Lit City:
What’s Going on in the Austin Book World August 4th — August 10th
Events are a bit sparse this week, but there are still some good storytimes and book clubs. Here’s what’s going on this week in the Austin Book Community:
Friday, August 5th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Letters from Limbo by author Phil Force.
Saturday, August 6th (10:30 AM) @ BookPeople, bring the kids out for Down on the Farm Storytime! This storytime will be reading Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type.
Saturday, August 6th (1:30 PM) @ Malvern Books, join the Malvern Books’ Club: Reading Classics from New York Review Books. This month’s selection is Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns.
Sunday, August 7th (2 PM) @ Malvern Books, enjoy the book launch of The Road to Llorona Park by Christopher Carmona
Sunday, August 7th (4 PM) @ BookPeople, join BookPeople’s Authors & Auteurs Book Club. This month’s selection is Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson.
Tuesday, August 9th (10 PM) @ BookPeople, bring the kids out for Alligators & Crocodiles Storytime! This storytime will be reading If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!
Wednesday, August 10th (7 PM)
@ Doc’s on 38th, join the LdRc (Lexicon devil Readers club) Book Club. This Month’s selection will be Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel.
Wednesday, July 31st (5 PM) @ Malvern Books, join Malvern for the book launch of Twenty Girls to Envy Me by Marcela Sulak & Marian Schwartz
Upcoming Events and Classes at The Writing Barn:
Emotional Engagement: World Building with author Katherine Catmull (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Ever been told that your writing “feels generic”? Or that descriptive passages sit in your draft like indigestible lumps, ruining the flow of the story? Whatever genre you write in —from memoir to young adult, from hardcore noir to fantasy—you need to get the reader emotionally engaged in your world. And as every actor knows, your emotions won’t engage until your body believes it’s all real.
As one of the newest, largest, and most diverse genres in the industry, it is often difficult to define Young Adult Lit; through the examination and discussion of craft techniques, this class will explore successful tools used to create the unique tone and momentum found in YA.
This workshop will focus on the analysis of the elements of young adult fiction; structural elements such as character, plot, point of view, and conflict will be discussed in addition to stylistic elements such as voice, pacing, authenticity and writing with a sense of urgency. We’ll discuss essays and novel chapters written by published writers, which you will receive ahead of time; however, our primary focus will be the student workshop.