News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
CHESTERTOWN, MD—David Wallace, professor of English and author of literature on the work of Geoffrey Chaucer and other medieval writers, will speak at the Rose O’Neill Literary House on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 The event, which is part of the annual Sophie Kerr Lecture Series, will start at 4:30 p.m., and is free and open […]
Continue ReadingThe Rose O’Neill Literary House is proud to showcase two Washington College poets, Dr. Kimberly Quiogue Andrews and Literary House Assistant Director Lindsay Lusby, during a tea and talk on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 as part of the fall Literary House Series. Andrews and Lusby will be discussing their recently published chapbooks, and the talk […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—The Cherry Tree Young Writers’ Conference, which invites high school students to Washington College to work with esteemed writers, will feature readings on July 18 and 19, 2018 highlighting the conference’s faculty. On July 18, James Allen Hall, conference director and director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House, will join poet Jehanne Dubrow in […]
Continue ReadingThe second annual Wilmington Writers Conference at the Delaware Art Museum is on Saturday July 21, 2018. Using the Museum’s exhibitions on Wilmington 1968 and the civil rights movement, this full-day conference will include a keynote presentation and craft talk by poet and educator Yolanda Wisher, nine other sessions taught by area writers, a lunchtime […]
Continue ReadingOn Saturday June 23, 2018, 21 indie and hybrid authors representing the Delaware, DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas will be at the Second Annual Book Bash. This book signing event is your chance to get up close and personal with author royalty in an intimate setting. All attendees are VIPs and everyone gets the royal […]
Continue ReadingJust in time for summer, the children’s and young adult collections at Kent County Public Library’s Rock Hall Branch are being refreshed, rejuvenated, and filled with brand new books! Maryland State Education Association president Betty Weller will be the guest of honor at this celebration of books and education. Join us for light refreshments and […]
Continue ReadingThe Rose O’Neill Literary House’s Summer Literary Salon will feature readings by H.G. Carrillo, David MacLean, Lynn Melnick, and the Literary House’s 2018 Cave Canem Fellow, Lauren Russell, as well as music from The Pam Ortiz Band. This free, public event on June 19, 2018 starting at 4:30, will be followed by a book signing […]
Continue ReadingCaroline Harvey, an English major and creative writing minor from Arlington, Virginia, whose writing frequently examines otherness through the perspective of the insect world, has won the 2018 Sophie Kerr Prize. National Public Radio book critic and author Maureen Corrigan announced the winner of the nation’s largest undergraduate prize, this year valued at $63,711, at […]
Continue ReadingJoin 20+ authors representing a variety of genres, along with vendors such as Posh and Paparazzi, at Royal Book Bash at the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (CBEC) on beautiful Kent Island on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Tickets are available on our website royalbookbash.weebly.com and can be purchased for half price with code RBB50. Veterans and members […]
Continue ReadingA year ago I began a review for K.L Montgomery’s “Romance in Rehoboth” book series with “Books of fiction to review that take place between the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays are hard to find. Finding an Author living in the area isn’t quite as hard, but their writings often don’t take place on the Delmarva […]
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