FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2005
Contact: , Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442

Mayor’s Book Club Special Event
“East Austin Stories”

Be a part of the Mayor’s Book Club with “East Austin Stories”–a celebration of East Austin stories and East Austin storytellers on film and in print. Come see short films from the “East Austin Stories” documentary film project, and hear short stories about life in East Austin from the award-winning collection Writing Austin’s Lives: a community portrait, read by the authors. There will be time for discussion with the film-makers, film stars, and the authors-and time to tell your own East Austin stories-after the show.

The program will be hosted by News 8 Austin’s Erica Riggins and the following author's are scheduled to read: Celeste Gonzales (My Grandma's House), John Salazar (Creado en el East Side), Judith Jenkins (Still Here as African Americans), Marissa Barrera (The Pecan Trees), and Beaulah Agnes Jones reading for Jessyl Bradford (The Heart of East Austin). For additional information call (512) 974-7400 or visit www.cityofaustin.org/library. The public is invited to attend this free program.

When/Where:
Thursday, June 30, 7:30 pm at
The Carver Museum & Cultural Center Theater, 1165 Angelina St.
(east Austin off E. 11th Street)

The next Mayor’s Book Club special event is scheduled for
Tuesday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. at the Yarborough Branch of the Austin Public Library, 2200 Hancock Dr.—"North Austin Stories".

About the Mayor's Book Club
The Austin Public Library, in conjunction with the Mayor’s office, launches its fourth annual citywide reading campaign to develop a community experience through reading and discussion of a shared book. This year we are reading Writing Austin’s Lives as an opportunity to celebrate Austin writers and citizens. In addition to the book discussion groups planned for the fall, and in partnership with the University of Texas Humanities Institute, the Austin Public Library, and the Mayor’s office are planning a range of programs for all ages. The book is now available for check-out at all Library locations and for sale at the Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe Street, all Library locations and at area bookstores or purchase a copy online at www.ahca-store.com. For more information about the book club and other programs visit www.cityofaustin.org/library or call (512) 974-7400.

Visit our previous Mayor's Book Club resource guides online:
Spring 2002: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Spring 2003: Holes by Louis Sachar
Spring 2004: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

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