CWC SF Peninsula

CHANTICLEER BOOK AWARDS
Three of the “First in Category” Winners:
Murray Richter
Laurel Anne Hill
Dr. Scot Hodkiewicz
Chanticleer Book Reviews (CBR) held its annual awards banquet on April 21, during the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the picturesque Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington. Laurel Anne Hill was surprised–and delighted–to receive an Ozma Fantasy Award (First in Category Blue Ribbon) for her novel, “The Engine Woman’s Light.” Her book had been short-listed for both the Ozma and the Dante Rossetti (Young Adult) Awards. As an additional bonus, Laurel attended excellent programs about writing and book promotion, and made new friends. “The quality of the speakers was amazing,” Laurel said.

Once again, the California Writer’s Club was represented by the SF/Peninsula Chapter in a booth at the Bay Area Book Festival, Saturday and Sunday April 28th and 29th in Berkeley. Carole Bumpus and Elise Francis Miller participated along with Lisa Meltzer Penn. A good time was had by all! 

Lisa Meltzer Penn is pictured here with Shut Up and Write founder, Rennie Saunders. Thank you to all the volunteers and members who came by to say “hello.”

Sam Kaufman and Jeannine Gerkman read poetry the second Tuesday in April and look forward to reading poetry again at QD Gallery in May. They invite poets and others who like poetry and art to join them. QD Gallery is located downstairs near Macy’s at the Hillsdale Shopping Center (in San Mateo). They will be hosting the 2nd of a series of poetry readings on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and are open to continuing the tradition the 2nd Tuesday of each month if enough authors and poets are interested. So come, be inspired and mingle. Light refreshments will be served.

On April 26th, Penelope Cole was on an Author Panel at the “Annual Lunch with the Authors” (a Brandeis University Fundraiser) in Downtown Campbell. She was the only Children’s Author on the panel with some best selling authors!

On April 28th, Penelope Cole was one of the local artists/authors featured at the Annual Art in the Park at the Villages in San Jose.

AND…Three of her submissions to the Tri-Valley Writers Club Anthology were accepted! It’s been a very exciting month!

Geri Spieler will speak at the Gold Country Writers meeting in Auburn on Wednesday, June 20, from 10 a.m. until noon.  Former president of the CWC SF Peninsula branch, Geri is the author of Taking Aim At The President: The Remarkable Story Of the  Woman Who Shot At Gerald Ford (St. Martin’s Press/Macmillan).