[Michlib-l] Women's National Book Association National Reading Group Month Event

[Charli Osborne]

**Please excuse cross-posting - casting a wide net**

Hello everyone!

The Detroit Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association is pleased to
present two outstanding authors for an evening of National Reading Group
Month Celebration at Novi Public Library on Wednesday, October 8, 2014
beginning at 7:00 pm. The two authors will participate in a Q & A moderated
by Willetta Heising, local author and current president of the Detroit
Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. Audience members will be
able to purchase authors' works from Book Beat bookstore, which will be set
up at the library for the evening.  Signing will take place from 8 to 8:45
pm.


LAUREN FRANCIS-SHARMA

Lauren Francis-Sharma, a child of Trinidadian immigrants, was born in New
York City and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a bachelor’s degree
in English literature with a minor in African-American Studies from the
University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law
School. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and two
children. *'Til the Well Runs Dry* is her first novel.



MARISSA STAPLEY

Marissa Stapley is a writer and former magazine editor who contributes to
*Elle*, *The Globe and Mail*, and *The National Post*, among others. She
also teaches writing at the University of Toronto and editing at Centennial
College. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two young children. *Mating
for Life *is her first novel.


I've attached the press release and a flyer to this email in .pdf format.
We hope to see many of you there to support women, books, authors, and
reading - please distribute far and wide!

Charli

Charli Osborne
Annette Haley
Co-Chairs, WNBA NRGM
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