The district members met at South Park in Lawrence on Friday, July 24th, from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
District two members of Kansas Authors Club enjoyed seeing each other, critiquing each other’s read around items, and socializing. Those present were Joann Williams, Mark Scheel, Perry Shepard, Cheryl Heidi, Lee Goldstein, Mike Hartnett, and Diane Palka. The district members met at South Park in Lawrence on Friday, July 24th, from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Please join former state president and D2 member, Joann Garrity Williams, at the Ottawa Public Library on Thursday, May 9, 6:30pm, for the release of her book, Memoirs of the Dysfunctional? (Meadowlark, 2018). (This event was postponed earlier due to bad weather.) Emporia, KS - Meadowlark Books (D2) is pleased to announce the release of three new titles by Kansas Authors Club members. All three will begin shipping in September and are currently available for purchase from the Meadowlark Bookstore. https://squareup.com/market/meadowlark-books/
The titles will soon be available via bookstores, including Amazon. The publisher encourages readers to order the books through their favorite local independent bookstore or direct from the authors. Joann Williams (D2) has served as Kansas Authors Club D2 president and state president. She has been an entrepreneur, a real estate broker, a paralegal, a healthcare lobbyist in Washington D.C., as well as wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her first book, Memoirs of the Dysfunctional?, depicts the unconventional, but necessary lifestyle, and results, of a family forced to live a somewhat nomadic existence because the father, who was blinded as a child, had no means of support other than working as a street musician. Kevin Rabas (D2) is currently serving at the Kansas Poet Laureate. Like Buddha-Calm Bird is his newest collection of poems and stories. Roy J. Beckemeyer (D5) has served as Kansas Authors Club D5 president and state president. Stage Whispers is Roy's 3rd collection of poetry. |
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