Lit City:

What’s Going on in the Austin Book World Mar. 31st – Apr. 6th

2016 is flying by, and with it, a ton of incredible authors and novels! Don’t miss out on The Zach Theater Storytime!, Ally Condie, author of The Matched Trilogy, visiting BookPeople, and more, this week, in the Austin Book Community.

Friday, Apr. 1 (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy bestselling author Stephanie Evanovich speaking and signing The Total Package.

Saturday, Apr. 2 (1130 AM) @ BookPeople, enjoy The Zach Theater Storytime! where the theater’s actors will play out scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Saturday, Apr. 2 (3-5 PM) @ Malvern Books, enjoy this month’s Indie Authors at Malvern Books, featuring ami Crumpton, Steve Statham, Aurelia Maria Casey, and Michael Bunker.

Monday, Apr 4. (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy bestselling author of the Matched Trilogy Ally Condie speaking and signing her newest release, Summerlost.

Tuesday, Apr. 5 (1030 AM) @ BookPeople, enjoy The Poets Who Know It Storytime, where you will read selections from Poems in the Attic, and will write some of your own!

Wednesday, Apr. 6 (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy journalist and essayist Wendy Paris speaking and signing Splitopia: Dispatches from Today’s Good Divorce and How to Part Well.

Upcoming Events and Classes at The Writing Barn

Writing Your Heart Out: The Craft of the Personal Essay:

In this workshop, we’ll learn to craft powerful personal essays, from the literary basics – including the most important sentence in your essay – to the emotional roller coaster of running into your neighbor after he learned your most embarrassing secrets in the New York Times.

We’ll also cover the protocol of sending out queries and discuss outlets for finished pieces. Bring your in-progress essay, your ideas for essays, and a really open mind.

The Story Hunter: Mining Life and History in Search of Story with Greg Neri:

Finding treasure hidden in plain sight is something Coretta Scott King honor-winning author G. Neri does well. In this class, he will talk about how he honed the radar that has resulted in 9 award-winning books: novels, graphic novels and picture books all inspired by real life—people, places or events that no one had written about before. He has applied his unique talents to story finding to about everything from black urban cowboys to drug smuggling surfers to his latest quest: the real-life childhood friendship of Harper Lee and Truman Capote.