Published authors living in Nevada are invited to participate in Clark County Library events.
To participate, fill out a registration form at the information table at any of the local author programs at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
Events open to local authors include the Big Read Book Festival, the Local Authors Book Festival, the Meet The Authors monthly series and more.
The next Meet the Authors event, 6:30 p.m. March 26 in the library's Jewel Box Theater, is set to feature comedienne/freelance writer Cathe Jones and author/editor Jarret Keene in a program on writing about celebrities. For details, call 507-3458.
LIBRARY DISTRICT TO PRESENT ANNUAL BIG READ PROGRAM
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District are teaming up again to encourage adults to read with The Big Read program.
For the second year, one book has been selected for valleywide reading and discussion. Last year, residents explored "The Joy Luck Club." This year's book is "The Great Gatsby."
Signups begin April 1 at all library branches. A variety of activities are planed at local libraries. A book festival is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 5 at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Visit www.lvccld.org for details.
WRITERS' GROUP TO MEET
The Las Vegas Writers' Group's monthly meeting is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Sean Patrick's Pub, 8255 W. Flamingo Road. The club welcomes anyone who has an interest in writing. Admission is $5.
For more information, visit www.writers.meetup.com.
ASPIRING YOUNG AUTHORS CONFERENCE PLANNED
Brandon Mull and young adult writer William Hill are just two of the authors planning to share writing tips with youth from grades four through eight at the Henderson Libraries' Aspiring Young Authors Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 14 at the Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St.
Mull is best known for his "Fablehaven" fantasy series. Hill has written seven books including "Wizard Sword," "The Magic Bicycle," "Chasing Time" and "California Ghosting."
The conference will be limited to the first 125 students to sign up. Registration packets are available for pick-up from any of Henderson Libraries' four locations.
Book signings and sales, which are open to the public, will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
For more information, visit mypubliclibrary.com or call 492-7252.
JOIN JANE AUSTEN'S ANCESTOR FOR A UNIVERSITY LECTURE
Jane Austen's great-great-great-great nephew Richard Jenkyns will discuss his book on Austen in an upcoming lecture at UNLV. Jenkyns, a professor of the classical tradition from Oxford University, will ask the question Is Jane Austen Modern? at 7:30 p.m. April 9 in the Barrick Museum Auditorium at UNLV.
The lecture, sponsored by the UNLV Great Works Academic Certificate program, is free and open to the public.
Jenkyns is author of "A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen," published by Oxford University Press in 2004. Other books include "The Victorians and Ancient Greece," "Three Classical Poets: Sappho, Catullus and Juvenal," "Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance," "Classical Epic: Homer and Virgil; Virgil's Experience" and "Westminster Abbey." He also edited the book "The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal."
PLANS IN WORKS FOR LAS VEGAS WRITERS' CONFERENCE
The Henderson Writers' Group-sponsored 2008 Las Vegas Writers' Conference is set for April 17-19 at Sam's Town. For more information, visit www.Lasvegaswritersconference.com or call 564-2488.
BARNES & NOBLE HOSTS A VARIETY OF BOOK CLUBS
Mornings with Mari Book Club meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month; the Best Book You've Never Read book group meets the second Sunday of the month at 7 p.m.; Our Desert Hearts book group meets at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Barnes & Noble, 8915 W. Charleston Blvd.
AUTHOR TO DISCUSS 'GATSBY'
The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District's Reading Las Vegas program plans an afternoon with Chris Bohjalian, author of Midwives, an Oprah Winfrey book club selection, 2 p.m. on April 19 in the Clark County Library's main theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
Bohjalian, the author of 11 novels, including his most recent New York Times bestseller, The Double Bind, plans to discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald's influence in his writing. A book sale, signing and reception will follow the presentation.
Tickets for this event will be available at the Clark County Library box office starting at 1 p.m. the day of the event. Call 507-3459 for more information.
BOOKSTORE OFFERS WRITER'S GROUP ON WEDNESDAYS
Borders bookstore, has a writers' group at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, 2190 N. Rainbow Blvd.
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