BOOKS DIGEST Monday Night writers will meet tomorrow

Monday Night writers will meet tomorrow

CANFIELD

The next meeting of Monday Night Writers will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the small meeting room at the Canfield Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, 43 W. Main St. Area writers, both published and unpublished, are invited to attend.

Led by professional writer Nancy Christie, author of “Traveling Left Of Center And Other Stories,” the two-hour sessions offer an opportunity for members to get group feedback on works-in-progress.

For information, contact Nancy Christie at nancy@nancychristie.com.

Bush’s new paintings book coming in ’17

NEW YORK

The next book from former President George W. Bush will be more about pictures than words.

“Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors” will feature 66 oil paintings and a four-panel mural by Bush of military veterans and those in active service, the Crown Publishing Group told The Associated Press recently.

The book is scheduled to come out Feb. 28, 2017, and will include an introduction by Bush and forewords by former first lady Laura Bush and by Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Prince’s first wife is writing memoir

NEW YORK

Prince’s first wife and onetime muse, the actress, singer and dancer Mayte Garcia, is working on an “intimate memoir.”

Hachette Books told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Garcia’s “The Most Beautiful” is scheduled to come out in April 2017.

Garcia and Prince, who died in April, were married on Valentine’s Day 1996 and were soon expecting a child. But the baby died just a week after his birth and Garcia lost another child after suffering a miscarriage. The couple divorced in 2000.

Staff/wire reports