What’s Going on in the Austin Book World July 7th — July 13th

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What’s Going on in the Austin Book World July 7th — July 13th

Summer is flying by, and there are some great literary events this week. There are several opportunities for book club discussions. There are also some wonderful opportunities for storytimes with the kids. Here’s what’s going on this week in the Austin Book Community:

Thursday, July 7th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People by writers Jonathan Ogren and David Todd.
Friday, July 8th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The West Texas Pilgrimage by avid outdoorsman M.M. Wolthoff.
Saturday, July 9th (11:30 AM) @ BookPeople, bring the kids out for When I grow Up Storytime! the reading will be from the book Lion Lessons.
Saturday, July 9th (3 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Keeping Austin Weird: A Guide to the (Still) Odd Side of Town by Austinite Red Wassenich.
Saturday, July 9th (1:30 PM) @ Malvern Books, join the Beer & Cookies Book Club at Malvern Books. This week the club will be reading Three Tall Women by Edward Albee.
Sunday, July 10th (3 PM) @ Book Woman, enjoy a reading & signing of BloodStories: a cycle of 28 poems by Jenuine Poetess.
Sunday, July 10th (4 PM) @ BookPeople, join BookPeople for the Required Reading Revisited Book Club, this month the club will be reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Sunday, July 10th (4 PM) @ Malvern Books, join Malvern Books for Austin Writer’s Roulette. This is a monthly event made for writers who love to perform their original works. This month’s theme is “Twisted Legacy.”
Monday, July 11th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, join BookPeople for the 7% Solution Book Club. This month’s whodunnit is Woman with a Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine.
Monday, July 11th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of The War at Home: A Wife’s Search for Peace (and Other Missions Impossible) by Rachel Starnes.
Tuesday, July 12th (10:30 AM) @ BookPeople, bring the kids out for Biography Bonanza Storytime! The reading will be from On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein.
Tuesday, June 12th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy MysteryPeople Presents: Martin Limon, Billy Kring, and Manning Wolfe speaking & signing of Ping-Pong Heart, TonTon, & Dollar Signs: Texas Lady Lawyer vs. Boots King,
Wednesday, July 13th (7 PM) @ BookPeople, enjoy a speaking & signing of Run the World:My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe  by professional long distance runner Becky Wade.

Upcoming Events and Classes at The Writing Barn:

6 Week Class: Perfecting the Picture Book | *North Austin Satellite Location

Join us for Perfecting the Picture Book I  at a satellite North Austin location, taught by Carmen Oliver. Past Perfecting the Picture Book I and II students, have gone on to sign with top agents and garner picture book contracts! This deep study and analysis of structure and form paves the way for all that is to come.Classes will be Thursday evenings from 7 to 9pm at 7703 N. Lamar, Suite 337 (in the offices of Girls With Pens)  on 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4, and 8/11
Finding Voice: The Language of Memoir with Sarah Smarsh

The most riveting memoirs are the ones in which we can hear the author speaking in an unmistakable voice, often with a rhythm and vernacular specific to the story’s place and time. Even if you didn’t grow up in the segregated South (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou), the impoverished lanes of Limerick (Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt), or an east-Texas oil town in the 1960s (The Liars’ Club, Mary Karr), your language carries the signature of a unique life. In this era of Internet memes, forces of linguistic homogenization might pull us away from our own voices. Through readings, writing prompts and discussion we’ll uncover the aspect of writing that can be both essential to craft and uncomfortable to let shine.
Doodling for Writers & Those Who Aspire to Write with Carin Channing, LCSW
Join The Writing Barn in this group session, where we’ll use our visual tools (NO art experience or skill necessary! We love stick figures!) to explore our writer archetypes, our ideal reader, our fears and creative blocks, and our visions for ourselves as we traverse the Hero’s Journey of writing!
Using prompts from my forthcoming book, 365 Days of Doodling (Discovering the Joys of Being Creative Everyday), you are sure to come away from this class with more creative freedom and satisfaction than when you arrived.
Many times, what I’ve envisioned in a doodle has come forth, including my first book, How Dare You Make a Book? that was born right here at The Writing Barn! What will your doodles spark? Let’s find out!