• May Speaker – Chris Hennessy

    Auburn City Hall - Rose Room 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, CA, United States

    Our speaker will be Chris Hennessy on the topic “WRITE IT, FILM IT, SHARE IT - The power of video for authors.” As a filmmaker, Chris Hennessy marketed, sold, and produced over 1,500 professional projects for clients including Google, eBay, the SF 49ers, Deloitte, Office Max, and The American Cancer Society from 1990 to 2018. […]

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  • June Speaker – Jennifer Basye Sander

    Auburn City Hall - Rose Room 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, CA, United States

    Our speaker will be Jennifer Basye Sander on the topic “Digging for Factual Treasure.” Former Random House Senior Editor, Jennifer Basye Sander worked in the acquisitions end of the publishing industry for twenty years. She is a New York Times bestselling author and has written more than sixty books. As a literary historian, Jennifer has presented research […]

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  • July Speaker – Jennifer K. Morita

    Auburn City Hall - Rose Room 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, CA, United States

    Our speaker will be Jennifer K. Morita on “Querying A to Q — Pitching to Literary Agents.” A former newspaper reporter, Jennifer K. Morita is the author of Ghosts of Waikiki released by Crooked Lane Books in November 2024. Her debut novel won the Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel in 2025, and was […]

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  • September Speaker – Bob Stanley

    Auburn City Hall - Rose Room 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, CA, United States

    Our speaker will be Bob Stanley on “Why Is This a Poem?” Bob Stanley, Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus, taught English and Creative Writing at Solano College, Sacramento City College, and […]

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  • October Speaker – Anne Da Vigo

    Auburn City Hall - Rose Room 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, CA, United States

    Our speaker will be Anne Da Vigo on “Creating Fiction from Real Events” Anne Da Vigo is the author of Night Flight, inspired by the real-life 1955 airplane bombing out of Denver […]

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  • November Speaker – Catharine Bramkamp

    Auburn City Hall - Rose Room 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603, CA, United States

    Our speaker will be Catharine Bramkamp on “The Creative Impulse in an Age of False Perfection” Catharine Bramkamp is a writing coach and workshop facilitator; and she has authored 27 books, […]

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