What’s Going on in the Austin Book World September 15th — September 21st

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What’s Going on in the Austin Book World September 15th — September 21st

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, September 15th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, Writers’ League of Texas Presents: Straight Out of Science Fiction and Fantasy?
Thursday, September 15th (7 PM) @ Malvern Books, join Malvern for Finnegans Wake Reading Group. No Prior Knowledge of Joyce or Finnegans Wake required.
Thursday, September 15th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici by historian Catherine Fletcher.
Friday, September 16th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo by author Mitchel P. Roth.
Saturday, September 17th (11:30 AM) @ BookPeople, bring the kids out for The Dark Knight Storytime! 
Saturday, September 17th (3 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game by sports journalist Chad S. Conine
Saturday, September 17th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, join BookPeople for the Ludicrous Speed Book Club. This month’s selection is Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko.
Sunday, September 18th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of It Looks Like This by debut author Rafi Mittlefehldt
Monday, September 19th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright
Sunday, September 11th (4 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Here I Am by bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer
Monday, September 12th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, join BookPeople for the Nightmare Factory Book Club. This month’s selection is Experimental Film by Gemma Files

Upcoming Events and Classes at The Writing Barn:

Exploration and Discovery: Writing About Place with author Hunter Sharpless
From the Mediterranean wanderings of Odysseus to the travels of St. Augustine, it seems that Western literature not only incorporates writing about place but, perhaps, is predicated on it. We human beings, after all, have it in our genes; we move, often. We move for practical purposes. We move for pleasure. And, sometimes, we root ourselves in deep.
Writing Romance: A six-week class with NYT and USA Today bestselling author Tracy Wolff

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.

Complete Picture Book Workshop: Construction, Deconstruction, and Evolution of Picture Book Drafting and Creating

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!