38TH WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP IN PORTALES, NM
Event takes place at Eastern NM University in Portales, NM. Special Guests are Darynda Jones (of Portales) and Arthur M. (Art) Dula (space lawyer & patent attorney), with Connie Willis as Mistress of Ceremonies. Also expected to attend are Steven Gould, Joan Saberhagen, Walter Jon Williams, Courtney Willis and more.
Theme for 2014 is “The Wide World of Speculative Fiction!”
Festivities Friday, April 4, include informal readings/Q&A sessions 9:30-11:25 am Friday, a ticketed luncheon, an “ice cream break,” panel discussions 3:00-6:00 pm on the 2nd floor of Golden Library, and a visit to the (Jack) Williamson Collection in ENMU’s Golden Library.
* LUNCHEON: 11:45 am in the Zia Room of the Campus Union at ENMU. Cost is $10.00, payable at the door. Reservations are required by Monday, March 31! Please call Patrice Caldwell at 505-562-2315 or email her at Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu.
At 6:00 pm Thursday, April 3, Guest of Honor Darynda Jones will do a reading in the Sandia Room of the Campus Union Building.
And 10:00 am-12 Noon Saturday, April 5, a Beginning Writers’ Workshop with Connie WIllis and Steven Gould will be held at the Portales Public Library. While designed for beginning writers under the age of 18, Willis & Gould have allowed adult observers in the past (as long as they are quiet and don’t interfere).
More info is available at www.enmu.edu/academics/williamson/lectureship.shtml.