Thursday, April 26, 2012
Canton Writers Group
Our own Tamara Denby will be leading a group of 11 local authors in a discussion about books (how they got started and what inspires them) May 17th from 7-8:30 pm at the Canton Library. More details on the library website.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
English Refresher Courses
If anyone wants to remind themselves about grammar and spelling rules, then BYU has 3 FREE (yeah) online courses dealing with Contractions, Capitalizations, and ie/ei words (Spell 071), Word Endings and Plurals (Spell 072), and Word Pairs (Spell 073)
You can learn more at: http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/free.cfm
You can learn more at: http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/free.cfm
Thursday, April 19, 2012
"Short on Words" Contest
"Short on words" is a poetry/short story contest associated with Northville's 2012 Arts and Acts Festival (June 22-24).
First place is $150, 2nd place $100, and 3rd place is $50.
To Enter:
Send in your submission by May 4th.
Submission should be titled, total less than 1,500 words, and relate to one of three photos. (Pictures can be seen online with the submission form at preservationdental.com. They are a young gril watching a runway model, an old man trying to get your attention, and a cabin by the lake.)
Include one submission form, 3 copies of entry, and $10 entry fee. (checks made payable to Northville Art House)
Mail entry to Preservation Dental, Attention: Denise Jenkins, 371 E Main St, Northville, MI 48167
Note, all entries are non-refundable, and can be used by the group for promotional purposes.
Winners will be announced at a reception for participants, June 22nd at the Northville Art House.
Criteria and complete information packets can be picked up at...
Northville Art House: 215 W Cady, Northville
Preservation Dental: 371 E Main, at Griswold, Northville
preservationdental.com (photos available here)
Or you can call 248-344-0497
First place is $150, 2nd place $100, and 3rd place is $50.
To Enter:
Send in your submission by May 4th.
Submission should be titled, total less than 1,500 words, and relate to one of three photos. (Pictures can be seen online with the submission form at preservationdental.com. They are a young gril watching a runway model, an old man trying to get your attention, and a cabin by the lake.)
Include one submission form, 3 copies of entry, and $10 entry fee. (checks made payable to Northville Art House)
Mail entry to Preservation Dental, Attention: Denise Jenkins, 371 E Main St, Northville, MI 48167
Note, all entries are non-refundable, and can be used by the group for promotional purposes.
Winners will be announced at a reception for participants, June 22nd at the Northville Art House.
Criteria and complete information packets can be picked up at...
Northville Art House: 215 W Cady, Northville
Preservation Dental: 371 E Main, at Griswold, Northville
preservationdental.com (photos available here)
Or you can call 248-344-0497
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Book and Author Luncheon
The Friends of the Community Libraries are holding their annual "Book and Author Luncheon" Tuesday, May 29th, at Fox Hills Country Club.
The speaker is Kevin Boyle who wrote this year's selection for the great Michigan read, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age. It is set in Detroit and was a finalist for both the pulitzer prize and the National Book Critics Award.
Tickets are $25 and are available April 15th- May 15th.
Reservation forms can be obtained at the Plymouth, Canton, Northville, and Novi libraries or through plymouthlibrary.org.
The speaker is Kevin Boyle who wrote this year's selection for the great Michigan read, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age. It is set in Detroit and was a finalist for both the pulitzer prize and the National Book Critics Award.
Tickets are $25 and are available April 15th- May 15th.
Reservation forms can be obtained at the Plymouth, Canton, Northville, and Novi libraries or through plymouthlibrary.org.
Friday, April 13, 2012
The 2012 Michigan Spring Art and Book Festival
The Laurel Park Place Mall in Livonia, April 13th through 15th. The weekend is free to the public and will have lots of no cost professional development for creative people. Lectures, discussions and workshops by Monica Marie Jones, Elizabeth Atkins, Sylvia Hubbard, Zahra Huber, eBooks2Go and others will give insight into the worlds of art, broadcast journalism, publishing and eBook conversion. Friday and Saturday evenings at 6:00 p.m. we will have our "Gentle to All Ears" poetry sessions and family friendly open mic poetry recitals. Our "Celebrity Read Out Loud" places students with local celebrities and mentors as they read books every thirty minutes. Join Southfield Mayor, Brenda Lawrence, Channel 955 on air personalities "Bg" and "Ace" plus Tony Trupiano from the "Tony Show" and many more for these free readings.
www.MichiganSpringBookFestival.com www.MichiganSpringArtFestival.com
www.MichiganSpringBookFestival.com www.MichiganSpringArtFestival.com
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Win a critique from Random House
"Free paperback publishing site FeedARead.com...is hosting a competition with a prize of a critique for the winner’s opening chapters from an editor for Random House...To enter...visit the FeedARead.com site then click on 'New Competition' at the top of the feedaread.com home page. The results from FeedARead's previous competition last month with a critique from an editor for Little Brown are also displayed via that page.
To enter the new Random House & FeedARead.com competition, entrants must read a 6 page extract from eight books and answer a question about each on the competition page displayed on the FeedARead.com homepage as above. Closing date for entries is 30th April 2012."
To enter the new Random House & FeedARead.com competition, entrants must read a 6 page extract from eight books and answer a question about each on the competition page displayed on the FeedARead.com homepage as above. Closing date for entries is 30th April 2012."
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