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The Miller Williams reading scheduled for Monday. February 1 has been cancelled.

Next scheduled reading is that of Flip Putthoff on Monday, March 1.

Miller Williams

Miller Williams will be reading from his poetry and that of Edsel Ford on Monday, February 1 at 7 p.m. at the Trolley Line Bookshop on Walnute Street in Rogers.

Shop owner Myra Moran is noted for running a Writer’s “Saloon” at her previous bookstore and the tradition will continue on a monthly basis in Rogers. The purpose is to provide area writers an opportunity to read from their works and to network with other writers.

The speaker for Monday, March 1 will be photographer and writer Flip Putthoff. He’s the human being behind Boat Dock, the cat whose column runs in the Morning News.

Laura Castoro

The deadline to register for the March 20 annual writing workshop sponsored by the Hot Springs Village Writers’ Club is March 8.

Entitled “Family Folklore–Writing memoirs that capture life for fun and profit,” the workshop will be conducted by Laura Parker Castoro.

Registration and details here.

Marilyn Collins, author of Write History Right, will be conducting a five-part series on the writing of local history at the Bentonville Public Library on Tuesday evenings, February 2-March 2.

Called “Let’s Write History,” the workshop will cover the following material:

Session 1. What Makes a Good Story

Session 2. Easy Ways to Structure a Story

Session 3. Tips for Successful Interviews and Site Visits

Session 4. Tips for Writing a Great Story

Session 5. Writing, Publishing, and Marketing (optional)

The optional session is for those participants who wish to analyze ways to publish their work. Participants may bring any writing question to this session and receive individual attention regarding their work.

The workshop is based on the step-by-step guide, Write History Right by M.H. Collins.

Location: Bentonville Public Library 405 South Main Street, Bentonville, AR.

Contact: Heather Bullock, 479-271-5976.

Susan Culp's book on dating

West Fork author Susan Culp will be signing copies of her book 50 Frogs, 5 Babes and a Bulldog, a woman’s comedy about dating that features a “personality plus” bulldog.

The signing will be on January 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. at Nightbird Books, 205 W Dixon Street in Fayetteville.

The MidSouthCon Writers’ Conference will take place March

12-14, 2010 at Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center, Olive Branch, Mississippi.

Featured speakers will be NY Times best-selling authors

Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and Sherrilyn Kenyon, and

award-winning author/editors Lou Anders and Jackie Gamber.

For details and registration visit the website.

June Jefferson of the Invitation To Write Project, The Occasional
Saturday Writing Practice, and LifeWriting Memoir Series will lead a
“Writing Life” workshop on Saturday, January 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 at Nightbird Books, 205 West Dickson Street in Fayetteville.

No registration is necessary for the free workshop.

Newly opened in historic downtown Rogers, the Trolley Line Bookshop is fast becoming a venue where local authors can showcase their work.

Barbara White

Most recently, on Saturday, January 16, Barbara White of Elkins talked about her book The Rainwater Legacy, a fictionalized account of the adventures of two families in Arkansaw Territory.

Three other Arkansas authors are scheduled to appear at the Trolley Line Bookshop during January:

January 23, 2-4 p.m.: Nancy Russ of Little Rock, author of Was the Funeral Fun? and What’s More Fun than a Funeral?

January 28, 6-8 p.m.: Vaughn Dablemont of Rogers, author of Life Story of a Combat Medic.

January 30, 2-4 p.m.: Hal Brent Johnson of Lowell, author of The Billy Monk Story.

RAINWATER LEGACY

Tom Gnagey, author of over 16 mysteries, is the featured speaker for the January 9 meeting of the Whodunits at AQ Chicken on College Avenue in Fayetteville.

The Club will meet at noon in the private room to the right of the front entrance. Lunch may be ordered from the menu.