Book Signing Party Launches Short Story America Conference

Tim Johnston and John W. MacIlroy at Historic Lewis Reeve Sams House

(Full conference schedule below)

 

Mark your calendars! Award-winning Lowcountry authors John W. MacIlroy and Tim Johnston will appear together to sign their acclaimed new books at the historic Lewis Reeve Sams House starting at 5:30 pm Friday, November 4th. MacIlroy’s short-story collection, Whatever Happens, Probably Will, and Johnston’s crime thriller Reciprocity, both recently received top honors at the International Book Awards. MacIlroy’s collection was named a finalist for Best Short

Fiction, and Johnston’s novel was named a finalist for Best General Fiction and has been optioned for film/TV by Universal. The signing party is a free event, with wine, hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. The signings will include readings by both authors, and is part of the opening reception for the November 4-6 Short Story America Conference on Fiction, a gathering of writers and readers of short stories.

 

 

The 6^TH Short Story America Conference on Fiction

(All attendees will receive a signed hardcover first edition of the acclaimed Short Story America, Volume I)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4^TH

FREE EVENT: 5:30 pm: Book Signing by Award-Winning Authors John W. MacIlroy (his acclaimed short-story collection, Whatever Happens, Probably Will) and Tim Johnston (his novel, Reciprocity, optioned by Universal)

IN TANDEM WITH

The Short Story America Opening Reception

5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

(Wine, hors d’oeuvres, and refreshments served)

Passes to the full conference are just $35. Visit www.shortstoryamerica.com to get yours! (Hurry—seating is limited)

                     Location: The historic Lewis Reeve Sams House, 601 Bay Street, Beaufort

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5^TH

Location: Dataw Island, South Carolina

Dataw Community Center @ 43 Marina Drive

9:00     Welcome – Tim Johnston (Short Story America Editor)

9:30     “The Story Well-Read” – Mark Shaffer reads Rolli’s “God’s Autobio”

10:00   “The Prose Writer’s Need for Poetry” – Mathieu Cailler (Los Angeles, CA)

11:00   “Wielding Ambiguity in Fiction: the Power of the Unsaid – William R. Hincy (Los Angeles, CA)

12:00   Lunch (box lunches for pre-order)

12:30   “The Tone-Setting Power of the Epigraph” –  Panel, led by John MacIlroy (Hilton Head)

1:30     Author Reading: “Life List” – Ray Morrison (Winston-Salem, NC)

1:45     Author Reading: “The Never-Failing Vice of Fools”  –       James Kearney (Milwaukee, WI)

2:00     “Writing Opportunity: The Jane Austen Literary Society” –  Susan Alvis (Hillsborough, NC)

2:30     “Music and the Short Story” – Tim Johnston (Bft. and Jacksonville)

3:00:    “Three Arcs Per Book: Plotting Your Story by Trilogy” –                                     Dan Conover (Easley, SC)

4:00:    “Strategies for Writing in Multiple Genres” – Lawrence Buentello (San Antonio, TX)

5:00:    Author Panel on the Writing Process Panel, led by Tim Johnston

6:00:    Adjourn until Sunday (Suggestion: Attendees go to dinner in groups)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6^TH

Location: Dataw Island, South Carolina

Dataw Community Center @ 43 Marina Drive

10:00:  Author Readings

(Box Lunches: Noon)

Lawrence Buentello (San Antonio, TX)

Doris Wright (Beaufort, SC)

Nim Stevens (Phoenix, AZ)

Ginny Hall-Apicella (Dataw Island, SC)

Mathieu Cailler (Los Angeles, CA)

Dana Ridenour (Beaufort, SC)

Dan Conover (Easley, SC)

John MacIlroy (Hilton Head, SC)

Amanda J. Floresca (Bluffton, SC)

Susan Madison reading for Vernie Singleton (Hilton Head, SC)

Jayne Adams (Bluffton, SC)

Katherine Tandy Brown (Beaufort, SC)

Gail Westerfield (Beaufort, SC)

Katie Sherman (Beaufort, SC) 

William R. Hincy (Los Angeles, CA)

M.Z. Thwaite (Beaufort, SC)

Tim R. Ruth (Chaffee, NY)

Tim Johnston (Jacksonville and Beaufort)

2:00     Open Discussion about Works in Progress    All Attendees Welcome to Seek Feedback

3:00     Additional Readings: Open Mic

4:00     Adjourn

BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE CONFERENCE, SOLD BY BEAUFORT BOOKSTORE. GET THEM SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS!