*SAT, SEPT 2: Legendary British novelist Michael Moorcock will be at
Adventures in Space and Crime, 2-4pm. His latest book, Nomad of the Time
Streams, will soon be published in America…
*WED, SEPT 6: A free screenwriting workshop will be presented by the Austin
Writers’ League at Dougherty Arts Center. Hollywood screenwriter Katherine Ann
Jones, whose HBO film The Christmas Wife won two Cable ACE awards, will
lead a session called “Writing the Feature Film,”
7-9pm. For information,
call 499-8914… Austin’s award-winning author Mary Willis Walker will
celebrate the publication of her latest novel Under the Beetle’s Cellar
with a booksigning at Bookstop Central Park,
7:30-8:30pm… Cafezino’s
Do the Write Thing series features the Plain View Press reading hosted
by Susan Bright, 7:30pm. Open mike follows…
*Attention, published authors! The Austin Writers’ League is accepting
entries for its fifth annual Violet Crown Book Awards, co-sponsored by the
University Co-op. Three cash prizes and trophies will be presented in fiction,
nonfiction, and literary (poetry, essays, short stories) categories. Books must
have been published between Sept. 1, 1994 and August 31, 1995 to be eligible.
Call 499-8914 for info.
– Margaret Moser
“Post Scripts” is for author appearance 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 September 1 • 1995 and September 1 • 1995 (Cover).