16 COGNOTES JANUARY 2017 PREVIEW
Matthew Quick and Mary Kay Andrews Added to Gala Author Tea
Matthew Quick and Mary Kay Andrews have been added to the lineup of the Gala Author Tea sponsored by ReferenceUSA, also featuring Emily Fridlund, Lisa Wingate, Pam Jenoff, and Kathy Hepinstall. The Tea will be held 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Monday January 23 at the Georgia World Congress Center, B211/B212.
A light offering of tea, finger sandwiches and a variety of sweet treats will be served. A book signing will follow. United for Libraries will recognize the winners of the 2016 National Friends of Libraries Week Awards during the program.
Matthew Quick (The Reason You’re Alive HarperCollins, July 2017) is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, The Good Luck of Right Now, and Love May Fail. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention. Quick lives with his wife on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Mary Kay Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of The Weekenders, Beach Town, Save the Date, Ladies’ Night, and many more novels. A former journalist for The Atlanta Journal Constitution, she lives in Atlanta.
Emily Fridlund (History of Wolves Atlantic Monthly Press/Perseus, January 2017) grew up in Minnesota and resides in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Her fiction has appeared in a variety of journals, including Boston Review, Zyzzyva and Painted Bride Quarterly. Fridlund’s collection of stories, Catapult won the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction and will be published by Sarabande in fall 2017.
Lisa Wingate (Before We Were Yours Ballantine Books/Penguin Random House, June 2017) is a former journalist, an inspirational speaker, and the author of the national bestseller Tending Roses. She is a seven-time ACFW Carol Award nominee, a Christy Award nominee, an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, and a two-time Carol Award winner.
Pam Jenoff (The Orphan’s Tale Harlequin/MIRA, February 2017) was born in Maryland and raised in southern New Jersey, outside of Philadelphia. She attended Washington University in Washington D.C., where she earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in international affairs, with minors in history and Japanese. She then received her master’s in history from Cambridge University in England.
Kathy Hepinstall (The Book of Polly Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House, March 2017) is the author of five previous novels. She is also a top-level advertising creative director who has written award-winning campaigns for corporate clients from Apple to Nike. She grew up in Spring, Texas, and now lives in Portland, Ore., and Santa Barbara, Calif. Polly is based, in part, on Hepinstall’s own mother, who has as wicked a tongue as her fictional counterpart.
Advance tickets to the Gala Author Tea cost $60, $55 for United for Libraries division members. Onsite tickets cost $65, if available. Advance purchase is recommended. Event code: UNI1.
For more information on purchasing tickets and other United for Libraries events and meetings at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, visit www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/midwinter.
Shuttle Service to the Georgia World Congress Center
Complimentary shuttle service is provided between the GWCC and the official ALA hotels listed. For the most up to date information please check the shuttle information signs posted in each hotel lobby.
Hotels and Boarding Locations
All routes board at Hall A at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC)
Route 1 |
Boarding Location |
Hilton Atlanta |
At Atlanta Marriott, on Peachtree Ctr. |
Hyatt Regency |
On Baker St, across street |
Atlanta Marriott Marquis |
Curbside on Peachtree Ctr. |
Route 2 |
Boarding Location |
Courtyard Atlanta Downtown |
At Westin Peachtree |
Holiday Inn Express and Suites |
At Westin Peachtree |
Sheraton Atlanta |
On International Dr., across street |
Westin Peachtree Plaza – CO HQ |
Curbside on Ted Turner Dr. |
Omni Hotel at CNN Center - HQ and Embassy Suites Centennial Park are adjacent to the GWCC. Shuttle service is not provided.
Shuttle Schedule
Shuttle Schedule to GWCC
Friday, January 20 |
|
7:00am – 3:00pm |
Service every 20-25 minutes |
3:00pm – 7:30pm * |
Service every 10-15 minutes |
Saturday, January 21 |
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7:00am – 11:00am |
Service every 10-15 minutes |
11:00am – 2:00pm |
Service every 20-25 minutes |
2:00pm – 6:00pm * |
Service every 10-15 minutes |
Sunday, January 22 |
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7:00am – 11:00am |
Service every 10-15 minutes |
11:00am – 2:00pm |
Service every 20-25 minutes |
2:00pm – 6:00pm * |
Service every 10-15 minutes |
Monday, January 23 |
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7:00am – 11:00am |
Service every 10-15 minutes |
11:00am – 5:30pm * |
Service every 20-25 minutes |
* Indicates last time shuttle departs GWCC returning to hotels. Last shuttle departs hotels coming to the GWCC approximately 45 minutes prior to this time.
Tuesday, January 24 |
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7:30am – 1:00pm |
Limited service between hotels and GWCC |
Limited Service provided by reservation only.
Please call (310) 425-2443 for details.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observation and Sunrise Celebration Shuttle Service Monday, January 23 - 6:00am - 7:00am Georgia World Congress Center
Shuttle service will be provided beginning at 6:00am. Regular shuttle service will resume for return service back to hotels following the event.
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If you have questions about the shuttle or if you need to make a reservation for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, please see the shuttle supervisor at the GWCC or call KUSHNER & ASSOCIATES at (310) 425-2443 during shuttle hours.
PLEASE NOTE: The Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women is Saturday, January 21st in the afternoon and the Hot Chocolate 5K/15K takes place the morning of Sunday, January 22nd. Shuttles will be running but delays may occur. Please plan for extra travel times.
As of 10/7/16
Subject to change