On Monday evening bibliophiles turned out at the New York Center for
Independent Publishing to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Women's
National Book Association and toast the launch of National Reading
Group Month, an endeavor started by the organization this year.
The soirée's master of ceremonies was Carol Fitzgerald, co-founder and
president of the Book Report Network (far right). Authors (from left)
Adriana Trigiani, Wally Lamb, Beverly Swerling, Laura Dave and Matthew
Sharpe (not pictured) entertained the crowd with readings from their
works and participated in a lively Q&A session.--Shannon McKenna
Schmidt