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!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/valerie-hausladen-reading-signing-professional-destiny-discover-career-you-were-born URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/valerie-hausladen-reading-signing-professional-destiny-discover-career-you-were-born SUMMARY:Valerie Hausladen Reading + Signing - Professional Destiny\: Discover the Career You Were Born For DESCRIPTION:Local author\, Valerie Hausladen\, will speak about her new book\, Professional Destiny\, which has recently been ranked by the Austin American-Statesman as the #2 local nonfiction bestseller.
In her talk\, she’ll share tips\, personal insights and stories that will help you discover the career you were born for. As a former executive of Fortune 100 companies and entrepreneurial companies alike\, Valerie became fascinated about the difference between those who are truly fulfilled by their work and those who merely endure it for the paycheck. She discovered first-hand that the journey toward doing what you love is not for the faint of heart—and she’ll outline the joys\, fears\, obstacles and tests you can expect when you embark on it.
Valerie frequently blogs about her favorite subject—helping people discover the career they were born for at\: www.professionaldestiny.com
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100307T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100307T210000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/women-change-day-tribute-haiti URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/women-change-day-tribute-haiti SUMMARY:Women For Change Day\: A Tribute to Haiti DESCRIPTION:We are celebrating International Women's Day and Global Women’s Leadership. We will host a drum circle\, read International Women's Poetry and Inspirational Quotes\, have an informative discussion on Haiti\, write letters to children and women in Haiti\, and promote a mail-a-tent drive for homeless families in Haiti (tents must be smaller than 25x25).
Please come to this celebration of life and make a difference for women and children in an international community. Tonya Lyles is coordinating the festivities\, let us know if you would like to help out!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/susan-parker-reading-signing-walking-deep-end URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/susan-parker-reading-signing-walking-deep-end SUMMARY:Susan Parker\: Reading + Signing of Walking in the Deep End DESCRIPTION:Eleven year-old Susan Parker must keep vigil during a family tragedy that plunges her tomboy innocence into the murk of family dysfunction with Evangelicals her only lifeguards. Walking in the Deep End is an earnest and engaging memoir\, written with honesty\, spunk\, and humor. Although suicide\, bulimia\, religious hypocrisy\, and romantic heartbreak rip through her life like overpowering currents\, Parker finds courage and hope\, drawing you into her compelling and\, at times\, uncanny experience of authentic spirituality.
Susan Parker is a consultant\, motivational speaker\, and author of Walking in the Deep End. After spending her formative years as a Catholic and most of her life in no less than six Evangelical denominations\, her experiences reveal a pursuit of faith as sincere as any souls on the planet. She has served as the Director of Job Training &\; Placement for a nationally recognized non-profit organization\, and possesses over fifteen years experience as a consultant focused on recruitment\, workplace effectiveness\, and diversity. Susan is fluent in Spanish\, after having studied in Spain\; she is experienced in working within diverse cultures and has worked in various locations around the world. She loves leading workshops\, appearing on Internet and public radio\, and speaking in front of both large and small groups.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100312T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100312T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-open-mic-7 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/poetry-open-mic-7 SUMMARY:Poetry Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Poetry Open Mac hosted by Deb Akers\, featuring Elizabeth Kropf.
Elizabeth Kropf received her M.A. in Creative Writing from Perelandra College and has had several poems and one story published. She has won awards from the Texas Poetry Society as well as the Austin Poetry Society. She has been a reader at the Windhover Writer’s Festival and serves on the Board of Directors for the Austin Poetry Society. She is happily surrounded by her husband and two dogs and teaches at Bryant &\; Stratton College.
We continue to be an open minded open mic for poetry people of all persuasions. Join us and bring a poem to share.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100314T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100314T220000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/cathy-erway-discussion-and-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/cathy-erway-discussion-and-signing SUMMARY:Cathy Erway\: Discussion and Signing DESCRIPTION:Join us as welcome author Cathy Erway for a discussion on how to eat in\, consume less\, and save money.
"\;Cathy is passionate about sustainable eating and living\, and the fact that in writing about her renouncement of eating out in New York\, she was also able to paint a vivid portrait of the many innovative movers and shakers in the food scene here\, is very telling. There is much more to eating in this\, the greatest restaurant city in the world\, than restaurants."\;
-Julie Powell\, author of Julie and Julia
"\;Follow along on Cathy Erway's culinary adventure\; not to the latest celebrated restaurant\, but to her own kitchen where she finds something even more important than just better food-she finds herself."\;
-Giulia Melucci\, author of I Loved\, I Lost\, I Made Spaghetti
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100320T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100321T033000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/south-spring-equinox URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/south-spring-equinox SUMMARY:South by Spring Equinox DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate South by Southwest and the Spring Equinox! We have a fantastic lineup of local artists. Come party with BookWoman!
5\:00 Kristi Rae
5\:45 Nancy Scott
6\:45 Annabella
7\:30 Elizabeth Wills
8\:30 Chris Pureka
Join the new BookWoman Book Group for a great discussion on our March selection\: Fun Home\, Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T054943Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100326T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100326T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/melanie-westerberg-reading-signing-city-river-city-forest URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/melanie-westerberg-reading-signing-city-river-city-forest SUMMARY:Melanie Westerberg\: Reading + Signing of City in the River\, City in the Forest DESCRIPTION:In a country she chose for ‘its landscapes and lax visa-extension policies’\, Mary is a tour guide at a remote lodge in the Amazon. There she meets Héctor\, who sneaks into her hammock late at night or leaves tiny gifts at her door\, tempting her to stay longer than she’d planned.
But then she begins to see fires on uninhabited land\, hear gunshots\, cross suspicious strangers in the dead of night. She doesn’t know if it’s the start of another undeclared civil war or simply retribution on the lodge owner\, whose husband had fought with the rebels before disappearing for a decade. When he reappears\, Mary is suddenly forced to confront the reality of her situation and decide where her loyalties lie.
In this stunning first novella\, City in the River\, City in the Forest\, by Melanie Westerberg\, we are swept up in an exotic world\, its familiar cruelty saturated with beauty. Finally\, we are left only with a lingering taste of the moments in our own lives when we were forced to choose between joy and restraint\, myth and logic.
Melanie Westerberg's short stories and poems have appeared in Torpedo (Australia)\, RozRazil (Czech Republic)\, Third Coast (USA) and Mid-American Review (USA). Her story ‘Watermark’ was also included in the Best New American Voices 2006 anthology (USA\, Harcourt Books)\, edited by Jane Smiley. She lives in Austin\, Texas.