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Houston Writers Guild presents three-day annual conference April 29\u2013May 1, with authors Jamie Ford and Pamela Fagan Hutchins<\/h1>\n

<\/span><\/span>The 2016 Houston Writers Guild annual conference<\/span> will be held April 29\u2013May 1, 2016 at the Marriott Houston Westchase, 2900 Briarpark Drive, Houston, Texas 77042. Registration and event times vary each day.<\/p>\n

Friday night, April 29, the HWG Press will hold a Book Launch\/Cocktail Reception. Conference attendees will be entertained by guest speaker Jay Asher. Light hors d\u2019oeuvres will be served along with cash bar. The main event on April 30 will begin with keynote speaker Jamie Ford,<\/span> followed by one-hour breakout sessions. In addition, there will be an opportunity for writers to pitch their work, in ten-minute sessions with agents and editors.<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 1, there will be a full0day workshop presented by guest speaker Pamela Fagan Hutchins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sign up before April 1, 2016, to receive the Early Bird Special 3-Day Pass discount. Critiques and pitch sessions require additional charges. The Houston Marriott Westchase offers a discounted lodging rate to HWG Conference Attendees. When calling for a reservation, please reference the HWG event. Marriott, 713-978-7400.<\/p>\n

Questions: info@houstonwritersguild.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

More information and sign-ups: www.houstonwritersguild.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

(From organization’s press release)<\/p>\n

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DFW Writers Conference, April 23-24, announces special guest speakers, classes, agents, editors<\/h1>\n

DALLAS\u2014The 2016 DFW Writers Conference, <\/span>to be held April 23-24, 2016m at the Fort Worth Convention Center, has released a partial list of its classes and authors and the lists of agents and editors who will be attending as well.<\/p>\n

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Three special guest speakers will be appearing at the 2016 DFW Writer\u2019s Conference.<\/p>\n

Christopher Golden<\/span> is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as The Myth Hunters, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, Of Saints and Shadows,<\/span> and (with Tim Lebbon<\/span>) The Map of Moments.<\/span> He has also written books for teens and young adults, including Poison Ink, Soulless, <\/span>and the thriller series Body of Evidence, honored by the New York Public Library and chosen as one of YALSA\u2019s Best Books for Young Readers. Upcoming teen novels include a new series of hardcover YA fantasy novels co-authored with Tim Lebbon<\/span> and entitled The Secret Journeys of Jack London.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Kunkel<\/span> is the president of St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He has served as president of American Journalism Review and as dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of five previous books, including Genius in Disguise, Enormous Prayers, <\/span>and Letters from the Editor.<\/span> Recently, his book, Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of the New Yorker<\/span> is causing quite a stir in literary circles.<\/p>\n

Tara McKelvey,<\/span> a fellow at Harvard\u2019s Shorenstein Center, is a correspondent for Newsweek <\/span>and The Daily Beast.<\/span> She is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review<\/span> and the author of Monstering: Inside America\u2019s Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War.<\/span> She is now a White House reporter for the BBC.<\/p>\n

In addition to guest speakers, the conference has an extensive list of classes, and agents and editors attending.<\/p>\n

Agents<\/span><\/p>\n

Nadia Cornier of Firebrand Literary<\/p>\n

Mark Falkin of Falkin Literary<\/p>\n

Saritza Hernandez of Corvisiero Literary Agency<\/p>\n

Joanna MacKenzie of Browne & Miller<\/p>\n

Monica Odom of Bradford Literary Agency<\/p>\n

Bree Ogden of Red Sofa Literary<\/p>\n

Jodell Sadler of Sadler Children\u2019s Literary<\/p>\n

Steven Salpeter of Curtis Brown Ltd.<\/p>\n

Tricia Skinner of Fuse Literary<\/p>\n

Eric Smith of P.S. Literary<\/p>\n

Gordon Warnock of Fuse Literary<\/p>\n

Jason Yarn at Jason Yarn Literary Agency<\/p>\n

Editors<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna L. Davis of Henery Press<\/p>\n

Rachel LaMonica of Little Lamb Books<\/p>\n

Glenn Yeffeth of BenBella Books<\/p>\n

All information is subject to change and is based on the best information available at the time. For more information, visit www.dfwcon.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>Dallas Book Festival,
Apr. 30, Expands With
Best-selling Novelists, Award Winners<\/h1>\n

Several nationally prominent authors<\/span> \u2014 including best-selling novelists and winners of both a Pulitzer and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize \u2014\u00a0 are headed to the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library for an expanded Dallas Book Festival.<\/p>\n

Among those just announced for the free, all-day, April 30, 2016, event:<\/p>\n

Bryan Stevenson,<\/span> a lawyer, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, which won the 2015 Dayton prize in nonfiction; Lawrence Wright,<\/span> Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower; Jessica Knoll,<\/span> best-selling author of\u00a0 Luckiest Girl Alive; Historian\/analyst Andrew Bacevich,<\/span> who is about to release America\u2019s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History; Adam Mansbach<\/span>, famous for that picture book that is known in its polite form as Seriously, Just Go to Sleep; Ghostwriter to the stars David Ritz,<\/span> whose books include Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Sittenfeld,<\/span> the American Wife<\/span> author who is about to release her newest book, Eligible,<\/span> in April.<\/p>\n

Local authors taking part will include Karen Blumenthal, Nancy Churnin, Tim Cowlishaw, AG Ford, Sarah Hepola, Don Tate<\/span> and Merritt Tierce.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival itself iwas founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Fair and renamed in 2014. For more information contact Ronnie Jessie at: ronnie.jessie@dallascityhall.com<\/a><\/span> or call 214-670-7809.<\/p>\n

(From organization\u2019s press release and website)<\/p>\n

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Sachse Author Con accepting author applications for May 21 event<\/h1>\n

SACSHE\u2014Authors looking for an opportunity to promote their books<\/span> are invited to apply for the upcoming Sachse Author Con event at the Sachse Public Library. The event, sponsored by the Sachse Public Library, is set for Sat., May 21, 2016, from noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

The event, which is free to the public, is designed to showcase local Texas authors. Each author will be provided an individual table to display and sell books and mingle with the reading public.<\/p>\n

Library staff are searching for a variety of authors of fiction genres. Authors who write for children, young adult, and adults are encouraged to participate in this showcase event.<\/p>\n

Interested authors should submit an application, along with one of their published books for review, no later than February 5, 2016. Contact Mignon Morse, Library Manager, for more information and to request an application. Authors who are selected to attend will be notified of their acceptance no later than March 1.\u00a0 If accepted, a $30 registration fee will be required no later than March 15 to be included in publicity. Lunch will be provided for each author.<\/p>\n

Download the application at www.cityofsachse.com\/library<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mignon Morse, Sachse Public Library, 3815 Sachse Road, Building C, Sachse, TX 75048; mmorse@cityofsachse.com<\/a><\/span>, 972-530-8966.<\/p>\n

(Information from organization\u2019s press release)<\/p>\n

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