BOOK FEST DAY! YAY!

SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 26
BOOK FEST DAY!!!

LIVESTREAM
WORKSHOP
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10-11AM - Planning and Time-Management for Busy Writers with Audrey Hughey
You've got big plans but don't know how to fit it all into twenty-four hours. Hughey shares her tips and tricks for making the most of your time, whether you're writing full-time, writing part-time with a regular full-time job, or if you're making that leap to full-time writing. With marketing, outlines, social media, book events and more all clamoring for your attention, how can you keep your sanity while finishing projects? Join her for this workshop! You'll have a chance to ask your questions in the last fifteen minutes, too!


WORKSHOP
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11AM - NOON Playing with Poetry with Sharon Burton & JL Smith
 
Join Sharon Burton and JL Smith for a highly interactive workshop where you will have the chance to review classic and contemporary works by Maryland poets and create and share a response. Using the creative and playful techniques provided, the novice as well as the seasoned poet will have a foundation for creating their own works. In the end, everyone will have an opportunity to share their works they created in response.
 
DRAG QUEEN STORYTIME FOR KIDS!
11:30AM – NOON
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Returning for her second appearance with The Write Women Book Fest D’Manda Martini will be reading “Her Body Can” by Katie Crenshaw & Ady Meschke
“Her body is beautiful—strong, kind and wise. All bodies are lovely no matter their size.” Her Body Can is a book of poetic self-love and body positivity declarations for all young girls. Its aim is to encourage our young girls to create a reality for themselves in which they love themselves and their bodies for exactly who and what they are, instead of learning to judge themselves and hate their bodies for what they are not. Our girls should know that their bodies are absolutely amazing and CAN DO incredible things—and that their worth is not measured by anything except how big they love themselves. The very first book of its kind, written for girls ages newborn to 8, this book intends to teach all young girls their bodies CAN DO ANYTHING and that what they look like is irrelevant—we are all beautiful exactly the way we are. The authors’ rhyming, sing-song voices deliver captivating messages that are easy for young readers to understand and absorb, while the illustrator’s whimsical, modern drawings and vibrant colors bring characters to life on and off the page.
AMAZON LINK FOR THIS BOOK
 
WORKSHOP
1-1:45PM
WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY - HOW TO WRITE A STORY WITH THE CHARACTERS GOD GAVE YOU
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The worksheet that goes with this workshop can be found HERE.
Use what you have found doing genealogy research to write a memoir for your family and future generations. Learn tips on gathering those random stories, characters, and events into a beautiful narrative of your family history.


FIREFIGHTER STORYTIME & FIRE SAFETY
12:30-1:15PM
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Firefighter Jones will kick off storytime with a reading of  “Molly, By Golly” by Dianne Ochiltree and then follow up with some easy  and important fire safety tips for children.
This legendary tale introduces young readers to Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11, who is considered to be the first known female firefighter in U.S. history. One winter day in 1818, when many of the firefighting volunteers are sick with influenza and a small wooden house is ablaze, Molly jumps into action and helps stop the blaze, proudly earning the nickname Volunteer Number 11. Relying on historic records and pictures and working closely with firefighting experts, Dianne Ochiltree and artist Kathleen Kemly not only bring this spunky and little-known heroine to life but also show how fires were fought in early America.
AMAZON LINK FOR THIS BOOK
 
FANTASY TEA TIME – READINGS AND CHIT-CHAT
2-3:30PM YOU MUST REGISTER AHEAD FOR THIS EVENT HERE:
Put on your fancy gloves, warm up some water, break out the tea service, make some finger sandwiches, and login to Zoom for a virtual tea party for book lovers.

Fantasy YA author Ariele Sieling will be your host as she has tea and reads excerpts from some of her books. She will also be introducing you to other women fantasy authors and they will also be sipping tea and reading excerpts from their books.
Author Readings & Polite Discussion
Mary E. Jung
Reign of Ashes
L.C. Son
Beautiful Nightmare Book One
Heather Elizabeth King, Author
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WOMEN’S POETRY OPEN MIC
*may contain adult content and language
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3:30PM – Hosted by Patti Ross, AKA Little Pi!
Patti Ross (Spady) aka "little pi" is an Orator, Poet, Poor Peoples Advocate, and Feminist Warrior. Patti earned a Journalism degree from the American University. After publishing in the Washington Times and the Rural America newspapers, Patti landed a career in the corporate technology field. She writes and performs poetry and spoken word under the name "little pi." She also writes at https://littlepisuniverse.wordPress.com.

 POETRY READING
*may contain adult content and language
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Alyshia Bradley
Alyshia Bradley is a 29 year old actress, author and spoken word artist from Lusby Maryland. She graduated top of her College with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Urban Arts from Coppin State University. "I believe art and healing go hand in hand, art has always been there for me, so my life's work is to continue to be a living advocate for art and healthy mental health practices." Her debut book Thank You Resiliency But I Am Tired, embodies just that, using healing, mental health and art detailing the story of a rough break up, and ownership to follow through poetry. Already in works, her second book I See You Mocha Mocha details just how much performing arts and poetry I've mused on throughout my life and how my life was saved and shaped by it. "I See You Mocha Mocha is a collection of short beautiful raw human moment stories that I was lucky enough to witness and turn into poetry."

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@HONESTLY_MOCHAGODDESS TO ORDER A SIGNED COPY OF HER BOOK
OR ORDER ON AMAZONPOETRY READING
*may contain adult content and language
 
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