The chapter’s fall kickoff event, a mystery panel featured award-winning mystery/suspense novelists Hallie Ephron (left) and Hank Phillippi Ryan (right). Also pictured is chapter president Lisa Braxton (center).
WNBA/Boston President Lisa Braxton and Vice President Shin Freedman represented Boston at the national WNBA conference held in New York City in June. Chapter presidents from across the country and the national board discussed national initiatives and programs, strategies for strengthening the chapters, and long-term planning.
"The Journey of a Writer’s Life" was the title of a panel discussion held during the WNBA/Boston Annual meeting in May at Finale Restaurant in Brookline. Edith Pearlman, award-winning short story writer; Lloyd Prentice, self-published novelist; and Victoria Abbott Riccardi, travel and food writer, were the speakers.
During a delicious meal at the elegant Red House Restaurant in Cambridge, author Roberta Gately (pictured with WNBA Boston President Lisa Braxton) spoke to attendees about her novel, Lipstick in Afghanistan and her work as a humanitarian and aid worker in third world war zones.
It was "standing room only" at "Different Cultures, Different Lands author panel. Authors (left to right) Jina Ortiz, who is Dominican American, Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell from Haiti, and Grace Talusan, who was born in the Philippines, read from works inspired by their experiences in their native countries and cultures. The event was held at Coolidge Corner Branch Library in Brookline.
Annual Holiday Tea
Three authors were featured: Joan Houlihan, Hobson Woodward, and Kim Ablon Whitney, whose books were named by the Massachusetts Center for the Book as "must reads."
WNBA Boston featured five authors for the annual National Reading Group Month event held at Hotel 140, at 140 Clarendon Street, Boston.
For WNBA Boston members and guests guilty pleasures range from bodice rippers, to pot boilers, to homespun tails set in a quaint town. Guilty Pleasures: Books we Love, but are Slightly Embarrassed to Admit, held at Brookline Public Library September 15th, drew lots of laughs and generated lively conversation.
