Join the St. Louis Literary Consortium at Left Bank Books!

The newly organized Saint Louis Literary Consortium is pleased to announce their first joint event to be held in conjunction with Left Bank Books. The event will host publishers and featured authors on the weekend of November 9, 10, and 11 at Left Bank Books’ Central West End location, 399 North Euclid Ave, 63108. While books from each of the organizations will be available the full three days, featured authors will be present for signings at various times throughout the weekend. (Store hours are: Friday and Saturday – 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; Sunday – 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.) A list of featured books and scheduled authors will be posted on member websites before the event.

“Saint Louis has a long and rich literary history, and this event is a way to celebrate continuing that tradition of excellence. We’re delighted that Left Bank Books is hosting us and giving us the opportunity to showcase local publishers and authors just in time for the holiday shopping season,” said Winnie Sullivan, Executive Director of PenUltimate Press. “For readers who love small presses and who want to support local authors—and local booksellers—this will be a great weekend.”

“This is just the first event that our new group has in the works as we come together as publishers and organizations to promote the literary arts in the Greater Saint Louis area,” Nancy Hughes of the St. Louis Poetry Center said. Along with the St. Louis Poetry Center and the St. Louis Writers Guild, participating organizations include Blank Slate Press, PenUltimate Press, Stonebrook Publishing, and Walrus Publishing.

For more information about the event, contact Left Bank Books at 314.367.6731. For information about the Saint Louis Literary Consortium, contact any of the participating organizations or Kristina Blank Makansi at kbmakansi@blankslatepress.com. Organization website addresses are: http://www.blankslatepress.com, http://www.penpressinc.org/, http://www.stlouispoetrycenter.org/, http://www.stlwritersguild.org/ http://www.stonebrookpublishing.net/ http://www.walruspublishing.com/.

Participating Authors
Over 40 authors will be a part of this event!
A schedule of book signing times will be announced soon

Qiu Xiaolong
Mary Ellen Howard
Tullia Hamilton
Catherine Rankovic
Matt Freeman
Curtis Comer
Angie Fox
TW Fendley
Cole Gibsen
Brad R. Cook
Peter Green
Linda Austin
Claire Applewhite
Leigh Savage
Brenda Neubauer
Liz Maloney
Faye Adams
Bill Adams
Pat Bubash
Bruce Lucas
Robin Tidwell
Marcel Toussaint
Steve Weigenstein
Anene Tressler
Jean Ellen Whatley
Hannie J. Voyles
Vicki Bennington
Daniel Brannan
Loretta Goebel
Wanita Zumbrunnen
Denise McCormick Baich
Steven Schroeder
Mary Ruth Donnelly
Jennifer Fandel
Susan Grigsby
Gaye Gambell-Peterson
Niki Nymark
John S. Tieman
Marjorie Stelmach
Glendall Wallace
Drucilla Wall
Eamonn Wall

This holiday season give the gift with a St. Louis touch, support your local authors!