There will be lots from which to choose in Roanoke. Here's a partial preview in no particular order, with more gifts and organization to come as your web diva gets the time. Meanwhile, pack your checkbook, and check back here often.
Sharyn McCrumb, our keynote speaker, is donating a bound galley of her new Ballad novel The Devil Amongst the Lawyers. Minimum bid $50, because no one can get one until late June.
University of Richmond tuition for a Think Again Culinary Arts Class.
Richmond International Raceway tickets.
Martin Rhodes drawing.
Keswick Hall Sunday Brunch for two, at Fossett’s, beginning with the Mimosa and Bloody Mary bar and ending with the most decadent dessert selection in townacquired for us by Mary Martin.
Mary Foley, our speaker at the Capitol, fall 2008, has donated a Live Like Your Nail Color Combo Gift Pack, which includes an autographed copy of Mary's latest book, Live Like Your Nail Color, Even If You Have Naked Nails.
A two-night stay at Mariners Landing Resort and a pair of tickets to the second annual Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival at Poplar Forest (Nov. 20, 2010) from VisitBedford.com.
Book Club Packages, eight copies plus a talk from each of these authors:
- Margaret Edds, retired political reporter and editorial writer for the Virginian-Pilot, lost her mother when she was 3 years old. Her older sister has memories of her mother’s voice and gestures, but Margaret has none. She spent much of her life wondering who was this woman, Sara, who gave her life. To find out, Margaret brought all her journalistic skills to bear, had the good fortune to find 300 letters from or to her mother, and decided to share her discovery journey with the rest of us. Finding Sara is an engaging, compelling personal and journalistic book.
- Stacy Hawkins Adams, author, professional speaker and freelance writer, has written eight books acclaimed as compelling Christian fiction. The first book in her Jubilant Souls Series, “The Someday List,” is on the Essence best-seller list. She will donate 8 copies of “The Someday List” and give a book talk to the lucky bidder for this item. Her syndicated parenting column, Life Notes, appears regularly in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, for which she once reported.
Civil War Mystery, the four-volume cloth-bound set of acclaimed novels set in Richmond by Ann McMillan. The books are listed by rare book dealers up to $70 each.
An artwork from Stephanie Keifer-Jefferson's kiln and her new shop, Keifer Clayworks.
Images & Reflections: Virginia Tech, 1872-1997. The 112-page coffee-table book features nearly 70 color photographs taken by award-winning photographer Todd Buchanan and about 80 sepia-tone photographs from the university's archives. Two copies donated by Susan Trulove.
One-year subscription to Blue Ridge Country magazine and another to The Roanoker.
More gifts from speakers:
- Anne Clelland (niche writing) is donating a signature Warm Handshake on Handshake 2.0, a $49 value.
- Bonnie Cranmer (Twitter) has given a collection of blank books.
A stained glass mirror.
