Hear the story. Then hear the story behind the story. Enjoy an evening of readings by a selection of debut authors and special guests. This year, we’ll hear from memoirists and essayists, as well as writers who have crafted other unique nonfiction books. A debut authors panel follows the readings.
Readings:
- Lisa Romeo (Starting with Goodbye: A Daughter’s Memoir of Love After Loss, her debut memoir)
- Krystal Sital (Secrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad)
- Jessie van Eerden (The Long Weeping, her debut essay collection)
- Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks (Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach, her debut nonfiction book)
…with special bonus “Hippocampus highlights” readings from:
- Sam Chiarelli (Dig: A Personal Prehistoric Journey)
- Rebecca Fish Ewan (By the Forces of Gravity: A Memoir)
Debut Author Panel: How I Got Published
Following the readings, our moderator will ask questions about these four first-time authors’ writing processes, and how they made the transition from unpublished to published. Bring your questions too, as the panel will end with an audience Q&A.
Panelists:
- Lisa Romeo (Starting with Goodbye: A Daughter’s Memoir of Love After Loss, her debut memoir)
- Jessie van Eerden (The Long Weeping, her debut essay collection)
- Krystal Sital (Secrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad)
- Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks (Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach, her debut nonfiction book)
Moderator: Donna Talarico
Signings
Following the readings and panel, the book sale table will re-open and authors with books available will be available for signings.
PHOTO: Author Lisa Smith from 2017’s debut author panel.