Free Screening of The Glass Castle:
Tuesday, August 8
7:00 PM
AMC River East
Passes here
20170715
Publishing Workshop with David W. Berner at American Writers Museum
Thursday,
July 20, Readers Hall, American Writer's Museum 7 p.m. Cost: $50 per participant
Workshop: Publishing
In today’s crowded media landscape, how do you sell your book or short story? How do you make your mark with your writing? In this one-day workshop author David W. Berner (October Song: A Memoir of Music and the Journey of Time, Roundfire Press 2017) teaches you how to find your way through the complicated process of getting your words out.
In today’s crowded media landscape, how do you sell your book or short story? How do you make your mark with your writing? In this one-day workshop author David W. Berner (October Song: A Memoir of Music and the Journey of Time, Roundfire Press 2017) teaches you how to find your way through the complicated process of getting your words out.
Book: October
Song by David W. Berner $16.95 (paperback)
20170711
The day we unite for the open web
On July 12, 2017, websites, Internet users, and online communities will come together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. Learn how you can join the protest and spread the word at https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/.
Right now, new FCC Chairman and former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai has a plan to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies immense control over what we see and do online. If they get their way, the FCC will give companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T control over what we can see and do on the Internet, with the power to slow down or block websites and charge apps and sites extra fees to reach an audience.
If we lose net neutrality, we could soon face an Internet where some of your favorite websites are forced into a slow lane online, while deep-pocketed companies who can afford expensive new “prioritization” fees have special fast lane access to Internet users – tilting the playing field in their favor.
But on July 12th, the Internet will come together to stop them. Websites, Internet users, and online communities will stand tall, and sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality.
The Battle for the Net campaign will provide tools for everyone to make it super easy for your friends, family, followers to take action. From the SOPA blackout to the Internet Slowdown, we've shown time and time again that when the Internet comes together, we can stop censorship and corruption. Now, we have to do it again!
Learn more and join the action here: https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12
20170703
Children's Author Story Time with Ilene Cooper July 11th 10:30 AM at 180 N. Michigan
Presented in
partnership with the Society of Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators.
July 11: Ilene Cooper, author of A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country, the Absolutely Lucy series, and Jake’s Best Thumb, among other books.
July 11: Ilene Cooper, author of A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country, the Absolutely Lucy series, and Jake’s Best Thumb, among other books.
On the second Tuesday of each month, American Writer's Museum (180 N. Michigan Ave. 2nd Floor) welcomes a new children’s author in
its Children’s Literature Gallery. Meet your favorite books’ creators and
illustrators, get your book signed and hear a story from some of the most
inspiring and creative children’s authors writing today.
Tuesday,
July 11, Children’s Literature Gallery, 10:30 a.m. Preschool-age children with
a caregiver. Free. Museum admission not included
Books: A Woman in the House (and Senate): How
Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the
Country $24.95 (hardback) and Absolutely Lucy $4.99 (paperback) by Ilene Cooper
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20170620
Poetry Among the Palms: Readings
Ed Roberson and other poets read W.S. Merwin and others inspired by
nature and the outdoors among the exhibits at the Garfield Park
Conservatory, along with kids’ activities. Presented in partnership with
the Poetry Center of Chicago, the Chicago Park District, and the
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance.
after-words will be on hand to sell copies of Closest Pronunciation by Ed Roberson $9.95
Thursday, June 29, Garfield Park Conservatory Palm House, 6 p.m. General public. $5 suggested donation.
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after-words will be on hand to sell copies of Closest Pronunciation by Ed Roberson $9.95
Thursday, June 29, Garfield Park Conservatory Palm House, 6 p.m. General public. $5 suggested donation.
RSVP: https://72817.blackbaudhosting.com/72817/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=395309ed-9ffa-4408-9d60-304012162527
20170606
Harry Potter now available through after-words and libro.fm
This announcement marks the first time independent bookstores in the United States have been able to offer Wizarding World digital audiobooks to their customers.
The Wizarding World digital audiobooks include all seven novels in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series as well as the indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the Wizarding World, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It is narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne who starred as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the 2016 film inspired by the Hogwarts Library book.
About Libro.fm:
Libro.fm is the independent store for digital audiobooks. An independent company
based in Seattle, WA, Libro.fm offers tens of thousands of DRM-free digital audiobooks, available for download and through its free iOS and Android apps. A partner of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Libro.fm works with independent bookstores to create co-branded audiobook storefronts.
About Pottermore:
Pottermore, the digital publishing, e-commerce, entertainment and news company from J.K. Rowling, is the global digital publisher of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. As the digital heart of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, pottermore.com is dedicated to unlocking the power of imagination. It offers news, features, and articles as well as new and previously unreleased writing by J.K. Rowling.
https://libro.fm/after-words
20170601
Free Screening on June 5th
Free screening of My Cousin Rachel at the Landmark Century Cinema June 5th at 7pm. Based on the Daphne DuMaurier novel of the same name.
Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters Ambrose wrote hint that his love had turned to paranoia and fear. Now Rachel has arrived at Philip's newly inherited estate. Could this exquisite woman, who seems to genuinely share Philip's grief at Ambrose's death, really be as cruel as Philip imagined? Or is she the kind, passionate woman with whom Ambrose fell in love? Philip struggles to answer this question, knowing Ambrose's estate, and his own future, will be destroyed if his answer is wrong.
Watch a trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Get your free passes here: http://www.foxsearchlightscreenings.com/AfterWords
Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters Ambrose wrote hint that his love had turned to paranoia and fear. Now Rachel has arrived at Philip's newly inherited estate. Could this exquisite woman, who seems to genuinely share Philip's grief at Ambrose's death, really be as cruel as Philip imagined? Or is she the kind, passionate woman with whom Ambrose fell in love? Philip struggles to answer this question, knowing Ambrose's estate, and his own future, will be destroyed if his answer is wrong.
Watch a trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Get your free passes here: http://www.foxsearchlightscreenings.com/AfterWords
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