Authors opt out of Google Book Settlement

A recent article in The Guardian talks about the thousands of authors who have opted out of the Google Book Settlement.

Should you have opted out? The deadline was January 28. Register now for the next talk in The Writing Life series to hear Jan Constantine, General Counsel and Assistant Director of The Authors Guild, discuss what writers need to know about the settlement.

Snow Day for NYSL

Please note that due to the snowstorm, The New York Society Library will be closed today, Friday, February 26.

Tonight at the Corner Bookstore

Member Margaret Sheffield, author of The Expressive Edge
The Corner Bookstore (Madison at 93rd)
6 pm, RSVP (212) 831-3554 or cornerbook@aol.com

Writing Groups this week

Poets Group meeting Tuesday, February 23, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm in the Whitridge Room

Fiction Writers Group II meeting Wednesday, February 24, 11 am - 1 pm in the Whitridge Room.

Feel free to bring work in progress to share with the group. Open to Library members only.

Remembering "Jerry" Salinger

Member Alice Sheba is interviewed and presents her story "Jerry" about her 1946 date with (not yet famous) J.D. Salinger in The New York Times Metro section. Read it here.

TONIGHT! Fiction Writers Group I

Fiction Writers Group I is meeting TONIGHT, Tuesday, February 16 from 5 pm - 6:45 pm in the Whitridge Room. Feel free to bring a page or two of your work in progress to share with the group.

Open to Library members only. Questions? Contact me at cwaters@nysoclib.org

Valentine's Day for Journalists

Valentine's Day is this Sunday. Send your journalist valentine an appropriate sentiment. See these cheeky cards here and here.