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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.

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Wednesday, August 20th 9am-2pm Women TIES sponsors a Public Relations Event: “Preparing For Your Fall PR Campaign”

“Publicity begets Publicity” is one of the truest statements in public relations today. As soon as a woman entrepreneur and her company obtain publicity, the more publicity they continue to receive. Publicity is an inexpensive, creative way to gain awareness for a business and its owner. There are three essential components to get the ball rolling: a professional headshot, a template for a press release, and a list of valuable PR opportunities.

This unique opportunity will provide women entrepreneurs with a professional headshot session with Laure Lillie Photographie in her Skaneateles photo studio, a fifteen-minute PR consulting session and materials handout with Tracy Higginbotham, a hot beverage, snack and $10 book coupon from Creekside Books & Coffee.

To visit the Women TIES website and learn more information about this event, click www.womenties.com/events for reservations due by August 17th.

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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. (more…)

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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Entrepreneur, Thursday, August 7th at 6pm.

“As an entrepreneur I live the daily risks outlined in this book,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “But this book is truly for more than just the entrepreneur. Anyone interested in successful living should join us for an insightful lesson from one of the masters.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ken Blanchard is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979 in San Diego, California. He is also a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Ken is co-founder of The Center for FaithWalk Leadership, which is dedicated to helping leaders walk their talk in the marketplace. (more…)

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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, is pleased to host an offsite event Saturday July 26, 2008 at 1 PM at The Sherwood Inn, Skaneateles featuring Kirk W. House and Charles R. Mitchell authors of Finger Lakes and Watkins Glen Racing.  Racing is celebrating 60 years in Watkins Glen.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kirk W. House, of Bath, is the former director-curator of the Glenn Curtiss Museum, is a member of the Schuyler County Historical Society and other historical groups.  Charles R. Mitchell, of Keuka Park, and formerly a professional photographer is curator of the Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society / Oliver House Museum.
Between them, they have written a dozen Arcadia Publishing books. Vintage images come from the archives of the county historical societies in Yates and Ontario Counties, the Curtiss Museum, the Steuben County historian’s office, private owners, and the authors’ personal collections.

ABOUT THE BOOKS
Finger Lakes: For more than a century, the natural scenic beauty of the Finger Lakes has drawn generations of tourists. The vineyards, glens, and steamers that made the region famous are displayed through the vintage images in this volume. These postcards capture the lively and dynamic atmosphere that has kept visitors flocking to the area for years, eager to mail a piece of their memories back home.

Watkins Glen Racing: Long ago, visitors reached Watkins Glen by railroad, steamboat, and horse-drawn wagon. They came to stay in the grand resorts, watch automobile racing in the streets, stroll through the countryside, attend Grange fairs, and ride an early trolley. Today the grand resorts are gone, but millions still come seeking spectacular gorges, the inland sea of Seneca Lake, vast vineyards, fine wineries, and Grand Prix racing. (more…)

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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. (more…)

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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.

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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes author Jay Lynch and illustrator Frank Cammuso of the newly released children’s book Otto’s Orange Day which is aimed at readers in the 5 to 8 year range, on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 1PM.

About the authors:

Jay Lynch, who wrote Otto’s story, was born in Orange, NJ, (honest, ORANGE, NJ!) and now lives in upstate New York with his wife, his dog, and way too many cats. He is the founder of Bijou Funnies, one of the first and most important underground comics of the Sixties, and for many years wrote the weekly syndicated comic strip, Phoebe and the Pigeon People. He has helped create some of Topps Chewing Gum’s most popular humor products, such as Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids.

Frank Cammuso, who drew Otto’s adventure, lives in Syracuse, New York, where he is the award-winning political cartoonist for the Syracuse Post-Standard. He is the Eisner-nominated creator of Max Hamm Fairy Tale Detective, selected as one of the Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2006 by Booklist, and is at work on Knights of the Lunch Table, a middle school version of King Arthur and his Knights. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice and Slate.  http://www.cammuso.com/ (more…)

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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.” (more…)

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Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 1pm featuring her Volunteer Vet Series.

About the Author

Born Laurie Beth Halse (rhymes with waltz. Not hal-see) on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam. As a teenager she most enjoyed science fiction and fantasy. She has lived on a pig farm in Denmark as an exchange student for thirteen months and proudly graduated from OCC and Georgetown University.

“It is an honor to host Laurie Halse Anderson,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “The numerous awards she’s received truly reflect her ability to get inside the mind of young adults and middle readers. So well written are her novels, adults find them intriguing too.” (more…)

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