website<\/a> for the most up-to-date information.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
1:00 p.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m CST<\/span><\/strong> Author\/Playwright David Valdes will be giving an Author Workshop on Writing. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Three Little Words: Write Your Story in Any Genre<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nJoin me for a hands-on workshop to jumpstart your story idea, using character, conflict, and motion\u2013the three words at the heart of every novel, memoir, creative nonfiction book, play, or movie script. We\u2019ll play with all three concepts in writing exercises and leave with the core of a new narrative in mind. This workshop is appropriate for all levels, whether it\u2019s your first story or your fortieth!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Bio: <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>David Valdes<\/strong> is the author of three nonfiction books (Homo Domesticus, A Little Fruitcake, and The Rhinestone Sisterhood), as well as two young adult novels, Revengers and Spin Me Right Round (coming from Bloomsbury in 2021). An award-winning playwright, he is the author of more than 20 plays which have been produced coast to coast, including The Mermaid Hour and Full Code. He has written columns for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and Medium. He teaches writing at both Tufts University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and lives outside Boston with his teenage daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The Pulpwood Queen Presents:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2:15 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Jeannette Brown \u201cThe Illusion of Leaving: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2:30 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Joy Ross Davis \u201cThe Madwoman of Preacher\u2019s Cove: A Novel\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST llene English \u201cHippie Chick: Coming of Age in the \u201860s\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3:15 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Steven Manchester \u201cThe Menu\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3:30 p.m. \u2013 3:45 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Isla Morley \u201cThe Last Blue: A Novel\u201d and \u201cCome Sunday: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n4:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Jess Montgomery \u201cThe Widows\u201d, \u201cThe Hollows\u201d and \u201cThe Stills\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n4:15 p.m<\/span><\/strong>. CST Richard Schwartz with Wendy Carter \u201cPearl River Mansion: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Mary Helen Sheriff \u201cBoop and Eve\u2019s Road Trip: A Novel\u201d and \u201cBookish Road Trip!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n4:45 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Steve Wiegenstein \u201cScattered Lights\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n5:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Marci Henna \u201cWhen We Last Spoke\u201d and \u201cWhat Lies Ahead\u201d in her Fireside series. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n6:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Kim Harwanko, author of \u201cNovel Women,\u201d moderates a panel of her Just Between Friends Book Club Members, who helped author their first book \u201cNovel Women\u201d and its sequel to be announced.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n7:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST <\/strong><\/span>Meet-and-Greet the Authors Slumber Party! <\/strong>Introducing all the authors in honor of the Pat Conroy Literary Center\u2019s philanthropic endeavors. Our authors donate personal items and more, many autographed to do an Author Auction with ALL proceeds to go to the Pat Conroy Literary Center! Let\u2019s celebrate!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n= = = = = = = = <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
8:30 a.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST A Royal Welcome to our IT\u2019S ALL ABOUT THE STORY-themed Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party Book Club Convention from The Pulpwood Queen KATHY L. MURPHY, CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation; author of \u201cThe Pulpwood Queens\u2019 Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life\u201d and her latest book \u201cThe Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years\u201d edited by Susan Cushman (published by Brother Mockingbird); and Director of Acquisitions for Lucid House Publishing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n9:00 a.m. \u2013 9:30 a.m. CST Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/strong>\/Book Club Comedian Marilyn Simon Rothstein<\/strong> \u201cHusbands and Other Sharp Objects\u201d and \u201cLift and Separate\u201d with NEW book to be announced. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n9:30 a.m. \u2013 10:00 a.m. CST Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/strong>\/Author Janet Skeslien Charles<\/strong> of \u201cThe Paris Library: A Novel\u201d joins us from Paris, France, courtesy of Simon & Schuster Publishing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n10:00 a.m. \u2013 10:45 a.m. CST Keynote Speaker\/Author Mary Morris<\/span><\/strong> \u201cAll the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n10:45 a.m \u2013 11:00 a.m<\/span><\/strong> CST Author Boo Walker \u201cAn Unfinished Story: A Novel\u201d reports in from Spain!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n11:00 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Keynote Speaker<\/strong>\/Author Reavis Z. Wortham<\/strong> \u201cHawke\u2019s Fury: A Sonny Hawke Thriller\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n11:30 a.m. CST Keynote Speaker\/<\/span><\/strong> Editor at Grand Central Publishing, Author Lauren Marino of \u201cBookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History\u201d and \u201cWhat Would Dolly Do?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n12:00 Noon CST Keynote Speaker<\/strong> Author, Adriana Trigiani \u201cThe Shoemaker\u2019s Wife: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n12:30 CST Lunch Intermission <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CST Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/strong>\/Author Cary J. Broussard<\/strong>, Founder of the Cinderella to CEO Awards \u201cFrom Cinderella to CEO: How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Moderator Susan Peterson of Sue\u2019s Reading Neighborhood and her featured authors: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Barbara Davis \u201cLast of the Moon Girls\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Jax Frey \u201cThe Gumbeaux Sistahs\u201d and\u201dGumbeaux Love: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Marjorie Herrera Lewis \u201cWhen the Men Were Gone: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deborah Mantella, \u201cMy Sweet Vidalia: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2:30 p.m. \u2013 3:30 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Moderator Shari Stauch of Main Street Reads and her featured authors: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Scott Boyer \u201cTemple of Eternity: Book 2 Bobby Ether Series\u201d and Bobby Ether and The Jade Academy: Book 1 Bobby Ether Series\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Joe Palmer \u201cA Mariner\u2019s Tale: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ruthie Landis \u201cActing Lessons for the Living: Play the Scenes of Your Life with Intention, Presence, and Pure Potential: Living, Acting and Enneagram Master Class\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Gregory Enrich Phillips \u201cA Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3:30 p.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong> CST Author\/Blogger Eileen Harrison Sanchez \u201cFreedom Lessons\u201d of Prose and the Pandemic moderates this authors panel: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Meryl Ain \u201cThe Takeaway Men: A Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Johnnie Bernhard \u201cSisters of the Undertow: Novel\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mandy Haynes \u201cSharp as A Serpent\u2019s Tooth: Eva and Other Stories\u201d and \u201cWalking the Wrong Way Home\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n