More Important and Exciting 2024 NBCC News
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| Dear Book Lover: More exciting news: We have added a trio sensational authors for the 2024 National Book Club Conference, August 2-4 at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta.  Mary Annaise Heglar, Iris Mwanza and Michelle Lindo-Rice have authored engaging books that you grab and hold of you from the first page to the last. Read more about these wonderful talents below. Meanwhile, for those who have outstanding registration balances, there are three ways to electronically satisfy them: Zelle (4045397769); Cashapp ($CurtisBunn) and PayPal (curtisbunn@yahoo.com). For checks, make out to NBCC Foundation, Inc. and sent to NBCC Foundation, Inc., 245 N. Highland Avenue N.E., Suite 230-171, Atlanta, GA 30307. Final payments are due by June 15th. Again, registration is close and our hotel block of rooms, which was increased FOUR times, is sold out. The hotel is not allowing more rooms at our $149 rate. So we must work together to overcome this deficit. Cancellations inevitably happen. And there are some who book more rooms than they need “just in case.”  In those instances, we REALLY need you to contact me with the confirmation number of the room you do not need—DO NOT release your room back to the hotel. Inexplicably, the hotel will not release those rooms to us.So, please help us in this quest to get everyone in house. For those who do not have rooms yet, please be patient. This will be a slow process. But it is top of mind, as I am continually working with the hotel. More great news coming. Be sure to read below about our new added authors. Peace and blessings,CURTIS Curtis BunnNBCC founder and presidentMary Annaise Heglar: Troubled WatersMary Annaïse Heglar is an extraordinary writer who works at the intersections of climate change, climate grief, and climate justice. Her latest book, Troubled Waters, which releases next month, weaves an unforgettable, distinctly Southern story of the enduring power of family, Black resistance, and the rising climate crisis. In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire. The world is burning—and Corrine will do anything to put out the flames. After her brother died aboard an oil boat on the Mississippi River in 2013, Corrine awakened to the realities of climate change and its perpetrators. Now, a year later, she finds herself trapped in a lonely cycle of mourning both her brother and the very planet she stands on. She’s convinced that in order to save her future, she has to make sure that her brother’s life meant something. But in the act of honoring her brother’s spirit, she resurrects family ghosts she knows little about—ghosts her grandmother Cora knows intimately. The world is burning—but it always has been. Cora’s ghosts have followed her from her days as a child integrating schools in 1950s Nashville to her new life as a mother, grandmother, and teacher in Mississippi. As a child of the civil rights movement, she’s done her best to keep those specters away from her granddaughter. She faced those demons, she reasons to herself, so that Corinne would never know they existed. To learn more about Mary and her work. please click on the image above to visit www.maryannaiseheglar.com.  Iris Mwanza: The Lion’s DenIsis Mwanza, born and raised in Zambia, had early exposure to unfair and unequal opportunities for women and girls and has been a driving force for gender equality in her career. She serves in huge role as Deputy Director, Women in Leadership for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Iris leads the foundation’s strategy and investments to improve women’s representation and influence in the fields of health, law, and economics in priority geographies.Isis’ first novel releases on June 25th, The Lion’s Den, called “A vibrant and pacey legal thriller with a big-hearted heroine you’ll be rooting for from the very first page, according to Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train A missing boy. A corrupt system. A case that could change everything… When young queer dancer Wilbess “Bessy” Mulenga is arrested by corrupt police, fresh-from-the-village rookie lawyer Grace Zulu takes up his cause in her first pro bono case. Presented with a freshly beaten client, Grace protests to the police and gets barred from accessing Bessy, who then disappears from the system—and the world—without a trace. As she fights for justice for Bessy, Grace must navigate a dangerous world of corrupt politicians, traditional beliefs, and deep-seated homophobia. With the help of a former freedom fighter and the head of her law firm, who’s rallying for one last fight as AIDS takes its toll on him, Grace brings together a coalition of unions, students, and political opposition to take on the corrupt administration of President Kaunda. But will justice prevail in the face of such overwhelming odds? Learn more and preorder this thrilling debut by clicking here or on the photo above.Michelle Lindo-Rice: The Bookshop Sisterhood  Michelle Lindo-Rice, author of The Bookshop Sisterhood, a novel “that will stay with the reader long after the last page. Absolutely brilliant,” said Kristan Higgins, a New York Times bestselling author. The book is relatable. After years of hard work, four best friends—Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni and Leslie—are finally on the verge of opening the bookstore of their dreams, a place where their community can find solace with an intriguing new read, a comforting beverage and book-loving friends. But before they can cut the ribbon, their worlds are upended. Toni receives devastating news just months before her wedding, while Celeste’s struggling marriage threatens to collapse completely. Leslie learns a shocking secret about her family, and a lotto ticket changes Yasmeen’s life—but not for the better. As the bookstore’s grand opening fast approaches, the four women must lean on each other now more than ever to navigate their grief and uncertainty. And together, they’ll learn that sometimes, even life’s most unexpected plot twists can lead to beautiful new beginnings. This page-turner is in keeping with Michelle’s other engaging books, including Able to Love and On The Right Path series, an Emma Award Winner and a Vivian Award finalist. Originally from Jamaica West Indies, she has earned degrees from New York University, SUNY at Stony Brook, Teachers College Columbia University, Argosy University and has been educator for more than 20 years. Please visit her website, https://www.michellelindorice.com/, by clicking on the photo above. |
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