Congrats to Jessyca Mathews & Carrie Mattern, Carman-Ainsworth Teachers!

Carrie Mattern has written ALL ABOUT JANE, a work that won 2nd prize in the 2013 Sunset (prose writers) Contest. Jessyca Mathews won the MANA’s 2013 poetry contest. Both talented women are Language Arts teachers at Carman-Ainsworth High School. If you would like to meet these local authors and learn more about them, following are upcoming opportunities:

Carrie Mattern, will be reading at the Flint Crepe from 6:30-7:30, on Friday, Sept. 13 followed by a book signing. And on Saturday, Sept. 14, she will sign books and interact with attendees outside of A Bit of Earth’s booth (Farmer’s Market) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Jessyca Mathews & Carrie Mattern will be hosts of an open mike event at Cafe Rhema (432 S. Saginaw Street, Flint) the last Tuesday of every month beginning in October. Jessyca and Carrie will be doing a book signing at Biggby Coffee on Thursday, Oct. 17 (more details to follow).  The pair will also will be participating in the November 8 Greater Flint Arts Council Art Walk, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Also, Ben Anderson’s wife Jaime (Ben is a teacher at Rankin Elementary School) appeared on ABC 12’s Newsmakers last weekend to promote their recent child’s book (Life Lessons of Liam and Lila), which is one of a planned series. Check out the video at:  http://www.abc12.com/category/216211/newsmaker . The interview takes place 21:35 into the video.