What’s Going on in the Austin Book Community Feb. 11th – Feb. 17th

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What’s Going on in the Austin Book World Feb. 11th – Feb. 17th

Valentines Day is around the corner, and in celebration of love, why not enjoy some book readings and signings from your favorite authors! Spread the love; bring friends and family to this week’s book events here in Austin. From Storytimes at BookPeople, to the Austin Writers Roulette at Malvern Books, there are a ton of fantastic events to attend this week!

 

Thursday, Feb. 11 (7 PM) @ BookPeople, welcome Taylor Brorby and his new release, Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America.Screen Shot 2016-02-09 at 3.43.40 PM

Thursday, Feb. 11 (7 PM) @ Malvern Books, celebrate all things prose at Novel Night with published authors Scott Semegran and Dwaines Lawless.

Friday, Feb. 12 (7 PM) @ BookPeople, join local writer and filmmaker Daniel Oppenheimer speaking and signing Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century. 

Saturday, Feb. 13 (1130 AM) @ BookPeople, celebrate the day before Valentines Day with BookPeople’s Love is in the Air Storytime! Enjoy reading Guess How Much I Love You and making valentines for you loved ones this Saturday.

Saturday, Feb. 14 (3 PM) @ BookPeople, join bestselling author Pierce Brown speaking and signing his newest release, Morning Star, the thrilling conclusion to the Red Rising Trilogy.

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Saturday, Feb. 14 (4PM – 6PM) @ Malvern Books, enjoy this month’s Austin Writers Roulette: “Sex, Love, and Virtual Reality.” Sign up for a spot at the open mike, or just stop by and listen to your local Austinites perform their original written works!

Tuesday, Feb. 16 (1030 AM) @ BookPeople, join the talented Early Childhood Development faculty members from the Armstrong Community School in reading some stories and learning some new dance moves!

Tuesday, Feb. 16 (7 PM) @ BookPeople, MysteryPeople presents Noir at the Bar featuring John Schulian, Joe Lansdale, George Wier, and Jesse Sublett.

Wednesday, Feb. 17 (7 PM) @ BookPeople, celebrate local author Nikita Maianka reading from her book, Thus, Spoke the Thunder.

Upcoming Events and Classes at The Writing Barn

The Anatomy of Drafting: Writing Down the Bones:

In this intensive study of the drafting process, we’ll discuss how writing a manuscript takes more than just the guts to get started (though that’s huge).

This six-week seminar will have a workshop/critique component as well as weekly exercises to help build technique.Screen Shot 2016-01-12 at 7.37.16 PM We will also build in time each week to discuss the books we’re reading and/or want to recommend to the class. By the end of this course you will have a better grasp of how to take an idea through the complete process of creating a fully-formed, three-dimensional manuscript.

Language is the Story with Visiting Author David Elliott (PB to Adult):

In an NPR interview after the publication of Heir to the Glimmering World, Cynthia Ozick noted that the life of a novel is in the language. While Ozick was speaking of adult novels, this important concept is also true for work written exclusively for young people. This lecture/discussion will explore what Ozick might have meant by looking closely at the language of Carolyn Coman’s What Jamie Saw, Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting, M.T. Anderson’s Feed, and Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. We’ll pay particular attention to sentence structure and variety, syntax, diction and punctuation.

Time permitting, the workshop will conclude with an exercise meant to sensitize participants to their own use of language in the stories they are telling. It is suggested that participants bring copies of the books we will examine.