Posted on Feb 28, 2017 in
FEATURES
Jim McClellan, Mary Gayle Brindley and Kelli Metzenthin.
Plans for the 2017 Reading between the Wines event are well on their way, and it’s going to be a record-breaking year for the Literacy Council! This year’s featured author is best-selling author Candace Bushnell. Reading between the Wines is set for Friday, March 31st at Safari Texas Ranch in Richmond. Reading between the Wines is co-chaired by Helen Bow and Gena Horak. Nancy Olson will serve as emcee for the evening.
Sponsors to date include Presenting Sponsor, the Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation, Media Partner absolutely! focus media, Rangeland Energy, Richard and Paula Ruskan Charitable Trust, Wells Fargo, Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, LLP, Indo American Forum of Fort Bend, Halcon Resources, Johnson Development Corporation, Sugar Land Exchange Club, Isabel Chandler, Carpenter & Carpenter P.C., CenterPoint Energy, Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land, Deloitte, Ernst & Young/Direct Energy, Karen and Alan Harding, County Judge Bob and Pat Hebert, Michelle and Bill Hickl, Gena and Paul Horak, Mitchell & Duff, LLC, OakBend Medical Center, Rice and Gardner Consultants, Inc., Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey PC, Debbie and Bill Schwer, Steve and Terri Smith, The C&M Favre Foundation, The Fort Bend Herald, LearningRx Brain Training Center, The Murillo Company, Amegy Bank, Mary Gayle Brindley, Exchange Club of Fort Bend, Knox Cox & Company, L.L.P., Rosemary Jones, Jim McClellan, Steve and Kelli Metzenthin, Judge David and Shayne Newell, Congressman Pete and Nancy Olson, Fallon and Yves Sivuilu, Booked for Lunch, Book Sisters, Bookworms, Fifty Shades of Lipstick, Michael Schiff and Dr. Sharon Hymes, Table of Contents, Table of Contents Part 2, We Be Book’n, The Bookends, Who Picked that Book? and WJ Interests.
Sponsorship opportunities are available and range from $500 to $15,000. Benefits include admission to a VIP party, reserved premier seating and more! Individual tickets are $125 and include live music, wine, a “restaurant stroll” featuring tastes from local chefs and restaurants, the opportunity to bid on exciting auction items, music and dancing. Book clubs have the opportunity to attend at a special book club rate of $1,000 for a table of 10 guests.
For more information about Reading between the Wines or The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County, contact Events Coordinator Emily K. Stuart at estuart@ftbendliteracy.org or 281-240-8181.
Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell is the critically acclaimed, international best-selling novelist whose first book, Sex and the City, was the basis for the HBO hit series and subsequent blockbuster movies. Bushnell’s best-selling novels include Four Blondes, Trading Up, Lipstick Jungle, One
Fifth Avenue and the teen series The Carrie Diaries and Summer in the City. Endlessly ambitious, Bushnell continues to conquer the entertainment world as a producer of the television show based on The Carrie Diaries on The CW. She released her newest book, Killing Monica, in June 2015.
With a sensational wit and a one-of-a-kind delivery, Bushnell takes audiences behind her journey to becoming one of the most successful women’s literature authors of all time. Sharing anecdotes from her own rise from freelance writer to up-and-coming columnist to best-selling author, Bushnell gives audiences a look inside the competitive – and often biased – world of professional writing. Along with picking up tips for navigating the daunting task of getting professionally published, audiences learn why New York City has become such a significant muse for this modern novelist.
Through her books and television series, Bushnell’s work has influenced and defined two generations of women. She is the winner of the 2006 Matrix award for books and a recipient of the Albert Einstein Spirit of Achievement Award. Bushnell grew up in Connecticut and attended Rice and New York University. Bushnell currently divides her time between New York City and Roxbury, Connecticut.
