Janna’s Events


2012

March 2-4 - Faculty

Whidbey Island Writers Conference

Sessions & times TBA


Jan 27 - Feb 5 - Boat Show Seminars

Seattle Boat Show, Seattle, WA

Keeping Your Onboard Relationship Off the Rocks

Brutally Honest Stories

Writing and Sailing

Armchair Sailor & Captain’s Nautical


2011

Sat, Aug 6 - Presenter

PNWA Conference, Bellevue, WA

Finding Your Thread in Memoir

11:30 am - must be registered to attend


Fri, Aug 5 - Autograph Party

PNWA Conference, Bellevue, WA

6 pm - must be registered to attend


Thurs, Aug 4 - Presenter

PNWA Conference, Bellevue, WA

Boiling Down Your Book (aka pitching)

4:30 pm - must be registered to attend


Thurs, July 21 - Pitch Workshop

PNWA Monthly Meeting, Bellevue, WA

Time and Location TBA


April 1-3 - Faculty

Whidbey Island Writers Conference

Sessions & times TBA


Sat, Feb 26 - Teaching

The Art of Pitching

Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA

Time TBA


Sat, Jan 5 - Keynote speaker

Women’s Sailing Convention

Corona del Mar, CA

Open to all women; registration required


Jan 21-30 - Seminars & Signings

Seattle Boat Show, Seattle, WA

Seminars and times TBA

Signings at Armchair Sailor & Captain’s Nautical


2010

Tues, Nov 30 - Reading

Parkplace Books

Kirkland, WA

7 pm


Thurs, Oct 28 - Reading

Eagle Harbor Book Co

Winslow, Bainbridge Island, WA

7:30 pm


Tues, Oct 19 - Panel and Q&A

Authors & Neighbors: A Showcase of Ballard Writers

Moderated by Erica Bauermeister (The School of Essential Ingredients)

Sunset Hill Community Club, Seattle, WA

7-9 pm


Sat, Sept 24 - Reading

Whitman College Cluster Reunion, Classes of ‘94-’96

2 pm - Olin Hall, Room 130


Thurs, Sept 23 - Visiting Author

Whitman College Visiting Writers Reading Series 2010-2011

Walla Walla, WA


Fri-Sun, Sept 10-12 - Presenter

Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, WA

Fri, 1 pm, Marina Room: The Motion of the Ocean

Sat, 1 pm, Marina Room: Keeping Your Onboard Relationship Off the Rocks

Sun, 1 pm, Marina Room: The Motion of the Ocean


Sat, Aug 14 - Keynote Speaker

La Conner Classic Yacht & Car Club

6 pm - sorry, I believe this is members only


Wed, July 28 - Writing Workshop

Just Write hosted by Andrea Hurst, Literary Agent

Local Grown Coffeeshop, Coupeville, WA

3-5 pm - open to all


Tues, July 27 - Panelist

Write the Book,” Ladies Who Launch, Seattle, WA

6-7pm - Free book fair & benefit

7 pm - Panel open to all women, $25 fee includes light refreshments


Fri, July 23 - Autograph Party

PNWA Conference

6 pm - must be registered to attend


Thurs, July 22 - Pitch Workshop

PNWA Conference, Seattle, WA

4:30 pm - must be registered to attend


Thurs, June 17 - Pitch Workshop

PNWA Monthly Meeting, Bellevue, WA

7 pm


Fri, June 11 - Reading

Whitman College Alumni, Walla Walla, WA


Wed, June 9 - Presentation

Oregon Women’s Sailing Association, Portland, OR

6 pm


Sat, May 22 - Conference

Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA


Wed, May 5 - Reading

She Said: Women’s Lives through Poetry & Prose (BookLift event)

Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA

7 pm


April 16 - 18 - Boat Show Seminars

Strictly Sail with Waypoint Nautical,

Oakland, CA


Sat, March 20 - Anacortes Events

Anacortes Maritime Series at the library, 4 pm

Cruising BC and Inside Passage Seminar - 6:30 pm


Thurs, March 11 - Richard Hugo House

Reading w/ Jonathan Evison, Bret Fetzer, & Stacey Levine at Cheap Beer & Prose, 7 pm, Seattle, WA


Sat, Feb 20 - Keynote Speaker

Women’s Boating Seminar, Seattle, WA


Jan 29 - Feb 6 - Boat Show Seminars

Seattle Boat Show, Seattle, WA

Keeping Your Relationship Off the Rocks

Writing and Sailing

Stories from a Salty Marriage

Armchair Sailor & Captain’s Nautical


2009

Sat, November 7 - Reading

Elliott Bay Book Co, Seattle, WA

11 am


Sat, October 24 - Reading

Whitman College Bookstore, Walla Walla, WA

1:30 pm


Sat, October 10 - Reading

Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA (Bay Area)

4 pm


Fri, October 9 - Talk

Berkeley Yacht Club, Berkeley, CA

Sorry, members only.

8 pm


Thurs, July 30 - Workshop

Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference

Pitch Workshop

Register here.


Thurs, July 23 - BOOK PARTY!

with writer Midge Raymond

Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA

7 - 10 pm

Open to the public


Mon, July 20 - Reading

Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, Portland, OR

7:30 pm


Thurs, July 2 - Reading

Village Books, Bellingham, WA

7:00 pm


Mon, June 22 - Reading

Ballard Library, hosted by

Secret Garden Books

6:30 pm


Sat, June 6 - Reading

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park near Seattle, WA

6:30 pm


Tues, June 2

THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN available in stores!

 


  
  


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Featured on the Today Show


On NPR with KUOW’s Jeremy Richards


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Interview on Seattle’s KING 5 News


Parade Magazine pick


Lovely review from Library Journal


Great article in Redbook


Interview Portland’s AM Northwest (KATU-TV)


Recommended by CNN Entertainment


November bestseller at Elliott Bay Book Co


Bestselling memoirist Jen Lancaster recommends MOTO on her blog


Excellent review in Boat U.S.


Fun Q&A with Powell’s in Portland (includes some of my personal book recs)


Fab review of Powell’s reading from the Portland Writing Examiner


Janna gives the scoop on nonfiction book proposals in The Writer


Nice spread in the hometown paper - thank you, Mercer Island Reporter


Cool interview in Three Sheets NW


Listen to podcasts of Janna reading with Jack Straw at Seattle Central Library and the 2008 Jack Straw Writers Series


Two-part interview at Something to Write About: the Biz and the Personal


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Thanks to Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing, 48 North, Northwest Yachting, Practical Sailor, Boat U.S., and Good Old Boat for the articles, letters, and reviews.
















 

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