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WNBA — 100 Years of Advocating for Women, Writing and Books

October 30, 2017 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Join me on Nov. 5 at Book Passage Corte Madera for a lively panel on women in the world of books. One hundred years ago, before women had even won the right to vote, an organization called Women’s National Book Association — the WNBA — was founded to support women writers, […]

Welcome to My Website . . . I Hope You’ll Stay a While

September 14, 2012 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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A Case of the Human Condition: Feminine, Feminist Pink

Girls wear pink, but grown women like this one opt for daring spike heels. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Christina likes pink. Given a choice, my five-year-old daughter will take the pink balloon, the pink panties, the pink baseball bat. Read more.

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1986 home office with computer monitors, toddler and sleeping cat. Photo by BF Newhall.

‘Read Me a Story, Mommy, But Not That One You Wrote’ (Or,The Nicest Thing My Husband Ever Said to Me)

Alina, Vicki and Valerie with husband Joe Darger at the 2011 RNA conference.

Book Openers: Meet the Polygamist Family That Inspired TV’s “Big Love”

A poster for Barbara Falconer Newhall's author event at Orinda Books, May 16, 2015, for her book "Wrestling with God." Photo by Jon Newhall

At Orinda Books: The Author Talked — And So Did the Audience

books on shelf by john gardener, sands hall, strunk and white, noah lukeman, robert mckee, theodore m bernstein, stephen koch, susan shaughnessy. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

The Writing Room: Two Must-Have Craft Journals for the Literary Writer

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