Mixed Notes
Congratulations to Louis Sachar, whose book Holes has won another award. The American Library Association announced on Monday that Sachar has won the Newberry Award for Holes. Wow: first the National Book Award and now the Newberry. And congrats to Host Publications, a local small press devoted to publishing international literary titles, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Most recently, Host has published 50 Odes by Pablo Neruda and Ambers Aglow: An Anthology of Contemporary Polish Women’s Poetry…
On Monday, February 8, Huston-Tillotson College will participate in a national event that celebrates Black History Month. From 11am-1pm in room 200 of the Jackson-Moody building, the Read-in Chain will be held to honor African-American literature; students, faculty, and staff will be reading from various works at that time and the public is invited…
Not the public, only UT Austin graduates, may apply for the UT Press Publishing Fellowship, designed to give a year of full-time experience in book publishing to two qualified applicants. (The other fellowship offered, the James A. Michener Publishing Fellowship, is open to all college graduates, but applicants must have a degree in the Humanities.) For both fellowships, preference will be given to applicants with advanced degrees or those who can demonstrate advanced study or work experience beyond a baccalaureate. Applicants need to be certain of pursuing a career in publishing after completion of the fellowship; before beginning the fellowships, fellows will be asked to sign a statement of understanding and intent — an understanding of the program’s purpose and the intent to complete the fellowship year and to pursue a career in publishing. Fellows opt to study either the editorial aspect of publishing, which involves training in copyediting and editing scholarly manuscripts under the direction of the managing editor, or design/production, which entails developing book specifications and estimating production costs and schedules. Applications can be printed from the UT Press Web site, http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/html/fellow.html, orby calling 471-7233. Application deadline is March 16; fellowships take place from September 1, 1999-August 31, 2000…
San Antonio mystery writer, lawyer, and former prosecutor Jay Brandonreads from his new courtroom mystery Angel of Death at Borders on Saturday, February 6, at 3pm…
The I Am… Project and the Austin Writers’ League will host the second annual Salute to African-American Writers: Celebration and Tea on Saturday, February 20, at the Meeting Place, 2100 Northland Drive, from 6-9pm. A poetry slam, reading and book signings by local authors, and African storytelling are planned for the event. Camika Spencer and Anita Bunkley will be the featured authors; Spencer is the author of When All Hell Breaks Loose and Bunkley is the author of Black Gold and Wild Embers and is a writer-in-residence at the University of Houston’s Writers in Schools program. Admission is free but donations are encouraged.
Odyssey
Writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror may want to know more about Odyssey, an annual summer writing workshop (June 14-July 23 at New Hampshire College). Ben Bova, the prolific author and former editor of Analog and Omni, will be Odyssey’s writer-in-residence. Visit http://www.nhc.edu/odyssey/ or e-mailjcavelos@empire.net or call (603) 673-6234. Application deadline is April 15.
This article appears in February 5 • 1999 and February 5 • 1999 (Cover).