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Upcoming Speaker Events are listed below.
April Speaker
Donna Levin
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT
Our topic is “DIALOGUE: the rules, the revelations, and the room to experiment” with Donna Levin.
Donna Levin is the author of two books on the craft of writing: Get That Novel Started and Get That Novel Written. Her five acclaimed novels are Extraordinary Means, California Street, There’s More Than One Way Home, He Could Be Another Bill Gates, and The Talking Stick — published by Skyhorse in April 2024. She is a longtime facilitator of fiction-writing workshops, and a frequent speaker at conferences. Donna’s work is included in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University and in the California State Library’s collection of California novels. For more information: https://www.donnalevin.com/
This meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.
May Speaker
Chris Hennessy
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT 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. As a speaker, he regularly presents at writers’ conferences and clubs. Currently, he is working on his memoir, Touched by Hannah — about a man with cancer, his one-pound newborn, and their fight for life — and produced a film to promote it.
For more info, visit https://www.henchris.com.
Speaker meetings are be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. The public is invited to attend free.
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June Speaker
Jennifer Basye Sander
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 papers at four International Hemingway Conferences, most recently in San Sebastián, Spain. Her most recent book is Churchill: A Drinking Life, Champagne, Cognac, and Cocktails.
This meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.