An Author Event: Rae Meadows

Twitter is a wonderful way to find out what some of the authors you read are up to and to see if they are doing any readings/appearances in your area. So I was thrilled when Rae Meadows, author of Mothers & Daughters was going to be relatively close to me. Last night she did a reading of her book at The Book Stall in Winnetka, IL.

It was wonderful to hear her read from the book and get to chat with her. She also brought her adorable 6 month old daughter, Olive with her.

As a side note, I also got to meet Jen from Devourer of Books. We met for dinner, chatted about life, blogging, putting together a Chicago-area book bloggers group on Facebook and then headed down to meet and hear Rae read.

Of course being a book store means buying books, which I did. :)

Below are the pictures I took of the event.

An Author Event

As you guys have read here on GJR, I loved the book The Tale of Halcyon Crane. In fact, it's one of my three 5/5's for 2010 so far. You can check out my review here.

I was excited when the author, Wendy Webb, told me she was going to do a reading in Chicago. Sure, I don't live in the city, I am a burbs girl but I decided it was worth my drive to go down there. I'm so happy I did. Not only did I get to meet Wendy, who is just as awesome as I imagined but there were two other Great Lakes Authors: Susanna Daniel (Stiltsville)and Kelly O'Connor McNees (The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott).

All three author's read from their books and at the end they all took questions from the audience. Afterward, they all stuck around for more questions, book signings and pictures. I was lucky enough to get to talk to 2 of the three authors and Wendy signed my book! YAY!!

I'm sure other book bloggers will agree meeting authors is a bit like meeting rock stars. I know that I am in awe of them.

I also met the owner of The Book Cellar, Suzy and she was fantastic. She's extremely hospitable and even let me take pictures of the store to showcase here.

I encourage you, as readers, to check out local bookstores not only to support them but to meet authors and hear them read their craft.

Here are the pictures that I took that night. Enjoy!