AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
| Author! Author! has been a cornerstone in the Akron fall calendar for over 20 years. In 1987 the Our Lady of the Elms Alumnae Association inaugurated a three session book and author luncheon/lecture/signing series. The program gave national and local authors the forum to speak to avid readers in the Akron area. |
The series has hosted over 120 well-known authors and has hosted an audience of over 325 constituents per venue for years. In addition the series has raised over $450,000 in scholarship dollars for young women to receive an Elms education. Scholarship dollars are raised through patron tickets, sponsorships, and book sales.
Get a group together and join us for another exciting season. Are you in a book club? Get a table together and come as a group. This fall marks the 24th season of Author! Author!. The dates and author schedule thus far is listed below.
Questions? Contact Jill Lieser '99 via or at 330.867.9974
| Purchase Tickets Online for 2010 Season |
Tickets per Date
Individual Ticket for Luncheon, Talk & Signing - $35/person
Individual Talk & Signing Only - $15/person
Series Tickets (all three sessions)
Luncheon, Talk & Signing - $90/person
Talk & Signing Only - $15/person
Patron Ticket - $150/person
Includes Luncheon, Talk, Signing and Author Meeting
Regina has
been a newspaper columnist for fourteen years, eight of them for
Cleveland's Plain Dealer, where she was a finalist in 2008 and 2009
for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. She also hosts a call-in talk show
once a week on WCPN, the Cleveland NPR affiliate, and speaks regularly
to companies and not-for-profit organizations. Many will remember
Regina from her days at the Akron Beacon Journal.
Janis Froelich began her professional writing
career at the Akron Beacon Journal. Janis started in the
Beacon's Women's Department writing engagement and wedding
announcements. After more than a decade of full and part
time work at the Beacon Journal, where in 1971 the newspaper won a
Pulitzer Prize for its May 4 KSU shootings general reporting
coverage, she moved to Florida to be near her parents. Janis took
a position as a food writer at the St. Petersburg Times.
Since, she has held positions at the Des Moines Register as a TV
critic, the St. Petersburg Times as a stringer, and the Tampa
Tribune. In the midst of her journalism career, she
squeezed in a job with the 57th PGA Championship, the base for her
just relesed, My Life Looking Back
at a Murder. Golf. Murder. Love.
And it’s all true.
Jim
Dodson is currently Writer-in-Residence for The Pilot newspaper
and Editor of PineStraw Magazine in Southern Pines, North
Carolina. His regular Sunday column was recently awarded top prize by
the North Carolina Press Association. Over the course of a 25-year golf
writing career, his writing has won more than a dozen awards from the
Golf Writers of America and other industry organizations. He recently
served as Distinguished Charles Rubin Writer-in-Residence at Hollins
University in Virginia. For two decades he was a Contributing Editor and
regular columnist for Golf Magazine, and Golf and Travel
Correspondent for Departures Magazine of American Express.
His work has appeared in over 50 magazines and newspapers worldwide. His
bestselling books include
Final Rounds, The Dewsweepers, Beautiful Madness, The Road to Somewhere,
Faithful Travelers, A Golfer’s Life (with Arnold Palmer),
and
Ben Hogan – An American Life,
which won the USGA International Book Award in 2005. In 2008, he was a
featured commentator in the award-winning HBO documentary “Back Nine at
Cherry Hills.” In his new memoir, James Dodson, returns to the
world of golf and to the part of that world in which he developed his
passion for the game, this time writing about his desire to pass along
his love of golf to his teenage son. The Sisters of St.
Dominic of Akron, Ohio were established in 1923. Since that
time 115 Sisters have been "Bearers of the Word" in Akron, Ohio.
In 2004, Mary Alice Herman suggested the sisters publish a book
chronicling their history and biographies. As a congregation
they worked together to make this book a reality with Elms graduate,
Carli Kistler- Miller '87. Sr. Mary Ann Wiesemann-Mills and
Sr. Diana Culbertson played key roles in making this dream a
reality. Sr. Mary Ann has special training
as a retreat/spiritual director, in addition to her Doctorate of
Ministry in Preaching. Sr. Mary Ann served as a teacher for 20
years, an associate paster for 7 years, and various roles for the
Akron Dominicans and numerous professional organizations. She is
currently the promoter of preaching for the Dominican Sisters of
Peace. Additionally, Sr. Mary Ann serves as Adjunct
Professor of Homiletics at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School
of Theology in
Sr. Diana Culbertson holds a
Doctorate in Comparative Literature from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Arts in Theology from
Aquinas Insititute of Theology. Sr. Diana served as an English
professor for the University of North Carolina and Kent State
University. In her time at Kent State, Sr. Diana held a
number of administrative roles and roles of ministry on campus.
She holds many publications and retired from Kent State as
professor emerita. Sr. Diana has been instrumental in
preparing numerous crucial documents for the congregation,
inlcuding the definitive Constitution. Sr. Diana has served
on the Our Lady of the Elms School Board as well as the recent
Cluster Coordinating Committee for the Sisters. Mary
Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her
mother's own childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to
those simpler times. Mary's distinctive images have made her a celebrity to
millions, who eagerly snap up gift items, calendars, books, fabrics, and more.
She now offers nearly 6,500 products in all, and has more than $1 billion in
lifetime retail sales. Mary was also editor-in-chief of the award-winning
creative lifestyle magazine,
Mary Engelbreit’s Home
Companion. Today,
thousands of retailers sell Mary Engelbreit® products to her countless fans,
and Mary Engelbreit Studios continues to add new licensees and product
categories. Her New York Times bestselling
The Night Before Christmas is already part of the
holiday tradition for families across the country and
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose is a beloved addition to a child's first
bookshelf and a perfect companion to Mary Engelbreit's
Nursery Tales. Marybeth Bond
is the nation’s preeminent expert on women travel. She is the award-winning
author-editor of
11 books, including the best sellers 50 Best
Girlfriend Getaways in North America,
A Woman’s World
and Gutsy Women. Marybeth has
hiked, cycled, climbed, dived and kayaked her way through more than seventy
countries around the world, from the depths of the Flores Sea to the summit of
Mount Kilimanjaro. Bond has traveled – along, with her gal pals, daughters,
sisters and mother and husband – researching travel books, articles and for
adventure. She reminds us that gal-pal time and getaways are good for women’s
health. As a
nationally recognized travel expert and media personality, Marybeth has
appeared on several national news program and radio shows. Currently
Marybeth and her daughters are travelling across the country on their bikes to
raise money for Osteoporosis Awareness. You can follow Marybeth this
summer at
http://bondgirlsbikeamerica.com/blog.
September 22, 2010

Brett’s first book,
God Never Blinks, takes
the 50 lessons and expounds on them in essays that are deeply personal.
Regina Brett
God Never Blinks
Janis
Forelich
My Life Looking Back
at a Murder
October 27, 2010
Jim Dodson
A Son of the Game

Sr. Diana Culbertson, O.P.

Sr. Mary Ann Wiesemann-Mills, O.P.
Bearers of
the Word
November 17, 2010
Mary Engelbreit
Mary Engelbreit's A
Merry LIttle Christmas: Celebrate from A to Z
Marybeth Bond
Gutsy Women
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