Quinn Dalton
, award-winning author and PR guru, created a wonderful author event for the third year in a row in Greensboro, NC. It was a benefit for Planned Parenthood.
Patrons sat at various tables and the authors moved every ten minutes from table to table so that guests could meet and talk with the writers in a somewhat intimate setting.
Quinn jokingly calls it “Speed dating with authors” and it really works!
There were many fine authors of fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature and poetry. The few authors who circulated through my table include:
- Susan Gregg Gilmore, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen (of course!)
- Virginia Boyd, One Fell Swoop
- Fred Chappell, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina
- Jill McCorkle, Creatures of Habit
- Andrea Selch, Startling; Poems
- Ellen Bryant Lloyd, Freckles and The Great Beach Rescue (with lots of darling products for children!)
- Jim Schlosser, The Beat Goes On (a very interesting man who has dedicated his life to all things Greensboro)
- Doris Iarovici, American Dreaming and Other Stories
The concept is the same as the dinner with authors at SIBA. It’s a terrific idea for other cities to replicate for a unique and “thinking” not-for-profit event. Bravo, Quinn!
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