Books & Books presents...

Allison Gilbert

In-conversation with Christina Baker Kline discussing Gilbert's new book and "first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard of."

Have a book idea? In addition to discussing the book, Listen, World!, authors Allison Gilbert and Christina Baker Kline will discuss what it takes to have a concept, approach an agent, and get your novel or non-fiction work sold to a publisher. Bring your most pressing questions!

LISTEN, WORLD!
(Seal Press, $30.00)

Tuesday, November 29th, 7pm EST

ABOUT THE BOOK: At thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills.

When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribuneand was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name whose column ran for over thirty years and garnered more than twenty million readers.

Told in cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Listen, World! is the inspiring story of a timeless maverick, capturing what it means to take a gamble on self-fulfillment and find freedom along the way.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR: Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, and the author and/or editor of five nonfiction books. She is published in more than 40 countries; her books are taught in universities, colleges, and high schools.

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