Lit City:
What’s Going on in the Austin Book World October 6th — October 12th
This week there are some great opportunities for speaking & signings and book clubs. Here’s what’s going on this week in the Austin Book Community:
Thursday, October 6th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Good Vibrations: My Life As A Beach Boy by musician Mike Love.
Friday, October 7th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico’s Most Dangerous Drug Cartel by author Dan Slater.
Saturday, October 8th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide by author and photographer Mary O. Parker & Jeff Parker.
Saturday, October 8th (2 PM) @ Malvern Boooks, join Malvern for their 3rd Anniversary Celebration.
Sunday, October 8th (6 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Nasty Galaxy by author Sophia Amoruso in conversation with Tyler Haney.
Sunday, October 9th (11 AM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Against All Grain Celebrations by author Danielle Walker.
Sunday, October 9th (2 PM) @ Malvern Book, join Malvern for Texas State MFA Faculty Reading featuring Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, Steve Wilson, and Roger Jones
Sunday, October 9th (4 PM) @ BookPeople, join BookPeople for the Required Reading Revisited book club. This month’s selection is Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Monday, October 10th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The Devil’s Sinkhole by author Bill Wittliff
Tuesday, October 11th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The General vs. The President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by historian & bestselling author HW Brands
Wednesday, October 12th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Replica & Three Dark Crowns by authors Lauren Oliver & Kendare Blake.
Upcoming Events and Classes at The Writing Barn:
So you want to write romance? But where do you begin? How does romance writing differ and what ways does it call on the fundamentals of all fiction?
This six-week class with NYT and USA Today best-selling author Tracy Wolff explores the ins and outs of romance writing: conflict, chemistry, and sensuality for all heat levels, as well as well as the building blocks of all fiction–character development, world building scene and structure, plot, and other key elements will be presented. Tracy will also share about the business of romance writing and the ever changing marketplace.
This class series will help you to understand the specific factors that make up the specialized world of romantic fiction and are designed to keep you writing or get you to the page.
Our 2014 and 2015 Complete Picture Book Workshops SOLD OUT and each intensive has resulted in a writer (or two) being signed by the visiting agent (See Writing Barn Success Stories) with manuscripts being sold and turned into books, which were read in their draft stages at the Writing Barn podium!
These weekends are intimate gatherings where deep work is done and deep bonds are formed. Do not miss our 2016 Complete Picture Book Intensive where three industry professionals will work directly with the writers and illustrators to deconstruct, construct, and transform their work!