Laurel Anne Hill

Archives for September 2013

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Authors for Literacy Event in San Mateo, CA, on September 21, 2013, with Belva Davis, State Senator Jerry Hill, Dr. Joy DeGruy, Laurel Anne Hill, and More!

Attention those in the San Francisco Bay Area! Please  come to the “Authors for Literacy” book signings and readings in San Mateo, CA, on Saturday, September 21, 2013, 10 am – 4 pm. The location will be the Martin Luther King Center at 725 Monte Diablo Avenue. I’ll be reading from my award-winning novel, “Heroes Arise,” at 11:15 am in the Yellow Room. Other authors present will include State Senator Jerry Hill, Belva Davis, Marc Little, Elise Frances Miller, Dr. Joy DeGruy, Rafael Jesus Gonsalez, McHenry Skip Norman, Lian Gouw, Nadia Lataillade, Beth Barany and many more. 

At 2:00 P.M., everyone will take a seat in the main auditorium to hear from Belva Davis (Author of Never in My Wildest Dreams). At 3:00 P.M. we will hear from Dr. Joy DeGruy (Author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome). 

Each year for over 30 years, The North Central Neighborhood Association in San Mateo has held an annual Essay and Poetry Contest (preschool to 12th Grade) celebrating the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The authors scheduled to participate in the upcoming “Authors for Literacy” event supported this contest in 2013.

Go to http://northcentralneighborhoodassociation.org/index.html for more information about San Mateo’s North Central Neighborhood Association.

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill

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Lindsay Wildlife Museum First Annual Wild About Writers Celebration

Hello all,

I’m posting the following information from my friend and writing mentor, Charlotte Cook.  I’m wild about the “Wild About Writers Celebration!”

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill (Author of “Heroes Arise”)

A Unique Writers Conference

Lindsay Wildlife Museum
First Annual
Wild About Writers Celebration 
(wildlife-museum.org) 

A one-day intimate, inspiring and unique writers conference

November 2, 2013 at the Lindsay Museum in Walnut Creek, CA (8 am to 6:30 pm)

To benefit both the museum and attending writers 

Keynote speakers include: Malcolm Margolin of Heyday Books and Gary Bogue, former wildlife columnist and Curator Emeritus, Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Presenters include writers and poets and established writing professionals providing workshops and office hours to attending writers as well as Lindsay staff offering their insights into local nature and history topics. Profiles and a calendar will be available online shortly.

Limited attendance: 125

Fee for full day of activities includes workshops, special tours and consulting opportunities, breakfast, lunch and a Wine and Cheese Mingle as well as special surprise gifts and book bags — all included in the $150 per person fee. 

Registration instructions are online. Go to the “Special Events Page” on the Lindsay Wildlife Museum website. (http://wildlife-museum.org/visit/special-events)

We’re adding three contests (poetry, fiction, nonfiction) with offer cash and gift prizes … information to come online. Five finalists in each category will receive special gifts with the winner receiving a $100 cash prize and the opportunity to read at the Wine and Cheese Mingle.

Charlotte Cook
Conference Director
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
First Annual Wild About Writers Celebration (November 2, 2013)
http://wildlife-museum.org/visit/special-events