Oh to be in Winnetka, now that Cynthia’s there signing her book:

Come out to say hello and support Cynthia Clampitt when she talks about her book, Waltzing Australia, and does a signing, 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 4 at Chestnut Court’s Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka, 847-446-8880.

says Midwest free-lancers’ last, best hope, Midwest Writers Association.  Ditto Wilmette, where another MWA member, Helen Gallagher,

 

author of Release Your Writing: Book Publishing Your Way, will present “Your book is being published: Now what?” about marketing a book through retail outlets, book clubs, and online resources. She will also discuss other marketing strategies.

That’s at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3 at the Wilmette Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue. Cost: $5. Call the library for directions at 847/256-5025. E-mail your RSVP to Jodie Jacobs.

And there’s “The New Media,” at the next Illinois Women’s Press Association breakfast, 10 a.m. Saturday April 19, downtown Chicago, 2nd floor of the Chicago Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington St., across from Daley Plaza, where Northwestern U.’s

Medill Graduate School Director Janice Castro, a former long-time Time-Warner reporter and web-site developer, will talk on the changing world of today’s media so we can better understand how to continue working as writers, editors, communications experts. IWPA Members, full time students and guests $15; Nonmembers $25; cash or check at the door; RSVP to 312/458-9151 or e-mail iwpa@comcast.net

Info cheerily provided by MWA website manager Jim Bowman at www.midwestwriters.com — check it out.