Authors Out & About
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October
 Saturday, October 10, 2009—Time TBA—La Joya, TX Diane Gonzales Bertrand presents at La Joya school district's 2nd Annual Celebrating Reading & Writing Conference. |
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 Friday, October 9, 2009—9:00 - 11:00 a.m.—McAllen, TX Pat Mora gives keynote presentation at Region One Media Fair at the McAllen Convention Center (700 Convention Center Blvd., McAllen, TX 78501) For more information, click here. |
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Writers Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Graciela Limón and Emma Pérez present on a panel, "Chicana Historical Fiction," along with moderator Amelia Montes at the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles in Salazar Hall 236.
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Author Pat Mora participates in "Story Time" on the Kids' Stage during the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles and then moves on to Salazar Hall E-184 for a conversation with the author moderated by Oralia Garza Cortés. For more information, click here. |
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Writers Alicia Gaspar de Alba, L.M. Quinn, S. Ramos O'Briant, and Lucha Corpi discuss their work in Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery with moderator Pablo Baler at the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles in Salazar Hall 236. For more information, click here. |
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Graciela Limón, Alicia Alarcón, Reyna Grande and Rubén Martínez present on a panel, "Border Stories: Writing about the Immigrant Experience," at the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles.
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Children's author René Colato Laínez participates in "Story Time" on the Kids' Stage during the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles. Sunday, October 11, 2009—11:00 - 11:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA René Colato Laínez participates in "Story Time" in the Kids' Stage during the Latino Book & Family Festival. For more information, click here. |
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Sunday, October 11, 2009—11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA Helena María Viramontes presents a creative writing workshop on the novel moderated by Robert Cantú at the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles in Salazar Hall E-184. For more information, click here. |
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René Colato Laínez, Amanda Irma Pérez, Linda Cortez and moderator Oralia Garza Cortés discuss "Writing Children's Books" at the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles in Salazar Hall 236. For more information, click here. |
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Victor Villaseñor engages with audience members for a conversation with the author moderated by Carlos Gutiérrez at the Latino Book & Family Festival at California State University, Los Angeles in Salazar Hall E-184.
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Friday, October 16, 2009—Phoenix, AZ Young adult author Ray Villareal participates in the Arizona English Teachers Association's meeting. |
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Short-story writer Nasario García will appear at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107) to read from—and sign copies of—his latest book, Rattling Chains and Other Stories for Children / Ruido de cadenas y otros cuentos para niños.
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Friday, October 23, 2009—Palm Springs, CA Graciela Limón presents her latest work, The River Flows North at Latino Books y Mas in Palm Springs, CA (180 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, 760-323-3778). For more information, click here. |
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Saturday, October 24, 2009—11:00 am - 3:00 p.m.—Houston, TX Author Sarah Cortez talks about her books at Read It Again and Again Book Store (38 Braeswood Square, Houston, TX 77096). For more information, click here. |
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Short-story writer and New Mexican folklorist Nasario García will appear at Treasure House Books (Old Town Plaza, 2012 S. Plaza, NW) to read from, and sign copies of, his latest book, Rattling Chains and Other Stories for Children / Ruido de cadenas y otros cuentos para niños.
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Sarah Cortez reads as part of the Houston Public Library's "Café Reads" program (500 McKinney, Houston, TX 77002).
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Thursday, October 29, 2009—Santa Barbara, CA Graciela Limón receives the Luis Leal Literary Award at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For more information, click here. |
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Saturday, October 31 & Sunday, November 1—Austin, TX Gwendolyn Zepeda participates in the Texas Book Festival's author line-up. |
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Saturday, October 31 & Sunday, November 1—Austin, TX Sarah Cortez, Lucha Corpi and Rolando Hinojosa present Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery at the Texas Book Festival. |
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Saturday, October 31, 2009—El Paso, TX Graciela Limón presents her latest work, The River Flows North, at the Southwest Great Book Fair at the El Paso Public Library. |
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Saturday, October 31, 2009—El Paso, TX Xavier Garza presents his latest work, Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema y la bruja lechuza, at the Southwest Great Book Fair at the El Paso Public Library. |
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Lucha Corpi presents her latest novel, Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery, at Murder By the Book (2352 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX). For more information, call 713-524-8597 or click here. Wednesday, November 4, 2009—7:00 p.m.—Houston, TX Lucha Corpi and Sarah Cortez present "An Evening With..." at the Houston Public Library (500 McKinney, Houston, TX). For information, call (832) 393-1652. Thursday, November 5, 2009—7:00 - 9:00 p.m.—Edinburg, TX Lucha Corpi presents her work at the Student Union Theatre at the University of Texas, Pam American. (1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX). For more information, contact Virginia Haynie Gause at (956) 381-2303. |
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Friday, November 20, 2009—11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.—Philadelphia, PA Authors Graciela Limón and Lucha Corpi participate on a panel discussion, Hispanic Readings and Writings that Affect Positive Change: Reading Between the Lines of Cultural and Social Issues, at the NCTE annual convention in Philadelphia, PA |
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Friday, November 20, 2009—11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.—Philadelphia, PA Author Ray Villareal speaks on a panel, Out Loud and in Your Face: From Slam Poetry to Read Aloud, at the NCTE annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. |
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 Monday, January 25, 2010—Los Angeles, CA Graciela Limón will participate in a panel moderated by Daniel Olivas at the East Los Angeles Public Library. |
Saturday, October 10, 2009—12:30 - 1:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, October 10, 2009—1:00 - 2:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, October 10, 2009—2:30 - 3:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, October 10, 2009—12:30 - 1:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, October 10, 2009—2:30 - 3:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, October 11, 2009—2:30 - 3:30 p.m.—Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, October 18, 2009—3:00 - 4:00 p.m.—Albuquerque, NM
Tuesday, November 3, 2009—6:30 p.m.—Houston, TX
