FALL 2008 EVENTS
This fall, Prill is staying close to home:
Thurs., Sept. 11 | Fairfield County Pen Women: Guest Speaker | Time and location to be announced
Wed., Sept. 17: 5:30 pm | "Breaking Into Publishing": Panelist | Old Greenwich Pub. Library, Old Greenwich, CT
Thurs., Sept. 18: 7:30 pm | American Assoc. of Univ. Women: Guest Speaker | Trumbull Library, Trumbull, CT
Thurs., Oct. 16: 6:30 pm | "Why Not? Reinvent Yourself": Panelist | Housatonic Comm. College, Bridgeport, CT
Wed., Oct. 29: 10:30 am | "Breaking Into Publishing": Panelist | New Canaan Public Library, New Canaan, CT
Thurs., Nov. 13: 6:30 pm | "The Dream Team": Panelist | Greenwich Public Library, Greenwich, CT
Note: Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find out more information about the above panels.
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES
United Nations, New York City | Keynote Speaker for a benefit sponsored by the Nat'l Council of Women/USA
Botswana, Africa | A series of speeches for schools and business groups (February 2007)
Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City | Author talk-back after a performance of EVE-olution (Off-Broadway)
Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT |Guest Speaker before a performance of On the Verge
University of Pennsylvania | Keynote Speaker for the 20th Anniversary of "Bread Upon the Waters"
Women's Leadership Coalition 50th Anniversary Dinner, Bridgeport, CT | Keynote Speaker
Riverview Memorial Foundation: "Women of Vision " Luncheon, Noblesville, IN | Keynote Speaker
National Council of Jewish Women, Teaneck, NJ | Featured Speaker
2005 Nat'l Conference on "Women's Images: Inside and Out," Sacred Heart University, CT | Panelist
2006 Conf. on "Women's Images: Explore the Possibilities," Sacred Heart U. | Workshop Leader
2006 Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend, Jefferson, TX | Panel Moderator
Suite Dreams Project: "Hats Off Luncheon," Indianapolis, IN | Keynote Speaker
International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), Cincinnati, OH | Featured Speaker
Third Annual Gender Conference, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL | Workshop Leader
The United Jewish Alliance's Annual "Cocktails for a Cause," Fairfield County, CT | Keynote Speaker
Conference of the Society for the Aging of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ | Workshop Leader
Indigo Experiences, New York City | Workshop Leader
Creative Spirit Center, Midland, MI | Featured Artist
Winter Words Writing Conference, Fairfield, CT | Panelist
Greenwich Education Center, Greenwich, CT | Guest Speaker
CT Press Club, Norwalk, CT | Panelist: Fact v. Fiction: The Truth at Risk
Thompson Senior Center, Woodstock, VT | Guest Speaker
Book 'Em 2005, Waynesboro, VA | Guest Speaker
Book 'Em 2006, Lebanon, NH | Guest Speaker
The Happiness Club, Madison, CT | Guest Speaker
The Happiness Club, Fairfield, CT | Guest Speaker
The Passion Project, Fairfield, CT | Featured Speaker & Workshop Leader
Connecticut Writer's Conference, Norwalk, CT | Workshop Leader
Prince William County School Librarians Annual Dinner, Manassas, VA | Keynote Speaker
Hadassah--Hartford Chapter, Hartford, CT | Guest Speaker
Robeson County Public Library, Lumberton, NC | Guest Speaker
Norwalk Women's Club, Norwalk, CT | Guest Speaker
Enfield Women's Club, Enfield, CT | Guest Speaker
Fairfield County Women's Center, Norwalk, CT | Featured Speaker
Housatonic Community College Women's Center, Bridgeport, CT | Featured Speaker
Music City Texas, Linden, TX | Featured Speaker
Lifetime Learners' Institute, Norwalk, CT | Featured Speaker (Lunch 'n Learn Series)
Squire Creek Country Club, Choudrant, LA | Luncheon Speaker
Ocean Acres Country Club, Manahawkin, NJ | Guest Speaker (Author's Luncheon)
Curves, Westport, CT | Guest Speaker, Book Club
Women Business Leaders of Guilford, Guilford, CT | Panelist
Enfield Public Library, Enfield, CT | Guest Speaker (Meet the Author series)
Brick Library, Brick, NJ | Guest Speaker
Westport Public Library, Westport, CT | Guest Speaker (Authors @ the Library series)
C.H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT | Guest Speaker
The Junior League of Eastern Fairfield County, Fairfield, CT | Guest Speaker
The New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT | Guest Speaker: Authors on Stage Series
Norwalk Comm. College Academic Festival 2006 & 2007, Norwalk, CT | Panelist ("Women in Transition")
The Spa at Split Creek, Wilton, CT | Guest Speaker (Women's Wisdom & Wellness: A Day to Enjoy)
Senior Adult Activity Center, Souderton, PA | Guest Speaker
Mercy Center, Madison, CT | Guest Speaker ("Renew & Bloom Retreat")
AARP, Wilton, CT | Guest Speaker
The Conservative Synogogue Sisterhood, Westport, CT| Guest Speaker
Gibbs College, Norwalk, CT | Guest Speaker
Westport Senior Center, Westport, CT | Guest Speaker
Barnes & Noble: Mankato, MN; Westport, CT; Midland, MI; Escondido, CA; Cincinnati, OH; Bethesda, MD; and White Plains, NY
Joseph-Beth Booksellers: Cincinnati, OH; and Lexington, KY
Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC
Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, Minneapolis, MN
University of New Haven Bookstore, New Haven, CT
The Local Hero Bookstore, Ojai, CA
The Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT
Tower Book Shop, Shreveport, LA
Beauty & the Book, Jefferson, TX
Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, VT
TenEleven Bookstore, Camden, SC
Ocean County Library:Tom's River, NJ; Manahawkin, NJ
Numerous talks for private gatherings, book groups, and schools.
BREAKING INTO PUBLISHING Panel: Lucy Hedrick (moderator), a five-time nonfiction author; Jessica Bram, NPR commentator and author of Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes on a Joyful Journey; Nina Nelson, author of the young adult novel Bringing the Boy Home; Denise Marcil, President, Denise Marcil Literary Agency, Inc.; and myself.
REINVENT YOURSELF: WHY NOT? Panel (presented by the Women's Caucus for Art-CT): Janet Lunongo (moderator), artist, educator, TV host and founder of SCA-CT; Lisa Paul Streitfeld, novelist, critic, and NYC multi-media artist; Suzanne Sheridan, photographer, singer, and song-writer; Helen Klisser During, gallery director for Silvermine Galleries; and myself.
DREAM TEAM Panel: Barbara Scala (moderator), a life transition & divorce coach, founder/editor of Bloom, and co-author of Sanity Savers: Tips for Women to Live a Balanced Life; Dale Allen, a 15-year veteran of business and commercial communications and creator of the one-woman show In Our Right Minds; Joan Fisler, a certified financial planner and divorce financial analyst; C.J. Golden, author of The Tao Of The Defiant Woman; and myself.
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