Gather for a drink, a bite & a feast of words with hosts
Susan Bono & Ransom Stephens.
Summer Solstice confab: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7-9 p.m. @ Aqus
Admission: $5 (free with meal or book purchase) to benefit Aqus & literacy organization TBA
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Programme:
Mysterious Littérateur Cara Black
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Literary Lioness Kat Meads
Satirical Genius James Warner
Word Diva Stefanie Freele
Archaeological Suspense Digger Avi Jacob Sweeny
ATTN: WRITERS! Bring a short piece of writing and enter the drawing for the 2 open mic slots (4 min. each)!
About the writers:
Cara Black lives in San Francisco with her bookseller husband and son. She writes the award nominated and bestselling Aimée Leduc investigations set in Paris. Murder in the Rue de Paradis was a Washington Post notable book of 2008. Murder in the Latin Quarter was shortlisted as Best Novel by the Northern California Independent Bookseller association. www.carablack.com
Kat Meads has published fiction, nonfiction and poetry. She received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Chelsea award for fiction. Her most recent novel, when the dust finally settles (Ravenna Press), is coming out this summer! www.katmeads.com
James Warner produces the San Francisco reading series InsideStorytime. His short stories have appeared in dozens of literary reviews and he writes a monthly literary column for OpenDemocracy. His novel All Her Father's Guns (Numina Press, Jan-2011), is the story of a Libertarian venture capitalist seeking to sabotage his ex-wife's Congressional campaign. www.jameswarner.net
Stefanie Freele is the author of the short story collection Feeding Strays (Lost Horse Press), a finalist in the John Gardner Binghamton University Fiction Award and the Book of the Year Award. She won the Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award. Her stories can be found in almost any literary review you can think of and she is the Fiction Editor of the Los Angeles Review. www.stefaniefreele.com
Avi Jacob Sweeny is the author of Pulse of Heroes, the first installment of The Pulse – a paranormal suspense series. Avi Jacob Sweeny’s passion for ancient history and archaeology combine with her love for teaching and storytelling in this riveting adventure saga. www.pulseofheroes.com
