7/11/06

Greetings, Readers!

Just a short update for you all tonight - we've some excellent things in the works for you, but tonight we have just a few important events.

First of all: Just a reminder for you all, Rendezvous in the Park is coming to town next month! Book People is selling Rendezvous Buttons for the low low price of $32, which will get you in to all four shows! Also, you can get tickets online at the Rendezvous website at www.moscowmusic.com. Thursday, July 20th is World Beat Rock, then Friday is Blues Night, Saturday is Latin Groove, and Sunday is Classical Afternoon. The aforementioned website also features a detailed breakdown of the excellent bands playing each night - check it out!

And also, you should definitely make sure to remember that Julie Monroe will be at Book People Saturday, July 23rd, from 10:00am until noon. She will be here to sign copies of her latest book, Images of America - Latah County, a spectacular presentation of local history through photographs (over two-hundred of them, in fact!). Julie Monroe is also the author of the excellent Moscow: Living and Learning on the Palouse. Copies of both books are available at Book People of Moscow, and come highly recommended.

I should further elaborate: At at least one point in the past, I accidentally wrote the date for Julie Monroe's booksigning as July 22nd. This is not the correct date. As I just wrote, Julie Monroe will be at Book People Saturday, July 23rd.

And Alert Reader Sharon wanted us to let you all know about this exciting news:

Women Who Write, Unite! Moscow area members of the International Women's Writing Guild-Sharon Cousins, Candace Esquivel, Therese Harris, and Joan Opyr-are planning a special day in the great outdoors for regional women and girls who write (ages 13-17 welcome with signed agreement and parental permission, younger girls welcome with an adult companion). Whether you write for professional reasons, personal satisfaction, or both, this event is for you.

We'll meet at 10 am (8 am for set-up crew) in the Monument Picnic Area at Laird Park (15 minutes northeast of Potlatch ID) for a day of fun that includes a bring-your-own bag-lunch picnic, mini-workshops (including one that will be kids/teens-only, facilitated by a teen writer), time for socializing or enjoying the park's swimming hole or nature trail, and an evening potluck & barbecue, followed by a campfire with readings (and marshmallows!) as time allows (3 min. limit-time your piece!), ending at 9pm, with one hour to load up and pack out before the gate closes. There is a suggested minimum donation of $5.(barbecue included), but no one will be kept from registering and attending due to an honest lack of funds.

Posters as well as flyers that include a registration form and agreement/permission slip for under-18 teens will begin hitting local bookstores, libraries, and other writers' hangouts on 7/1. If you know of somewhere that should have flyers and doesn't yet, please let us know! Help spread the word about this special event! For further information, to offer your help with the event or promotion, or to let us know about places we should put posters or flyers, call Sharon at 208-882-9028 or email her at: writersguildgal@moscow.com (Sharon will be camping parts of the next two weeks, so responses may be temporarily delayed.)

The date for the latter event, which was lacking in the previous update, has been set at August 19th, and will take place from 10:00am until 9:00pm.

I wish you the best of all possible weeks, Readers! Thank you, as always, for reading!

-Book People of Moscow

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