Awards

Congratulations to winners of the Women’s Fiction category for the 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards:

We Never Told by Diana Altman– 1st place

The Trumpet Lesson by Dianne Romain – 2nd place

News and Updates

Karen Keilt’s The Parrot’s Perch was featured in BookTrib as a reading recommendation.

Michelle Cameron, author of Beyond the Ghetto Gates, received an excellent review from Foreword Reviews saying, “Though it is set in turbulent times, Beyond the Ghetto Gates is a timeless coming-of-age story.”

Eileen Harrison Sanchez received a marvelous review for her novel Freedom Lessons from Historical Novel Society.

Rickey Gard Diamond, author of Screwnomics, wrote a piece that was featured in Ms. Magazine on female economists.

Kirkus Reviews is calling The Way You Burn by Christine Meade, “A moving, emotional, and unpredictable drama.”

Events

Elena Schwolsky, author of Waking in Havana, will be hosting three book tours in the East Bay area. Check the flyer below for more details.

Join Elayne Klasson, author of Love Is a Rebellious Bird, and Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Hard Cider, at Book Bin Northbrook on Saturday, February 22nd from 3 to 5 p.m.

Elayne Klasson, author of Love Is a Rebellious Bird, will be speaking at the Brandeis National Committee of Southern California at the Skirball Museum on Tuesday, March 3rd and in Northern California for Brandeis and the Assistance League on Thursday, April 2nd. Please visit elayneklasson.com/events for more details.

Join Marika Lindholm, author of We Got This, and Diane Stelfox Cook, author of So Many Angels, for an evening of solo mom stories and conversations on Thursday, March 5th at 6:30 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller.

 

Every week, we celebrate noteworthy achievements and upcoming events happening within the She Writes Press community in our “Friday High Fives!” If you have coverage you’d like to share, a new award to your name or an event planned, please email digital@sparkpointstudio.com and we’ll get you included in an upcoming Friday High Fives!