It’s a great time to be literary in Texas. Events for writers and readers are springing up all over the place- many of them free. So for today’s Friday Filler we’re bringing you batch of upcoming events. Check out as many as you can! -Amy Rose Anne Lamott At St.
On Tuesday, April 5th, the WLT will be hosting a Q & A with author Nina Godiwalla at BookPeople in Austin. Besides being a debut author, Nina is also a native Texan, a former WLT member, and a current WLT board member! Come celebrate the book launch party for this
For those of you who couldn’t make it, the first-ever Pubcamp@SXSW Interactive was a huge success! With talks and panels from a wide array of publishing industry professionals, it was an informative and inspiring event. And you can still catch the whole thing- online! Look for a sneak peek of
4 – 8 p.m. Friday, March 11 Caffe Medici, 200 Congress Ave FREE! Complimentary beverages & hors d’oeuvres Register here (Note: Seating is limited, so sign up today!) The Writers’ League is pleased to team up with Kirkus Reviews to present a brand-new official SxSW Interactive event: PubCamp@SXSW. We’re inviting
The Writers’ League of Texas is pleased to spread the word about this terrific book drive organized by Margaret and Adrian Eissler. We hope you’ll consider donating a book to this great cause! – Sara Roadrunner Reads is a book drive benefitting J. Frank Dobie Middle School in northeast Austin.
The Austin SCBWI has been kind enough to offer their discounted price to our members, so we thought we’d share a little bit about this terrific conference for all you kid-lit fans out there! – Sara Join the Austin SCBWI at the Books, Boots, and Buckskin Regional Conference February 18th
By Elaine Davenport, BWS Chair Volunteer gift wrappers broke records in 2010. A record number, 67 (compared to 62 in 2009), spent 350+ hours wrapping books and gifts in December 2010, earning $3,309.05 for the Bess Whitehead Scott Scholarship Fund of the Writers’ League of Texas. And a record number of volunteers,
By Justin C. Gordon Perhaps you are one of those people who can put your leg behind your head or revise a novel without ever becoming despondent or you can even do both, but I’m not. Chiseling out a strong paragraph can feel euphoric, but falling off a story’s arc
Thanks to everyone who stopped at our booth this weekend during the Texas Book Festival! For all those new faces, it was a pleasure getting to meet you, and for all of our members and friends who came by, it was great seeing you again! This weekend was a huge
Tomorrow, WLT will celebrate Texas’s rich literary heritage at our Literary Lone Stars event! Join us for readings and book signings by authors Doug Dorst, Joe R. Lansdale, John Phillip Santos, and Karen Valby. Music by singer/songwriter Andrew Stone will round out the evening. We will also be announcing the
