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‘What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to Kill Him?’ — Online Book Launch & Conversation June 6, 10, and 14

June 3, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

I'll be hosting three online book talks this month, as part of "Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love," a worldwide virtual festival exploring death and celebrating life. Hope you can join me. The event is called "What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Events, Book Signings, Public Speaking

Book Passage Hosts Zoom Conversations With your Favorite Writers 

April 8, 2020 by Linda Jay

Here's a new idea that Book Passage just started to keep readers alert and involved during this coronavirus crisis. 8,000 people have signed up for it already! Each Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. on Zoom, you can watch hourlong conversations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Events, Public Speaking, speaking engagement, webinar, writing

Book Midwife Ruth Schwartz to present ‘Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark’ at Book Passage February 23

February 9, 2020 by Webmaster

If you've come to more than a few BAIPA meetings, you already know that if you want to learn about self-publishing, there’s no better person to learn from than Ruth Schwartz, book midwife, self-publishing consultant, and, we're thrilled to say, BAIPA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Public Speaking, self-publishing, speaking engagement, Spotlight on BAIPA Members

Book Launch for ‘When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller’ at Book Passage November 17

November 12, 2019 by Webmaster

BAIPA member/author John Byrne Barry will be reading from his new novel — When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller — and leading a conversation about end-of-life concerns of November 17 at 1 pm. The book launch is the "Opening … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Events, Book Promotion, Book Signings, Public Speaking

Bargain Workshops on Public Speaking for Authors

August 26, 2019 by Betsy Fasbinder

I'm excited to let you know of two absolute bargain workshops I'm offering this fall in Northern California.   Public Speaking Skills for Writers...and Anybody with a Story to Tell: A 2-day see/practice/grow workshop to learn, develop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Public Speaking

The Gradual Empowerment of Modern Writers/Authors: How Writers/Photographers Can Market and Monetize Successfully Today

June 19, 2018 by Lee Foster

I was asked recently by the California Writers Club in Sacramento to talk about the revolution in modern publishing. As I looked at the audience, I realized with new clarity that the main reality in our rapidly changing publishing world is “the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Public Speaking, self-publishing

Seeking Authors to Read Aloud Over the Phone for Senior Center Without Walls

February 26, 2018 by John Byrne Barry

BAIPA has teamed up with Senior Center Without Walls (SCWW), an award-winning program of Episcopal Senior Communities, which allows seniors to participate in more than 70 groups by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. The newest, Authors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Public Speaking Tagged With: Senior Center Without Walls

Seeking Members for BAIPA Speakers Team

February 12, 2018 by John Byrne Barry

Now and then, BAIPA gets requests to speak — about BAIPA and/or about self-publishing. But we have not been actively seeking out such opportunities. Until now. Well, that is, until we can get together a team of volunteers to find the gigs, map … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BAIPA News, marketing, Public Speaking, speaking engagement Tagged With: outreach, speakers team

Host a Book Reading Over the Phone

January 16, 2018 by John Byrne Barry

BAIPA has teamed up with Senior Center Without Walls (SCWW), an award-winning program of Episcopal Senior Communities, which allows seniors to participate in more than 70 groups by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. The newest, Authors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Author Platform, Public Speaking

From Page to Stage — Betsy Graziani Fasbinder on Public Speaking

October 15, 2017 by John Byrne Barry

Betsy Graziani Fasbinder was kicked out of Girl Scouts for being too shy to sell cookies. She was such a nervous introvert in high school that she passed high school speech with a grade of A- without ever giving a speech. She convinced her speech … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Events, humor, Public Speaking

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  With COVID-19 teaching us all how to function remotely, BAIPA will meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings. (Once in-person events are able to resume, we will continue the Zoom option.) We are implementing all the recommended precautionary measures to keep our meetings private and safe for all participants. All members and visitors who register in advance will receive a link to attend via Zoom video conferencing. On the Friday evening before the meeting, we will send the link and password out to members and to … More

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