Based on 3 years of research and verified by a team of financial experts,Investing: Starting from Scratch uses simple analogies to explain thecomplex subject of investing and retirement planning. 78 million BabyBoomers will begin turning 65 in 2011. Many of them will not have savedenough to retire because they don't know how to invest their money. Thenumber one reason they give for procrastinating is that investing isjust too complicated. Not anymore!

Janet Holt is a gerontologist and a licensed professional counselor specializing inthe challenges of retirement. She regularly speaks to groups andteaches classes on financial literacy. She writes a monthly column forthe Lake Chapala Review and in addition, offers a continuing educationseminar for counselors about the special challenges faced by boomers.For a current list of workshops and seminars, visit www.janetholt.com.

Quilting is a craft, rich with tradition and homespun, practical applications.  But it’s also an art--which, withneedle, thread, fabric, and an idea, can give us a new way of looking at, and wrapping ourselves in, the world.  This book profiles twenty American practitioners of that art, quilters whose fascinating, innovative work takes the craft one step further and makes it into something new.  These remarkable quilters describe their inspiration and methods and show us several examples of their best work.  Among them are Jeanne Williamson, a celebrated mixed-media journal quilter; Pam Rubert, whose large-scale quilts showcase her humor; Loretta Bennett, the youngest of the beloved Gee's Bend quilters; Boo Davis, a
hip crafter who pieces together quilts with heavy-metal themes; Susan Else, who constructs whimsical quilted sculptures; Ai Kijima, a Brooklyn-based artist influenced by Japanese anime; and Jane Burch Cochran, whose folk-art quilts feature thousands of beads and buttons.

Spike Gillespie is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and quilt lover living in Austin, TX.  She is the critically acclaimed author of four books, including Quilty as Charged:  Undercover in a Material World, and countless magazine articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, GQ, Esquire, Elle, Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, and other publications. Her popular blog details her misadventures in quilting. http://thesloppyquilter.blogspot.com

Written with searing honesty and nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, this is
the remarkable story of an extraordinary Scotswoman.

Chris grew up in the impoverished aristocracy of post-war Scotland. The black
sheep of her family, she struggled against the confines of class and
gender, searching for truth in an atmosphere where lies were the norm.
As soon as she was old enough to escape her parents’ stranglehold, she
tried on many different personas, experimenting with drugs, free love,
and anti-establishment politics. Turning to Nature for solace, she
moved to rural California, where she worked as a jill-of-all-trades,
came out as a lesbian, and engaged in healing work centered around her
sexuality. Facing her fears and finding love, she experienced many
varied, riveting, and mind-expanding adventures that brought her to a
place of deep compassion and forgiveness. Eventually, satisfied with
nothing short of absolute freedom, she sold everything and took to the
road. The path she has forged through the jungle of life is an
inspiration to anyone who is looking for the true meaning of love in
our changing world.

Mikaya Heart is the author of a book on lesbianism, a book on orgasm, and a book on
shamanism, as well as a variety of articles. She utilizes shamanic
methods to help people access the vastness of being, and is always
deeply delighted when her clients perceive their own magnificence.
Since kitesurfing is her greatest passion, she has become the woman who
follows the wind, making her home wherever she finds joy.

Ann Daly, PhD, will launch her new audiobook, Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives, on Thursday, February 4, 2010, at BookWoman bookstore, 5501 N Lamar, Austin, Texas.

“People ask me how I could possibly give up a tenured university position, but it had become more of a job prison than job security. I wanted to use my women’s studies research to help women more directly, as a life coach.”

Do-Over! is part memoir, part self-help, and part girl talk. It features 13 personal essays about all kinds of women who are reaching for something more. You’ll hear ALL about the rocket-scientist-turned-entrepreneur, the restless retiree, and the author’s own mom.

Do-Over! includes a series of four free companion workbooks to help listeners create their own personalized reinvention roadmaps: Motherhood, Career, Transition, and Prime Time.
 

ANN DALY PhD (www.anndaly.com) is an expert on women’s changing lives. Before reinventing herself as a life coach, she was a journalist and then a women’s studies professor at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a guest columnist for More magazine online and the “Transitions” coaching columnist for Your Austin Lifestyle magazine. Her other books include Clarity: How to Accomplish What Matters Most and A Year of Clarity: The Monthly Guide for Women. She has been featured in Forbes Woman and the Austin American-Statesman and on Oprah & Friends’ “Peter Walsh Show.”
 

Note: This event is NOT held at BookWoman

 
Ten terrific authors of lesbian fiction will be guests of the Sapphic Reading Group at a mega book signing on February 6th.  

Texas authors include:  Brenda Adcock, Natty Burns, Peggy Herring, Erin O'
Reilly, Stacia Seaman, Kelly Sinclair & Carsen Taite.  Out-of-state
authors are:  Mavis Applewater (Massachusetts), CJ Harte (Wyoming)
& Clara Nipper (Oklahoma).

LesFic fans will have the opportunity to meet the authors, ask questions, and
have their favorite books autographed.  There will be a raffle plus a wonderful variety of books for sale from BookWoman and Regal Crest.  

Admission to the event is free.  Come celebrate lesbian fiction with us and welcome the talented women who tell our stories!

Kathleen  Alcalá and Dolores Sloan are members of the Society for Crypto Judaic Studies, where Kathleen is President and Dolores is Chair of the SCJS Arts Program Committee. Their work reflects their professional and personal connection in the study of crypto (hidden) Judaism, with Ms. Alcalá exploring her familial and cultural history, and Ms. Sloan presenting the ancestral and historical roots of this fascinating subgroup. They are visiting Austin for an SCJS Board meeting.

The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: Survival of an Imperiled Culture in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries by Dolores Sloan traces the history of a people who flourished on the Iberian Peninsula for hundreds of years and experienced a golden age with achievements in science, philosophy, arts and political economy, even as subjects of Muslims and Christians. Dolores Sloan brings a half-century of expertise as writer, journalist, editor, speaker and professor to her diverse publications & presentations. She is an editor of the Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews, and former editor of HaLapid, journal of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies.

The Desert Remembers My Name - On Family and Writing, received the International Latino Book Award and Forward Magazine Award. Kathleen Alcalá is also the author of a short story collection, Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist, and three novels set in 19th Century Mexico: Spirits of the Ordinary, The Flower in the Skull, and Treasures in Heaven. Her work has been favorably reviewed in The New York Times, and received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the Governor's Writers Award, the Western States Book Award, and the Washington State Book Award.

Patricia Austin, professional psychic, will be reading Tarot Cards, Palms and sharing other divination tools for BookWoman's clientele as a benefit for BookWoman. Recommended donation is $1 a minute. Pat gives positive and constructive information. Call (472-2785) to get on the list, or take your chances and just drop by!

Come join us for an evening of poetry with California poet Susan Parker.

A
native Californian, Susan Parker discovered cowboy poetry in 2003 while attending the Monterey Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival. Since that fortuitous day, she has been writing and performing her own Western poetry, reciting the classics, and studying the works of pioneering women of the West. Her passion for these stories from the past is exhibited in the intensity of her performance. Susan gathers inspiration for her poetry while riding and volunteering at the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, California.

Come hear Lisa Marshall...she knows how to rock your soul! Ms. Marshall was drawn to performers like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and Janis Joplin. She has followed her rhythm and blues inspiration across the country from her roots in Virginia to CA., Seattle and now Austin.

Learn more at www.lisamarshallmusic.com

“Lisa Marshall is absolutely one of the most gifted R&B and Soul singers, an excellent musician and Songwriter..” -  Adolf  ‘gorhand’ Goriup Folkworld, Germany.

Poetry Open Mac hosted by Deb Akers, featuring Tova Charles & Shea Selby

Tova Charles & Shea Selby are both members of the Texas Youth Word Collective "They Speak" group and they are very excited to be headlining!

We continue to be an open minded open mic for poetry people of all persuasions. Join us and bring a poem to share.

Jewelry Trunk Show + Acoustic Guitar
and also Chocolate Tasting + Erotic Poetry

We have some very special treats planned for this evening that will engage all of the senses! Your browsing will be enhanced by corridos romanticos delicioso offered to us by Francisco Villamizar on his acoustic guitar from 5-7pm. We are calling this our Happy ”in love” Hour. Additionally, BookWoman will be offering 10% off our entire Erotica collection. Refreshments will be served.

Senufa Salley: Jewelry Trunk Show
Inspired by her lifelong love of our natural environment and the human form, Senufa Salley integrates precious metals with organic materials and precious stones
to create ageless jewelry pieces that are never boring and always
memorable in their simplicity. Every element is given singular
attention to insure the quality and distinctiveness of each piece.

One of her signature collections is the Real Woman series, begun 25 years
ago when she was discovering methods for sawing into sheets of silver.
Other trade mark works include hammered oval links, carved tagua seeds
and mahogany seed pods. New jewelry for this Trunk Show includes silver
and bronze goddesses and some new yummy leather cuffs! Visit her
website at http://senufa.com for more information.

Chocolate + Erotic Poetry Reading
After you have feasted your eyes on Senufa’s jewelry, and enjoyed the
soothing sounds of Francisco’s music, stick around and feast your soul
on chocolate goodies and erotic poetry. Great night to bring a date or
BFF, or come solo and surround yourself with talented women’s voices!
The chocolate tasting and seating will begin at 6:30 pm and the reading will begin promptly at 7:00 pm.

Featured Readers
Lisa Estus is a writer of fiction and poetry, and aficionado of applied chemistry
(candles, chocolate, toiletries). Her work has appeared in Array Magazine, Ajax Anthology, Rain City Review, Dog River Review, Drop Forge, Pacific Coast Journal, and Reed Magazine. She is the recipient of the James Phelan Literary Awards in the
categories of Free Verse Poetry, Short Story, and Critical Essay.

Cindy Huyser
is a poet, computer programmer, and former power plant operator. A
co-editor of the Texas Poetry Calendar, her work has appeared in many
publications, including The Comstock Review, Borderlands: Texas Poetry
Review, and each of the anthologies of the Austin International Poetry Festival.

Jennine "DOC" Krueger has been performing poetry for over seven years. She is a member of Austin Poetry Society, Huston-Tillotson's Quiet Storm Poets, and she is
an original member of Austin's Neo-Souldiers. She recently made the
Killeen Poetry "Rhyme or Die" National Slam team and she hopes to
continue in competitive poetry. She has performed in numerous venues
and is now working on a CD and chapbook.

Agnes Eva Savich was born in Poland and grew up in Chicago. She is a graduate of
Northwestern University, where she began her college career as an Oboe
Performance major, but earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature.
Currently, she resides in Texas with her husband, two young children,
and two cats. To make ends meet, she works as a preschool teacher,
designs websites, and co-runs a children’s t-shirt company. The
Watcher: Poems is her first collection of poetry.

Allyson Whipple is a writer, dancer, and bookseller. She has been writing and publishing erotica since April under the name Dorla Moorehouse. Her erotica has appeared at Black Heart Magazine, Bare Back Magazine, For the Girls, and Pink Flamingo.

How can women turn birthday parties, baby showers, and other rites of passage into empowering celebrations brimming with meaning and fiery feminine spirit?

Emphasizing the Dianic Wiccan tradition, Barrett shows women how they can create empowering, transformative rituals that strengthen their profound connection to the Goddess. Instead of providing shortcuts, scripts, or rote rituals, she teaches women how to think like a ritualist. Step by step, readers learn the ritual-making process: developing a purpose and theme, building an altar, preparing emotionally and mentally (energetics), spellcasting, and more. For beginners or experienced ritualists, solitaries or groups, this thorough, engaging guide to the art of ritual-making can help women commemorate every sacred milestone-from menstruation to marriage to menopause-that touches their lives.

Mystery writer and Burnet, Texas resident, Cindy Lou Ruffino reads and signs from her two books:

Dead Xs in Texas
After fighting a crazed killer in Out of the Texas Mist, Cindy heads back home to end a bad marriage only to find she is in more trouble. Facing another challenge, Cindy finds herself being accused of her husband's death. Ready to just give up, she is surprised when Kinky Friedman shows up to pull her butt out of the fire once again. Once the two deputies from Kerr County join in, the case takes a few crazy turns including a few rogue FBI agents and Homeland Security. Things are not as they seem as one twist after another takes the group from Houston to Mexico and back to the Hill Country. How will Cindy and her Hill Country friends get out of the mess they have found themselves in?

Out of the Texas Mist
After waking up in a strange vehicle, Cindy realizes that she is in danger. Using her head, she escapes then runs for her life through the dark woods. Waking the next morning in a mist-covered field, she ends up on the doorstep of a familiar-looking man with no idea who she is or where she is at. With the help of this nice cowboy she finds out who she is, then finds out that she landed at the doorstep of her favorite author, Kinky Friedman. Together they try to find her kidnapper to clear her name once her cell phone is found in the hand of a badly mutilated woman. Once they discover the mutilated woman is just one of several, they begin to discover body after body as they get closer to finding the killer.