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'Child Convict' author to be in Lexington
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Published: October 18, 2009
G.W. Foote will sign copies of his memoir, The Child Convict, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Pandora's Books in Lexington. The book tells the story of Foote's abuse at the hands of his family and his path to healing.
Admission is free. For more information, call 248-2551.
Author Sherrie Flick will be at WFU, Salem College
The author Sherrie Flick will be in town this week for events at Salem College and Wake Forest University:
□ She will lead a writing workshop at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Single Sisters House at Old Salem. "Flash in a Pan -- Regarding Time and the Short-Short Story," will focus on using time to one's advantage in composing stories of 1,000 or fewer words. Writers will be encouraged to employ ideas and objects, rather than plot, in the construction of stories.
□ Flick will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in DeTamble Auditorium of Tribble Hall at Wake Forest University. Her works include the novel Reconsidering Happiness and the chapbook of flash fiction I Call This Flirting. She is a co-founder and the artistic director of the Gist Street Reading Series in Pittsburgh.
The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series, the WFU English department, and the Salem College Center for Women Writers are the events' sponsors. Admission is free.
For more information, call 758-5383.
Winston-Salem Writers to have reading, critique sessions
Winston-Salem Writers will present a reading session and a critique workshop this week:
□ "Open-Mike Night" will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Billy Bob's Silver Diner, 1650 Hanes Mall Blvd. Writers may read aloud their prose and poetry.
Admission is free.
□ The "Fall 2009 Fiction Slushfest" will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the dining room at Centenary United Methodist Church, 646 W. Fifth St.
Chris Roerden will evaluate first pages of short stories and novels for interested writers. She is the author of Don't Sabotage You Submission, which grew out of her 44-year career in publishing and editing. It won the Independent Book Publishers Association 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award for Literary Criticism.
Admission is $10, free for members.
To learn more about WSW programs, call Robin Chalkley at 595-3817 or see www.wswriters.org.
N.C. Haiku Society to celebrate new book with city theme
The N.C. Haiku Society will celebrate the publication of Chasing the Sun with a tea tasting and readings from the book at 1 p.m. Saturday at Golden Flower Tai Chi Center, 612 N. Trade St. Admission is free.
The collection is composed of haiku poetry written in and about Winston-Salem. It was edited by Bob Moyer.
For more information, call 727-1131.
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