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Our calendar provides information about book signings, author appearances, and other literary events in the Indianapolis area. This is a free service created by The Mystery Company, an independent bookshop located in Carmel.

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Indianapolis Area Literary Events Calendar

Saturday, October 4, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thomas Larson, The Memoir and the Memoirist

Join Larson for an all-day memoir-writing workshop, where he will discuss how to plan, focus, and begin a memoir: what makes for good subjects in memoirs? what are the differences between autobiographies and memoirs? how do you address the idea of self-disclosure? There will be time for multiple writing exercises, readings from published memoirs, discussion of the tension between emotional and factual truth, ideas about truth-telling for memoirists, and one-on-one sharing and critique. The goal will be to draft the material for the first chapter of a memoir. Bring a sack lunch. Admission: $65 for members of The Writers' Center of Indiana, $75 for non-members.

Author's website: www.thomaslarson.com

Writers Center of Indiana
812 East 67th Street
Indianapolis
317-255-0710
www.indianawriters.org

Saturday, October 4, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Ray E. Boomhower, Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Political Primary
Geoff Paddock, Indiana Political Heroes

The Indiana Historical Bureau Book Shop is hosting Hoosier authors Ray E. Boomhower and Geoff Paddock. Their recently released books, Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary and Indiana Political Heroes, will be sold at 20% off list price. 

Indiana Historical Bureau Book Shop
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis
317-232-2535
www.IN.gov/history

Saturday, October 11, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The WriteStuff Writers' ... Book Talk

Attend workshops on writing and publishing. Enter short story writing and art competitions. Learn how to create your own website ... And more! Featured authors include Susan Crandall, Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel, Norbert Krapf, Ray Boomhower, Jean Deeds, Reid Duffy, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg-Sasso, Marcia Ellett, Brenda Hiatt-Barber, Mickey Maurer, J. Andy Murphy, Dark Rain Thom, Andi Simmons, James Alexander Thom and Dick Wolfsie. General admission $49; WriteStuff Writers' All Access Pass $99. Register with 6 or more BookTalk friends and receive $20 off each General Admission and All Access Pass purchased.

Event website: www.IndyBookTalk.com

Lawrence North High School
7802 North Hague Road
Indianapolis
317-823-0392

Tuesday, October 14, 6:30 pm
Ray E. Boomhower, Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Political Primary

Ray Boomhower, Senior Editor for the Indiana Historical Society Press, will present a thought-provoking recollection of RFK's visit to Indiana and its important election ramifications.

Lora Hussey Program Room
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville
317-873-3149
www.zionsville.lib.in.us

Thursday, October 23, 7:30 pm
Porter Shreve, When the White House Was Ours

Novelist, anthologist and director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Purdue, Porter Shreve is the author of three novels, including The Obituary Writer, a 2000 New York Times Notable Book, and Drives Like a Dream, a 2005 Chicago Tribune Book of the Year. His latest novel, When the White House Was Ours, set at the onset of the Carter Administration, is being published this fall by Mariner Houghton Mifflin.

Author's website: www.portershreve.com

University Library Lilly Auditorium at IUPUI
755 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis
317-274-8929
liberalarts.iupui.edu

Monday, October 27, 6:30 pm
Michael Lewin, Oh Joe

A thrilling evening of detective work awaits you! The audience divides into detective agencies to solve a crime posed by mystery writer Michael Lewin. Spooktacular prizes for the best endings and best-titled detective agencies! A Readers' & Writers Series offering.

Author's website: www.michaelzlewin.com

Lora Hussey Program Room
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville
317-873-3149
www.zionsville.lib.in.us

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