THIS EVENT IS BEING DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER due to the Coronavirus outbreak in New Mexico!  Stay tuned for the future date, once known!

44TH WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP IN PORTALES, NM – DELAYED!
Event takes place at Eastern NM University in Portales, NM.  Special Guests are author/editor James Patrick Kelly and NM author Rebecca Roanhorse. They are joined by Mistress of Ceremonies Connie Willis of Colorado. Also expected to attend are Courtney Willis, Cordelia Willis, Steven Gould, Darynda Jones, Emily Mah, Laura J. Mixon, Joan S. Saberhagen, Lauren C. Teffeau, Ian Tregillis, Sarena Ulibarri, Walter Jon Williams, and other NM authors.

Festivities Friday, April 3, include addresses by Kelly & Roanhorse 10:00-11:20 am, a ticketed luncheon at 11:35 am, tabletop gaming at 1:00 pm in the Golden Student Success Center, an “ice cream break,” and panel discussions 3:00-6:15 pm in the Golden Student Success Center and Library.

* APRIL 3 LUNCHEON: 11:35 am in the Campus Union Ballroom (2nd floor) at ENMU. Cost is $10.00, payable at the door. Reservations are required by Monday, March 30! Please call Patrice Caldwell at 505-562-2315 or email her at Planning.Analysis@enmu.edu.  Books will be available for purchase, and most participants will autograph items at this time.

At 5:00 pm Thursday, April 2, Kelly and Roanhorse will talk and do short readings at ENMU’s University Theatre Center.  It’s also probable that Cordelia Willis will give another forensic science talk in the afternoon (3:00 pm is the rumor).

And 10:00 am-12 Noon Saturday, April 4, it’s possible (but needs to be confirmed) that Connie Willis will give a talk to college students on writing, while the Film Department might be having a short film screening.  Details to be announced.

More info is available at www.facebook.com/WilliamsonLectureship/ and also at www.enmu/edu/academics/colleges-departments…/.