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Washington Library Association Conference
Yakima, WA
October 19
10am-11:15am
Connecting with Local Children's Book Authors & Illustrators
Yakima, WA
October 19
10am-11:15am
Connecting with Local Children's Book Authors & Illustrators
Veterans Day Celebration
Austin, TX
Austin Public Library, Manchaca Road Branch, 5500 Manchaca Rd.
Friday, November 9, 2018 1:30pm
How American WWII Nurses Survived Battle & Prison Camp in the Pacific
Multi-media program. Light snacks. More information here...
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Moscow, ID
BookPeople of Moscow, 521 South Main
4pm
Courage for Our Time
Fannie Sellins faced off against powerful corporations, galvanizing workers to strike for fair pay and safe work. She confronted anti-immigrant prejudice and advocated non-violent action. When company-hired gunmen threatened her life, she refused to leave the picket line. Fannie died in a hail of bullets in broad daylight before a crowd of witnesses. No one was ever brought to justice for her death.
American WWII Nurses survived four months on the front lines of Bataan and Corregidor before their capture by the Japanese Army. Then, in POW camp they nursed others through disease and starvation. How did they survive three years in captivity? PURE GRIT, the little-known story of these American heroines will make you proud. Come learn how courage comes in the darkest places.
Moscow, ID
BookPeople of Moscow, 521 South Main
4pm
Courage for Our Time
Fannie Sellins faced off against powerful corporations, galvanizing workers to strike for fair pay and safe work. She confronted anti-immigrant prejudice and advocated non-violent action. When company-hired gunmen threatened her life, she refused to leave the picket line. Fannie died in a hail of bullets in broad daylight before a crowd of witnesses. No one was ever brought to justice for her death.
American WWII Nurses survived four months on the front lines of Bataan and Corregidor before their capture by the Japanese Army. Then, in POW camp they nursed others through disease and starvation. How did they survive three years in captivity? PURE GRIT, the little-known story of these American heroines will make you proud. Come learn how courage comes in the darkest places.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Moscow, ID
BookPeople of Moscow, 521 South Main
11am-12:30pm
First Impressions Count
A Workshop sponsored by the Inland Northwest Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
From agents to editors to readers—your first impression key. Whether you’re writing a novel, nonfiction, short story, graphic novel or picture book, your first few pages must introduce character and conflict, provide clarity and suspense, make a promise and hook your reader.
Join us for this progress-focused interactive workshop. Bring the first 750-words of your manuscript or book proposal and we’ll scrutinize language and structure for these essential elements, tackle exercises to improve voice and tension, plus, clarify place, time and mood.
Following the workshop SCBWI Regional Advisor Mary Cronk Farrell will host an informal Q & A about all things Children/YA publishing. Mary is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction for young people. Learn more at: InlandNW.SCBWI.org
Moscow, ID
BookPeople of Moscow, 521 South Main
11am-12:30pm
First Impressions Count
A Workshop sponsored by the Inland Northwest Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
From agents to editors to readers—your first impression key. Whether you’re writing a novel, nonfiction, short story, graphic novel or picture book, your first few pages must introduce character and conflict, provide clarity and suspense, make a promise and hook your reader.
Join us for this progress-focused interactive workshop. Bring the first 750-words of your manuscript or book proposal and we’ll scrutinize language and structure for these essential elements, tackle exercises to improve voice and tension, plus, clarify place, time and mood.
Following the workshop SCBWI Regional Advisor Mary Cronk Farrell will host an informal Q & A about all things Children/YA publishing. Mary is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction for young people. Learn more at: InlandNW.SCBWI.org
Friday, April 28, 2017
Minneapolis, MN
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society Conference
Keynote: Grit Arises in the Darkest Places: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp
Concurrent Session: Reflecting Resiliency in a Cracked Mirror: Useful Tools for Building Grit (with Shari Liesch, MSN, APNP, CDE)
For more information and to register click here...
Minneapolis, MN
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society Conference
Keynote: Grit Arises in the Darkest Places: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp
Concurrent Session: Reflecting Resiliency in a Cracked Mirror: Useful Tools for Building Grit (with Shari Liesch, MSN, APNP, CDE)
For more information and to register click here...
Saturday, April 29, 2017
St Louis Park, MN
9am-11:30am
Minnesota Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Workshop
Hidden Architecture: The Secret to Writing Compelling Nonfiction for a New Generation
For details and to register click here...
St Louis Park, MN
9am-11:30am
Minnesota Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Workshop
Hidden Architecture: The Secret to Writing Compelling Nonfiction for a New Generation
For details and to register click here...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
Chatham University, Mellon Board Room, Woodland Rd.
11:30am-1pm
Women's Leadership Lecture Series
Labor Organizer Fannie Sellins, A Courageous Model for Our Time
Event is free, but you must register. For more information and to register, click here.
Pittsburgh, PA
Chatham University, Mellon Board Room, Woodland Rd.
11:30am-1pm
Women's Leadership Lecture Series
Labor Organizer Fannie Sellins, A Courageous Model for Our Time
Event is free, but you must register. For more information and to register, click here.
For more information click here...
Monday, August 1, 2016
Deming, WA
Deming Public Library, 5044 Mt Baker Hwy
7pm
Pure Grit: Women of Courage
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Spokane, WA
Brookdale on 57th and Regal.
12:30-2pm
Pure Grit: Women of Courage
Thursday-Friday, April 28-29, 2016
Spokane, WA
Washington State Library Conference
Friday, August 7, 2015
Vancover, WA
Pacific Northwest Library Conference
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Cheney, WA
Cheney Public Library, 610 First Street
7-8pm
PURE GRIT Book Discussion Group. Everyone Welcome! We'll be talking about the WWII POW nurses featured in my book and how they survived three years in Japanese prison camp. Do you have a military nurse in your family tree? Come share your story.
Cheney, WA
Cheney Public Library, 610 First Street
7-8pm
PURE GRIT Book Discussion Group. Everyone Welcome! We'll be talking about the WWII POW nurses featured in my book and how they survived three years in Japanese prison camp. Do you have a military nurse in your family tree? Come share your story.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Spokane, WA
Daughters of the American Revolution
9:30 am St. John's Cathedral
I'll be talking about the WWII POW nurses featured in my book PURE GRIT and showing historical photos.
Spokane, WA
Daughters of the American Revolution
9:30 am St. John's Cathedral
I'll be talking about the WWII POW nurses featured in my book PURE GRIT and showing historical photos.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Seattle Children's Hospital
I'll be meeting with Emergency Room Nurses on retreat to reflect on their vocation and bond with one another. Every day these nurses care for children who come into the ER, often in critical condition.
My part is to share the courage, resilience and commitment of the POW nurses I researched for PURE GRIT. I'm honored to be a small part of this effort by these nurses to process the demands of their job and return to their important work with renewed purpose.
Seattle Children's Hospital
I'll be meeting with Emergency Room Nurses on retreat to reflect on their vocation and bond with one another. Every day these nurses care for children who come into the ER, often in critical condition.
My part is to share the courage, resilience and commitment of the POW nurses I researched for PURE GRIT. I'm honored to be a small part of this effort by these nurses to process the demands of their job and return to their important work with renewed purpose.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Washington D.C.
National Council of Teachers of English National Convention
11:00 am ANDERSON’S BOOK SIGNING Booth #153
12:00 – 1:15 pm Investigating How the Landscape of Research Ignites Story in Fiction & Nonfiction
Location: Gaylord National Resort, Woodrow Wilson C
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Spokane, WA
Pure Grit Booksigning
2 pm-4 pm
Hastings
2512 E 29th Ave, Spokane, WA
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Dupont, WA
Friends of the Fort Lewis Military Museum
Noon Brunch & Pure Grit Program
Patriots Landing
1600 Marshall Circle
Dupont, WA
http://www.patriotslanding.com/contact.html
Monday, June 30, 2014
Olympia, WA
7 pm Pure Grit Program
Orca Books
509 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
http://www.orcabooks.com
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Bellingham, WA
7 pm Pure Grit Program
Village Books
1200 11th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
http://www.villagebooks.com
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Concrete, WA
1pm Pure Grit Program
Concrete Center
45821 Railroad Street
Concrete, WA
http://www.upperskagit.lib.wa.us/
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Barnegat, NJ
3:45pm EST Skype Visit with Teens
Ocean County Library
Barnegat Branch
112 Burr Street
Barnegat, NJ 08005
http://theoceancountylibrary.org/branches/BGT/bgt.htm
Dupont, WA
Friends of the Fort Lewis Military Museum
Noon Brunch & Pure Grit Program
Patriots Landing
1600 Marshall Circle
Dupont, WA
http://www.patriotslanding.com/contact.html
Monday, June 30, 2014
Olympia, WA
7 pm Pure Grit Program
Orca Books
509 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
http://www.orcabooks.com
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Bellingham, WA
7 pm Pure Grit Program
Village Books
1200 11th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
http://www.villagebooks.com
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Concrete, WA
1pm Pure Grit Program
Concrete Center
45821 Railroad Street
Concrete, WA
http://www.upperskagit.lib.wa.us/
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Barnegat, NJ
3:45pm EST Skype Visit with Teens
Ocean County Library
Barnegat Branch
112 Burr Street
Barnegat, NJ 08005
http://theoceancountylibrary.org/branches/BGT/bgt.htm
December 14, 2013 2pm
February 26, 2014 12 noon
April 8, 2014
Tuesday, noon – 2 pm
April 12, 2014
April 19, 2014
Saturday, 11am-2pm
May 6, 2014
Tuesday, 7pm
Kirkland, WA
May 6-12, 2014
National Nurses Appreciation Week
May 7, 2014
May 28-31, 2014
San Jose, CA
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Descendants Group Convention
June 25th, Lexington, Kentucky
Chance to win a copy of PURE GRIT at Palmer's Fresh Grill
- Come meet Kay LeClaire, Mountain Climber Extraordinaire featured in my book JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Kay summited the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, Mt. Everest at age 60.
- Auntie's Bookstore, Spokane, WA, 2pm
February 26, 2014 12 noon
- What Does Courage Look Like?
- Eastern Washington University, JFK Library
- free & open to the public
March 1, 2014
Saturday, 11am- Mostly Books
- 3126 Harborview Drive
- Gig Harbor, WA
March 3, 2014
Monday, 11am- Seattle KING-5 TV with Margaret Larson on New Day Northwest
- Secret Garden Books
- 2214 NW Market Street
- Seattle, WA 206-789-5006
March 8, 2014
Saturday, 2pm- Spokane Aunties Bookstore
- 402 W Main Ave, Spokane, WA
- Local launch for PURE GRIT
- free & open to the public
March 14, 2014
Friday, 11pm- Boston, MA
- WBZ-AM THE JORDAN RICH SHOW
March 18, 2014
Tuesday, 2pm- Author2Author Blog Radio
- Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/author-magazine
March 19, 2014
Wednesday, 7pm- North Spokane Book Group
March 29, 2014
Saturday, 11am-1pm- Barnes & Noble
- PURE GRIT Book signing
- Suite 700
1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd.
Kennewick, WA
April 8, 2014
Tuesday, noon – 2 pm
- Unsung Heroes, film & panel discussion about Unacknowledged Women in the Military
- Sponsored by EWU Women's Studies & EWU ROTC
- Eastern Washington University, Monroe Hall 205
April 12, 2014
- Get Lit! Eastern Washington University Literary Festival
- From Spark to Fire: Four Non-fiction Writers Share How to Keep the Process Burning
- Writing a nonfiction piece, short or long form, often requires tenacity. The authors will offer solutions to difficult or dead-end research and cover how to deal with mistakes, unpracticed craft, and unwieldy narrative structure. Their publishing credits include a wide range of essay, biography, history and nature literature.
- Jack Nesbit
- Nancy D. Engle
- Paul Lindholht, PhD
- Mary Cronk Farrell
April 19, 2014
Saturday, 11am-2pm
- Barnes & Noble
- PURE GRIT Book signing
15310 E. Indiana Ave.
Spokane Valley, Wa 99216
May 6, 2014
Tuesday, 7pm
- Parkplace Books, Kirkland, WA
- PURE GRIT program and book signing
Kirkland, WA
May 6-12, 2014
National Nurses Appreciation Week
- American Lake VA Hospital, noon, May 6
- Puget Sound VA Hospital, 2:30 pm, May 8
- PeaceHealth St. Joseph's Medical Center, Bellingham, 1 pm. May 9
May 7, 2014
- St. Mary Magdalene School, Everett, WA
May 28-31, 2014
San Jose, CA
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Descendants Group Convention
June 25th, Lexington, Kentucky
Chance to win a copy of PURE GRIT at Palmer's Fresh Grill