Literary Bookpost will host a publishing workshop for authors and aspiring authors on Saturday, Jan. 29, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
This workshop will be led by M. Scott Douglass, who is a poet as well as publisher and managing editor at Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
Headlined as ěMarketing Your Work by Marketing Yourself,î the workshop is based on the idea that most authors do not present their work well in front of an audience and it hurts their ability to sell their books when the time comes.
For this workshop, participants should bring something to read aloud and come prepared to read, evaluate and discuss what makes an effective and successful public reader.
Individuals who anticipate participating in the workshop are encouraged to call or email Literary Bookpost at 704-630-9788 or mail@ literarybookpost.com to pre-register for attendance, although walk-ins will be accepted.
A select group of Main Street Rag publications will be specially priced during the day of the event, available for purchase by both participants and non-participants.
Literary Bookpost is located at 110 S. Main St. in Downtown Salisbury. For additional information about this event, call 704-630-9788 or visit www.literarybookpost.com.
Book discussion
ěPlato Not Prozacî will be presented 4-5:30 p.m., Wednesday and 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday at Center for Faith & the Arts, 207 W. Harrison St. (lower level Haven Lutheran Church).
Dr. Jim Spiceland will lead a discussion of ěPlato Not Prozacî by Lou Marinoff. Books are available at Literary Bookpost, 110 S. Main St.
The discussion is free, but pre-registration is requested by calling 704-647-0999, faithart@bellsouth.net.
Spicelandís review of the book appeared in the Post on Jan. 9 and is available on the website at http://www.salisburypost.com/Entertainment/010911-book-plato-not-prozac-qcd.
Rebroadcast of Price interview
Celebrated novelist and Duke Professor Reynolds Price passed away in Durham on Thursday at the age of 77. Today, at 5 p.m., UNC-TV will rebroadcast an episode of the North Carolina Bookwatch series in which host D.G. Martin interviewed Price about his works.