Post Scripts
Fri., Aug. 16, 1996
* FRI, AUG 16: J.R. Helton will sign his new book, Below the Line, a critical look at the treatment of workers in the movie business, 7-8pm at Barnes & Noble north.
* SAT, AUG 17: "Mexico" Mike Nelson, considered an expert on driving in Mexico by the Mexican Governmental Tourism offices, makes an appearance at Barnes & Noble with his book, Mexico's Colonial Heart, 2-3pm.
* WED, AUG 21: Wil McCarthy, author of The Fall of Sirius, signs at Adventures in Crime & Space, 6-8pm.
* ONGOING: The Austin Writers' League (AWL) is accepting entries for the Sixth annual Violet Crown Book Awards to honor three outstanding published books written by league members. Three $1,000 prizes will be awarded in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and literary (poetry, essays, short stories). Only AWL members are eligible, but authors may join when submitting an entry. Entered books must have been published between Sept. 1, 1995 and August 31, 1996, and entries are due August 31. For an entry form or more information, call the AWL at 499-8914... Registrations are now being taken for AWL's fall workshops. The lineup includes: Billy Porterfield will offer the "Lowdown on Nonfiction" Sept. 14, the same day Susan Wade (Walking Rain) presents "Fiction Proposal and Outline"; Sept. 21 features "Mysterious Characters" by Purple Sage series author Barbara Burnett Smith and "Travel Writing" by Lin Sutherland; publicist Leann Phenix presents "Book Promotion/Marketing" and Channel 36 morning anchor Larry Brill does "Handling the Interview" on Sept. 28; "Book Proposals and Beyond" by Tom Ferguson and "Writing for the World-Wide Web" by Donn LeVie come on Oct. 5; and former Michener Fellow Dorothy Barnett teaches a two-day advanced writing intensive on "Writing Our Stories as Memoir and/or Fiction" on Sept. 14 and 28. n
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