Meetings

Next Meeting February 8^th

A Few Books for Valentines Day

Love and Summer: A Novel by William Trevor
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Sonnets From The Portugese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

FAW JANUARY 2012 Bulletin

Highlights of the JANUARY FAW Bulletin
• Extra reading resources about Richard J. Daley
• Looking for candidates to fill FAW board positions - Please consider volunteering.
• Book picks by Elizabeth Taylor and Julia Keller, of the Chicago Tribune

JANUARY 11^th Program -American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle For Chicago and the Nation by Elizabeth Taylor, Literary Editor of the Chicago Tribune.

Join us for the FAW luncheon on January 11^th, 12:00 AM at the Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Click here for a map to the Fortnightly Club

This month's reservation (and cancellations) must be made by Sun. January 8th before 6:00 pm. Call:
Ruth Ann Brinkman - (773) 271-9604
Pat Adelberg - (847) 588-0911
Pay by check ($35) payable to FAW at the door.
Vegetarian meals may be requested at the time you make your reservation.
You must call to cancell your reservation, otherwise you will still be charged.
$14 parking is available two doors west of the Fortnightly at 100 Bellevue Place

Seating Arrangements
The seating arrangements are on a first-come first-served basis. Tables are usually round, seating eight people. If you wish to sit with your friends and/or guests, please arrive early and choose your seats. Remember that there are lots of nice members at the meetings, and you should try and meet someone new each time.

Permanent Revervations
Do you attend meetings regularly? Consider a Permanent Reservation. If you are interested in this plan, call Ruth Ann Brinkman at 773-271-9604.

Membership

FAW membership dues are currently forty ($40.00) dollars a year. After January, dues are $20.00 for a partial year. For further information about membership in Friends of American Writers, please contact Membership Chairman
Karen Baker at membership@fawchicago.org
Membership form (PDF file)

FAW Officers

2011 - 2012 Officers

Committee Chairmen

Sustaining Clubs

Flossmoor Book Club
Ogden Dunes Book Club
Renaissance Art Club
Women's Reading Club of Riverside

FAW History

Our mission shall be to study American literature, to encourage high standards and to promote literary ideals among American writers.

Friends of American Writers (FAW) was established in 1922 to study American literature, to encourage high standards, and to promote literary ideals among American writers. Members are invited to attend the luncheons, serve on committees that help run the organization or participate in the selection of the award-winning authors.

Over the years, after an annual lengthy screening process, FAW has honored Midwestern authors or those whose novels or non-fiction are set in the Midwest, by recognition and monetary awards. Those honored are invited to address the FAW membership at the Awards Luncheon.

Among the many emerging adult authors recognized over the years are Sara Paretsky, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Harry Mark Petrakis and Carl Sandburg. Nick Reding and Bich Minh Nguyen won awards for the 2010 year.

In 1960, FAW introduced awards for Juvenile Literary authors. Clifford Hicks won the first award for "First Boy on the Moon". Recent winners include J. Adams Oaks, Joan Donaldson and Barbara Olenyik Morrow.

Additionally, through the FAW Foundation Fund, students at local universities, recommended by their writing professors, are given recognition and cash awards to offset tuition.

Dorothy Gwynn has published a short booklet, "Friends of American Writers: Encouraging Writing and Thoughtful Reading", which describes in more detail the formation and proceedings of FAW.