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SUN, DEC 29: Attorney Bert Pluymen will give a speech and appear for a
booksigning at Unity Church of the Hills (Williamson Square Shopping Plaza on
Anderson Mill Rd.) at 10am for his book The Thinking Person’s Guide to
Sobriety.
* ONGOING: The Austin Writers’ League (AWL) is taking entries for two awards
programs. The Young Texas Writers’ Scholarship program is open to Texas High
School students, awarding 12 scholarships in the areas of poetry, short story,
essay, and journalism. The Teddy Book Award is a $1,000 prize for the best
children’s book written by an AWL member. Authors may join the AWL at the time
of entry. Entries are due by Jan. 31. Call 499-8914…
Shelby Hearon: Now
and Another Time is an exhibition celebrating the literary career of the
novelist and UT alumna from her first novel to the 1996 publication of her
15th. Showing through Jan. 31 in the Wrenn Room on the seventh floor of the
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center…
Shouting in the Evening: British
Theater, 1956-96, is a major exhibition exploring the creative impulses and
performances shaping the last 40 years of British theatre, looking at works of
Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Joe Orton, John Osborne, Harold
Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Timberlake Wertenbaker and others. In the Flawn Academic
Center at UT, thru Jan. 31…
“Post Scripts” is for author appearances and booksignings; deadline
is two weeks before issue date. Mail to The Austin Chronicle, PO Box
49066, Austin, TX 78765; fax 458-6910.
This article appears in December 27 • 1996 and December 27 • 1996 (Cover).