An Evening with Roy Blount Jr.

The Austinist ran a great recap of our May 27 spring benefit with Roy Blount Jr.

“About 100 Austin literary aficionados gathered Wednesday night at St. Edward’s University to sample wine, duck and Brie quesadillas and the ambiance of Roy Blount stories. It was the Writers’ League of Texas spring fund raiser. As Blount set his wine glass on the podium, it started to slide. He deftly caught it and remarked, “I hate slanted podiums. They must think that a man can’t drink and lecture at the same time.” He, of course, can, though the evening felt more like a living room chat than a formal talk.” Read more here.

An Evening With Roy Blount Jr.: An Elegantly Hilarious Success

WLT’s Spring Benefit, featuring Roy Blount Jr., one of America’s best loved humorists and authors, was an entertaining and successful evening.

Roy Blount Jr., president of the Author’s Guild, spoke at length about Google’s controversial Book Search. His words were straightforward and enlightening, and helped clear up a lot of questions regarding the program’s effects on publishing.

Mary Gordon Spence, much loved here at the Writers’ League, was our fabulous and funny emcee—thanks Mary! Thank you, St. Edwards University and Barnes & Noble Booksellers, for your contributions to the benefit.

Proceeds benefited the Writers’ League of Texas—a hearty thank you to those who attended!