren't aware, the Encinitas Public Library will be having a workshop on the first Wednesday of the month, starting January 7th, using Julia Cameron's book The Sound of Paper - Starting from Scratch. Irene Hendricks will be the leader. Participants use essays, creative projects, as well as daily and weekly exercises from the above mentioned book. The library is located at 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024 760-753-7376

Sat. Jan. 10 — (10 am) The SD Writers, Ink says "Yes We Can" (Achieve Our Writing Goals in 2009) with writing coach and mojo mentor Sara Lewis. Find your magic.
Find out more >>>

Thurs. Jan. 15 — (7 pm) SD Writers, Ink. Writer's Resolutions-In this practical and inspiring workshop, Lisa Shapiro will help you create a plan that will keep you on track through the coming year. Register >>>

Sat. Jan. 17 — (10 am.) SD Writers, Ink: Journaling the New Year: Join Judy Reeves for a morning of journal writing that looks into the year just past, and explores our intentions for the year just beginning. Register today >>>

Wed. Jan. 21 — (Begins) SD Writers, Ink: Phantastic Fiction: We're delighted to bring instructor Matt Pallamary onboard to lead this six-week class that covers all aspects of dramatic writing and specializes in literature of the fantastic-including new age, visionary, horror, sci-fi and works containing the supernatural and/or meta-physical themes. Register today >>>

Thurs. Jan. 22 — (Starts today) SD Writers, Ink: The Karma of Stories: Basics of Feature Writing for Magazines and Online Publications with professional journalist and teacher Helen Chang. Register here >>>

Sat. Jan. 24 — SD Writers, Ink: The Query Letter Workshop: With pleasure, we bring literary agent Taryn Fagerness back to The Ink Spot for a workshop that will demystify the dreaded query letter. This is sure to be a popular workshop, better sign up early.
Click here>>>

Tue. Jan. 27 — Starts) SD Writers, Ink: Crafting Short Pieces: Fiction and Nonfiction - This class will help you learn how to write a self-contained and memorable short piece, and how to tailor your longer work into short pieces for stand-alone publication. With Rob Williams. Register online >>>

Sat. Jan. 31 — SD Writers, Ink: I Think This is a Movie: Award-winning writer and filmmaker Mike Stern leads this all-day workshop in Transforming Your Stories into Hollywood Screenplays. Another workshop that's sure to fill. Register early >>>

Sat. Jan. 31 — Carolyn Wheat will offer a workshop no writer of crime fiction should miss, Seven Secrets of Successful Crime Writers. These are tough times in the publishing business. So how can you give your mystery or suspense novel the best opportunity to rise to the top of the slush pile? How can you recession-proof your plot, characters, and series idea so that editors will take a chance on your first book? Even in tough times, authors get published, and some authors become best sellers. Learn the seven secrets of successful crime writers and you’ll be ahead of the game.

Carolyn Wheat is an award-winning mystery writer whose book How to Write Killer Fiction has been called “indispensable.” She teaches creative writing at USCD Extension and at Perelandra College and offers freelance editorial services. The workshop will happen at Perelandra College in downtown La Mesa, California, across Spring Street from a trolley stop. If you come from afar, fly in, shuttle to Old Town, eat at the Old Town Mexican Cafe, sleep in an Old Town motel, trolley to the workshop. Easy. To enroll or for more information, email Ken Kuhlken, President and Director of Creative Writing at Perelandra College:
kk@perelandra.info. Website www.perelandra.edu

FEBRUARY

Mon. Feb. 6 – 7 — Writer's Symposium by the Sea will be held
at the San Diego campus of Point Loma Nazarene University. This year's line up features special guest Christopher Buckley , a political satirist whose work has appeared in The Atlantic , the New Yorker , and elsewhere. He is the author of several novels, including Thank You For Smoking , which became a major Hollywood film.

Other recent satirical novels include Florence of Arabia and Supreme Courtship . He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Forbes Life magazine, served as a speech writer for President George H. W. Bush and was recently fired from his column in The National Review , a magazine founded by his father William F. Buckley, for his support of now President-Elect Obama. For list of other guest speakers and to register on line, go to
www.pointloma.edu/writers

Sat. Feb. 7 — (10 am) SD Writers, Ink: Inside the Awe-manac: Awe-lixirs for Creative Writing, a creativity crash course with the Awe-some Jill Badonsky. Register online >>>

Sat. Feb. 14 — SD Writers, Ink: Basics of Screenwriting: If you've always wanted to write a screenplay, or if you've written a screenplay and want to brush up on the basics, this class will give you hands-on experience. With instructor and screenwriter Sean Williams. This four-week Saturday afternoon class begins. Sign up early >>>

Sat. Feb. 21 — SD Writers, Ink: Anatomy of a Story: Let professional journalist Helen Chang show you How to Structure a Feature Story for Magazines or Online Publications. Register here >>> Sat. Feb. 28 — SD Writers, Ink:Beginning the Memoir-Popular instructor and memoirist Tom Larson leads this three-hour workshop for those who are just beginning a memoir. He will follow-up with a six-week course which begins March 3. For this workshop >>>

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San Diego Library

For a Complete listing of all San Diego Library functions including book clubs, authors book signings and discussions, book sales, children programs, films, music, etc.

The Mysterious Galaxy

Mysterious Galaxy Books is located at 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302 Fax: 858.268.4775, San Diego; (858) 268-4747. Current event calendar: http://mg.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents
Authors will discuss their work and host a Q&A in addition to signing books. Author Events are free and open to the public but it is requested that customers purchase the author's new book at MG in order to participate in the author signing. Some restrictions may apply. If you are unable to attend, call or email the store to reserve a signed copy.

JANUARY 2009

Mon. Jan. 5 — ( 7:00 pm) Best-selling Thriller Author: Carol O'Connell author of BONE BY BONE. Description: A man returns to his childhood home when the remains of his brother, who disappeared two decades earlier, start turning up. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

Tues. Jan. 6 — ( 7:00 pm) Southern California Author: Jan Burke author of THE MESSENGER. Description: An eternally young man gifted with communication with people on death's
threshold battles an evil from centuries ago. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

Wed. Jan. 7 — ( 7:00 pm) Television and Suspense Writer: Stephen J. Cannell author of ON THE GRIND. Description: Cop Shane Scully is out of his home, out of his job, and out of his precinct in the latest installment in the action series. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

Sun. Jan. 11 — ( 2:00 pm) Suspense Author: C.J. Box
author of THREE WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE. Description: A couple battle to keep their adopted daughter safe from sinister forces. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

Tue. Jan. 13 — (6:30 pm) Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, will host representatives from three of the world’s top publishing houses (Random House, Harper, and Penguin) for a Reading Group Recommends Night. This event is free and open to the public, and includes special discounts and door prizes. For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347.

Background: This event is back by popular demand! Join representatives of three of the world’s top publishing houses for an evening of lively exchange about titles that are sure to generate stimulating discussion. They’ve selected a number of literary works to share with you based on book reviews, buzz in the industry, and what they simply can’t put down! The evening includes special discounts and door prizes as well.

Wed. Jan. 14 — (7:30 pm) Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, will host Southwest cooking expert Jane Butel, who will be signing and discussing Chili Madness: A Passionate Cookbook. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Warwick’s at (858) 454-0347.

Background: Jane Butel, widely regarded as the expert on Southwest cooking, has traveled the country judging chili contests and coaxing recipes. Chili Madness includes some of the best - more than 130 brand-new recipes, plus some old classics, accompanied by savory breads, tempting sidekicks, fire-taming salads; margaritas, of course, and luscious desserts. The book will fire up a whole new generation of chili fanatics not only with its recipes, but cookoff directions, chili history, lore, mail-order sources, and more. Event includes a chili tasting (free with book purchase, or $5 per person).

Wed. Jan. 14 — (5:30 to 7:30 pm) Internationally renowned author Jincy Willett is the featured writer at Writers Read at Café des Artistes in Fallbrook. Willett's reading and Q&A with the audience will be followed by an open mic session.

Willett is author of the hilarious and achingly poignant novels The Writing Class and Winner of the National Book Award and a short story collection, Jenny and the Jaws of Life. Her writing has been lauded by authors David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs among others. Willett, based in Escondido, will be reading from The Writing Class (June 2008, St. Martin's Press), described by Publishers Weekly as follows: “Can a class of wannabe novelists solve a murder in their midst? That's the premise of this dark comedy of the absurd from Willett, a boisterous satire of pseudointellectuals, impotent writers and the adult extension programs of public universities. … When two of the students are murdered, a deep sense of danger takes hold. Yet the class goes on. …” Willett's books will be available for purchase and signing.

Anyone eager to share his or her original short fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry is invited to read during the open mic session. Readers have five minutes per round.

Café des Artistes, at 103 S. Main Street, will open for the reading at 5:00 pm, with a special supper menu available. The fourth through eighth grade open mic is from 5:30 to 6:00, followed by Willett's reading and then the adult and high school open mic. Entrance to the Café is from the rear parking lot behind the Art Center on Main Street.

Fallbrook's Writers Read is hosted by Café des Artistes and supported by Fallbrook independent bookseller, The Book Nook, 760-728-8232.

Sat. Jan. 17 — ( 2:00 pm) Horror Co-Authors: John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow author of JAKE'S WAKE. Description: A corrupt undead man of the cloth seeks revenge on his former cronies.
and
Horror Author: Wrath James White author of SUCCULENT PREY. Description: A communicable disease turns people into serial killers. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

Mon. Jan. 19 — Eric Morago & Michael C. Ford, both from LA area. BARNES & NOBLE presents Poetry Series 2008 every third Monday of the month featuring poets & Open Mic. at the Grossmont Shopping Center in La Mesa. For additonal info, contact wordsoup@juno.com, call (619) 667-2870 or go to http://www.web.mac.com/serettamartin.

Mon. Jan. 19 — (7:30 pm) at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Avenue, will host New York Times bestselling author Kate Jacobs, who will discuss and sign Knit Two, sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347.

Background: Jacobs’ sequel delves into the lives of the characters first introduced in the popular The Friday Night Knitting Club. Five years after Georgia has died of ovarian cancer, her daughter Dakota and various members of Georgia’s knitting club still occasionally meet at her knit shop. On the surface, the story is about what has happened to these women who formed deep bonds of friendship while learning to knit. Yet it really investigates grief and how each of the characters learns to come to terms with the loss of Georgia.

Wed. Jan. 21 — (6:30 pm) They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys From Sudan. At the Encinitas Library Community Room, 540 Cornish Dr. • Encinitas • (760) 753-7376. Raised by Sudan's Dinka tribe, the Deng brothers and their cousin Benjamin
were all under the age of seven when they left their homes after terrifying attacks on their villages during the Sudanese civil war. In 2001, the three were relocated to the U.S. from Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp as part of an international refugee relief program. A true account about Sudan and a
powerful portrait of war, as seen through the eyes of three children: Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, and Benjamin Ajak, all of whom currently reside in San Diego, California. Author Alephonsion Deng will be speaking.

Wed. Jan. 21 — (7:30 pm) Warwick’s Bookstore will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks, who will discuss and sign People of the Book. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347.

Background: From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of March comes the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding, an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair, she begins to unlock the book’s mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author.

Thur. Jan. 22 — (7:30 pm) Warwick’s Bookstore will host financial planner Mark Zaifman, who will discuss and sign Your Money or Your Life. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347.

Background: When Your Money or Your Life was first published in 1992, the book struck a chord with readers who appreciated its message of how to live well for less. A New York Times bestseller, it also spent five years on the Business Week bestseller list. This new edition features updated resources, anecdotes and examples that are particularly relevant today, arriving at a time of economic crisis, when many are struggling to pay mortgages and make car payments while simultaneously weathering layoffs and watching financial portfolios shrink.

About the author: Mark Zaifman is a well-respected Bay Area financial planner who has been holding Your Money or Your Life seminars for years.

Sat. Jan. 24 — ( 2:00 pm) Techno-thriller Author: Daniel Suarez author of DAEMON. Description: A detective stalks a killer app after the death of a game creator in this near-future thriller. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

Mon. Jan. 26 — (7:30 pm) Warwick’s Bookstore will host local author and legal expert Wes Anson, who will discuss and sign The Attorney’s Guide to the Business Mind. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347.

Background: Law school prepares students to be lawyers, but once they reach the real world, new attorneys often find they lack needed business knowledge. Not only are they uninformed about the management of their firms, but they are also unprepared to understand the needs of business clients.

The Attorney’s Guide to the Business Mind tackles this issue head on. Author Wes Anson, a Harvard MBA and noted expert on the legal issues of intellectual property and business valuation, shares keen insights in this practical, accessible guide for lawyers. With his unique legal-business perspective, Anson reveals how businesspeople view lawyers, why businesspeople use lawyers, and what lawyers need to know about business and businesspeople. Case studies illustrate how JD’s and MBA’s tackle the same issues in different ways.

Tue. Jan. 27 — (7:30 pm) Warwick’s Bookstore will host author Rick Wartzman, who will discuss and sign Obscene in the Extreme. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the store at (858) 454-0347.

Background: Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, when it was published in 1939. It was soon the nation’s number one bestseller, but in Kern County, California – the Joads’ newfound home – the book was burned publicly and banned from library shelves. Obscene in the Extreme tells the remarkable story behind this fit of censorship. When Bill Camp, a giant cotton and potato grower, presided over its burning in downtown Bakersfield, he declared: “We are angry, not because we were attacked but because we were attacked by a book obscene in the extreme sense of the word.” But Gretchen Knief, the Kern County librarian, bravely fought back. “If that book is banned today, what book will be banned tomorrow?”

Sat. Jan. 31 — ( 2:00 pm) Southern CA Thriller Author: Thomas Perry author of RUNNER. Description: After a hiatus, Jane Whitefield finds herself on the run, using her special talents to help a pregnant young woman disappear.
and
Southern CA Mystery Author: John Morgan Wilson
author of SPIDER SEASON. Description: Benjamin Justice opens a deadly can of worms when he pens his memoir. At the Mysterious Galaxy Books; Phone: 858.268.4747; 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302. http://www.mystgalaxy.com.

FEBRUARY

Wed. Feb. 11 — The Writers Read features San Diego-based performance poet Chris Vannoy. Café des Artistes in Fallbrook. Vannoy's reading and Q&A with the audience will be followed by an open mic session.

Anyone eager to share his or her original short fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry is invited to read during the open mic session. Readers have five minutes per round.
Café is from the rear parking lot behind the Art Center on Main Street.

Fallbrook's Writers Read is hosted by Café des Artistes and supported by Fallbrook independent bookseller, The Book Nook, 760-728-8232.

Mon. Feb. 16 — Nancy Shiffrin from Pacific Palisades & Surprise guest. BARNES & NOBLE presents Poetry Series 2008 every third Monday of the month featuring poets & Open Mic. at the Grossmont Shopping Center in La Mesa. For additonal info,contact wordsoup@juno.com, call (619) 667-2870 or go to http://www.web.mac.com/serettamartin.

Mon. Mar. 16 — Students, Classroom Teachers & Poet-Teachers of Border Voices Poetry Project
& California Poets in the Schools - Certificates of Recognitions. BARNES & NOBLE presents Poetry Series 2008 every third Monday of the month featuring poets & Open Mic. at the Grossmont Shopping Center in La Mesa. For additonal info, contact wordsoup@juno.com, call (619) 667-2870 or go to http://www.web.mac.com/serettamartin.

Mon. Apr. 20 — Judith Pacht, from LA area & Steve McDonald from Temecula. BARNES & NOBLE presents Poetry Series 2008 every third Monday of the month featuring poets & Open Mic. at the Grossmont Shopping Center in La Mesa. For additonal info, contact wordsoup@juno.com, call (619) 667-2870 or go to http://www.web.mac.com/serettamartin.

Mon. May 18 — Sarah Maclay & Elena Karina Byrne from LA area. BARNES & NOBLE presents Poetry Series 2008 every third Monday of the month featuring poets & Open Mic. at the Grossmont Shopping Center in La Mesa. For additonal info, contact wordsoup@juno.com, call (619) 667-2870 or go to http://www.web.mac.com/serettamartin.

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Theatre Review Editor, Peggy Lipscomb-Kazwara is accepting applications from qualified persons for inclusion on our review staff. We are especially looking for someone to cover North County. Please contact her at pslips@cox.net.

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Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, stars of the original Broadway production and film adaptation of RENT, reprise the roles they made famous in this exciting new tour! Don't miss the show that transformed how a generation feels about musicals, changed Broadway forever, and inspired a major motion picture. Whether it's your 1st time or your 100th time, it's time you checked out Rent! As a Broadway/San Diego-A Nederlander Presentation, RENT will play San Diego Civic Theatre, March 10 - 15, 2009. . . .

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