Many thanks to Carey and Brett August for hosting a lovely book reading and discussion at their home on Sunday afternoon. A dozen people came to discuss the questions raised about Courting Kathleen Hannigan and how each individual must define “success” for him or herself. I met some younger grads and got to know some...Read More
While cruising in the BVI, Christine Albright, Lawrence Gill, my husband Bill Reed and I presented a couple copies of CKH to the cruising library at Marina Cay, one of my very favorite places.Read More
Please come to my reading of Courting Kathleen Hannigan at Women & Children First, on Thursday, March 6 at 7:30. I feel honored to be invited by this landmark independent bookstore, located at 5233 N. Clark Street in Chicago. Please come if you can!Read More
Thank you to Marsha Coleman Adebayo for inviting me to attend the Barnard Women’s Writing Group while I was in DC. We had a wonderful three-hour discussion of the writing process and telling the truith in fiction and in memoir, as well as the ins and outs of privately publishing our efforts.Read More
Had a most enjoyable lunch and discussion with the women of Winston & Strawn’s D.C. office. Thanks to May Wall and Susan Longstreet for organizing!Read More
If you are a member of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women, check out their winter issue, with a wonderful interview by Lisa Seilheimer with me!Read More
PLEASE HELP Me MAKE THE FINALS of the AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL COMPETITION My most recent unpublished novel, ONE FOR THE ARK, is one of 480 Semifinalists in this national contest (top 20%). TEN manuscripts will make the finals, as judged by Penguin Books. Penguin will select from those entries with the most “customer reviews.”...Read More
MHR to Meet with Women of Bell Boyd Many thanks to the women of the law firm of Bell Boyd here in Chicago, who’ve invited me to speak with them on Tuesday, January 15. Chicago Women of AIPLA Invite MHR to Speak And thanks to the women of the American Intellectual Property Association for asking...Read More
Just learned that the American Library Association’s prestigious BOOKLIST reviewed CKH. The Review says “her novel paints a very precise picture of a place and time, showing what it meant to be a woman breaking glass ceilings. How Hannigan decides to testify in Ann Rose’s case is worth the wait.” Yay!!Read More
