High Desert Teams with Barnes & Noble
For Book Fair in Victorville, May 18
The CWC High Desert Branch, recently honored for its partnership with University Prep High School for educational excellence, together with several local member/authors held a Book Fair at Barnes & Noble at Bear Valley Road in the Victorville Mall on Saturday, May 18.
Customers were encouraged to use a discount code at time of checkout which allowed the HDCWC to get a percentage of the sales in this fundraiser.
Authors Mary Ruth Hughes, Jenny Margotta, EmmaLisa Hill, Mary Langer Thompson, Michael Raff, Roberta L. Smith, Marilyn King, Beckie Lindsey, Mary Mack, and Dwight Norris signed and sold their books. Anthologies published by the HDCWC including the award-winning Footprints from Around The World were also available.
Early indications for another book fair in mid-October will include a Poetry Reading Room among other features.
Weird Weekend Returns to East Sierra
Friday-Saturday, September 27-28
Ridgecrest, CA
Ridge Writers, the East Sierra Branch of the California Writers Club, holds its annual Weird Weekend September 27-28. The two-day event celebrates the stranger side of the desert – aliens, lost gold mines, apparitions, bigfoot sightings, objects moving when they shouldn’t, and an assortment of eerie tales.
The Weird Storytelling Competition begins 2:00 p.m. Friday. Readings must involve the stranger side of the desert, run 5-7 minutes, be original and in good taste. Truth optional. Prizes and bragging rights will be awarded.
Plus both nights 7:30 p.m. Master Mystery Productions present an interactive murder mystery written by Monica Lorenz and inspired by Bigfoot.
A third event will be announced soon. Watch this space for further developments.
All will be held at Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church. For the contest, sign up in advance at Red Rock Books (206 W. Ridgecrest Blvd, 760-375-3454). Last-minute entries may sign up at the door on the day of the event on a space-available basis. Participants do not have to be local. Everyone is welcome to attend, watch, and enjoy refreshments. With paid admission, anyone may also compete, provided that the rules are observed. Admission is $5 per contest.