http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog Books are for more than squashing bugs and propping open doors, you know. Sun, 04 May 2008 23:13:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Tampa Writers Alliance has changed locations for its monthly meetings. TWA meetings will be held at the Jimmie Keel Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., Tampa, FL 33618 and not at the John Germany Library downtown. Local author Valerie Washington (Soul Passion) will attend the African-American Book Expo in L.A. May ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/05/04/news-and-notestampa-writers-alliance-washington-barons-smith/ "Within the course of a week spanning March and April 2007, a serious, untoward event in the health of three strangers, two of whom lost their lives, was destined to impact the lives of hundreds, even thousands of people in a complicated web of causality. The victims had no ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/05/04/great-opening-linescritical-by-robin-cook/ Florida author Connie Lee Berry will be touring elementary schools in the Tampa bay area in May. She is the author of a new chapter-book series for young readers ages seven to nine called the Incredible Journey books. "This series features fast-paced worldly adventures filled with geography facts. There ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/27/florida-author-connie-lee-berry-touring-local-schools-in-may/ The United Way of Tampa Bay's 4th Annual Women's Leadership Art of Giving dinner and auction will be May 8. Fashion meets charity as part of the 4th annual Art of Giving dinner. The event will feature our guest speaker, The Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger, who will sign books ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/27/devil-wears-prada-author-lauren-weisberger-at-united-way-dinner-may-8/ I'm spending the weekend at the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, watching as many movies as humanly possible. Back on Monday. http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/18/back-on-monday-2/ ...Movie Crazy by Leonard Maltin http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/10/i-want-to-read-8/ What is National Poetry Month? National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets as a month-long, national celebration of poetry. The concept was to increase the attention paid-by individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our poetic heritage, and to poetry books ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/08/april-is-national-poetry-month/ Book Swap of Carrollwood (13020 N. Dale Mabry, Tampa, 33618) is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Florida author Julie Neal's The Complete Guide to Walt Disney World 2008 is ranked in the Top 10 bestsellers on Amazon.com of all U.S. travel books, regardless of publication date. (And it is one ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/07/news-and-notes/ Received via email from Inkwood Books: Meet C. Vivian Stringer, head coach of the outstanding Rutgers University women's basketball team, the Scarlet Knights, as she signs her acclaimed book Standing Tall:A Memoir of Tragedy and Triuumph at Inkwood Books on Tuesday, April 8, at 4 p.m. Because of late scheduling, reserving ... http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/04/06/author-and-coach-c-vivian-stringer-at-inkwood-books-april-8/ Ignore this, please. I'm playing around with widgets and blidgets and stuff and need to post this here to see if my experiment will work. http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog/2008/03/31/pardon-me-please/