What's happening in my book future. Whew. A lot and it's so fun. March 29 THE JACK RIDL VISITING WRITERS SERIES OF HOPE COLLEGE | 2023Anne-Marie Oomen and poet Jack Ridl will be in conversation. March 29, 7:00 p.m. Literary Conversation and Q&A Herrick District Library, 300 S River Ave. Holland, MIPlease join for cake and cookies afterwards to celebrate the series’ 40th anniversary! April...
Whoopie! I will be attending AWP conference in Seattle, March 9-11 as the AWP Sue Silverman Award-winner in Creative Nonfiction ’21. I consider this an honor for which I am incredibly grateful, but also great fun and wildly entertaining as I negotiate the hoopla and just hope I can remember people's names--being that when I get nervous that's the first thing to go. Here's what's...
Excuse all the exclamation points but OMG!!! I just learned that I will have the honor of interviewing a writer on whom I've had a literary crush for years! I can't quite believe it yet, but I will be on stage of the Opera House with Anna Quindlen. Yes, the Anna Quindlen who wrote "One True Thing" and a couple dozen other great reads, who...
On Thursday, December 15, at 6 pm at the Oliver Art Center in Frankfort, award-winning local authors Anne-Marie Oomen and Jacob Wheeler will host a lively literary conversation and read from our new nonfiction books — As Long as I Know You (Oomen) and Angel of the Garbage Dump (Wheeler). These wide-ranging nonfiction books promise an absorbing read, and make fabulous holiday gifts. Join us...
I was so thrilled to have Patricia Ann McNair interview me for the Washington Independent. She gets it. Here's the link. https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-interview-with-anne-marie-oomen ...
November 3, 2022, 7:30 pm. Anne-Marie Oomen with be reading at Ludington Public Library, Ludington, MI. Visit Ludington Public Library for, “…[t]he story of one daughter’s journey to her mother’s heart.” Ludington Writers will host a talk with Anne-Marie Oomen, author of As Long as I Know You: The Mom Book, in Ludington Library’s West Shore Bank Room. As Long as I Know You is...
I'll be in conversation with Patricia Ann McNair (award-winning book, Responsible Adults) at the Notebook Collective on September 20, 7:30-9:00 Here's the link. https://thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-conversation-anne-marie-oomen/ ...
Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor, and I’m eavesdropping on two kids, maybe just under and just over ten, the girl older by a bit. They stare at the chocolate covered cherry samples which Cherry Republic sets out in daring generosity. Because free samples of chocolate covered cherries draw children like flies, these are offered at the back of the store, in sight of the folks...
Hello Friends, I've been following the direction of a favorite poet, Jack Ridl, doing this thing where I try to sit in my novel garden (so called for the novel I will never write) and simply notice things, simply "see" the small world of my raised beds with their baby vegetables. Then I just say the "poem" that rises. These are not great poems,...
Mark your calendars for October 6, 5:30-7:30, Kirkbride Hall for a sensational launch of AS LONG AS I KNOW YOU; THE MOM BOOK complete with readings (multiple voices), a song for the book (Miriam Pico and Patrick Niemisto) and the opportunity to support Michigan Writers. The launch is a Michigan Writers fundraiser so every book you buy at the launch will support local writers. ...