Archive for the ‘Literary’ Category

Acclaimed author and MacArthur Genius Colson Whitehead will be in Dallas speaking for Arts & Letters Live on Friday May 1. His new book, Sag Harbor, has been highly praised in all its recent book reviews and has been covered in the New York Times multiple times, read at this link.

Arts & Letters Live: Colson Whitehead
In partnership with the School of Arts & Humanities at UTD
7:30 p.m.
University of Texas at Dallas, Conference Center
For tickets call 214-922-1818 Colson Whitehead, 7:30 p.m.
Colson Whitehead is the acclaimed author of The Intuitionist and John Henry Days (finalist for a Pulitzer Prize). He will discuss his newest novel, Sag Harbor, which tells the story of Benji, one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan in 1985. This novel mines the awkwardness of teenagers and masterfully explores racial and class identity.

It was only a matter of time before the knitting craze and the world of chick lit collided into one club, and author Kate Jacobs is the reigning president.

The woman behind the soon-to-be-a-motion-picture novel The Friday Night Knitting Club and its sequel, Knit Two, just released what is sure to be the next assignment in every book club, Comfort Food, so get your copy this week as Kate Jacobs makes a special appearance at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park (7700 W. Northwest Highway) for a book reading, Q&A and signing at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Call 214-739-1124.

Legendary music producer Quincy Jones will make an appearance today to sign copies of his latest book.

The handsome coffee table book, The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions: Photos, Letters, Memories & More from Q’s Personal Collection

He’ll make a Dallas stop to autograph copies before heading to Austin for his keynote address at the 2009 South by Southwest Music Conference.

Book-signing and Q&A session on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 7700 W. Northwest Highway. Free. 214-739-1124.

Tonite at 7p, make your way to the Borders Books in Uptown (3600 McKinney Avenue) to meet Kat Von D of “LA Ink“.

The Dallas Museum of Art’s literary and performing arts series Arts & Letters Live will launch its 2009 series on Friday, January 16 at 7:00 p.m. with best-selling author Stephanie Kallos. She will discuss her just-published novel, Sing Them Home, a deeply moving portrait of three grown siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother’s mysterious disappearance when she was swept up by a tornado. Reviewers have called the work “enthralling.”

Stephanie Kallos made her debut as a national best-selling author with her novel Broken for You (2004), which was selected by author Sue Monk Kidd as the Today Show Book Club pick. Kidd said, “Essentially it’s about taking what is broken, especially our lives, and reconfiguring them into mosaics of beauty and meaning.” This dazzling debut earned Kallos comparisons to John Irving, Margaret Atwood, and Carol Shields.

WHAT:
Stephanie Kallos, best-selling author of recently released novel Sing Them Home

WHEN:
Friday, January 16, 2009
7:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Horchow Auditorium
Dallas Museum of Art

COST:
FREE with general admission, but seating is limited; reservations strongly encouraged. For more information call 214-922-1818 or visit DallasMuseumofArt.org/ALL.

The J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is hosting its 3rd International Book Fair October 24-26 to promote the love for books, reading and writing.

The event is free and open to the public. International, national and local authors will be reading and signing books. Cultural programs will again include artistic performances, poetry reading, music and children activities.

Short Story Contest
Do you have a story to tell? If so, you could win a prize in the Dallas Public Library’s Short Story Contest. The contest is part of the Third Annual International Book Fair to be held at the Central Library.

Candace Bushnell is adored in Dallas where the “Sex and the City” author launched her novel, “One Fifth Avenue,” with a party hosted by Vogue last week.

About 250 women “dressed ‘Lipstick Jungle‘ style” covered the garden of the Crescent Court Hotel and bought up all 300 copies of the book, an insider reports. Event planners had to drive to a Barnes & Noble to pick up 50 more. Our source gushed, “Guests were buying between four and 10 copies each. Dallas loves Candace, and she was so gracious, spending time speaking to everyone.”