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Texas Writes in Sealy, TX

June 18, 2022 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions focused on the craft of writing.

Our Sealy, TX event features Stacey Swann presenting “X Marks the Spot: Mapping Real Places in Fiction” and Becka Oliver presenting “Getting Published: The Business of Writing Today”.

We’ll start at 10:00 AM CDT with our presentations and we’ll conclude with a conversation between both presenters.

We hope to see you there!

Each event is free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided. To pre-register for this event, contact the library at (979) 885-7469.

Featured Presenter(s)

Stacey Swann HeadshotStacey Swann’s debut novel Olympus, Texas (Doubleday) was a Good Morning America Book Club selection, an Indie Next Pick, and was longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Swann holds an M.F.A. from Texas State University and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Her writing has appeared in LitHub, Electric Literature, Texas Highways, Epoch, and other journals. She splits her time between Austin and Lampasas, Texas.
Becka Oliver joined the WLT in 2013 as Executive Director after more than sixteen years of experience working in book publishing both inside major publishing houses and as a literary agent.

Details

Date:
June 18, 2022
Time:
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Venue

Gordon Memorial Library
917 Circle Dr.
Sealy, TX 77474 United States
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Phone:
9798857469
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