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Contributed by Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee
Put your writing cap on! Bob Comenole, local teacher and writer, will be facilitating the Creekside Writing Workshops, a series of topic-related workshops for interested writers. Possible workshop topics include: Writing Memoir and Autobiography * Writing the Personal Essay * Discover Your Writing Niche * How to Overcome Writers Block * Poetry Workshop * Constructing the Novel * The Hero’s Journey for Storytellers * Creating Characters * The Lyric Essay * Creative Nonfiction
Interested persons should contact Creekside bookstore at 685-0379.
Contributed by Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee
Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, presents Mary Humphrey author of Kids’ Yoga Book of Feelings on Thursday August 14, 2008 at 7PM. Admission: $20.00 includes your own book, along with instructional workout.
“It’s motivating that adults recognize young children have issues that bring on stress,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “This book is one in a set of tools that allows the child to de-stress through a fun creative outlet called “yoga.” It also empowers, which is doubly wonderful. Don’t be surprised to find older siblings joining in and helping out!”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARY HUMPHREY, a school librarian and yoga teacher, has taught children for more than thirty years. Introducing yoga to teachers, she has enabled others to bring the art of yoga and other mind/body techniques into the classroom. She is the author of Living the Hero’s Quest: Character Building through Action Research and a presenter at national conferences dedicated to children’s development and learning. She lives with her husband, daughters, and two cats in Skaneateles, New York.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Yoga is an art that emphasizes a calm, happy state of being. Yoga helps to harmonize your feelings to achieve a more balanced way of living. Each of the poses described has an animal or familiar object linked to the feeling it expresses. In addition, there’s an affirmation about the feeling being released. For example, as you assume the pose of the polar bear, you say, “I feel balanced and grounded,” just as a polar bear stands firmly on a patch of ice. Come celebrate yoga with the kids in this book as they demonstrate twenty poses from the Butterfly to the Opossum. Target age 6-13 yr.
Contributed by Laura Ponticello
Dear Friends,
Amelia Earhart said “No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
My heart was incredibly moved by this community’s gift of giving at the Summer Book Lover’s Party hosted by Laura’s List: Books for Women at Creekside Books & Coffee. Over 135 women and couples stood shoulder to shoulder, as Dr. Barbara Connor and Akuot Leek, a Lost Girl of Sudan inspired the audience with their personal experiences in the Sudan.
Leek’s brother is John Bul Dau, author of “God Grew Tired of Us”and a survivor of unsurmountable odds. During the civil strife in Duk Payuel, Sudan, Leek’s village was burnt to the ground, children abducted, and those that survived were forced to walk thousands of miles through alligator infested waters to find shelter in refugee camps. Leek now attends college in Central New York and serves as inspiration for women of all ages- that a resilient spirit can’t be broken.
As a result of this evening, funds were raised to help support the Duk Lost Boys Clinic. Together, we made a difference and for that I have tremendous gratitude.
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation tells us that health benefits exist when one performs an act of kindness to include:
- The health benefits and sense of well-being return for hours or even days whenever the helping act is remembered.
- An increased sense of self-worth, greater happiness, and optimism, as well as a decrease in feelings of helplessness and depression, is achieved.
Laura Ponticello,
Laura’s List: Books for Women
Contributed by Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee
Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes author Rachel Guido DeVries on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 7PM who will be discussing her currently penned book for children entitled: Teeny Tiny Tino’s Fishing Story.
About The Author:
Rachel is a Southern-Italian American, and a much-published poet, children’s book author, and novelist. She grew up near Paterson, NJ, and has lived in central New York since 1970.
Her first picture book for young readers, Teeny Tiny Tino’s Fishing Story, is forthcoming from Bordighera Books. She taught creative writing through the Humanistic Studies Center of
Syracuse University from 1985 to 2003, where she was awarded Teacher of the Year in 1993, and where she directed the Young Writers’ Workshop in Syracuse University’s Summer Program for Youth from 2000 to 2003.
A recent collection of poems, the Brother Inside Me, was published in 2007 by Guernica Books.
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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes Tom Coffey author of Blood Alley, Miami Twilight and The Serpent Club on Sunday June 22, 2008 from 12:30 to 1:45 pm.
“Mr. Coffey pulls the reader into his fictional world within the first page,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “The momentum grows from there. Here is a fast paced novel readers of any genre can dive into, especially for summer.”
About the author:
Tom Coffey is a writer and editor with an extensive background in journalism. A graduate of the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, Tom has been a reporter and editor for some of America’s leading newspapers. A staff editor at The New York Times since 1997, he has also worked for New York Newsday, The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and The Miami Herald.
His first novel, The Serpent Club, was published in 1999 to starred reviews. His second novel, Miami Twilight, was published in 2001. Tom has been a member of the Mystery Writers of America since 1999.
Tom lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and daughter.
About the book:
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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes author of The Class of ’60, Kay Benedict Sgarlata on Sunday June 8, 2008 at 1pm.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kay Benedict Sgarlata holds a Bachelor of Science and Masters in Education from SUNY Oswego where she also received her Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Administration. She took an early retirement in 1995, leaving the field of governmental administration. She lives in Syracuse with husband Tony. When not out on her daily hike or on her knees pulling out weeds in a large flower garden, she’s at the Spiritual Renewal Center on Syracuse’s north side where she serves as a Spiritual Director.
Benedict Sgarlata has written her first non-fiction book about her 224 member class that graduated from West Genesee High School in Camillus, NY. In her first non-fiction work, The Class of ’60, Benedict Sgarlata weaves the story of her graduating class from their growing-up days to becoming Medicare eligible.
“Readers of all ages will find this book insightful,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “A first hand account of days not so far-gone-by, that many may overlook, until after reading The Class of ’60.”
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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes Thomas Cobb author of Shavetail, Acts of Contrition and Crazy Heart on Sunday June 1 at 1pm.
“Our events coordinator works diligently behind the scenes to bring a variety of events to the bookstore. We look to line up authors with great talent and interesting subject matter. Mr. Cobb’s books will engage, entertain and educate the reader,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee.
About the author
Thomas Cobb was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of novels Crazy Heart and Shavetail, and a collection of short stories Acts of Contrition, that won the 2002 George Garrett Fiction Prize. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife.
Continue reading...Press Release from Erika Davis at Creekside Books & Coffee
Next Thursday, May 15th 2008, from 7 – 8PM, Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, invites you to join us for a screening of the trailer of the documentary film THE LONG
ABOUT THE MOVIE
2 brothers… 2 bicycles… 1 dream…
A story of hit-and-run, recovery and the triumph of the human spirit. THE LONG
Thursday Evenings at Creekside
May 15th – June 5th 2008
Write the book
you’ve always wanted to write!
Objectives: You have not forgotten the great wonder and mystery of being a child… You want to extend your own imagination to the young of today… And you have 101 ideas but no clear guide to help translate them into a polished, attractive book for children. This seminar will give you the tools to transform those ideas into well-constructed products, whether you are interested in developing picture books for young children, chapter books for older youth or other creative material for those in between.
In this course we will cover all aspects of getting started: generating ideas, developing plot, character, theme and structure. We will explore how writers appeal to the sensory and verbal worlds of children. We will also look into myth, folklore, and a little child psychology.
Format: Workshops are conducted at Creekside in an informal, interactive atmosphere. Instructor will offer mini-lectures, conduct small group discussions, and facilitate peer critiques. Participants will refine their own works-in-progress, in and out of class.
Instructor: For 20 years Bob Comenole has taught writing, literature and communications at several colleges, including Miami University, Siena College, the State University of New York and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Comenole, author of Bushel & Lamp and the novella The Long Night of Clement C Craggogre, has just completed work on a collection of short stories, Perplexed by the Egg & Other Stories, as well as a collection of essays. He was also the producer of the children’s television series, StoryBrook.
Fee: $50 for four 90-minute sessions / Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
for more information, please phone the store at 685-0379
