Author Opportunities
San Diego CALIBA Spring Workshop 3/8/2020
San Diego Central Library 330 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
Call for Authors!
Author Submissions are Closed.
- The Spring Workshop hosts 50-60 booksellers and includes a wide range of bookseller education, rep picks, discussion time and, best of all, face-to-face with a mixture of local and traveling authors from both large publishers and independent presses. All authors have forthcoming or just published titles.
- 2020 CALIBA is building a speaking series to break out authors to attending booksellers, as always diversity and inclusion is the filter for selection. If you have an author that you want to showcase please contact Calvin directly.
- Local Authors attending the reception are often considered in their respective categories for the (n)CIBA Book of the Year, “The Golden Poppy.” An appearance at the Workshop offers up a chance to meet committee members for the awards.
- Keynote: One slot. $825 + 50 books.
- Author Round Robin Luncheon $425 (up to 14 slots, five minutes per author, authors sit with booksellers) + 50 books.
- CALIBA is open to brainstorm and create an event geared to feature your authors.
San Francisco CALIBA Spring Workshop & ABA Forum - 3/29/2020
CALIBA Spring Workshop Call for Authors (SF):
Author Submissions are Closed.
The event will be Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at the Presidio in San Francisco.
Author Submissions are Closed.
The event will be Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at the Presidio in San Francisco.
- The Spring Workshop hosts 100-125 booksellers. The event includes a wide range of bookseller education, rep picks, discussion time and, best of all, face-to-face with a mixture of local and traveling authors from both large publishers and independent presses. All authors have forthcoming or just published titles.
- The San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller List is the CALIBA Bestseller List; only CALIBA member stores sales data is used to compile this long-respected list.
- 2020 CALIBA is building a speaking series to break out authors to attending booksellers, as always diversity and inclusion is the filter for selection. If you have an author that you want to showcase please contact Calvin directly.
- Local Authors attending the reception are often considered in their respective categories for the (n)CIBA Book of the Year, “The Golden Poppy.” An appearance at the Workshop offers up a chance to meet committee members for the awards.
- Keynote: One slot. $1200 + 75 books.
- Author Reception: $525 + 15-20 slots + 65 books.
- CALIBA is open to brainstorm and create an event geared to feature your authors.
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The Author Reception will be at:
The Thoreau Center building, located in San Francisco’s Presidio National Park. Parking and the main entrance are on the backside of the building. |
Fall Discovery Lab September 23 - 25, 2020
Schedule TBA
Have an idea you'd like us to consider? Let us know! We've hosted perfume-making demonstrations, birds and dogs, enjoyed food samples from new cookbooks, receptions sponsored by various books on food and cocktails, knitting demonstrations, poker tournaments - just to name a few. Contact calvin@nciba.com.
Other Opportunities Throughout the Year
- Author Meet & Greets and Receptions at the office, or other venues - email calvin@caliballiance.org for details
- CCBA Meetings and Events
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