News from the Library Goddess, sponsored in part by the Greater Seattle RWA. Don’t you wish you lived here?

Romance Extravaganza

Meet some of your favorite best-selling romance authors on a day dedicated to romance readers and book lovers.

Saturday, May 2, 11:30am–2:30pm

Covington Library

Meet the Authors

11:30am – Keynote Address by Amanda Quick

Noon – Book Signing Party with all participating authors

12:30pm – Historical Romance Panel with Amanda Quick, Elizabeth Boyle and Gerri Russell

1:30pm – Paranormal Romance Panel with Cherry Adair, Stella Cameron, Yasmine Galenorn, Alexis Morgan

Sponsored by the Covington Friends of the Library and the Greater Seattle Chapter of Romance Writers of America.

Books will be for sale at this event.

Today was the first day of the 2008 Emerald City Writers Conference. I met writing friends for breakfast, picked up an editor from the airport, volunteered at registration for five hours, met Cherry Adair, was motivated by Susan Mallery‘s welcome speech and ate too much cake. Tomorrow: Julia Quinn and the Book Fair. I’m verra verra sleepy and still have to blog over at the Desert Island Keepers Blog (come visit me!).

To tide you over, here are some pictures from Cherry Adair’s welcome tea. This year I’m planning to sign up for her “Write the Damn Book” Challenge.

1. April 21: Author Linda Winstead Jones interview on Ciaralira. Linda is being honored by the RWA Emma Merrit Award this year and is a double finalist for the 2008 RITA in the paranormal category.
2. April 21: Author Elizabeth Bolye presentation on Discovering Jane Austen’s England at Snoqualmie Library at 7pm.
3. April 26: Rose City Romance Writer’s Readers Luncheon and romance author book signing, 10 am to 2 pm at the Governor’s Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
   
4. April 30: Author Alice Hoffman at the Bellevue Regional Library at 12:30 pm.
5. End of April: Author Hank Phillippi Ryan interview on Ciaralira. Hank is a finalist for the 2008 RITA in the best first book category, and the author of our first Aspiring Romance Author Book Club book.
6. May 1-31: Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research
7. May 3: Greater Seattle RWA meeting – Author Marianne Stillings presents on Writing with Emotion, 10-noon.
8. May 4: Aspiring Romance Author Book Club meeting – Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan, 2008 RITA finalist.
9. May 13: Author Charlaine Harris reading and book signing at University Book Store in Seattle, 7pm.
10. May 14: Author Jane Porter, 2008 RITA finalist, reading and book signing at University Book Store in Bellevue, 7 pm.
11. May 16: multi-author Romance book signing including Meljean Brook at Powells Books in Beaverton, Oregon, details hopefully to come.
12. July 17-20: Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference, Blake Snyder to speak Sunday.
13. July 30-August 2: Romance Writers of America National Conference in San Francisco.