WLT at the Texas Book Festival

The Writers’ League of Texas will be at the Texas Book Festival this weekend. We will be located at booths 122 & 123 in the exhibits tent on Colorado between 12th and 13th streets.

Four Reasons Why You Should Stop by the WLT Booth:

1) Consider this an opportunity to meet and mingle with other literati-lovers in Texas. We know we’d love to meet you. Stop by and say hi!

2) This serves as a nice time for you to meet our new staff: Publicity and Programming Manager Jan Baumer, Office Manager Bethany Hegedus, and Bookkeeper Kate Meehan. We’re delighted to have these intelligent ladies working with us. Come welcome them!

3) We’re lucky to have WLT members who will be in our booth signing their books, click here to learn more about the member book signings. Come get your book signed!

4) We’ll be announcing the 2009 Book Awards winners! The ceremony will take place 3:30 Saturday in Room E.026 at the State Capital Extension. Come honor the winners and finalists!

Kristy Bordine Moves on to New Magical Discoveries

Happy Hour Honoring Kristy

5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17
At Doc’s Motorworks
1123 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704

The Writers’ League is saying to goodbye to one of the most popular staff members ever. After four years of dedicated service, Program and Membership Coordinator Kristy Bordine is taking on a new position as a paraprofessional at Premier High School, a charter school in Austin. She’s excited to have the new challenges of working in a school environment — and even more delighted by the fact that she will be working the same hours as her husband, Jared, who teaches at the school (carpooling, anyone?!).

Her last day at the Writers’ League was Friday, Sept. 11, and she starts her new job on Monday, Sept. 14. Her playful spirit and genuine interest in every single WLT member will be missed. We hope she’ll continue to post the occasional Magical Discovery!

Let’s send Kristy off in style at the September WLT happy hour. We hope you’ll come by to thank her for everything she has done for the Writers’ League and to meet and welcome Sara Ortiz, who is stepping in as a part-time administrative assistant.

If you’d like to send Kristy your best wishes and regards or stay in touch with her, please send her a note or email in care of the WLT office.

Monthly Program

“Build a Book” Series: Meet Your Publisher and Editor and Marketing Reps and Publicist and …

Deltina Hay

Colleen Devine Ellis

Thursday, September 17, 7:30 p.m.

Writers’ League of Texas Office

611 S. Congress Ave., Suite 130

Once your book is signed, you’ll have a whole team of people working with you. Find out more about the publishing team who will bring your book to the market. Arrive early, seats fill up fast!

Panelists: Publicist, Colleen Devine Ellis, market rep, Gillian Redfearn and author/publisher, Deltina Hay.

For more information, please email us at wlt@writersleague.org or visit our website.

Before the program, join us at Doc’s Motorworks Bar & Grill, 1123 S. Congress (two blocks south of the WLT office) for a very special “Mix and Mingle Happy Hour.”

Who Is That Guest Blogger?

Well, well, well! The Writers’ League’s new administrative assistant, Sara Ortiz, is a guest blogger at the Austin360.com “Out & About” blog!

She makes an excellent point about the demise of print as a medium, sigh, inspired by John Freeman’s recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

Check it out!