Did you miss this meeting! Current and new members had a great time at the Pearl Wine Co. ! We celebrated our national organization’s 100th birthday (!) and enjoyed a special literary-themed drink called the Bluestocking! Check the photos to see who wore blue stockings! Many thanks to Pearl Wine Co. and St. James Cheese Co. for the refreshments. Be sure to check our calendar for more exciting events coming up in 2017 and 2018.
Several hundred avid fans of Louise Penny and Trudy Nan Boyce were on hand to see the authors receive the 2017 Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction September 8 at The Academy of the Sacred Heart/Nims Fine Arts Center, 4301 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. The Prizes were launched in 2012 by the Women’s National Book Association of New Orleans to honor Diana Pinckley, who was a founding member, as well as a civic activist who gave her time and energy to local and national causes. Note: see Blog page for more info.
We had a table at Culture Collision August 30 and shared info on our upcoming events and meetings with several hundred attendees! Check out info below and on our calendar to see what’s coming up for the rest of 2017 and 2018!
Kick off our new season and celebrate National’s 100 year anniversary with fellow members and potential new members at Pearl Wine Company at the American Can Company, 3700 Orleans Ave., on Saturday, September 16, from 6 PM to 8 PM.
We will congregate in the bistro/bar area, and we hope that you will bring an interested friend. We have 35 tickets to give away to members on a first-come, first-serve basis, which will give you a sample of a special drink the bartender will concoct especially for us on the theme of ‘bluestocking’ (a term from the 18th century describing a woman of an intellectual or literary bent). Enjoy refreshments from St. James Cheese Company. Blue stockings are optional! And here’s a novel idea for our chapter meetings going forward: ‘bring a book, take a book’.
Hope to see you there!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 13, to wnbaofnola@gmail.com.