BOOK BRIEFS

LEARN MORE ABOUT AREA AUTHORS

Published authors are invited to share their stories with readers and other writers at the 18Q Web site, www.eighteenquestions.com.

More than 100 authors have already answered the 18-question survey, which includes information on finding inspiration, writing styles, marketing techniques and advice for new writers.

Surveys are posted on the Web site and sent out as part of The Fabulist Flash, a weekly eZine put together by local writer Gregory A. Kompes.

LIBRARY PUTS OUT A CALL FOR AUTHORS

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. Wednesday 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 PUT ON 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.

This week, the program features a discussion of "The Great Gatsby" at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway.

Visit www.lvccld.org for details.

ASPIRING YOUNG AUTHORS CONFERENCE PLANNED

Young adult writers Brandon Mull and 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 DESCENDANT FOR A UNIVERSITY LECTURE

Jane Austen's great-great-great-great nephew Richard Jenkyns will discuss his book on Austen in a free 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."

ALMOST TIME FOR TURTLE TALES AT MUSEUM

The Lied Discovery Children's Museum will host a presentation of the children's travel series, "Tino Turtle Travels" 10:15 a.m. April 12 in the museum's stage area.

In addition to a visit from the Tino Turtle mascot, Las Vegas entertainer Ryan Ahern will perform a presentation of the book, "Tino Turtle Travels to London, England" by Carolyn L. Ahern. Following the performance, there will be a question and answer session and a booksigning.

Admission to the museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is $8 for adults and $7 for children ages 1 through 17, seniors and military families. Children under 1 are admitted free. For more information, call 382-5437 or visit the Museum Web site at www.ldcm.org.