Plano Family Literacy

The Plano Family Literacy Program is a full family literacy effort and serves as a viable tool to assist at-risk families in the Collin County area.

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Fresh Fiction

Fresh Fiction...for today’s reader is a web site for popular fiction with new titles, daily blog, contests, over 40,000 author profiles with backlists, and over 8,000 permanently archived reviews, plus all the industry buzz of interest to readers.

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Join us at the Fresh Fiction Readers Conference with Eloisa James and Sarah MacLean and more on November 9-11th, 2012!

Readers conferences are more than “the rage,” they are the place to meet readers who relish talking endlessly about favorite books, authors, series, characters, universes and so much more not understood by others! So come and “celebrate passionate literary obsessions” with a few new and old friends!

And enjoy sharing meals with Eloisa James, Sarah MacLean, Jade Lee, Nikki Duncan, Cathy Maxwell, Heather Long, Winnie Griggs, Connie Cox and more… emceed by radio personality and author Candace Havens. Opportunities will abound to share your opinion about current book trends (Hot & Spicy versus. Sweet & Mild), best book care practices to keep your collection in top notch condition (ABCs and 1-2-3s of books), where to buy and trade your books, what’s the best e-reader for you YOUR reading habit, learn about books and authors you possibly missed, how to get a book club going in your neck of the woods and so much more. Plus meals* are included as well as at least one margarita per day! After all, this is Texas and we practice margaRITA therapy!

Activities include:

  • Private Book Signing and Sale
  • Author Lounge – ample time to sit in small groups with your favorite author
  • HUGE Book Trade – bring gently used books and pick up some you’ve been missing
  • Masquerade Ball – come dressed as your favorite character, prizes
  • Panels and Workshops
  • Raffles and Silent Auction — special reader collections and more — benefit Plano Family Literacy a literacy program in Collin County
  • Bachelor Hero Auction
  • margarRITA hours — need we say more?
  • SPACE IS LIMITED

    Buy Your Ticket

    The next Readers ‘n ‘ritas Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn, Allen, Texas is Friday, November 9th to Sunday, November 11th And tell your friends… they won’t want to miss this sure-to-be talked about event!

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    literary obsessions

    Readers ‘n ‘ritas is an annual event held on the second weekend in November for readers and authors to mingle in both formal and informal discussions. It’s the perfect gathering for people who love to read and want to share their addiction. Readers-n-ritas.org

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    Fresh Fiction / DFW Tea Readers

    Fresh Fiction…for today’s reader is a web site for popular fiction with new titles, daily blog, contests, over 30,000 author profiles with backlists, and over 9,000 permanently archived reviews, plus all the industry buzz of interest to readers.

    Fresh Fiction publishes several newsletters daily, weekly and monthly to more than 250,000 subscribers. Popular newsletters include Fresh Pick: a reader-selected Book-of-the-day; Fresh Press: summarizes all the books and authors featured on the top 65 television / radio news and entertainment programs; Fresh Fiction News goes out weekly with articles about authors, new releases, contests, reviews, and books. Our monthly ezines are Fresh Passion for the spicier romance and Fresh Intrigue for thrillers, mysteries and suspense fans. All content – newsletter subscriptions, reviews, author pages, book pages, contests, blog — is free to readers.

    Believing face-to-face interaction is as important as virtual communities, Fresh Fiction sponsors an annual readers conference, monthly literary events, and book clubs. Readers & ‘ritas the second weekend of November in North Texas brings readers to enjoy a weekend with authors. DFW Tea Readers Groups holds several monthly book club events for readers in the North Texas area.

    Explore Fresh Fiction:
    FreshFiction.com
    Facebook
    @FreshFiction
    DFWTea.com
    Meetup/DFWtea
    Readers & ritas

    * meals include: Friday pizza party, Saturday continental breakfast, Saturday lunch, Saturday margarita happy hour, Saturday evening dessert reception, Sunday brunch.