HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!
I just returned from giving a talk at the first ever TEDWomen in Washington, DC. It was an amazing two days, and I wrote about it today on my blog. There you will find a slide show of many of the speakers and of the exhibit I curated. Many thanks to Pat Mitchell for inviting me to speak at what for me was a life-changing event. And I met some amazing people. My hope is that this will bring more awareness to the issues concerning women, and also increase the number of speakers who are women at TED conferences in the future. I also wrote a blog for The New Yorker on my talk.
December 7th and 8th, I will be attending the first ever TEDWomen in Washington DC. I was invited to speak, and to curate an exhibition of international cartoons. It is a thrill, and I look forward to the conference with great anticipation! More later….
November 17th, The Society of Illustrators and Chronicle Books held a fun event to celebrate the publication of my new book,
When Do They Serve The Wine? We began with a round table discussion about style and voice, with the above New Yorker Cartoonists. Then the party! For a slide show of photos, go to: http://whendotheyservethewine.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/launch-party/
For the past three years, I have been contributing weekly cartoons for a website called wowowow.com. It is the brainchild of publishing wonderwoman Joni Evans.
Every time I publish a book, Joni and her team have kindly done a slide show for me. Interestingly, When Do They Serve The Wine? was inspired by Joni. Right after my last book Sex and Sensibility, Joni took me to lunch near the wowowow offices. I asked her what she would suggest my next book be. I figured she is a master at knowing publishing trends, so why not get her input? What she said was “women of a certain age” (I am paraphrasing). She continued to explain that older women are a huge demographic with spending power, and I would do well to create a book for them. So I decided to write about the generations of a woman’s life, including youth and old age. What I am discovering is that women of all ages–and men–love this book. This makes me very happy, as I think the different ages of women need to speak to one another more. And is there a better way to connect than through humor? I think not. Thank you, Joni!
Here is the slide show they created for my new book.