July 22-24 –Pre-conference speaker for Track Workshop One --She Speaks Conference, Concord, North Carolina: 9:00 to 9:45 “The God of Story”. FMI: http://shespeaksconference.com/conference-information/
SEPTMEBER SOUTH CAROLINA EVENTS:
September 17-19 – Southern Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show. Charleston, SC. Booksigning & Vendor Table with SouthernBelleView.com. If you’re at SIBA, stop by our table for fun, giveaways, and prizes, or just to chat. Speaking and signing Saturday, Steel Magnolias Panel. FMI about the event: (803) 994-9530, E-Mail: info@sibaweb.com
September 20, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Join us for a Lisa Wingate luncheon and booksigning in Hartsville, SC.! Presented and sponsored by Burry Book Store & Black Creek Arts Center Lisa Wingate Luncheon, Hartsville, SC. Location: The Gallery at Black Creek Arts Center, 116 West College Avenue. Open to the public. Tickets are $27 and will include a catered lunch, a book talk by Lisa, and your choice of one Lisa Wingate book. Book signing to follow the lunch. FMI via web page: http://conta.cc/rucX0r For reservations call: Emily at Burry Bookstore 843-332-2511.
BACK IN TEXAS AGAIN!
October 8, 9-3:00. Bosqueville Baptist Church, Bosqueville, TX. Open ladies’ retreat Journaling Your Faith Story. Public welcome. Bring your friends, bible study group, or ladies' group and join us for this day of inspiration from Lisa and sharing our sister stories. Learn to share your faith through story. Registration $25, includes lunch. FMI or to register, Betty Ferguson 254-836-5422 or by email bferg99009@hot.rr.com
October 25, 6:00pm. A Dessert Social with Lisa Wingate by Llano Friends of the Library. Location: United Methodist Church, 300 Wright St. Llano, TX. Open to the public. Ticket: New toys in their original packaging for the Brown Santa Program. Please call Dian so we will have a count of people coming. 325 247-5248 or 325 423-2351.
November 19, 11 A.M. Friends of the Library Luncheon, Coleman Public Library Tillman Room, 408 Commercial Avenue, Coleman, TX. Booktalk, salad luncheon & book signing. Open to the public. Reservations not required. FMI cpl@web-access.net 325 625-3043
January 12-15, 2012. Girlfriend Weekend with Kathy L. Patrick’s Pulpwood Queens Bookclubs. Girlfriend Weekend with Kathy L. Patrick and the Pulpwood Queens Bookclubs. Bring your book club and enjoy a weekend of fun, girlfriends, authors, free books, a costume ball, and more fun than you can imagine! For details and registration go to www.beautyandthebook.com or call Kathy at 903.665.7520 or go to http://www.beautyandthebook.com
January 18, 2012. Speaking and Signing, Christian Writers Workshop. A series of writers workshops presented by First Baptist Church, Woodway (Waco, TX area) Workshops for those who want to write for magazines, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, testimony, poems, etc. On January 18th, Lisa Wingate will present Wingates Five on Five with tips on everything from getting agents to submitting your material for publishing. Classes are free but please pre-register by calling 254 772-9696 or e-mailing enid_watkins@fbcwoodway.org.
January 23, 2012 6:00pm, Ladies Night Out. Dinner and Signing. Join us for an evening of fun, fellowship, and door prizes! Hosted by Clifton Church of Christ, Clifton, TX. Public welcome by reservation. Babysitting provided by reservation. Please reserve for Ladies Night Out by January 16. FMI or reservation, call: 675-3905 or 675-3801
February 5, 2012, 1:00-3:00. Booksigning and Book Release Celebration for Blue Moon Bay! Bosque Emporium, Downtown Clifton, TX. Come join us and help celebrate the release of Lisa's seventeenth novel, and the newest Moses Lake book. Learn about how you can join the cast of Lisa's 2013 book, Firefly Island. You could become the newest resident of Moses Lake, Texas, in Firefly Island! To learn more, go to www.Lisawingate.com/jointhecast.htm
February 11th, 2012, 1:00-3:00. Booksigning and Book Release Celebration for Blue Moon Bay! Mardel Christian Store, Waco, TX. Come join us for freebies, book banter, and a celebration of the newest Moses Lake Book, Blue Moon Bay. Learn about how you can join the cast of Lisa's 2013 book, Firefly Island. You could become the newest resident of Moses Lake, Texas, in Firefly Island. To learn more, go to www.Lisawingate.com/jointhecast.htm
February 29th, 2012. Presenting "Using Three-Act Story Form to Structure Your Novel", Christian Writers Workshop. A series of writing workshops presented by First Baptist Church, Woodway (Waco, TX area) Workshops for those who want to write for magazines, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, testimony, poems, etc. On February 29th, Lisa Wingate will discuss how Hollywood screenwriting formula can help create novels that sell. Ninety minute session, complete with movie clips! Classes are free but please pre-register by calling 254 772-9696 or e-mailing enid_watkins@fbcwoodway.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS IN GEORGIA:
March 26 5:30. A Meet & Greet & Signing Booksigning and speaking panel with Lisa Wingate and Denise Hildreth Jones. Refreshments. Yawns Books & More, 210 East Main St. Canton, GA 678 880-1922 www.yawnsbooks.com with Lisa Wingate and Denise Hildreth. Refreshments. Yawns Books & More, 210 East Main St. Canton, GA 678 880-1922 www.yawnsbooks.com
March 27, 6:30. "Faith, Families & Friendship, Why These Stories Matter," a panel discussion with authors Lisa Wingate, Denise Hildreth Jones, and Maggie Brenden with signings to follow. Presented by Book Exchange, 2956 Canton Rd, Marietta, GA 777 427-4848 for details see the website: www.BookExchangeMarietta.com
UPCOMING EVENTS IN FLORIDA:
March 31, 2012, 9:00 to 4:00. Orlando Book Festival at the campus of University of Central Florida. Schedule pending. Over 50 authors on various panels and children’s events. Free for the whole family. FMI as the schedule develops see http://education.ucf.edu/bookfest/programs.cfm
BACK IN TEXAS AGAIN!
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 10:30A.M. Waco, TX Delta Kappa Gamma meeting. Booktalk. Members only
Saturday, April 14, 2012. 2:30 P.M. Saturday, April 14, 2012. 2:30 P.M. "Tea with Lisa" Booktalk and Signing Library Fundraiser. Sponsored by Cleburne Public Library, Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson, Cleburne, TX. Tickets are $15. FMI contact Tina Williams, director. tinawilliams@cleburne.net, 817 645-0936