LAURA PARKER CASTORO IS PARTICIPATING IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:

2010

February

Tuesday February 2: Luncheon Speaker Pine Bluff Rotary : Noon Pine Bluff Country Club Topic:RESEARCHING FOR WRITING.

March

Saturday, March 20: All-Day Writing Workshop: FAMILY FOLKLORE — Writing memoirs that capture life for fun and profit.

Registration 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.  Location: Auditorium, Coronado Center (150 Ponderosa Lane) Hot Springs Village, AR 71909  Pre-registration is $30 (workshop only); lunch will be available for $10.00. Registrations will be accepted at the door if space permits; however there will be no guarantee of lunch for late registrants.

for more information on how to register:Click

2009

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday-Wednesday 15-16 Great Writers Series at ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY. Alcorn, Mississippi

Speaking to writing classes on the Main and Natchez campuses.

Friday 25 6:00 PM

E. Lynn Harris
Mama Dearest National Release & Tribute

Laura will be reading from one of E. Lynn Harris’s published works.

*Event held at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

500 West Ninth Street | Little Rock, AR 72201

For more information: 501.683.3593 | 501.240.2362

OCTOBER

October 1-4:

NINC’S 2009 Conference St. Louis, MO

Laura is moderating Two workshops

OCTOBER 22-25

Florida Writers Conference

Orlando, FL

Laura’s workshops:  DIVERSITY – How to make the most of characterization using diverse                                           backgrounds, ages, ethnicity and so forth.

: SENSUALITY AND THE FIVE SENSES — Use all the senses to create

dynamic and memorable writing.

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FEBRUARY

SUNDAY Feb 1:

• 10AM: RADIO INTERVIEW The Arts Scene with Ann Nicholson: Public Radio  KUAR 89.1
• Noon:  RADIO INTERVIEW The Arts Scene with Ann Nicholson: KLRE Classical 90.5

MONDAY Feb 2:

• 11:45-1PM Participating in Reading At University of AR Pine Bluff Student Union Lounge.      Sigma  Tau Delta, English Honor Society.

TUESDAY Feb 3:

• 6:10 AM : Live Call-in Radio Show — Dr ALVIN: Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones.  On the web at:  www.dralvinjones.com
• 10:30 AM:  Interview with Michelle Gipson at Written Magazine.

WEDNESDAY Feb 4:

• 11:00 AM: Creative Writing Workshop at 2nd PresbyterianChurch, Cantrell Ave. Little Rock.
• 8:00 PM: Radio interview: African American Literary Review Radio Tracey-Ricks- Foster.   Tune in on web at: www.blogtalkradio.com/Tracey-Ricks-Foster.

FRIDAY Feb 6:

• 7:00 PM: Repeat: RADIO INTERVIEW The Arts Scene with Ann Nicholson: KLRE Classical 90.5

SATURDAY Feb 7:

• 1:00 — 3:30: Signing at Barnes and Noble. 11500 Financial Ctr Pkwy, Little Rock, AR.  If  you cannot make it but would like me to sign a book for you, call and reserve a  copy to be picked up later:  501-954-7646

THURSDAY Feb 19:

• 5:00 — 7:00: Reading at the Memorial Library on the campus of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, AR. Signing and reception to follow

MARCH

THURSDAY March 19

• 5:30 — &:00:  Speaking at the Saline County Library, Benton, AR.  Signing and reception to follow.

SATURDAY March 28

• 9:00 — 3:30: ALL-DAY WRITING WORKSHOP. Hot Springs Village, AR.  I will be teaching a fiction workshop.  All levels of writing interest welcome. Submissions for critiques are limited so sign up early. See Post for details and sign up.  Or check under Workshop I’m Teaching — sign up! on this blog.  There’s a sign-up page with the info you need.  DEADLINE:  Registrations with checks must be postmarked by March 13, 2009

APRIL

THURSDAY — SUNDAY April 17-19  ARKANSAS LITERARY FESTIVAL.

• 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19 A LITTLE MORE SEX:WORKSHOP FOR ROMANCE WRITERS – Taught by expert romance writer Laura Parker Castoro, this instructive session teaches writers about how to strengthen and structure work for publication. This session may include adult language. , Ozark Classroom (Arkansas Studies Institute)

MAY

Sunday — May 3 BOOKS IN BLOOM:  Laura Parker Castoro: Featured Speaker.

• Books in Bloom: a Garden Party Celebration for Writers and Readers has been established by the Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation to promote the value of books and reading. The Festival provides an opportunity for the public to meet authors and to hear them speak about their work and various aspects of writing and publishing.
• LAURA is speaking in THE CONSERVATORY some time between Noon and 3PM.  Book signing by all Authors will be in the Crescent Gardens.

Saturday — May 9   Ma’Dear, Momma, & Me Mother’s Day Event, Metroplex Event Center, I-450 & Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, AR.  For info: 501.372.5824

Literary Hour & Workshop with Laura Castoro 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM  *Castoro will be signing until 2:00 PM

JUNE

Friday — Saturday JUNE 5-6 : ARKANSAS WRITERS CONFERENCE, HOLIDAY INN PRESIDENTIAL – 600 Interstate 30, Little Rock, AR 72207,  (501) 375-2100Little Rock, AR For more conference information: Barbara Longstreth Mulkey, AWC Director, 9317 Claremore, Little Rock, AR 72227, (501) 312-1747, blm-lmm@sbcglobal.net

Friday June 5 —

Channel 5 WMC-TV  6:30 a.m. Memphis, TN  Author Interview.

Channel 13 WHBQ-FOX-TV Good Morning Memphis  at 8:45 a.m., Memphis, TN  Author                                     Interview.

Saturday — Sunday JUNE 6-7: Sisterhood Showcase, Memphis, TN

Panel Session — 3P.M.: “Living a Life of Quality Not Quantity” Women’s Forum

OCTOBER

Thursday 22-Sunday 25: LIGHTING THE WAY. 8th annual  Florida Writers Conference.

Conference Blog. Conference Brochure

Laura’s workshop topics:  Sensuality and the Five Senses & Diversity In Characterization: the Age of Obama.

NOVEMBER

Saturday 7: Maumelle Writers Conference. (Check back for updates for 2009) Laura: Keynote Speaker.