Stephanie Montgomery sent me the following note on a program next Tuesday. As she told me, "It’s going to be a special evening. She is such a pistol!" CCB
Catherine Newman will appear at Heartstone Books in Putney, VT on Tuesday, February 21st at 7 pm. She will read from Waiting for Birdy and enter into a discussion about her work and writing process with the audience. Copies of Waiting for Birdy will be available for purchase. The event is free to the public and refreshments will be served.
Waiting for Birdy chronicles Newman’s daily struggles, both tender and hilarious, as she awaits the birth of her second child, does her best by her irrepressible toddler, works and plays side by side with her husband, and tries to keep her wits about her. Candid, funny, and gritty, her memoir brings the reader right inside the secret—but universal—thoughts and fears of parents everywhere.
Newman writes her popular column Bringing Up Ben and Birdy on BabyCenter.com. She is a contributing editor at Family Fun and Wonder Time magazines and her work has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.
This evening with the author is the second in a new series hosted jointly by Heartstone Books and Memoir Café. Memoir Café is an online workshop and community for women exploring their life experience in writing.
The series features a triple venue for getting to know the work and thoughts of each author: online in the Memoir Café postings, on the air during the weekly broadcast of the Memoir Café radio show, and in person at Heartstone Books.
The Memoir Café radio show is broadcast on WOOL 100.1 FM, the community radio station in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Montgomery’s interview with Catherine Newman will air on Monday, February 20th at 10am. It will also be available on the station’s website: www.WOOL.fm.
In March, the series hosts Laurie Alberts, author of Fault Line and Between Revolutions. Upcoming authors include Carol Ortlip, Mary Childers, and Janisse Ray.
Every fourth month Richardson and Montgomery will invite unpublished women memoir writers to read and discuss their work. The first of these evenings will be held on Thursday, April 20. Those interested in participating should contact Stephanie Montgomery at 603 756 2522 or by email at stephanie@memoircafe.com. For further information about the series, contact Caryl Richardson at Heartstone Books 802 387 2100.
Stephanie Montgomery,Kindly Proprietor, Memoir Cafe