Branches and Members Get Busy
Book tours we prepped for at killer pace have slid through our fingers. Face-to-face meetings have gone on hiatus. Several branches have expanded their social media programs. One started a writing contest, followed by plans for an anthology of fiction about pandemics. One member leads a homegrown team that has turned out 5000 masks. Many of us found time for that writing project we could never quite get around to before.
For inspiration and kindred spirits, check out branch social media activities and contests by clicking on each branch under the Branches tab at calwriters.org. Remember that with social media, you don’t necessarily have to seek a branch where you live.
Meanwhile, we look forward our next face-to-face meetings – after the crisis passes – to reunite, reconnect, and jubilate with the friends who rode through the fire together with us.
Los Angeles Times
Festival of Books Rescheduled
Until October 3-4, 2020
Owing to concern over Coronavirus, the 25th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books – original set for mid-April — has been postponed to the October 3-4, 2020, weekend. It will take place in association with the University of Southern California on the USC campus.
Since 1996, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has gathered writers, poets, artists, filmmakers, musicians and emerging storytellers, and ranks as the largest event of its kind in the United States.
The Book Prizes awards ceremony, planned for April 17, will not be held this year. However, honorees and winners will be acknowledged through an announcement which remains scheduled for April 17.
For further details, visit events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/.