ArmchairBEA: Best of 2012 Books
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What a time of books we’re in. Never before so many choices, so many new authors, so much variety and possibility.
The best of 2012 that Women Writers, Women Books editor Anora McGaha has read:
Born Under an Assumed Name by Sara Mansfield Taber, memoir
Swagger by Lisa Bloom, non-fiction
Listening to Africa by Diana Raab, poetry
Media Ready, Media Savvy by Alison Hill, non-fiction
The best of 2012 women writers that WWWB editor would like to read:
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, novel
Falling for Eli by Nancy Shullins, memoir
Walking with Elephants by Karen Isaacs Bell,
Before the World Intruded by Michele Rosenthal, memoir
The best of 2012 that WWWB has as guest writers:
The Girl who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor, novel
Re-Visions by Meredith Sue Willis, short stories
Queer Greer by A. J. Walkley, novel
All that I Need by Teresa Fritschi
Category: Contemporary Women Writers
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I haven’t made it to BEA thus far, but would like to some day. How thrilling it must be to have so many books, authors, and publishing professionals together. My fifth novel (a mystery this time) Tulip Season: A Mitra Basu Mystery is just out and I am promoting it. BEA brings the hope that books are being read even more.
BEA must be just crazy exciting. I nearly went this year, but didn’t quite leave enough time to plan it. Just watching bits on the BEA website is exciting, and participating in ArmchairBEA has been fascinating. Congratulations on your fifth novel! Would you be an Author’s Guild member? I think I recognize your website.
I haven’t read any of these but I’ll have to check them out.
What an interesting array of books! I confess, I don’t read as much non-fiction as I would like.
great list, hope you’re having a great Armchair BEA. 🙂
Oh, Swagger looks really interesting. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Song of Achilles too. More great books for me to check out.
Media Ready Media Savvy sounds VERY interesting. As an urban planner, I have been doing tech writing for the past 25 years.
But, now I am just finishing a screenplay – a comedy – that I am going to try to sell.
Soooo…I am going to be on the look out for pointers!
Very interesting site that you have heard! Glad that I now know about it 😀
Congratulations on your new venture into a comedic screenplay! That’s a specialty area of writing outside of mainstream novels and non-fiction books. Check out the blog posts on Media Ready, Media Savvy too.